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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 218
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for 
amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005
Mr. STEARNS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 
deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and 
prescription drug costs of individuals.
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 ‘‘Health Care Tax De-
duction Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. DEDUCTION FOR HEALTH INSURANCE AND PRE-
SCRIPTION DRUG COSTS OF INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part VII of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended
by redesignating section 224 as section 225 and by insert-
ing after section 223 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 224. HEALTH INSURANCE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG 
COSTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual, 
there shall be allowed as a deduction an amount equal to 
the sum of the amount paid during the taxable year for—
‘‘(1) insurance which constitutes medical care 
for the taxpayer and the taxpayer’s spouse and de-
pendents, plus 
‘‘(2) unreimbursed prescription drug expenses 
paid by the taxpayer for the taxpayer and the tax-
payer’s spouse and dependents. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—
‘‘(1) EMPLOYER
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
CAFE-
TERIA PLANS, FLEXIBLE SPENDING ARRANGEMENTS, 
AND MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.—Employer con-
tributions to a cafeteria plan, a flexible spending or 
similar arrangement, a medical savings account, or 
a health savings account which are excluded from 
gross income under section 106 shall be treated for 
purposes of subsection (a) as paid by the employer. 
‘‘(2) DEDUCTION
NOT
AVAILABLE
FOR
PAY-
MENT OF ANCILLARY COVERAGE PREMIUMS.—Any
amount paid as a premium for insurance which pro-
vides for—
‘‘(A) coverage for accidents, disability, den-
tal care, vision care, or a specified illness, or 
‘‘(B) making payments of a fixed amount 
per day (or other period) by reason of being 
hospitalized, 
shall not be taken into account under subsection (a). 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION
WITH
DEDUCTION
FOR 
HEALTH INSURANCE OF SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVID-
UALS.—The amount taken into account by the tax-
payer in computing the deduction under section 
162(l) shall not be taken into account under this 
section. 
‘‘(4) COORDINATION WITH MEDICAL EXPENSE 
DEDUCTION.—The amount taken into account by 
the taxpayer in computing the deduction under this 
section shall not be taken into account under section 
213. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) MEDICAL CARE.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘medical 
care’ has the meaning given such term by sec-
tion 213(d) without regard to—
‘‘(i) paragraph (1)(C) thereof, and
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or suspended. If the respondent has been served 
with a temporary cease-and-desist order entered 
without a prior hearing before the Secretary, 
the respondent may, within 10 days after the 
date on which the order was served, request a 
hearing on such application and the Secretary 
shall hold a hearing and render a decision on 
such application at the earliest possible time. 
(B) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Within— 
(i) 10 days after the date the respond-
ent was served with a temporary cease- 
and-desist order entered with a prior hear-
ing before the Secretary; or 
(ii) 10 days after the Secretary ren-
ders a decision on an application and hear-
ing under paragraph (1), with respect to 
any temporary cease-and-desist order en-
tered without a prior hearing before the 
Secretary, 
the respondent may apply to the United States 
district court for the district in which the re-
spondent resides or has its principal place of 
business, or for the District of Columbia, for an 
order setting aside, limiting, or suspending the 
effectiveness or enforcement of the order, and 
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‘‘(ii) so much of paragraph (1)(D) 
thereof as relates to qualified long-term 
care insurance contracts. 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN OTHER CON-
TRACTS.—The term ‘medical care’ shall not in-
clude insurance if a substantial portion of its 
benefits are excepted benefits (as defined in sec-
tion 9832(c)). 
‘‘(2) UNREIMBURSED PRESCRIPTION DRUG EX-
PENSES.—The term ‘unreimbursed prescription drug 
expenses’ means amounts paid or incurred for a pre-
scribed drug (as defined by section 213(d)(3)) the 
cost of which to the taxpayer is not reimbursed by 
insurance or otherwise. 
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 
such regulations as may be appropriate to carry out this 
section.’’. 
(b) DEDUCTION ALLOWED WHETHER OR NOT TAX-
PAYER ITEMIZES OTHER DEDUCTIONS.—Subsection (a) 
of section 62 of such Code is amended by inserting after 
paragraph (19) the following new item: 
‘‘(20) HEALTH INSURANCE AND PRESCRIPTION 
DRUG
COSTS.—The deduction allowed by section 
223.’’.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections 
for part VII of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code 
is amended by striking the last item and inserting the fol-
lowing new items:
‘‘Sec. 224. Health insurance and prescription drug costs. 
‘‘Sec. 225. Cross reference.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2005.
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of such trust funds are not reduced as a result of 
the enactment of such Act. 
Æ
ing ‘‘concurrent’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘joint’’. 
(B)(i) Sections 302(d), 302(g), 308(a)(1)(A), and 
310(d)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are 
amended by striking ‘‘most recently agreed to concurrent 
resolution on the budget’’ each place it occurs and insert-
ing ‘‘most recently enacted joint resolution on the budget 
or agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget (as appli-
cable)’’. 
(ii) The section heading of section 301 is amended 
by striking ‘‘adoption of concurrent resolution’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘joint resolutions’’; and 
(iii) Section 304 of such Act is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF BUDGET RESOLUTIONS 
‘‘SEC. 304. At any time after the joint resolution on 
the budget for a fiscal year has been enacted pursuant 
to section 301, and before the end of such fiscal year, the 
two Houses and the President may enact a joint resolution 
on the budget which revises or reaffirms the joint resolu-
tion on the budget for such fiscal year most recently en-
acted.’’. 
(C) Sections 302, 303, 310, and 311, of such Act 
are amended by striking ‘‘agreed to’’ each place it appears 
and by inserting ‘‘enacted’’.
(2)(A) Paragraph (4) of section 3 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is 
amended by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each place it appears 
and by inserting ‘‘joint’’. 
(B) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) 
of such Act is amended— 
(i) in the item relating to section 301, by strik-
ing ‘‘adoption of concurrent resolution’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘joint resolutions’’; 
(ii) by striking the item relating to section 303 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 303. Consideration of budget-related legislation before budget becomes 
law.’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ and inserting 
‘‘joint’’ in the item relating to section 305. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF 
THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Clauses 1(e)(1), 
4(a)(4), 4(b)(2), 4(f)(1)(A), and 4(f)(2) of rule X, clause 
10 of rule XVIII, and clause 10 of rule XX of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives are amended by striking 
‘‘concurrent’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘joint’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE BALANCED 
BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 
1985.—Section 258C(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C.
907d(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘joint’’. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
TO SECTION 310 
REGARDING RECONCILIATION DIRECTIVES.—(1) The side 
heading of section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 (as amended by section 105(b)) is further amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT AC-
COMPANYING CONFERENCE REPORT ON’’ before ‘‘JOINT’’. 
(2) Section 310(a) of such Act is amended by striking 
‘‘A’’ and inserting ‘‘The joint explanatory statement ac-
companying the conference report on a’’. 
(3) The first sentence of section 310(b) of such Act 
is amended by striking ‘‘If’’ and inserting ‘‘If the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying the conference re-
port on’’. 
(4) Section 310(c)(1) of such Act is amended by in-
serting ‘‘the joint explanatory statement accompanying 
the conference report on’’ after ‘‘pursuant to’’. 
(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 3 RE-
GARDING DIRECT SPENDING.—Section 3 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(11) The term ‘direct spending’ has the mean-
ing given to such term in section 250(c)(8) of the
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3701 
To establish the More Books for Africa Program to facilitate the donation, 
processing, shipping, and distribution of text and library books to African 
schools, libraries, community centers, and other centers of learning in 
partnership with United States-based entities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 1, 2009 
Ms. MCCOLLUM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To establish the More Books for Africa Program to facilitate 
the donation, processing, shipping, and distribution of 
text and library books to African schools, libraries, com-
munity centers, and other centers of learning in partner-
ship with United States-based entities, 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 ‘‘More Books for Africa 
Act of 2009’’. 
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H. Res. 1322 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
July 9, 2008. 
Whereas, since June 20, 2008, there have been 1,781 
wildfires in California started by natural causes, includ-
ing lightning, or by human activity; 
Whereas 630,886 acres of land have burned in these 
wildfires, and, as of July 8, 2008, there are 323 wildfires 
still burning in California; 
Whereas significant portions of National Forest System land 
and wilderness areas continue to burn in the Los Padres, 
Klamath, Shasta, Trinity, Mendocino, Plumas, Eldorado, 
Tahoe, Six Rivers, and Lassen National Forests; 
Whereas areas of Butte, Monterey, Santa Barbara, and Shas-
ta counties are under evacuation orders, and pre-
cautionary evacuation orders currently exist in areas of 
Kern, Mendocino, Monterey, Santa Barbara, and Plumas 
counties; 
Whereas the wildfires are threatening 8,874 residences, 168 
commercial buildings, and 2,085 outbuildings, but the he-
roic efforts of firefighters have limited the destruction to 
40 residences, 1 commercial building, and 61 out-
buildings; 
Whereas firefighters have already been working for weeks on 
the front lines of a fire season that is just beginning;
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1752 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regula-
tions requiring a label to be displayed on the packaging of certain 
baby monitors to warn that the signals of such monitors may be inter-
cepted by potential intruders. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2011 
Mr. CROWLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to pro-
mulgate regulations requiring a label to be displayed 
on the packaging of certain baby monitors to warn that 
the signals of such monitors may be intercepted by po-
tential intruders. 
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 ‘‘Keeping Children Safe 
Act of 2011’’. 
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Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985.’’. 
Subtitle B—Budgeting for 
Emergencies 
SEC. 111. PURPOSE. 
The purposes of this subtitle are to— 
(1) develop budgetary and fiscal procedures for 
emergencies; 
(2) subject spending for emergencies to budg-
etary procedures and controls; and 
(3) establish criteria for determining compliance 
with emergency requirements. 
SEC. 112. REPEAL OF ADJUSTMENTS FOR EMERGENCIES. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.— 
Sections 251(b)(2)(A), 252(e), and 252(d)(4)(B) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 are repealed. 
(b) ELIMINATION OF EMERGENCY ADJUSTMENTS.— 
Section 314(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by striking paragraph (1) and by redesig-
nating paragraphs (2) through (5) as paragraphs (1) 
through (4), respectively. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Clause 2 of rule 
XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is
amended by repealing paragraph (e) and by redesignating 
paragraph (f) as paragraph (e). 
SEC. 113. OMB EMERGENCY CRITERIA. 
DEFINITION OF EMERGENCY.—Section 3 of the Con-
gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
(as amended by section 105(e)) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(12)(A) The term ‘emergency’ means a situa-
tion that— 
‘‘(i) requires new budget authority and 
outlays (or new budget authority and the out-
lays flowing therefrom) for the prevention or 
mitigation of, or response to, loss of life or 
property, or a threat to national security; and 
‘‘(ii) is unanticipated. 
‘‘(B) As used in subparagraph (A), the term 
‘unanticipated’ means that the situation is— 
‘‘(i) sudden, which means quickly coming 
into being or not building up over time; 
‘‘(ii) urgent, which means a pressing and 
compelling need requiring immediate action; 
‘‘(iii) unforeseen, which means not pre-
dicted or anticipated as an emerging need; and 
‘‘(iv) temporary, which means not of a per-
manent duration.’’.
H. Res. 1323 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
July 15, 2008. 
Whereas, on June 3, 2008, the Arizona State University Sun 
Devils won the 2008 NCAA Women’s College World Se-
ries with a resounding 11 to 0 defeat over the Texas 
A&M Aggies; 
Whereas this win marked the first national title for Arizona 
State University in softball; 
Whereas the Arizona State University Sun Devils set a record 
for the highest margin of victory during a championship 
game in the NCAA Women’s College World Series his-
tory; 
Whereas the Arizona State University women’s softball team 
won an impressive 66 games this season and went 56 to 
5 during the season and went 10 for 10 in the post sea-
son under the leadership of Coach Clint Myers; 
Whereas super slugger Kaitlin Cochran set a new, NCAA sin-
gle-season record by drawing 29 intentional walks; 
Whereas pitcher Katie Burkhart earned Most Valuable Play-
er honors in the Women’s College World Series with 53 
strikeouts and a perfect record of 5 wins to 0 losses; 
Whereas the Arizona State University coaching staff, com-
prised of Head Coach Clint Meyers and Assistant Coach-
es Kirsten Voak and Robert Wager, was named the
•HRES 1323 EH 
NFCA’s NCAA Division I National Coaching Staff of the 
Year; 
Whereas 6 players, were named to the Louisville Slugger/ 
NFCA All-Pacific Region Team; 
Whereas 5 of those 6 players, Katie Burkhart, Mindy Cowles, 
Krista Donnenwirth, Kaitlin Cochran, and Jackie 
Vasquez, advanced to earn Louisville Slugger/NFCA All- 
America honors; 
Whereas the Arizona State University softball team earned 
the enthusiastic support of students, faculty, alumni, and 
Sun Devils fans across the country during their national 
championship season; and 
Whereas the Arizona State University softball team is an in-
spiration to student athletes in Arizona and across the 
United States: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the United States House of Representa-
tives— 
(1) commends the Arizona State University softball 
team for their victory in the 2008 Women’s College 
World Series; 
(2) recognizes the achievements of the players, 
coaches, students, and staff whose hard work and dedi-
cation helped the Arizona State University Sun Devils 
win the championship; and 
(3) directs the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives to transmit a copy of this resolution to Arizona 
State University President Michael Crow, softball Coach
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3276 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny refinery expensing 
to owners of refineries that are permitted to increase the discharge 
of pollutants into the Great Lakes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2007 
Mr. KIRK (for himself, Ms. BEAN, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. GUTIER-
REZ, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. PETRI, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. DAVIS 
of Illinois, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. HARE, and Mr. CARNEY) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny refin-
ery expensing to owners of refineries that are permitted 
to increase the discharge of pollutants into the Great 
Lakes. 
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 ‘‘Bad Polluters Act of 
2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. DENIAL OF REFINERY EXPENSING IN THE CASE OF 
PERMITS ALLOWING INCREASED POLLUTION 
INTO THE GREAT LAKES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 179C of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to election to expense certain 
refineries) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(i) DENIAL
OF EXPENSING
IN CASES
OF IN-
CREASED GREAT LAKES POLLUTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (a) shall not 
apply to any taxpayer for any taxable year if such 
taxpayer— 
‘‘(A) is a Great Lakes polluter for such 
taxable year, or 
‘‘(B) is related to any taxpayer who is a 
Great Lakes polluter for the taxable year of 
such polluter which ends in or with such taxable 
year of the taxpayer. 
‘‘(2) GREAT LAKES POLLUTER.—For purposes 
of this subsection, the term ‘Great Lakes polluter’ 
means any person for any taxable year if such per-
son owns, directly or indirectly, any portion of a re-
finery which is covered by a National Pollutant Dis-
charge Elimination System permit issued by the En-
vironmental Protection Agency (or an equivalent 
permit issued by a State) which permits such refin-
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writing and shall be submitted within 90 days after the 
following date: 
‘‘(i) In the case of a failure to submit the report 
when required, the date on which the representative 
individual or an official of the representative entity 
authorized to pose the objection first knew or should 
have known of that failure. 
‘‘(ii) In the case of a failure to include the cer-
tification in a submitted report, the date on which 
the report was submitted to Congress. 
‘‘(B) If the head of the executive agency determines 
that the report required by paragraph (1) was not sub-
mitted or that the required certification was not included 
in the submitted report, the function for which the public- 
private competition was conducted for which the objection 
was submitted may not be the subject of a solicitation of 
offers for, or award of, a contract until, respectively, the 
report is submitted or a report containing the certification 
in full compliance with the certification requirement is 
submitted. 
‘‘(d) EXEMPTION FOR THE PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS 
AND SERVICES OF THE BLIND AND OTHER SEVERELY 
HANDICAPPED PERSONS.—This section shall not apply to 
a commercial or industrial type function of an executive 
agency that—
598 
to minimize duplicative reporting requirements for prop-
erties assisted under multiple housing programs. 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall, not 
less than annually, compile and make publicly available 
the information submitted to the Secretary pursuant to sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for the cost of activities re-
quired under subsections (b) and (c) $2,500,000 for fiscal 
year 2009 and $900,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 
through 2013.’’. 
Subtitle 
E—Limitation 
on 
Sale, 
Foreclosure, or Seizure of Prop-
erty Owned by Servicemembers 
SEC. 661. LIMITATION ON SALE, FORECLOSURE, OR SEI-
ZURE 
OF 
PROPERTY 
OWNED 
BY 
SERVICEMEMBERS 
DURING 
ONE-YEAR 
PE-
RIOD 
FOLLOWING 
PERIOD 
OF 
MILITARY 
SERVICE. 
(a) 
LIMITATION.—Section 
303(c) 
of 
the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act is amended by striking ‘‘90 
days’’ and inserting ‘‘one year’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to any sale, foreclosure,
599 
or seizure of property on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 662. PROVISION OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE TO 
SERVICEMEMBERS WHO DEFAULT ON CER-
TAIN OBLIGATIONS. 
(a) PROVISION OF DISCLOSURE REQUIRED.—Section 
303 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 
533) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(e) PROVISION OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.—In the 
case of a servicemember who defaults on an obligation de-
scribed in subsection (a) for two consecutive months, the 
mortgagor or loan servicer of the obligation shall provide 
to the servicemember a written financial disclosure describ-
ing the servicemember’s liability with respect to the obliga-
tion for the period during which a sale, foreclosure, or sei-
zure of the property is not valid under subsection (c).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (e) of section 303 
of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 
533), as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect 
to a servicemember who defaults on an obligation on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Ω3æAt the appropriate place, insert the following new 
section:
IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1323 
Commending the Arizona State University softball team for their victory 
in the 2008 Women’s College World Series. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 8, 2008 
Mr. MITCHELL submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Commending the Arizona State University softball team for 
their victory in the 2008 Women’s College World Series. 
Whereas, on June 3, 2008, the Arizona State University Sun 
Devils won the 2008 NCAA Women’s College World Se-
ries with a resounding 11 to 0 defeat over the Texas 
A&M Aggies; 
Whereas this win marked the first national title for Arizona 
State University in softball; 
Whereas the Arizona State University Sun Devils set a record 
for the highest margin of victory during a championship 
game in the NCAA Women’s College World Series his-
tory; 
Whereas the Arizona State University women’s softball team 
won an impressive 66 games this season and went 56 to 
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