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as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department 
of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $23,300,801,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 
between permanent duty stations, for members of the Ma-
rine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve 
provided for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to sec-
tion 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Re-
tirement Fund, $10,269,914,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 
between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air 
Force on active duty (except members of reserve compo-
nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 
for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97– 
377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Depart-
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(4) in subsection (a)(2)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘SAFETEA–LU’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 
(119 Stat. 1256)’’. 
(l) CORRECTION OF TRANSFER OF UNUSED PROTEC-
TIVE-DEVICE FUNDS TO OTHER HIGHWAY SAFETY IM-
PROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS.—Section 130(e)(2) of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘pur-
poses under this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘highway safe-
ty improvement program purposes’’. 
(m) CORRECTION OF HIGHWAY BRIDGE PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 144 of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in the section heading by striking ‘‘re-
placement and rehabilitation’’; 
(B) in subsections (b), (c)(1), and (e) by 
striking ‘‘Federal-aid system’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highway’’; 
(C) in subsections (c)(2) and (o) by strik-
ing ‘‘the Federal-aid system’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Federal-aid highways’’; 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 658 
Supporting the goals and ideals of International Water Safety Day. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2012 
Mr. FATTAH submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of International Water 
Safety Day. 
Whereas International Water Safety Day is celebrated to 
bring awareness to the ongoing drowning epidemic and 
educate people in becoming safer in and around the 
water; 
Whereas fatal unintentional drowning is the second leading 
cause of death for children 1 to 14 years of age; 
Whereas fatal unintentional drowning is the sixth leading 
cause of death for people of all ages; 
Whereas an estimated 388,000 people died from drowning, 
making drowning a major public health problem world-
wide and accounting for nearly 10 percent of total global 
mortality; 
Whereas drowning deaths are an epidemic; 
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SEC. 3. RULEMAKING. 
(a) PROPOSED RULEMAKING.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall issue 
a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the amend-
ments made by section 2 to the National Dam Safety Pro-
gram Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.). 
(b) FINAL RULE.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall issue a final rule 
regarding such amendments. 
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IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1296 
Congratulating the American Society for Cell Biology on its 50 years of 
service to the basic biomedical research community in the United States 
and around the world, as well as the public. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 22, 2010 
Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself and Mr. BILBRAY) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Congratulating the American Society for Cell Biology on 
its 50 years of service to the basic biomedical research 
community in the United States and around the world, 
as well as the public. 
Whereas the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) was 
founded in 1960 to bring the varied facets of cell biology 
together; 
Whereas the ASCB began with a charter membership of 744 
and 50 years later has approximately 10,000 members in 
the United States and in 65 other nations around the 
world; 
Whereas the annual ASCB scientific meeting is the largest 
cell biology scientific meeting in the world and is at-
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IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3227 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 15, 2008 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow stocking 
fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National 
Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake 
Chelan National Recreation Area. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to authorize the National 
Park Service to allow the stocking of fish in certain lakes 
under certain conditions in the North Cascades National 
Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake 
Chelan National Recreation Area. 
SEC. 2. STOCKING OF CERTAIN LAKES IN NORTH CAS-
CADES NATIONAL PARK, ROSS LAKE NA-
TIONAL RECREATION AREA, AND LAKE CHE-
LAN NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, act-
ing through the Director of the National Park Service, 
may authorize the stocking of fish in lakes in the North 
Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation 
Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. 
(b) CONDITIONS.—The following conditions shall 
apply to stocking of lakes under subsection (a): 
(1) The Secretary is authorized to allow stock-
ing in up to, but not to exceed, 42 lakes. The 42 
lakes which may be stocked are those lakes identi-
fied for potential stocking under Alternative B of the 
2005 North Cascades National Park Service Com-
plex Mountain Lakes Fishery Management Plan 
Draft. 
(2) The Secretary shall only stock fish that 
are— 
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(A) native to the slope of the Cascade 
Range on which the lake to be stocked is lo-
cated; and 
(B) functionally sterile. 
(3) The Secretary is authorized to coordinate 
the stocking of fish with the State of Washington. 
(c) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall continue a pro-
gram of research and monitoring of the impacts of fish 
stocking on park resources and shall report the results of 
such research and monitoring to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress every 5 years. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
By ROBERT F. REEVES, 
Deputy Clerk. 
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shall be paid to the National Infantry Foundation for the 
purpose of establishing an endowment to support the 
maintenance of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier 
Center following its completion. 
(c) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall have the right to examine such books, records, 
documents, and other data of the National Infantry Foun-
dation as may be related to the expenditures of amounts 
paid under subsection (b). 
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that are made available to natives of the country of the 
aliens’ birth under section 202(e) of such Act. 
(e) 
DENIAL
OF
PREFERENTIAL
IMMIGRATION 
TREATMENT
FOR CERTAIN RELATIVES.—The natural 
parents, brothers, and sisters of Alejandro Gomez and 
Juan Sebastian Gomez shall not, by virtue of such rela-
tionship, be accorded any right, privilege, or status under 
the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
Æ 
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(D) in the heading to paragraph (4) of 
subsection (d) by inserting ‘‘SYSTEMATIC’’ be-
fore ‘‘PREVENTIVE’’; 
(E) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘off-sys-
tem bridges’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘bridges not on Federal-aid highways’’; 
(F) by striking subsection (f); 
(G) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(g) 
through (s) as subsections (f) through (r), re-
spectively; 
(H) in paragraph (1)(A)(vi) of subsection 
(f) (as redesignated by subparagraph (G) of 
this paragraph) by inserting ‘‘, except that any 
unobligated funds remaining upon completion of 
the project under this clause shall be trans-
ferred to and used to carry out the project de-
scribed in clause (vii)’’ after ‘‘Vermont’’; 
(I) in paragraph (2) of subsection (f) (as 
redesignated by subparagraph (G) of this para-
graph) by striking the paragraph heading and 
inserting ‘‘BRIDGES
NOT
ON
FEDERAL-AID 
HIGHWAYS’’; 
(J) in subsection (m) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (G) of this paragraph) by strik-
ing the subsection heading and inserting ‘‘PRO-
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nipulating matter on an atomic or molecular scale, 
generally to create structures, and usually at a size 
smaller than 100 nanometers. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Commerce. 
(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 
to establish within the Technology Administration of 
the Department of Commerce a grant program to 
support the establishment and development of incu-
bators. 
(2) 
ALLOCATION
OF
FUNDS.—From 
the 
amount appropriated pursuant to the authorization 
of appropriations in subsection (e) for a fiscal year, 
the Secretary— 
(A) shall use 80 percent of such amount 
to— 
(i) make awards, on a competitive 
basis, in amounts of up to $2,500,000, to 
help acquire or renovate space for incuba-
tors; and 
(ii) make awards, on a competitive 
basis, in amounts of $50,000 to $150,000, 
for— 
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SECTION 1. LAURENCE C. AND GRACE M. JONES POST OF-
FICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at Highway 49 South in Piney 
Woods, Mississippi, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Laurence C. and Grace M. Jones Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Laurence C. and 
Grace M. Jones Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 1, 
2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3233 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at Highway 49 South in Piney 
Woods, Mississippi, as the ‘‘Laurence C. and 
Grace M. Jones Post Office Building’’.
H. R. 3233 
One Hundred Tenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at Highway 
49 South in Piney Woods, Mississippi, as the ‘‘Laurence C. and Grace M. Jones 
Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LAURENCE C. AND GRACE M. JONES POST OFFICE 
BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at Highway 49 South in Piney Woods, Mississippi, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Laurence C. and Grace 
M. Jones Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Laurence C. and Grace M. Jones Post Office Building’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3233 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 2, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at Highway 49 South in Piney Woods, Mis-
sissippi, as the ‘‘Laurence C. and Grace M. Jones Post 
Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. LAURENCE C. AND GRACE M. JONES POST OF-
FICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at Highway 49 South in Piney 
Woods, Mississippi, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Laurence C. and Grace M. Jones Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Laurence C. and 
Grace M. Jones Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 1, 
2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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(b) BONA FIDE LEASE OR TENANCY.—For purposes 
of this section, a lease or tenancy shall be considered bona 
fide only if— 
(1) the mortgagor under the contract is not the 
tenant; 
(2) the lease or tenancy was the result of an 
arms-length transaction; and 
(3) the lease or tenancy requires the receipt of 
rent that is not substantially less than fair market 
rent for the property. 
SEC. 3. EFFECT OF FORECLOSURE ON SECTION 8 TENAN-
CIES. 
Paragraph (7) of section 8(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(7)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, and in the 
case of an owner who is an immediate successor in 
interest pursuant to foreclosure— 
‘‘(i) during the initial term of the ten-
ant’s lease having the property vacant 
prior to sale shall not constitute good 
cause; and 
‘‘(ii) in subsequent lease terms, having 
the property vacant prior to sale may con-
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H. R. 1105—13 
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments 
to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a 
dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such program is carried 
out by the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity 
program described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12). 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating 
(7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe land acquisition loans 
(25 U.S.C. 488), and boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), to be available 
from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: 
farm ownership loans, $1,461,066,000, of which $1,238,768,000 shall 
be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $222,298,000 shall be 
for direct loans; operating loans, $1,862,578,000, of which 
$1,017,497,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 
$269,986,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and 
$575,095,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition 
loans, $3,940,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans, 
$100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem the pink 
bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll weevil eradi-
cation program loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership loans, 
$16,803,000, of which $4,088,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaran-
teed loans, and $12,715,000 shall be for direct loans; operating 
loans, $130,371,000, of which $25,336,000 shall be for unsubsidized 
guaranteed loans, $37,231,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed 
loans, and $67,804,000 shall be for direct loans; and Indian tribe 
land acquisition loans, $248,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $317,323,000, of 
which $309,403,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insur-
ance Program Account for farm ownership and operating direct 
loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among these pro-
grams: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of 
any transfer. 
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, 
$77,177,000: Provided, That the funds made available under section 
522(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) may 
be used for the Common Information Management System: Provided
stitute good cause if the property is un-
marketable while occupied, or if such 
owner will occupy the unit as a primary 
residence’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub-
paragraph (G); and 
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(F) shall provide that in the case of any 
foreclosure on any residential real property in 
which a recipient of assistance under this sub-
section resides, the immediate successor in in-
terest in such property pursuant to the fore-
closure shall assume such interest subject to the 
lease between the prior owner and the tenant 
and to the housing assistance payments con-
tract between the prior owner and the public 
housing agency for the occupied unit; if a public 
housing agency is unable to make payments 
under the contract to the immediate successor 
in interest after foreclosure, due to action or in-
action by the successor in interest, including 
the rejection of payments or the failure of the 
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tan planning organization for the 
Lake Tahoe region to carry out the 
transportation planning process, envi-
ronmental reviews, preliminary engi-
neering, and design to complete envi-
ronmental documentation for trans-
portation projects for the Lake Tahoe 
region under the Tahoe Regional 
Planning Compact as consented to in 
Public Law 96–551 (94 Stat. 3233) 
and this paragraph.’’. 
(2) Section 5303(j)(3)(D) of such title is 
amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or the identified phase’’ 
before ‘‘within the time’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or the identified phase’’ 
before the period at the end. 
(3) Section 5303(k)(2) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘a metropolitan planning area serving’’. 
(c) SECTION 5307.—Section 5307(b) of such title is 
amended— 
(1) in the heading for paragraph (2) by striking 
‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘2009’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘mass’’ and inserting 
‘‘public’’; 
(3) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(E) MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS
IN
FISCAL 
YEARS 2008 AND 2009.—In fiscal years 2008 and 
2009— 
‘‘(i) amounts made available to any 
urbanized area under clause (i) or (ii) of 
subparagraph (A) shall be not more than 
50 percent of the amount apportioned in 
fiscal year 2002 to the urbanized area with 
a population of less than 200,000, as de-
termined in the 1990 decennial census of 
population; 
‘‘(ii) amounts made available to any 
urbanized area under subparagraph (A)(iii) 
shall be not more than 50 percent of the 
amount apportioned to the urbanized area 
under this section for fiscal year 2003; and 
‘‘(iii) each portion of any area not 
designated as an urbanized area, as deter-
mined by the 1990 decennial census, and 
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H. Res. 1299 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
May 11, 2010. 
Whereas there are more than 900,000 sworn law enforcement 
officers in the United States, 12 percent of whom are 
women; 
Whereas law enforcement officers selflessly protect the people 
of the United States and their communities; 
Whereas law enforcement officers serve the country in spite 
of the inherent danger of their service; 
Whereas more than 18,600 law enforcement officers have 
been killed in the line of duty in the United States since 
the first recorded police death in 1792; 
Whereas 72 law enforcement officers were killed while re-
sponding to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, 
making that day the deadliest in law enforcement history; 
Whereas 125 law enforcement officers were killed in 2009; 
Whereas, on March 21, 2009, Sergeant Mark Dunakin and 
Officer John Hege and Sergeants Ervin Romans and 
Dan Sakai of the Oakland Police Department in Cali-
fornia were shot and killed by the same gunman in two 
separate attacks; 
Whereas, on November 29, 2009, Sergeant Mark Renniger 
and Officers Tina Griswold, Ronald Owens II, and Greg