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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 256 
To enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2009 
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, 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 ‘‘David Ray Hate 
Crimes Prevention Act of 2009’’ or ‘‘David’s Law’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the incidence of violence motivated by the 
actual or perceived race, color, national origin, reli-
gion, sexual orientation, gender, or disability of the 
victim poses a serious national problem; 
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(2) such violence disrupts the tranquility and 
safety of communities and is deeply divisive; 
(3) existing Federal law is inadequate to ad-
dress this problem; 
(4) such violence affects interstate commerce in 
many ways, including— 
(A) by impeding the movement of members 
of targeted groups and forcing such members to 
move across State lines to escape the incidence 
or risk of such violence; and 
(B) by preventing members of targeted 
groups from purchasing goods and services, ob-
taining or sustaining employment or partici-
pating in other commercial activity; 
(5) perpetrators cross State lines to commit 
such violence; 
(6) instrumentalities of interstate commerce are 
used to facilitate the commission of such violence; 
(7) such violence is committed using articles 
that have traveled in interstate commerce; 
(8) violence motivated by bias that is a relic of 
slavery can constitute badges and incidents of slav-
ery; 
(9) although many local jurisdictions have at-
tempted to respond to the challenges posed by such 
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(b) ALLOCATION
OF
NONADMITTED
PREMIUM 
TAXES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The States may enter into a 
compact or otherwise establish procedures to allocate 
among the States the premium taxes paid to an in-
sured’s home State described in subsection (a). 
(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Except as expressly 
otherwise provided in such compact or other proce-
dures, any such compact or other procedures— 
(A) if adopted on or before the expiration 
of the 330-day period that begins on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, shall apply to any 
premium taxes that, on or after such date of 
enactment, are required to be paid to any State 
that is subject to such compact or procedures; 
and 
(B) if adopted after the expiration of such 
330-day period, shall apply to any premium 
taxes that, on or after January 1 of the first 
calendar year that begins after the expiration of 
such 330-day period, are required to be paid to 
any State that is subject to such compact or 
procedures. 
(3) REPORT.—Upon the expiration of the 330- 
day period referred to in paragraph (2), the NAIC 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2570 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish a base minimum 
wage for tipped employees. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2009 
Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland (for herself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, 
Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. WATERS, Mr. 
HARE, Ms. CLARKE, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. 
WATSON, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, 
Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. ELLISON, and Mr. WELCH) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish 
a base minimum wage for tipped employees. 
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 ‘‘Working for Adequate 
Gains for Employment in Services Act’’ or ‘‘WAGES 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. BASE MINIMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOYEES. 
Section 3(m)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)(1)) is amended by adding before 
the semicolon the following: ‘‘, except that, for purposes 
of this paragraph, the cash wage paid such employee shall 
be not less than— 
‘‘(A) $3.75 an hour beginning 90 days 
after the date of enactment of the Working for 
Adequate Gains for Employment in Services 
Act; 
‘‘(B) $5.00 an hour beginning July 1, 
2011; and 
‘‘(C) beginning on July 1, 2012 and ad-
justed as necessary thereafter, 70 percent of 
the wage in effect under section 6(a)(1) but in 
no case less than $5.50 an hour.’’. 
SEC. 3. PUBLICATION OF NOTICE. 
Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 206) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(h) Not later than 10 days prior to the effective date 
of any increase in the minimum wage for tipped employees 
in accordance with section 3(m)(1), the Secretary shall 
publish (in the Federal Register and on the Internet 
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website of the Department of Labor) a notice announcing 
the amount of the adjusted wage.’’. 
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(2) where possible, defer to Indian tribes to es-
tablish standards; and 
(3) in determining whether to establish Federal 
standards, consult with tribal officials as to the need 
for Federal standards and any alternatives that 
would limit the scope of Federal standards or other-
wise preserve the prerogatives and authority of In-
dian tribes. 
TITLE IV—INDIAN TRIBAL 
WAIVERS 
SEC. 401. INDIAN TRIBAL WAIVERS. 
(a) APPLICATION PROCESSES.—Agencies shall review 
the processes under which Indian tribes apply for waivers 
of statutory and regulatory requirements and take appro-
priate steps to streamline those processes. 
(b) GRANTING MAXIMUM TRIBAL LATITUDE.—Each 
agency shall, to the extent practicable and permitted by 
law, consider any application by an Indian tribe for a waiv-
er of statutory or regulatory requirements in connection 
with any program administered by the agency with a gen-
eral view toward increasing opportunities for utilizing 
flexible policy approaches at the Indian tribal level. Max-
imum tribal latitude shall be granted in cases in which 
the proposed waiver is consistent with the applicable Fed-
eral policy objectives and is otherwise appropriate. 
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(c) DECISION TIME LINE.—Each agency shall, to the 
extent practicable and permitted by law, render a decision 
upon a complete application for a waiver within 120 days 
of receipt of such application by the agency, or as other-
wise provided by law or regulation. If the application for 
waiver is not granted, the agency shall provide the appli-
cant with timely written notice of the decision and the rea-
sons therefor. 
(d) LIMITATION.—This section applies only to statu-
tory or regulatory requirements that are discretionary and 
subject to waiver by the agency. 
TITLE V—JUDICIAL REVIEW 
SEC. 501. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
An Indian tribe alleging that the requirements of this 
Act have not been met may bring a civil action in a United 
States district court. Immediately upon, or anytime after, 
the filing of such a suit, the court may restrain the agency 
from any further action in furtherance of the activity until 
such time as the court determines that the requirements 
of this Act have been met. The agency shall be liable for 
any damages that the court may award to compensate the 
Indian tribe for adverse impacts resulting from an activity 
conducted without consultation fulfilling the provisions of 
this Act. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Effective date. 
TITLE I—NONADMITTED INSURANCE 
Sec. 101. Reporting, payment, and allocation of premium taxes. 
Sec. 102. Regulation of nonadmitted insurance by insured’s home State. 
Sec. 103. Participation in national producer database. 
Sec. 104. Uniform standards for surplus lines eligibility. 
Sec. 105. Streamlined application for commercial purchasers. 
Sec. 106. GAO study of nonadmitted insurance market. 
Sec. 107. Definitions. 
TITLE II—REINSURANCE 
Sec. 201. Regulation of credit for reinsurance and reinsurance agreements. 
Sec. 202. Regulation of reinsurer solvency. 
Sec. 203. Definitions. 
TITLE III—RULE OF CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 301. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 302. Severability. 
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, 
this Act shall take effect upon the expiration of the 12- 
month period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
TITLE I—NONADMITTED 
INSURANCE 
SEC. 101. REPORTING, PAYMENT, AND ALLOCATION OF 
PREMIUM TAXES. 
(a) HOME STATE’S EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY.—No 
State other than the home State of an insured may require 
any premium tax payment for nonadmitted insurance. 
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mation the reinsurer is required to file with its 
domiciliary State. 
(2) RECEIPT OF INFORMATION.—No provision 
of this section shall be construed as preventing or 
prohibiting a State that is not the State of domicile 
of a reinsurer from receiving a copy of any financial 
statement filed with its domiciliary State. 
SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this title, the following definitions 
shall apply: 
(1) CEDING INSURER.—The term ‘‘ceding in-
surer’’ means an insurer that purchases reinsurance. 
(2) DOMICILIARY STATE.—The terms ‘‘State of 
domicile’’ and ‘‘domiciliary State’’ means, with re-
spect to an insurer or reinsurer, the State in which 
the insurer or reinsurer is incorporated or entered 
through, and licensed. 
(3) REINSURANCE.—The term ‘‘reinsurance’’ 
means the assumption by an insurer of all or part 
of a risk undertaken originally by another insurer. 
(4) REINSURER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘reinsurer’’ 
means an insurer to the extent that the in-
surer—
(i) is principally engaged in the busi-
ness of reinsurance; 
(ii) does not conduct significant 
amounts of direct insurance as a percent-
age of its net premiums; and 
(iii) is not engaged in an ongoing 
basis in the business of soliciting direct in-
surance. 
(B) DETERMINATION.—A determination of 
whether an insurer is a reinsurer shall be made 
under the laws of the State of domicile in ac-
cordance with this paragraph. 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes any 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and 
American Samoa. 
TITLE III—RULE OF 
CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 301. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act or amendments to this Act shall 
be construed to modify, impair, or supersede the applica-
tion of the antitrust laws. Any implied or actual conflict 
between this Act and any amendments to this Act and
the antitrust laws shall be resolved in favor of the oper-
ation of the antitrust laws. 
SEC. 302. SEVERABILITY. 
If any section or subsection of this Act, or any appli-
cation of such provision to any person or circumstance, 
is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, 
and the application of the provision to any other person 
or circumstance, shall not be affected. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 9, 
2009. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2571 
AN ACT 
To streamline the regulation of nonadmitted 
insurance and reinsurance, and for other purposes.
162 
for recruitment into the Department of Defense or 
support the Civilian Linguist Reserve Corps. 
(d) PROGRAM EXPANSION.—The Language Training 
Centers may partner with elementary and secondary edu-
cational institutions to help develop critical and strategic 
language skills in students who may pursue a military ca-
reer. 
(e) PROGRAM COORDINATION.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall ensure that the Language Training Centers 
build upon and take advantage of the experience and lead-
ership of the National Security Education Program and 
the Defense Language Institute. 
(f) EVALUATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
evaluate each Language Training Center in order to as-
sess the cost and the effectiveness of the pilot program, 
including the following: 
(1) The success of the Language Training Cen-
ter in providing critical and strategic language capa-
bilities to members and Department of Defense em-
ployees. 
(2) The ability of the Language Training Cen-
ter to create foundational critical and strategic lan-
guage and regional area expertise in support of the 
Defense Language Transformation Roadmap;
† HR 2647 EAS 
evaluating the shipbuilding program concerned, the 
Secretary of the Navy considered each of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Modeling and simulation, including 
war gaming conclusions regarding combat effec-
tiveness for the selected ship platforms as com-
pared to other reasonable alternative approaches. 
(B) Assessments of platform operational 
availability. 
(C) Life cycle costs from vessel manning lev-
els to accomplish missions. 
(4) An intelligence analysis reflecting a coordi-
nated threat assessment of the Defense Intelligence 
Agency that provides the basis for deriving the mix 
of platforms in the shipbuilding program concerned 
when compared with the surface combatants in the 
2009 shipbuilding plan. 
(5) The differences in cost and schedule arising 
from the need to accommodate new sensors and weap-
ons in future surface combatants to counter the future 
threats referred to in paragraph (4) when compared 
with the cost and schedule arising from the need to 
accommodate sensors and weapons on surface combat-
ants as contemplated by the 2009 shipbuilding plan 
for the vessels concerned.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2582 
To extend the supplemental security income program to Puerto Rico, the 
United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2009 
Ms. BORDALLO (for herself, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Mr. PIERLUISI, and Mr. SABLAN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the supplemental security income program to 
Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, 
and American Samoa, 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. EXTENSION OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY 
INCOME PROGRAM TO PUERTO RICO, THE 
UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, AND 
AMERICAN SAMOA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of the Social Security 
Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 1484) is amended by strik-
ing subsection (b). 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) 
DEFINITION
OF
STATE.—Section 
1101(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1301(a)(1)) is amended by striking the 4th sentence 
and inserting the following: ‘‘Such term when used 
in title XVI includes Puerto Rico, the United States 
Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.’’. 
(2) ELIMINATION
OF
LIMIT
ON
TOTAL
PAY-
MENTS
TO
THE
TERRITORIES.—Section 1108 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘; 
LIMITATION ON TOTAL PAYMENTS’’; 
(B) by striking subsection (a); and 
(C) in subsection (c), by striking para-
graphs (2) and (4) and redesignating para-
graphs (3) and (5) as paragraphs (2) and (4), 
respectively. 
(3) UNITED STATES NATIONALS TREATED THE 
SAME AS CITIZENS.—Section 1614(a)(1)(B) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)(1)(B)) is amended— 
(A) in clause (i)(I), by inserting ‘‘national, 
or’’ after ‘‘citizen’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘or na-
tional’’ after ‘‘citizen’’. 
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(4) TERRITORIES
INCLUDED
IN
GEOGRAPHIC 
MEANING OF UNITED STATES.—Section 1614(e) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(e)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘and the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United 
States 
Virgin 
Islands, 
Guam, 
and 
American 
Samoa’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2009. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2247 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to pro-
vide assistance for programs and activities to protect 
the water quality of Puget Sound, 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,
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2585 
To delay any presumption of death in connection with the kidnapping in 
Iraq or Afghanistan of a retired member of the Armed Forces to ensure 
the continued payment of the member’s retired pay. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2009 
Mr. BROUN of Georgia (for himself and Mr. FILNER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To delay any presumption of death in connection with the 
kidnapping in Iraq or Afghanistan of a retired member 
of the Armed Forces to ensure the continued payment 
of the member’s retired pay. 
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 ‘‘PROTECT Act’’ or 
‘‘Protecting the Retirement of Our Troops by Ensuring 
Compensation is Timely Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PRESUMPTION OF DEATH FOR PARTICIPANTS IN 
SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN IN MISSING STA-
TUS. 
(a) CONDITIONS ON PRESUMPTION.—In the case of 
a participant in the Survivor Benefit Plan who has been 
determined by the Secretary of State to have been kid-
napped in Iraq or Afghanistan on or after October 7, 
2001, the Secretary of a military department may not 
make a determination under section 1450(l) of title 10, 
United States Code, that the participant is missing, with 
the presumption of death, until the earlier of— 
(1) a period of at least 7 years expires after the 
date of the determination of the Secretary of State; 
or 
(2) the date on which the participant is con-
firmed dead and a death certificate is delivered to 
the next of kin of the participant. 
(b) RESUMPTION OF RETIRED PAY; PAYMENT OF 
BACK PAY.—In the case of a participant in the Survivor 
Benefit Plan described in subsection (a) who was pre-
sumed to be dead before the date of the enactment of this 
Act under section 1450(l) of title 10, United States Code, 
the Secretary of a military department concerned shall— 
(1) resume payment of any retired pay to which 
the participant is entitled to as a retired member of 
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the Armed Forces pending satisfaction of the condi-
tions specified in subsection (a); and 
(2) pay retired pay for periods occurring before 
the date of the enactment of this Act for which re-
tired pay was not paid because of the presumption 
of death. 
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not exceed the total construction, modernization, or 
repair costs involved, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(6) IMPERMISSIBLE
USES
OF
FUNDS.—No 
funds received under this subsection may be used 
for— 
‘‘(A) payment of maintenance costs; or 
‘‘(B) stadiums or other facilities primarily 
used for athletic contests or exhibitions or other 
events for which admission is charged to the 
general public. 
‘‘(7) SUPPLEMENT, NOT
SUPPLANT.—A local 
educational agency receiving a grant under this sub-
section shall use such Federal funds only to supple-
ment and not supplant the amount of funds that 
would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be 
available for construction, modernization, and repair 
of public kindergarten, elementary, and secondary 
school facilities. 
‘‘(8) REPORTING.— 
‘‘(A) REPORTS BY SECRETARY.—Not later 
than December 31 of each fiscal year, the Sec-
retary, and the Secretary of Defense, shall each 
submit to the Committee on Education and 
Labor and the Committee on Armed Services of 
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(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6301 et seq.) is amended— 
(A) in section 1116(b)(4)(B)— 
(i) by redesignating clauses (iii) and 
(iv) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; 
and 
(ii) by inserting after clause (ii) the 
following: 
‘‘(iii) shall include assistance in imple-
mentation of school-wide positive behavior 
supports and other approaches with evi-
dence of effectiveness for improving the 
learning environment in the school and re-
ducing the need for suspensions, expul-
sions, referrals to law enforcement, and 
other actions that remove students from 
instruction;’’. 
(B) in section 1117(a)(3), by inserting 
‘‘any technical assistance center on school-wide 
positive behavior supports funded under section 
665(b) of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act,’’ after ‘‘2002),’’; and 
(C) in section 1117(a)(5)(B)— 
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(b) CRITERIA FOR ASSISTANCE AWARDS.—Section 
203(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(g)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(9); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (10) as para-
graph (11); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) the extent to which the State or local 
government is carrying out activities to implement a 
State building code approved under section 404(d) 
and’’. 
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