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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 42
JOINT RESOLUTION
Memorializing fallen firefighters by lowering the American
flag to half-staff in honor of the National Fallen Fire-
fighters Memorial Service in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Whereas 1,200,000 men and women comprise the American
fire and emergency services;
H. R. 6121
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and six 
An Act 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize a program relating 
to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN RESTORATION REAUTHOR-
IZATION. 
The first section 121 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1273) (relating to Lake Pontchartrain Basin) is 
amended in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’. 
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 
The second section 121 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1274) (relating to wet weather watershed pilot 
projects) is redesignated as section 122.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 60
JOINT RESOLUTION
Honoring Maureen Reagan on the occasion of her
death and expressing condolences to her family,
including her husband Dennis Revell and her
daughter Rita Revell.
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—The program consor-
tium shall oversee the implementation of
awards under this subsection, consistent with
the annual plan under subsection (e), including
disbursing funds and monitoring activities car-
ried out under such awards for compliance with
the terms and conditions of the awards.
(B) EFFECT.—Nothing in subparagraph
(A) shall limit the authority or responsibility of
the Secretary to oversee awards, or limit the
authority of the Secretary to review or revoke
awards.
(g) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—To compensate the program
consortium for carrying out its activities under this
section, the Secretary shall provide to the program
consortium funds sufficient to administer the pro-
gram. This compensation may include a manage-
ment fee consistent with Department of Energy con-
tracting practices and procedures.
(2) ADVANCE.—The Secretary shall advance
funds to the program consortium upon selection of
the consortium, which shall be deducted from
amounts to be provided under paragraph (1).
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(h) AUDIT.—The Secretary shall retain an inde-
pendent, commercial auditor to determine the extent to
which funds provided to the program consortium, and
funds provided under awards made under subsection (f),
have been expended in a manner consistent with the pur-
poses and requirements of this part. The auditor shall
transmit a report annually to the Secretary, who shall
transmit the report to Congress, along with a plan to rem-
edy any deficiencies cited in the report.
(i) ACTIVITIES BY THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY.—The Secretary of the Interior, through the
United States Geological Survey, shall, where appropriate,
carry out programs of long-term research to complement
the programs under this section.
SEC. 971. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARDS.
(a) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—An application for
an award under this chapter for a demonstration project
shall describe with specificity the intended commercial use
of the technology to be demonstrated.
(b) FLEXIBILITY
IN LOCATING DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.—Subject to the limitation in section 969(c),
a demonstration project under this chapter relating to an
ultra-deepwater technology or an ultra-deepwater architec-
ture may be conducted in deepwater depths.
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 442 
To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to require the 
Bureau of Land Management to provide a claimant of a small miner 
waiver from claim maintenance fees with a period of 60 days after 
written receipt of 1 or more defects is provided to the claimant by 
registered mail to cure the 1 or more defects or pay the claim mainte-
nance fee, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2011 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 
to require the Bureau of Land Management to provide 
a claimant of a small miner waiver from claim mainte-
nance fees with a period of 60 days after written receipt 
of 1 or more defects is provided to the claimant by 
registered mail to cure the 1 or more defects or pay 
the claim maintenance fee, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6121 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize a program 
relating to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2006 
Mr. BAKER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reau-
thorize a program relating to the Lake Pontchartrain 
Basin, 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. LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN RESTORATION 
REAUTHORIZATION. 
The first section 121 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1273) (relating to Lake Pont-
chartrain Basin) is amended in subsection (f) by striking 
‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 
The second section 121 of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1274) (relating to wet weath-
er watershed pilot projects) is redesignated as section 122. 
Æ 
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Calendar No. 663 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6121 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2006 
Received, read twice, and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reau-
thorize a program relating to the Lake Pontchartrain 
Basin, 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. LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN RESTORATION 
REAUTHORIZATION. 
The first section 121 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1273) (relating to Lake Pont-
chartrain Basin) is amended in subsection (f) by striking 
‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 
The second section 121 of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1274) (relating to wet weath-
er watershed pilot projects) is redesignated as section 122. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 13, 
2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 663 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6121 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
to reauthorize a program relating to the Lake 
Pontchartrain Basin, and for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 14, 2006 
Received, read twice, and placed on the calendar 
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funding awards to particular consortia or other entities,
or for specific projects.
SEC. 973. LIMITS ON PARTICIPATION.
An entity shall be eligible to receive an award under
this chapter only if the Secretary finds—
(1) that the entity’s participation in the pro-
gram under this chapter would be in the economic
interest of the United States; and
(2) that either—
(A) the entity is a United States-owned en-
tity organized under the laws of the United
States; or
(B) the entity is organized under the laws
of the United States and has a parent entity or-
ganized under the laws of a country that
affords—
(i) to United States-owned entities op-
portunities, comparable to those afforded
to any other entity, to participate in any
cooperative research venture similar to
those authorized under this part;
(ii) to United States-owned entities
local investment opportunities comparable
to those afforded to any other entity; and
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(iii) adequate and effective protection
for the intellectual property rights of
United States-owned entities.
SEC. 974. SUNSET.
The authority provided by this chapter shall termi-
nate on September 30, 2014.
SEC. 975. DEFINITIONS.
In this part:
(1) 
DEEPWATER.—The 
term 
‘‘deepwater’’
means a water depth that is greater than 200 but
less than 1,500 meters.
(2) INDEPENDENT
PRODUCER
OF
OIL
OR
GAS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘independent
producer of oil or gas’’ means any person that
produces oil or gas other than a person to
whom subsection (c) of section 613A of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 does not apply by
reason of paragraph (2) (relating to certain re-
tailers) or paragraph (4) (relating to certain re-
finers) of section 613A(d) of such Code.
(B) RULES FOR APPLYING PARAGRAPHS (2)
AND (4) OF SECTION 613A(d).—For purposes of
subparagraph (A), paragraphs (2) and (4) of
section 613A(d) of the Internal Revenue Code
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5810 
To amend title V of the Social Security Act to provide grants for school- 
based mentoring programs for at risk teenage girls to prevent and 
reduce teen pregnancy, and to provide student loan forgiveness for men-
tors participating in such programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2008 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title V of the Social Security Act to provide 
grants for school-based mentoring programs for at risk 
teenage girls to prevent and reduce teen pregnancy, and 
to provide student loan forgiveness for mentors partici-
pating in such programs. 
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 ‘‘Mentor-Mentee Teen 
Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2008’’. 
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Calendar No. 596
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3485
[Report No. 103–354]
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for carrying out the
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for
fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996.
AUGUST 22 (legislative day, AUGUST 18), 1994
Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the
title
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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4536 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
1332 Sharon Copley Road in Wadsworth, Ohio, as the ‘‘Emil Bolas 
Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2010 
Mr. BOCCIERI 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 1332 Sharon Copley Road in Wadsworth, 
Ohio, as the ‘‘Emil Bolas Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EMIL BOLAS POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1332 Sharon Copley Road in 
Wadsworth, Ohio, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Emil Bolas Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
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(b) ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE DIRECTOR.—Section 
1319B(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4521 (a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) an assessment of the Board or any of its 
members with respect to— 
‘‘(A) the safety and soundness of the regu-
lated entities; 
‘‘(B) any material deficiencies in the con-
duct of the operations of the regulated entities; 
‘‘(C) the overall operational status of the 
regulated entities; and 
‘‘(D) an evaluation of the performance of 
the regulated entities in carrying out their mis-
sions; 
‘‘(5) operations, resources, and performance of 
the Agency; 
‘‘(6) a description of the demographic makeup of 
the workforce of the Agency and the actions taken 
pursuant to section 1319A(b) to provide for diversity 
in the workforce; and
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4113 
To expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the State of Washington, to 
protect the complete watershed of the free-flowing Pratt River as a 
Wild River, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 8, 2007 
Mr. REICHERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the State of 
Washington, to protect the complete watershed of the 
free-flowing Pratt River as a Wild River, 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 ‘‘Alpine Lakes Wilder-
ness Additions and Wild Pratt River Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ALPINE LAKES WILDERNESS. 
The following Federal land in the State of Wash-
ington is hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4115 
To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the 
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 8, 2007 
Mr. DINGELL (for himself and Mr. STUPAK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land 
claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ACCEPTANCE OF ALTERNATIVE LANDS AND EX-
TINGUISHMENT OF CLAIMS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the 
following definitions apply: 
(1) ALTERNATIVE
LANDS.—The term ‘‘alter-
native lands’’ means those lands identified as alter-
native lands in the Settlement of Land Claim. 
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of 1986 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘cal-
endar year’’ for ‘‘taxable year’’ each place it ap-
pears in such paragraphs.
(3) PROGRAM CONSORTIUM.—The term ‘‘pro-
gram consortium’’ means the consortium selected
under section 970(d).
(4) REMOTE OR INCONSEQUENTIAL.—The term
‘‘remote or inconsequential’’ has the meaning given
that term in regulations issued by the Office of Gov-
ernment Ethics under section 208(b)(2) of title 18,
United States Code.
(5) SMALL PRODUCER.—The term ‘‘small pro-
ducer’’ means an entity organized under the laws of
the United States with production levels of less than
1,000 barrels per day of oil equivalent.
(6) ULTRA-DEEPWATER.—The term ‘‘ultra-
deepwater’’ means a water depth that is equal to or
greater than 1,500 meters.
(7) ULTRA-DEEPWATER
ARCHITECTURE.—The
term ‘‘ultra-deepwater architecture’’ means the inte-
gration of technologies for the exploration for, or
production of, natural gas or other petroleum re-
sources located at ultra-deepwater depths.
(8) ULTRA-DEEPWATER
TECHNOLOGY.—The
term ‘‘ultra-deepwater technology’’ means a discrete
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technology that is specially suited to address 1 or
more challenges associated with the exploration for,
or production of, natural gas or other petroleum re-
sources located at ultra-deepwater depths.
(9) UNCONVENTIONAL
NATURAL
GAS
AND
OTHER PETROLEUM RESOURCE.—The term ‘‘uncon-
ventional natural gas and other petroleum resource’’
means natural gas and other petroleum resource lo-
cated onshore in an economically inaccessible geo-
logical formation, including resources of small pro-
ducers.
SEC. 976. FUNDING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) OIL AND GAS LEASE INCOME.—For each of
fiscal years 2005 through 2014, from any excess
Federal royalties derived from Federal onshore and
offshore oil and gas leases issued under the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Mineral Leas-
ing Act which are deposited in the Treasury, and
after prior distributions as described in subsection
(c) have been made, all excess Federal royalties up
to $200,000,000 shall be deposited into the Ultra-
Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and
Other Petroleum Research Fund (in this section re-
ferred to as the Fund).
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(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of paragraph
(1)—
(A) excess Federal royalty receipts are the
amount calculated on the basis of the difference
between the prevailing market prices upon
which the royalty payment was made and 110
percent of the projected market prices for that
fiscal year, as contained in the economic as-
sumptions underlying the Concurrent Resolu-
tion on the Budget, under section 301 of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con-
trol Act or 1974; and
(B) the term ‘‘royalties’’ excludes proceeds
from the sale of royalty production taken in
kind and royalty production that is transferred
under section 27(a)(3) of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1353(a)(3)).
(b) OBLIGATIONAL
AUTHORITY.—Monies in the
Fund shall be available to the Secretary for obligation
under this chapter without fiscal year limitation, to remain
available until expended.
(c) PRIOR DISTRIBUTIONS.—The distributions de-
scribed in subsection (a) are those required by law—
501
(1) to States and to the Reclamation Fund
under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(a));
and
(2) to other funds receiving monies from Fed-
eral oil and gas leasing programs, including—
(A) any recipients pursuant to section 8(g)
of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1337(g));
(B) the Land and Water Conservation
Fund, pursuant to section 2(c) of the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16
U.S.C. 4601–5(c));
(C) the Historic Preservation Fund, pursu-
ant to section 108 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470h); and
(D) the Secure Energy Reinvestment
Fund.
(d) ALLOCATION.—Amounts obligated from the Fund
under subsection (a)(1) in each fiscal year shall be allo-
cated as follows:
(1) 35 percent shall be for activities under sec-
tion 969(b)(1).
(2) 32.5 percent shall be for activities under
section 969(b)(2).
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(3) 7.5 percent shall be for activities under sec-
tion 969(b)(3).
(4) 25 percent shall be for complementary re-
search under section 969(b)(4) and other activities
under section 969(b) to include program direction
funds, overall program oversight, contract manage-
ment, and the establishment and operation of a tech-
nical committee to ensure that in-house research ac-
tivities funded under subsection 969(b)(4) are tech-
nically complementary to, and not duplicative of, re-
search conducted under section 969(b)(1), (2), and
(3).
(e) FUND.—There is hereby established in the Treas-
ury of the United States a separate fund to be known as
the ‘‘Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas
and Other Petroleum Research Fund’’.
TITLE X—DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
SEC. 1002. OTHER TRANSACTIONS AUTHORITY.
Section 646 of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7256) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(g)(1) In addition to other authorities granted to the
Secretary under law, the Secretary may exercise the same
authority (subject to the same restrictions and conditions)
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Union Calendar No. 346 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4115 
[Report No. 110–542, Parts I and II] 
To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the 
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 8, 2007 
Mr. DINGELL (for himself and Mr. STUPAK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
MARCH 6, 2008 
Reported with an amendment and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
for a period ending not later than April 4, 2008, for consideration of such 
provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of 
that committee pursuant to clause 1(k) of rule X 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
APRIL 4, 2008 
Reported adversely from the Committee on the Judiciary; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 
to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 8, 2007] 
A BILL 
To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land 
claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. 
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