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wise distributed under this section are being used in a man-
ner consistent with the criteria provided in this section. 
SEC. 2302. NATIONWIDE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or the 
amendments made by this Act, each State shall receive not 
less than 0.5 percent of funds made available under section 
2301 (relating to emergency assistance for the redevelop-
ment of abandoned and foreclosed homes). 
SEC. 2303. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS WITH RESPECT 
TO EMINENT DOMAIN. 
No State or unit of general local government may use 
any amounts received pursuant to section 2301 to fund any 
project that seeks to use the power of eminent domain, un-
less eminent domain is employed only for a public use: Pro-
vided, That for purposes of this section, public use shall not 
be construed to include economic development that pri-
marily benefits private entities. 
SEC. 2304. LIMITATION ON DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds made available 
under this title or title IV shall be distributed to— 
(1) an organization which has been indicted for 
a violation under Federal law relating to an election 
for Federal office; or 
(2) an organization which employs applicable 
individuals.
505 
(b) APPLICABLE INDIVIDUALS DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘applicable individual’’ means an individual 
who— 
(1) is— 
(A) employed by the organization in a per-
manent or temporary capacity; 
(B) contracted or retained by the organiza-
tion; or 
(C) acting on behalf of, or with the express 
or apparent authority of, the organization; and 
(2) has been indicted for a violation under Fed-
eral law relating to an election for Federal office. 
SEC. 2305. COUNSELING INTERMEDIARIES. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
amount appropriated under section 2301(a) of this Act 
shall be $3,920,000,000 and the amount appropriated under 
section 2401 of this Act shall be $180,000,000: Provided, 
That of amounts appropriated under such section 2401 
$30,000,000 shall be used by the Neighborhood Reinvestment 
Corporation (referred to in this section as the ‘‘NRC’’) to 
make grants to counseling intermediaries approved by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development or the 
NRC to hire attorneys to assist homeowners who have legal 
issues directly related to the homeowner’s foreclosure, delin-
quency or short sale. Such attorneys shall be capable of as-
IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1198 
Commending the people of the Montenegro on holding free and fair presi-
dential elections on April 6, 2008, the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion’s decision at the Bucharest Summit to invite Montenegro to enter 
into an Intensified Dialogue, and the reforms and progress undertaken 
by Montenegro since its declaration of independence. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2008 
Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself and Mr. WEXLER) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Commending the people of the Montenegro on holding free 
and fair presidential elections on April 6, 2008, the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s decision at the Bu-
charest Summit to invite Montenegro to enter into an 
Intensified Dialogue, and the reforms and progress un-
dertaken by Montenegro since its declaration of inde-
pendence. 
Whereas the election of the President of Montenegro was held 
on April 6, 2008; 
Whereas this was the first presidential election since Monte-
negro gained its independence from the State Union of 
Serbia and Montenegro in 2006; 
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IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 93
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Department of Justice should 
halt efforts to block compensation for torture inflicted by the Government 
of Iraq on American prisoners of war during the 1991 Gulf War. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2005
Mr. REYES submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Department 
of Justice should halt efforts to block compensation for 
torture inflicted by the Government of Iraq on American 
prisoners of war during the 1991 Gulf War.
Whereas while serving in the Gulf War, 23 American soldiers 
were captured and held as prisoners of war in Kuwait 
and Iraq between January and March 1991; 
Whereas the American prisoners of war were subjected to 
physical and psychological torture, including beatings, 
starvation, mock executions, and inhumane living condi-
tions, and the prisoners were tortured at various loca-
tions, including the Abu Ghraib prison; 
Whereas the Congress, in the Antiterrorism and Effective 
Death Penalty Act of 1996, amended the foreign sov-
under clause (i) that other ratios should be 
substituted for the 1-to-300 and 1-to-150 
ratios specified in subparagraph (A), the 
Secretary may substitute such other ratios 
in applying such subparagraph.’’. 
Æ 
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•HCON 93 IH 
ereign immunities provisions of title 28, United States 
Code (28 U.S.C. 1602 et seq.) to provide that American 
victims of terrorist acts, including specifically torture, 
could bring suit in United States courts against state 
sponsors of terrorism and their officials so as to secure 
compensation for their injuries and deter terrorist acts 
against Americans; 
Whereas using the authority granted by the Congress in 
those amendments made by the Antiterrorism and Effec-
tive Death Penalty Act of 1996 to the foreign sovereign 
immunities provisions of title 28, United States Code, 17 
of the American prisoners of war filed a lawsuit against 
the Government of Iraq seeking compensation for the in-
juries they suffered; 
Whereas on July 7, 2003, United States District Court 
Judge Richard W. Roberts issued a decision awarding the 
prisoners of war $653,000,000 for compensatory dam-
ages and $306,000,000 in punitive damages, to be paid 
by the Government of Iraq; 
Whereas since the judgement in favor of the prisoners of war, 
the White House has stated that no funds should go to 
prisoners of war from the 1991 Gulf War, and the De-
partment of Justice has sought to block payment of the 
court-ordered judgment; 
Whereas Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has stated 
his belief that Iraqi citizens who were subject to abuse 
and cruelty by members of the United States Armed 
Forces at the Abu Ghraib prison and other detention fa-
cilities should be provided compensation for their mis-
treatment; and
•HCON 93 IH 
Whereas in the interests of fairness for American prisoners 
of war, members of the United States Armed Forces who 
were held captive during the 1991 Gulf War and tortured 
at the Abu Ghraib prison and other locations in Iraq and 
Kuwait should be compensated for their suffering: Now, 
therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that the 
Department of Justice should halt efforts to block com-
pensation for torture inflicted on American prisoners of 
war by the Government of Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War.
Æ
IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1190 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 9, 2006 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility 
study to design and construct a four reservoir intertie 
system for the purposes of improving the water storage 
opportunities, water supply reliability, and water yield 
of San Vicente, El Capitan, Murray, and Loveland Res-
ervoirs in San Diego County, California in consultation 
and cooperation with the City of San Diego and the 
Sweetwater Authority, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘San Diego Water Stor-
age and Efficiency Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. FEASIBILITY STUDY, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, 
COST SHARE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 
(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘Secretary’’), in consultation 
and cooperation with the City of San Diego and the Sweet-
water Authority, is authorized to undertake a study to de-
termine the feasibility of constructing a four reservoir 
intertie system to improve water storage opportunities, 
water supply reliability, and water yield of the existing 
non-Federal water storage system. The feasibility study 
shall document the Secretary’s engineering, environ-
mental, and economic investigation of the proposed res-
ervoir and intertie project taking into consideration the 
range of potential solutions and the circumstances and 
needs of the area to be served by the proposed reservoir 
and intertie project, the potential benefits to the people 
of that service area, and improved operations of the pro-
posed reservoir and intertie system. The Secretary shall 
indicate in the feasibility report required under subsection 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4019 
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to enhance disclosure of the terms 
of home mortgage loans, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 31, 2007 
Mr. BACA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to enhance disclosure 
of the terms of home mortgage loans, 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 ‘‘Mortgage Disclosure 
Improvement Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. ENHANCED MORTGAGE LOAN DISCLOSURES. 
Section 128(b)(2) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 
U.S.C. 1638(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(2) In the’’ and inserting ‘‘(2) 
MORTGAGE DISCLOSURES.— 
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(d) whether the proposed reservoir and intertie project is 
recommended for construction. 
(b) FEDERAL COST SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the costs of the feasibility study shall not exceed 50 per-
cent of the total study costs. The Secretary may accept 
as part of the non-Federal cost share, any contribution 
of such in-kind services by the City of San Diego and the 
Sweetwater Authority that the Secretary determines will 
contribute toward the conduct and completion of the 
study. 
(c) COOPERATION.—The Secretary shall consult and 
cooperate with appropriate State, regional, and local au-
thorities in implementing this section. 
(d) FEASIBILITY REPORT.—The Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress a feasibility report for the project the Sec-
retary recommends, and to seek, as the Secretary deems 
appropriate, specific authority to develop and construct 
any recommended project. This report shall include— 
(1) good faith letters of intent by the City of 
San Diego and the Sweetwater Authority and its 
non-Federal partners to indicate that they have com-
mitted to share the allocated costs as determined by 
the Secretary; and 
(2) a schedule identifying the annual operation, 
maintenance, and replacement costs that should be 
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allocated to the City of San Diego and the Sweet-
water Authority, as well as the current and expected 
financial capability to pay operation, maintenance, 
and replacement costs. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL RECLAMATION PROJECTS. 
Nothing in this Act shall supersede or amend the pro-
visions of Federal Reclamation laws or laws associated 
with any project or any portion of any project constructed 
under any authority of Federal Reclamation laws. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary $3,000,000 for the Federal cost share of the study 
authorized in section 2. 
SEC. 5. SUNSET. 
The authority of the Secretary to carry out any provi-
sions of this Act shall terminate 10 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 8, 
2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16) to the 
Commission, the Attorney General, the Librarian of 
Congress, or any person, alleging a violation of that 
section shall be the powers, remedies, and proce-
dures this title provides to the Commission, the At-
torney General, the Librarian of Congress, or any 
person, respectively, alleging an unlawful employ-
ment practice in violation of this title against an em-
ployee 
or 
applicant 
described 
in 
section 
201(2)(A)(v), except as provided in paragraphs (2) 
and (3). 
(2) COSTS AND FEES.—The powers, remedies, 
and procedures provided in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 722 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 
1988), shall be powers, remedies, and procedures 
this title provides to the Commission, the Attorney 
General, the Librarian of Congress, or any person, 
alleging such a practice. 
(3) DAMAGES.—The powers, remedies, and pro-
cedures provided in section 1977A of the Revised 
Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981a), including the limita-
tions contained in subsection (b)(3) of such section 
1977A, shall be powers, remedies, and procedures 
this title provides to the Commission, the Attorney 
General, the Librarian of Congress, or any person,
alleging such a practice (not an employment practice 
specifically excluded from coverage under section 
1977A(a)(1) of the Revised Statutes). 
(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Commis-
sion’’ means the Equal Employment Opportunity Commis-
sion. 
SEC. 208. DISPARATE IMPACT. 
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, ‘‘disparate impact’’, as that term is 
used in section 703(k) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
(42 U.S.C. 2000e–d(k)), on the basis of genetic informa-
tion does not establish a cause of action under this Act. 
(b) COMMISSION.—On the date that is 6 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, there shall be estab-
lished a commission, to be known as the Genetic Non-
discrimination Study Commission (referred to in this sec-
tion as the ‘‘Commission’’) to review the developing 
science of genetics and to make recommendations to Con-
gress regarding whether to provide a disparate impact 
cause of action under this Act. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission shall be 
composed of 8 members, of which— 
(A) 1 member shall be appointed by the 
Majority Leader of the Senate;
(B) 1 member shall be appointed by the 
Minority Leader of the Senate; 
(C) 1 member shall be appointed by the 
Chairman of the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 
(D) 1 member shall be appointed by the 
ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
Senate; 
(E) 1 member shall be appointed by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives; 
(F) 1 member shall be appointed by the 
Minority Leader of the House of Representa-
tives; 
(G) 1 member shall be appointed by the 
Chairman of the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(H) 1 member shall be appointed by the 
ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce of the House of 
Representatives. 
(2) 
COMPENSATION
AND
EXPENSES.—The 
members of the Commission shall not receive com-
pensation for the performance of services for the
303 
‘‘(4) SERVICES.—If an individual contributes 
services to a business entity in which the individual 
has an ownership interest or receives an ownership 
interest, the business entity shall not be permitted to 
deduct the value of the services received (or the 
value of the equity interest provided to the services 
provider). 
‘‘SEC. 211. DISTRIBUTIONS OF PROPERTY. 
‘‘(a) DISTRIBUTIONS OTHER THAN TO CONTROL-
LING BUSINESS.—If a business entity distributes all or a 
portion of its assets to its owners (other than a controlling 
business entity), the business entity will be treated as if 
it sold the assets to its owners at fair market value. The 
fair market value will be determined by the distributing 
corporation and those determinations, unless unreason-
able, will be binding on the recipients. 
‘‘(b) DISTRIBUTIONS
TO
A CONTROLLING BUSI-
NESS.—If a business entity distributes all or a portion of 
its assets to a controlling business, the controlling busi-
ness will assume the distributing entity’s tax attributes 
with respect to the assets and neither entity will have tax-
able receipts or a deduction as a result of the transaction. 
‘‘(c) DISTRIBUTION
OF
PERSONAL
USE
PROP-
ERTY.—If personal use property is distributed to the indi-
vidual who contributed the personal use property to a busi-
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Union Calendar No. 15
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 929
[Report No. 105–24]
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to ban
partial-birth abortions.
MARCH 14, 1997
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
379 
‘‘Subchapter I—Cooperatives 
‘‘Sec. 260. Patronage dividends of cooperatives. 
‘‘SEC. 260. PATRONAGE DIVIDENDS OF COOPERATIVES. 
‘‘(a) PATRONAGE DIVIDENDS PAID BY SUPPLY CO-
OPERATIVES.—A qualified patronage dividend paid by a 
supply cooperative to a patron shall be treated as if it is 
a refund of a portion of the amounts paid by the patron 
for goods, services, or use of capital. In general, if the 
supply cooperative included the amount received from the 
patron in taxable receipts, the dividend shall reduce tax-
able receipts in the year incurred. If the recipient of the 
dividend is a business entity which deducted the cost of 
business purchases to which the dividend related, the re-
cipient will reduce its cost of business purchases by the 
amount of the dividend in the year the dividend is paid 
or incurred. 
‘‘(b) PATRONAGE DIVIDENDS PAID BY MARKETING 
COOPERATIVES.—A qualified patronage dividend paid to 
a patron by a marketing cooperative shall be treated as 
an upward price adjustment in the amount received by the 
patron for its goods marketed by the cooperative. In gen-
eral, the cooperative will increase its cost of business pur-
chases by the amount of the qualified patronage dividend 
and the recipient will increase its taxable receipts by the 
amount of the qualified patronage dividend. 
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tion 411(b)(2)(C) of the Children’s Health 
Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 
2007, so as to permit the State to make a 
determination (under paragraph (2)(B), 
(3), or (10) of section 2105(c) of the So-
cial Security Act or otherwise) concerning 
the cost-effectiveness of the State pro-
viding medical or child health assistance 
through premium assistance for the pur-
chase of coverage under such group health 
plan and in order for the State to provide 
supplemental benefits required under para-
graph (10)(E) of such section or other au-
thority.’’. 
(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
102(b) of the Employee Retirement Income Se-
curity Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1022(b)) is 
amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and the remedies’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, the remedies’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before the period the 
following: ‘‘, and if the employer so elects 
for purposes of complying with section 
701(f)(3)(B)(i), the model notice applicable 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 956
AN ACT
To amend the National Narcotics Leadership Act
of 1988 to establish a program to support and
encourage local communities that first dem-
onstrate a comprehensive, long-term commitment
to reduce substance abuse among youth, and for
other purposes.
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 956
AN ACT
To amend the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988
to establish a program to support and encourage local
communities that first demonstrate a comprehensive,
long-term commitment to reduce substance abuse among
youth, and for other purposes.
IV 
House Calendar No. 7 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 78 
[Report No. 114–14] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 527) to amend chapter 6 of 
title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Regulatory Flexi-
bility Act), to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small 
entities of rules, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration 
of the bill (H.R. 50) to provide for additional safeguards with respect 
to imposing Federal mandates, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 3, 2015 
Ms. FOXX, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; 
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 527) to amend 
chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
known as the Regulatory Flexibility Act), to ensure com-
plete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of 
rules, and for other purposes, and providing for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 50) to provide for additional 
safeguards with respect to imposing Federal mandates, 
and for other purposes. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Temporary Bank-
ruptcy Judgeships Extension Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY OFFICE OF BANK-
RUPTCY JUDGES IN CERTAIN JUDICIAL DIS-
TRICTS. 
(a) TEMPORARY OFFICE OF BANKRUPTCY JUDGES 
AUTHORIZED BY PUBLIC LAW 109–8.— 
(1) EXTENSIONS.—The temporary office of 
bankruptcy judges authorized for the following dis-
tricts by section 1223(b) of Public Law 109–8 (28 
U.S.C. 152 note) are extended until the applicable 
vacancy specified in paragraph (2) in the office of a 
bankruptcy judge for the respective district occurs: 
(A) The central district of California. 
(B) The eastern district of California. 
(C) The district of Delaware. 
(D) The southern district of Florida. 
(E) The southern district of Georgia. 
(F) The district of Maryland. 
(G) The eastern district of Michigan. 
(H) The district of New Jersey. 
(I) The northern district of New York. 
(J) The southern district of New York. 
(K) The eastern district of North Carolina. 
(L) The eastern district of Pennsylvania.