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STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
For the preparation, under the direction of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives, of the statements for the first session 
of the 109th Congress, showing appropriations made, in-
definite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together 
with a chronological history of the regular appropriations 
bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons 
designated by the chairmen of such committees to super-
vise the work. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in-
cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and 
Government contributions for health, retirement, social se-
curity, professional liability insurance, and other applica-
ble employee benefits, $210,350,000, to be disbursed by 
the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ-
ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 
security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 
supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 
services, stenographic services, personal and professional 
services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro-
gram, postage, communication services, travel advances,
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‘‘§ 4124. Governmentwide procurement policy relat-
ing to purchases from Federal Prison In-
dustries 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Purchases from Federal Prison 
Industries, Incorporated, a wholly owned Government cor-
poration, as referred to in section 9101(3)(E) of title 31, 
may be made by a Federal department or agency only in 
accordance with this section. 
‘‘(b) SOLICITATION AND EVALUATION OF OFFERS 
AND CONTRACT AWARDS.—(1)(A) If a procurement activ-
ity of a Federal department or agency has a requirement 
for a specific product or service that is authorized to be 
offered for sale by Federal Prison Industries, in accord-
ance with section 4122 of this title, and is listed in the 
catalog referred to in subsection (g), the procurement ac-
tivity shall solicit an offer from Federal Prison Industries, 
if the purchase is expected to be in excess of the micro- 
purchase threshold (as defined by section 32(f) of the Of-
fice of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
428(f))). 
‘‘(B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) shall 
also apply to a procurement that a Federal department 
or agency intends to meet by placing an order against a 
contract maintained by the General Services Administra-
tion under the Multiple Award Schedule Contracts Pro-
gram. 
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manufactured no greater than five years after the 
date of publication of a final rule for these products. 
‘‘(4) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Sec-
retary shall publish a final rule to determine if the 
standards established under paragraph (3) should be 
amended. The rule shall provide that such standards 
shall apply to products manufactured three years 
after the final rule is published unless the Secretary 
determines, by rule, that three years is inadequate, 
in which case the Secretary may set an effective date 
for products manufactured no greater than five 
years after the date of publication of a final rule for 
these products.’’. 
(c) TEST PROCEDURES.—Section 343(a) of the En-
ergy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6314(a)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) For walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers: 
‘‘(A) R value is defined as 1/K factor multiplied 
by the thickness of the panel. K factor shall be 
based on ASTM test procedure C518-2004. For cal-
culating R value for freezers, the K factor of the 
foam at 20F (average foam temperature) shall be 
used. For calculating R value for coolers the K fac-
tor of the foam at 55F (average foam temperature) 
shall be used.
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‘‘(C) Federal Prison Industries, upon its request, 
shall be listed on any Schedule, referred to in subpara-
graph (B), as offering products or services which Federal 
Prison Industries believes to be comparable to those prod-
ucts and services being offered by commercial contractors 
through the Multiple Award Schedule Contracts Program. 
‘‘(2) A contract award for such product or service 
shall be made using competitive procedures in accordance 
with the applicable evaluation factors, unless a determina-
tion is made by the Attorney General pursuant to para-
graph (3) or an award using other than competitive proce-
dures is authorized pursuant to paragraph (7). 
‘‘(3) The procurement activity shall negotiate with 
Federal Prison Industries on a noncompetitive basis for 
the award of a contract if the Attorney General determines 
that— 
‘‘(A) Federal Prison Industries cannot reason-
ably expect fair consideration to receive the contract 
award on a competitive basis; and 
‘‘(B) the contract award is necessary to main-
tain work opportunities otherwise unavailable at the 
penal or correctional facility at which the contract is 
to be performed to prevent circumstances that could 
reasonably be expected to significantly endanger the 
safe and effective administration of such facility. 
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Union Calendar No. 94
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1916
[Report No. 103–170]
A BILL
To establish a marine biotechnology program within
the National Sea Grant College Program.
JULY 13, 1993
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
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‘‘(B) Not later than January 1, 2010, the Sec-
retary shall establish a test procedure to measure 
the energy-use of walk-in coolers and walk-in freez-
ers. Such test procedure may be based on computer 
modeling, if the computer model or models have 
been verified using the results of laboratory tests on 
a significant sample of walk-in coolers and walk-in 
freezers.’’. 
(d) LABELING.—Section 344(e) of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6315(e)) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers,’’ after 
‘‘commercial clothes washers,’’ each place it appears. 
(e) ADMINISTRATION, PENALTIES, ENFORCEMENT, 
AND PREEMPTION.—Section 345 of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6316), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), 
(E), and (F)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (B), 
(C), (D), (E), (F), and (G)’’ each place it appears; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h)(1)(A)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii) and 
paragraphs (2) and (3), section 327 shall apply to walk- 
in coolers and walk-in freezers for which standards have 
been established under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 
342(f) to the same extent and in the same manner as the
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section applies under part A on the date of enactment of 
this subsection. 
‘‘(ii) Any State standard issued before the date of en-
actment of this subsection shall not be preempted until 
the standards established under paragraphs (1) and (2) 
of section 342(f) take effect. 
‘‘(B) In applying section 327 to the equipment under 
subparagraph (A), paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of sub-
section (a) shall apply. 
‘‘(2)(A) If the Secretary does not issue a final rule 
for a specific type of walk-in cooler or walk-in freezer with-
in the time frame specified in section 342(f)(3) or (4), 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 327 shall no longer apply 
to the specific type of walk-in cooler or walk-in freezer for 
the period beginning on the day after the scheduled date 
for a final rule and ending on the date on which the Sec-
retary publishes a final rule covering the specific type of 
walk-in cooler or walk-in freezer. 
‘‘(B) Any State standard issued before the publica-
tion of the final rule shall not be preempted until the 
standards established in the final rule take effect. 
‘‘(3) Any standard issued in the State of California 
before January 1, 2011, under Title 20 of the California 
Code of Regulations, which refers to walk-in coolers and 
walk-in freezers, for which standards have been estab-
prescribe appropriate business conduct, reporting, 
and recordkeeping requirements to protect investors. 
‘‘(e) CAPITAL AND MARGIN REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) BANK
SWAP
DEALERS
AND
MAJOR 
SWAP
PARTICIPANTS.—Each registered swap 
dealer and major swap participant for which 
there is a Prudential Regulator shall meet such 
minimum capital requirements and minimum 
initial and variation margin requirements as the 
Prudential Regulators shall by rule or regula-
tion jointly prescribe to help ensure the safety 
and soundness of the swap dealer or major 
swap participant. 
‘‘(B) NONBANK
SWAP
DEALERS
AND 
MAJOR SWAP PARTICIPANTS.—Each registered 
swap dealer and major swap participant for 
which there is not a Prudential Regulator shall 
meet such minimum capital requirements and 
minimum initial and variation margin require-
ments as the Commission and the Securities 
and Exchange Commission shall by rule or reg-
ulation jointly prescribe to help ensure the safe-
ty and soundness of the swap dealer or major 
swap participant. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2040 
To authorize a process by which the Secretary of the Interior shall process 
acquisitions of certain real property of the Samish Indian Nation into 
trust, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 22, 2009 
Mr. LARSEN of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize a process by which the Secretary of the Interior 
shall process acquisitions of certain real property of the 
Samish Indian Nation into trust, 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. ADMINISTRATIVE LAND INTO TRUST PROCESS. 
(a) PROCESS.—For the purpose of processing acqui-
sitions of real property of the Samish Indian Nation into 
trust under part 151 of title 25, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, at the request of the Samish Indian Nation, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall process as on-reservation acqui-
sitions any property in the areas described in subsection 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2053 
AN ACT 
To designate the United States courthouse located at 525 
Magoffin Avenue in El Paso, Texas, as the ‘‘Albert 
Armendariz, Sr., United States Courthouse’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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lished under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 342(f), 
shall not be preempted until the standards established 
under paragraph (3) of section 342(f) take effect.’’. 
PART 2—LIGHTING EFFICIENCY 
SEC. 9021. EFFICIENT LIGHT BULBS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Energy shall issue regulations— 
(A) prohibiting the sale of 100 watt gen-
eral service incandescent lamps after January 
1, 2012, unless those lamps emit at least 60 
lumens per watt; 
(B) prohibiting the sale of general service 
lamps manufactured after the effective dates 
shown in the table below that do not meet the 
minimum efficacy levels (lumens/watt) shown in 
the following table: 
Minimum Efficacy Levels and Effective Dates 
Lumen Range (Lumens) 
Minimum 
Efficacy 
(Lumens/ 
Watt) 
Effective Dates 
200–449 
1/1/2014 
450–699 
1/1/2014 
700–999 
1/1/2013 
1000–1500 
1/1/2012 
1501–3000 
1/1/2012
(C) macroeconomic and microeconomic ef-
fects of unexpected significant increases in 
emission allowance prices, or shifts in the emis-
sion allowance market, should those increases 
or shifts occur; 
(D) economic effect thresholds that could 
warrant implementation of cost relief measures 
described in section 153(a) after the initial 2- 
year period described in section 153(a)(1); 
(E) in the event any cost relief measures 
described in section 153(a) are taken, the ef-
fects of those measures on the market; 
(F) maximum levels of cost relief measures 
that are necessary to achieve avoidance of eco-
nomic harm and preserve achievement of the 
purposes of this Act; and 
(G) the success of the market in promoting 
achievement of the purposes of this Act and any 
other laws of the United States. 
(b) STUDY.—Not later than January 1, 2014, the 
Board shall submit to Congress a report describing the 
status of the initial market for tradeable allowances to 
emit greenhouse gases in the United States, specifically 
with respect to volatility within the market and the aver-
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‘‘(6) Out of any money in the Federal unemployment 
account not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall reserve $7,000,000,000 for incentive pay-
ments under this subsection. Any amount so reserved shall 
not be taken into account for purposes of any determina-
tion under section 902, 910, or 1203 of the amount in 
the Federal unemployment account as of any given time. 
Any amount so reserved for which the Secretary of the 
Treasury has not received a certification under paragraph 
(4)(B) by the deadline described in paragraph (4)(C)(iii) 
shall, upon the close of fiscal year 2012, become unre-
stricted as to use as part of the Federal unemployment 
account. 
‘‘(7) For purposes of this subsection, the terms ‘ben-
efit year’, ‘base period’, and ‘week’ have the respective 
meanings given such terms under section 205 of the Fed-
eral-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 
1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note). 
‘‘Special Transfers in Fiscal Years 2008 Through 2012 
for Administration 
‘‘(g)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section, the total amount available for transfer to the ac-
counts of the States pursuant to subsection (a) as of the 
beginning of each of fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 
and 2012 shall be equal to the total amount which (dis-
‘‘(2) JOINT RULES.— 
‘‘(A) BANK
SWAP
DEALERS
AND
MAJOR 
SWAP PARTICIPANTS.—Within 180 days of the 
enactment of the Over-the-Counter Derivatives 
Markets Act of 2009, the Prudential Regu-
lators, in consultation with the Commission and 
the Securities and Exchange Commission, shall 
jointly adopt rules imposing capital and margin 
requirements under this subsection for swap 
dealers and major swap participants. 
‘‘(B) NONBANK
SWAP
DEALERS
AND 
MAJOR SWAP PARTICIPANTS.—Within 180 days 
of the enactment of the Over-the-Counter De-
rivatives Markets Act of 2009, the Commission 
and the Securities and Exchange Commission, 
in consultation with the Prudential Regulators, 
shall jointly adopt rules imposing capital and 
margin requirements under this subsection for 
swap dealers and major swap participants for 
which there is no Prudential Regulator. 
‘‘(3) CAPITAL.— 
‘‘(A) BANK
SWAP
DEALERS
AND
MAJOR 
SWAP
PARTICIPANTS.—In setting capital re-
quirements under this subsection, the Pruden-
tial Regulators shall impose: 
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‘‘(4) Except in the case of an award to be made pur-
suant to paragraph (3), a contract award shall be made 
with Federal Prison Industries only if the contracting offi-
cer for the procurement activity determines that— 
‘‘(A) the specific product or service to be fur-
nished will meet the requirements of the procure-
ment 
activity 
(including 
any 
applicable 
prequalification requirements and all specified com-
mercial or governmental standards pertaining to 
quality, testing, safety, serviceability, and warran-
ties); 
‘‘(B) timely performance of the contract can be 
reasonably expected; and 
‘‘(C) the contract price does not exceed a cur-
rent market price. 
‘‘(5) A determination by the Attorney General pursu-
ant to paragraph (3) shall be— 
‘‘(A) supported by specific findings by the war-
den of the penal or correctional institution at which 
a Federal Prison Industries workshop is scheduled 
to perform the contract; 
‘‘(B) supported by specific findings by Federal 
Prison Industries regarding why it does not expect 
to win the contract on a competitive basis; and 
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‘‘(C) made and reported in the same manner as 
a determination made pursuant to section 303(c)(7) 
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253(c)(7)). 
‘‘(6) If the Attorney General has not made the deter-
mination described in paragraph (3) within 30 days after 
Federal Prison Industries has been informed of a con-
tracting opportunity by a procurement activity, the pro-
curement activity may proceed to conduct a procurement 
for the product or service in accordance with the proce-
dures generally applicable to such procurements by the 
procurement activity. 
‘‘(7) A contract award may be made to Federal Pris-
on Industries using other than competitive procedures if 
such product or service is only available from Federal 
Prison Industries and the contract may be awarded under 
the authority of section 2304(c)(1) of title 10 or section 
303(c) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1)), as may be applica-
ble, and pursuant to the justification and approval re-
quirements relating to such noncompetitive procurements 
specified by law and the Governmentwide Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulation. 
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‘‘(8) A contract award may be made to Federal Pris-
on Industries using other than competitive procedures by 
the Federal Bureau of Prisons. 
‘‘(9) A solicitation for a contract shall first be made 
to Federal Prison Industries using other than competitive 
procedures if the product or service to be acquired would 
otherwise be furnished by a contractor performing the 
work outside of the United States. 
‘‘(c) OFFERS
FROM
FEDERAL
PRISON
INDUS-
TRIES.—(1) A timely offer received from Federal Prison 
Industries to furnish a product or service to a Federal de-
partment or agency shall be considered for award without 
limitation as to the dollar value of the proposed purchase, 
unless the contract opportunity has been reserved for com-
petition exclusively among small business concerns pursu-
ant to section 15(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(a)) and its implementing regulations. 
‘‘(2)(A) Any offer made by Federal Prison Industries 
to furnish a product or service may exclude from the of-
fered price the following: 
‘‘(i) The costs related to security of the facili-
ties at which the contract will be performed. 
‘‘(ii) The costs of educating and training the 
prison work force performing the contract. 
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H. Res. 1389 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
July 31, 2008. 
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall 
be in order to consider the conference report to accompany 
the bill (H.R. 4137) to amend and extend the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965, and for other purposes. All points of 
order against the conference report and against its consider-
ation are waived. The conference report shall be considered 
as read. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
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‘‘(iii) Excess capital costs of machinery and ex-
cess inventories used within a prison environment 
that are the result of the unique environment of 
prison life. 
‘‘(iv) Other costs of performing the contract re-
sulting from the unique environment of prison facili-
ties. 
‘‘(d) PERFORMANCE BY FEDERAL PRISON INDUS-
TRIES.—Federal Prison Industries shall perform its con-
tractual obligations under a contract awarded by a Fed-
eral department or agency to the same extent as any other 
contractor. 
‘‘(e) FINALITY OF CONTRACTING OFFICER’S DECI-
SION.—(1) A decision by a contracting officer regarding 
the award of a contract to Federal Prison Industries or 
relating to the performance of such contract shall be final, 
unless reversed on appeal pursuant to paragraph (2) or 
(3). 
‘‘(2)(A) The Chief Operating Officer of Federal Pris-
on Industries may protest a decision by a contracting offi-
cer not to award a contract to Federal Prison Industries 
pursuant to subsection (b)(4), in accordance with section 
33.103, (Protests to the agency) of the Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulation (48 C.F.R. part 33.103). 
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‘‘(B) In the event of an adverse decision of a protest 
filed pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Assistant Attor-
ney General for Administration may request a reconsider-
ation of such adverse decision by the head of the Federal 
agency or department, which shall be considered de novo 
and the decision issued by such agency head on a non- 
delegable basis. Such decision upon reconsideration by the 
agency head shall be final. 
‘‘(3) A dispute between Federal Prison Industries 
and a procurement activity regarding performance of a 
contract shall be subject to— 
‘‘(A) alternative means of dispute resolution 
pursuant to subchapter IV of chapter 5 of title 5; 
or 
‘‘(B) final resolution by the board of contract 
appeals having jurisdiction over the procurement ac-
tivity’s contract performance disputes pursuant to 
the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601 
et seq.). 
‘‘(f) REPORTING OF PURCHASES.—Each Federal de-
partment or agency shall report purchases from Federal 
Prison Industries to the Federal Procurement Data Sys-
tem (as referred to in section 6(d)(4) of the Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 405(d)(4))) in the 
same manner as it reports to such System any acquisition 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1925
To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 to require the Administrator of the Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to collect and maintain informa-
tion on the race, age, gender, ethnic origin, income level, and educational
level of persons living in communities adjacent to toxic substance
contamination.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 29, 1993
Miss COLLINS of Michigan (for herself, Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey, Mr.
SERRANO, Mr. FILNER, Mrs. MEEK, and Mr. TUCKER) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce
A BILL
To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to require the Ad-
ministrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Dis-
ease Registry to collect and maintain information on
the race, age, gender, ethnic origin, income level, and
educational level of persons living in communities adja-
cent to toxic substance contamination.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,