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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 254
To provide for the establishment of a task force within the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics to gather information about, study, and report to the Congress 
regarding, incidents of abandonment of infant children. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2005
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment of a task force within 
the Bureau of Justice Statistics to gather information 
about, study, and report to the Congress regarding, inci-
dents of abandonment of infant children.
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 ‘‘Baby Abandonment 
Prevention Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, acting 
through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 
shall establish a task force (to be known as the Task Force 
on Baby Abandonment) to carry out the following: 
(1) Collecting information from State and local 
law enforcement agencies and child welfare agencies 
regarding incidents of abandonment of an infant 
child by a parent of that child. 
(2) Maintaining that information in a com-
prehensive database. 
(3) Studying that information and making find-
ings, conclusions, and recommendations regarding 
that information. 
(4) Submitting reports in accordance with this 
section. 
(b) INFORMATION INCLUDED.—The information re-
ferred to in subsection (a) shall include information with 
respect to the following: 
(1) The prevalence of such incidents. 
(2) The demographics of such children and 
such parents. 
(3) The factors that influence the decision of 
such parents to abandon such children.
(4) The circumstances surrounding such aban-
donments, including the time, place, and manner of 
such abandonments. 
(5) The outcomes for such children and such 
parents after such abandonments. 
(6) Trends and variations in the matters set 
forth in paragraphs (1) through (5). 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘infant 
child’’ means a child not more than 12 months of age. 
(d) REPORTS.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
task force shall submit a report to the Congress detailing 
its methodology, findings, conclusions, and recommenda-
tions.
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lence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking and their impact on young victims 
by— 
‘‘(i) the staffs of courts; 
‘‘(ii) domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking service 
providers; and 
‘‘(iii) law enforcement agencies and 
community organizations. 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$5,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.’’. 
SEC. 105. FULL FAITH AND CREDIT IMPROVEMENTS. 
(a) ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTION ORDERS ISSUED 
BY TERRITORIES.—Section 2265 of title 18, United 
States Code, are amended by— 
(1) striking ‘‘or Indian tribe’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘, Indian tribe, or territory’’; 
and 
(2) striking ‘‘State or tribal’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘State, tribal, or territorial’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF ENTITIES HAVING ENFORCE-
MENT
AUTHORITY
AND
RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section 
2265(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘and enforced as if it were’’ and inserting ‘‘and
enforced by the court and law enforcement personnel of 
the other State, Indian tribal government or Territory as 
if it were’’. 
(c) PROTECTION ORDERS.—Sections 2265 and 2266 
of title 18, United States Code, are amended by striking 
‘‘protection order’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘protection order, restraining order, or injunction’’. 
(d) LIMITS ON INTERNET PUBLICATION OF PROTEC-
TION ORDER INFORMATION.—Section 2265(d) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) LIMITS
ON
INTERNET
PUBLICATION
OF 
REGISTRATION
INFORMATION.—A 
State, 
Indian 
tribe, or territory shall not publish publicly on the 
Internet any information regarding the registration 
or filing of a protection order, restraining order, or 
injunction in either the issuing or enforcing State, 
tribal or territorial jurisdiction, if such publication 
would be likely to publicly reveal the identity or loca-
tion of the party protected under such order. A 
State, Indian tribe, or territory may share court-gen-
erated law enforcement generated information con-
tained in secure, governmental registries for protec-
tion order enforcement purposes.’’.
Union Calendar No. 83
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2985
[Report No. 109–139] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 
and for other purposes. 
JUNE 20, 2005
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2550
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pigment Yellow 154. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2005
Mr. LANGEVIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pigment 
Yellow 154.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PIGMENT YELLOW 154. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.32.18 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
Pigment Yellow 154) is amended by striking ‘‘12/31/
2006’’ and inserting ‘‘12/31/2008’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2551
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pigment Yellow 175. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2005
Mr. LANGEVIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pigment 
Yellow 175.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PIGMENT YELLOW 175. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.32.19 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
Pigment Yellow 175) is amended by striking ‘‘12/31/
2006’’ and inserting ‘‘12/31/2008’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
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‘‘SEC. 40114. AUTHORIZATION FOR FEDERAL VICTIM AS-
SISTANTS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for the 
United States attorneys for the purpose of appointing vic-
tim assistants for the prosecution of sex crimes and do-
mestic violence crimes where applicable (such as the Dis-
trict of Columbia), $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2006 through 2010.’’. 
SEC. 109. PREVENTING CYBERSTALKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 223 (h) 
of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223(h)(1)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) in the case of subparagraph (C) of 
subsection (a)(1), includes any device or soft-
ware that can be used to originate telecommuni-
cations or other types of communications that 
are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the 
Internet (as such term is defined in section 
1104 of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 
U.S.C. 151 note)).’’.
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section and the 
amendment made by this section may not be construed 
to affect the meaning given the term ‘‘telecommunications 
device’’ in section 223(h)(1) of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as in effect before the date of the enactment of 
this section. 
SEC. 110. REPEAT OFFENDER PROVISION. 
Chapter 110A of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding after section 2265 the following: 
‘‘§ 2265A. Repeat offender provision 
‘‘The maximum term of imprisonment for a violation 
of this chapter after a prior interstate domestic violence 
offense (as defined in section 2261) or interstate violation 
of protection order (as defined in section 2262) or inter-
state stalking (as defined in sections 2261A(a) and 
2261A(b)) shall be twice the term otherwise provided for 
the violation.’’. 
SEC. 111. PROHIBITING DATING VIOLENCE. 
Section 2261(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), striking ‘‘or intimate 
partner’’ and inserting ‘‘, intimate partner, or dating 
partner’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), striking ‘‘or intimate 
partner’’ and inserting ‘‘, intimate partner, or dating 
partner’’. 
TITLE II—IMPROVING SERVICES 
FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE, 
DATING 
VIO-
LENCE, 
SEXUAL 
ASSAULT, 
AND STALKING 
SEC. 201. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PROGRAMS. 
(a) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—Part T of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 2001, by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(d) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated for 
grants under this part may only be used for the spe-
cific programs and activities expressly described in 
this part.’’; 
(2) by redesignating section 2004 (42 U.S.C. 
3796gg–0b) as subsection (e) of section 2003; 
(3) by redesignating section 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
3796gg–0c) as subsection (f) of section 2003; 
(4) by redesignating sections 2002 and 2003 as 
sections 2003 and 2004, respectively;
H. Res. 1361 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
September 23, 2008. 
Whereas the United Nations is undertaking preparations for 
a 2009 Durban Review Conference on the implementa-
tion of commitments made as part of the 2001 World 
Conference Against Racism held in Durban, South Afri-
ca; 
Whereas the 2001 World Conference Against Racism marked 
an important recognition of the historic wounds caused 
by slavery, colonialism, and related ongoing racism and 
racial discrimination, including the recognition of the 
transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity, 
and that people of African descent, people of Asian de-
scent, and indigenous peoples who were victims of these 
acts continue to face discrimination and marginalization 
as a direct consequence; 
Whereas the 2001 World Conference Against Racism also un-
dertook historic efforts to recognize and address ongoing 
racism and racial discrimination against persons of Afri-
can descent and members of Jewish, Muslim, caste, in-
digenous, Roma and Sinti, and other communities, as 
well as anti-migrant xenophobia and incitement to racial 
and religious hatred; 
Whereas the 2001 World Conference Against Racism and its 
achievements were overshadowed and diminished as some
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2552
To suspend temporarily the duty on Pigment Yellow 213. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2005
Mr. LANGEVIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Pigment Yellow 213.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PIGMENT YELLOW 213. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading:
‘‘
9902.09.84
Pigment Yellow 213 (CAS 
No. 220198–21–0) (provided 
for in subheading 
3204.17.60) .........................
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2008
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
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(5) by redesignating section 2006 (as added by 
section 402(3) of the Violence Against Women Of-
fice Act) as section 2005; 
(6) in section 2005, as redesignated, by adding 
at the end the following: ‘‘Any funds so appropriated 
shall remain available until expended.’’; and 
(7) by redesignating section 2007 as section 
2002. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2002 of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796gg–2), as redesignated by subsection (a)(7), is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (8) as para-
graph (17); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para-
graph (14); 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para-
graph (11); 
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and 
(4) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively; 
(5) by redesignating paragraph (1) as para-
graph (2); 
(6) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para-
graph (1);
(7) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (9); and 
(8) by inserting after paragraph (2), as redesig-
nated, the following: 
SEC. 202. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES PROGRAM. 
Part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 2006 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2007. SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES ACT. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 
‘‘(1) to assist States, tribes, and territories in 
providing intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, 
support services, and related assistance for— 
‘‘(A) adult and minor victims of sexual as-
sault; 
‘‘(B) family and household members of 
such victims; and 
‘‘(C) those collaterally affected by the vic-
timization except for the perpetrator of such 
victimization; and 
‘‘(2) to provide for technical assistance and 
training relating to sexual assault to— 
‘‘(A) Federal, State, tribal, territorial and 
local governments, law enforcement agencies, 
and courts;
‘‘(B) professionals working in legal, social 
service, and health care settings; 
‘‘(C) nonprofit organizations; 
‘‘(D) faith-based organizations; and 
‘‘(E) other individuals and organizations 
seeking such assistance. 
‘‘(b) GRANTS TO STATES AND TERRITORIES.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 
General shall award grants to States and territories 
to support the establishment, maintenance, and ex-
pansion of rape crisis centers and other programs 
and projects to assist those victimized by sexual as-
sault. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION AND USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more 
than 5 percent of the grant funds received by 
a State or territory governmental agency under 
this subsection for any fiscal year may be used 
for administrative costs. 
‘‘(B) GRANT FUNDS.—Any funds received 
by a State or territory under this subsection 
that are not used for administrative costs shall 
be used to provide grants to rape crisis centers 
and other nonprofit, nongovernmental organiza-
tions for programs and activities within such
690 
efficiency requirements for the purposes of those pro-
grams. 
(d) MONITORING.—The Secretary and the Adminis-
trator shall jointly monitor and evaluate the efforts to de-
velop the program described in subsection (a) and, not 
later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
shall make a determination as to whether such program 
is consistent with the objectives of subsection (a). 
(e) ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM.—If the Secretary and the 
Administrator make a determination under subsection (d) 
that a voluntary national information program for data 
centers consistent with the objectives of subsection (a) has 
not been developed, the Secretary and the Administrator 
shall jointly, after consultation with the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, develop, not later than 2 
years after such determination, and implement the pro-
gram under subsection (a). 
(f) PROTECTION OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.— 
The Secretary, the Administrator, or the data center effi-
ciency organization shall not disclose any proprietary in-
formation or trade secrets provided by any individual or 
company for the purposes of carrying out this program. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘data center’’ means any facility 
that primarily contains electronic equipment used to
State or territory that provide direct interven-
tion and related assistance. 
‘‘(C) INTERVENTION
AND
RELATED
AS-
SISTANCE.—Intervention and related assistance 
under subparagraph (B) may include— 
‘‘(i) 24 hour hotline services providing 
crisis intervention services and referral; 
‘‘(ii) accompaniment and advocacy 
through medical, criminal justice, and so-
cial support systems, including medical fa-
cilities, police, and court proceedings; 
‘‘(iii) crisis intervention, short-term 
individual and group support services, and 
comprehensive service coordination, and 
supervision to assist sexual assault victims 
and family or household members; 
‘‘(iv) support mechanisms that are 
culturally relevant to the community; 
‘‘(v) information and referral to assist 
the sexual assault victim and family or 
household members; 
‘‘(vi) community-based, linguistically, 
and culturally-specific service including 
outreach activities for racial and ethnic 
and other underserved communities and
linkages to existing services in these com-
munities; and 
‘‘(vii) the development and distribu-
tion of educational materials on issues re-
lated to sexual assault and the services de-
scribed in clauses (i) through (vii). 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each eligible entity 
desiring a grant under this subsection shall 
submit an application to the Attorney General 
at such time and in such manner as the Attor-
ney General may reasonably require. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each application sub-
mitted under subparagraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) set forth procedures designed to 
assure meaningful involvement of the State 
or territorial sexual assault coalition and 
representatives from racial and ethnic and 
other underserved communities in the de-
velopment of the application and the imple-
mentation of the plans; 
‘‘(ii) set forth procedures designed to 
ensure an equitable distribution of grants 
and grant funds within the State or terri-
691 
process, store, and transmit digital information, 
which may be— 
(A) a free-standing structure; or 
(B) a facility within a larger structure, 
that utilizes environmental control equipment to 
maintain the proper conditions for the oper-
ation of electronic equipment. 
(2) The term ‘‘data center operator’’ means any 
person or government entity that builds or operates 
a data center or purchases data center services, 
equipment, and facilities. 
SEC. 9050. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts authorized 
under subsections (b), (c), and (d), there are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this part, other than sec-
tion 9052— 
(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 
(2) $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2009 through 2014, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
(b) ZERO-ENERGY COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS INITIA-
TIVE.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out the initiative described in section 9044— 
(1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 32
JOINT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the
President and the Congress should join in under-
taking the Social Security Guarantee Initiative to
strengthen the Social Security program and pro-
tect the retirement income security of all Ameri-
cans for the 21st century.
(A) 
INCREASE
IN
RESOURCES
AND 
STAFF.—The Secretary of State shall perma-
nently increase in the Bureau of Population, 
Refugees, and Migration in the Department of 
State the resources dedicated to and staff as-
signed to work toward the prevention and reso-
lution of de jure and de facto statelessness and 
the protection of de jure or de facto stateless 
individuals. 
(B) 
COORDINATION.—To 
coordinate 
United States policies toward combating de jure 
and de facto statelessness, the Secretary of 
State shall establish an Interagency Working 
Group to Combat Statelessness. This working 
group should include representatives of the Bu-
reau of Population, Refugees and Migration, 
the Bureau of International Organizations, the 
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and 
Labor, the Office of Trafficking in Persons of 
the Department of State, and the United States 
Agency for International Development, as well 
as representatives from relevant offices of the 
Department of Justice and relevant offices of 
the Department of Homeland Security. 
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tory and between urban and rural areas 
within such State or territory; 
‘‘(iii) identify the State or territorial 
agency that is responsible for the adminis-
tration of programs and activities; and 
‘‘(iv) meet other such requirements as 
the Attorney General reasonably deter-
mines are necessary to carry out the pur-
poses and provisions of this section. 
‘‘(4) REPORTING.—Each State and territory re-
ceiving a grant under this subsection shall submit an 
annual report to the Attorney General that describes 
the activities carried out with such grant funds. 
‘‘(5) ALLOCATION
OF
FUNDS.—The Attorney 
General shall allocate to each State not less than 
0.50 percent of the total amount so appropriated in 
a fiscal year for grants under this section, except 
that the United States Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, Guam, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
Rico, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands shall each be allocated 0.125 percent of 
the total appropriations. 
‘‘(c) GRANTS FOR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC PROGRAMS 
ADDRESSING SEXUAL ASSAULT.—
‘‘(1) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney 
General shall award grants to eligible entities to 
support the establishment, maintenance, and expan-
sion of culturally specific intervention and related 
assistance for victims of sexual assault. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this section, an entity shall— 
‘‘(A) be a private nonprofit organization 
that focuses primarily on racial and ethnic com-
munities; 
‘‘(B) must have documented organizational 
experience in the area of sexual assault inter-
vention or have entered into a partnership with 
an organization having such expertise; 
‘‘(C) have expertise in the development of 
community-based, linguistically and culturally 
specific outreach and intervention services rel-
evant for the specific racial and ethnic commu-
nities to whom assistance would be provided or 
have the capacity to link to existing services in 
the community tailored to the needs of racial 
and ethnic populations; and 
‘‘(D) have an advisory board or steering 
committee and staffing which is reflective of the 
targeted racial and ethnic community.
‘‘(3) USE
OF
FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
under this section may be used for the purposes de-
scribed in this section. 
‘‘(4) AWARD
BASIS.—The Attorney General 
shall award grants under this section on a competi-
tive basis. 
‘‘(5) DISTRIBUTION.— 
‘‘(A) The Attorney General shall not use 
more than the 2.5 percent of funds appro-
priated under this subsection in any year for 
administration, monitoring, and evaluation of 
grants made available under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) Up to 5 percent of funds appro-
priated under this section in any year shall be 
available for technical assistance by a national 
organization or organizations whose primary 
focus and expertise is in addressing sexual as-
sault within racial and ethnic communities. 
‘‘(6) TERM.—The Attorney General shall make 
grants under this section for a period of no less than 
3 fiscal years. 
‘‘(7) REPORTING.—Each entity receiving a 
grant under this subsection shall submit a report to 
the Attorney General that describes the activities out 
with such grant funds.