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ardous materials table of section 172.101 of 
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations; or 
‘‘(4) the offense results in the death of any per-
son; 
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term 
of years or life, or both. In the case of a violation described 
in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the term of imprison-
ment shall be not less than 30 years; and, in the case of 
a violation described in paragraph (4) of this subsection, 
the offender shall be fined under this title and imprisoned 
for life and be subject to the death penalty. 
‘‘(c) CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRED FOR OFFENSE.—A 
circumstance referred to in subsection (a) is any of the 
following: 
‘‘(1) Any of the conduct required for the offense 
is, or, in the case of an attempt, threat, or con-
spiracy to engage in conduct, the conduct required 
for the completed offense would be, engaged in, on, 
against, or affecting a mass transportation provider 
or railroad carrier engaged in or affecting interstate 
or foreign commerce. 
‘‘(2) Any person travels or communicates across 
a State line in order to commit the offense, or trans-
ports materials across a State line in aid of the com-
mission of the offense.
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘biological agent’ has the meaning 
given to that term in section 178(1); 
‘‘(2) the term ‘dangerous weapon’ means a 
weapon, device, instrument, material, or substance, 
animate or inanimate, that is used for, or is readily 
capable of, causing death or serious bodily injury, in-
cluding a pocket knife with a blade of more than 21⁄2 
inches in length and a box cutter; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘destructive device’ has the mean-
ing given to that term in section 921(a)(4); 
‘‘(4) the term ‘destructive substance’ means an 
explosive substance, flammable material, infernal 
machine, or other chemical, mechanical, or radio-
active device or material, or matter of a combustible, 
contaminative, corrosive, or explosive nature, except 
that the term ‘radioactive device’ does not include 
any radioactive device or material used solely for 
medical, industrial, research, or other peaceful pur-
poses; 
‘‘(5) the term ‘hazardous material’ has the 
meaning given to that term in chapter 51 of title 49; 
‘‘(6) the term ‘high-level radioactive waste’ has 
the meaning given to that term in section 2(12) of
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 
10101(12)); 
‘‘(7) the term ‘mass transportation’ has the 
meaning given to that term in section 5302(a)(7) of 
title 49, except that the term includes school bus, 
charter, and sightseeing transportation; 
‘‘(8) the term ‘on-track equipment’ means a 
carriage or other contrivance that runs on rails or 
electromagnetic guideways; 
‘‘(9) the term ‘railroad on-track equipment’ 
means a train, locomotive, tender, motor unit, 
freight or passenger car, or other on-track equip-
ment used, operated, or employed by a railroad car-
rier; 
‘‘(10) the term ‘railroad’ has the meaning given 
to that term in chapter 201 of title 49; 
‘‘(11) the term ‘railroad carrier’ has the mean-
ing given to that term in chapter 201 of title 49; 
‘‘(12) the term ‘serious bodily injury’ has the 
meaning given to that term in section 1365; 
‘‘(13) the term ‘spent nuclear fuel’ has the 
meaning given to that term in section 2(23) of the 
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 
10101(23));
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5177 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow bonds guaranteed 
by the Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2006 
Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. BAKER, and Mr. 
KANJORSKI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow bonds 
guaranteed by the Federal home loan banks to be treated 
as tax exempt bonds. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. BONDS GUARANTEED BY FEDERAL HOME LOAN 
BANKS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Clause (i) of section 149(b)(3)(A) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to excep-
tions for certain insurance programs) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘Corporation,’’, and 
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(2) by inserting at the end the following: ‘‘or 
the Federal home loan banks,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to bonds issued after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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‘‘(14) the term ‘State’ has the meaning given to 
that term in section 2266; 
‘‘(15) the term ‘toxin’ has the meaning given to 
that term in section 178(2); and 
‘‘(16) the term ‘vehicle’ means any carriage or 
other contrivance used, or capable of being used, as 
a means of transportation on land, on water, or 
through the air.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 97 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘RAILROADS’’ in the 
chapter heading and inserting ‘‘RAILROAD 
CARRIERS AND MASS TRANSPOR-
TATION SYSTEMS ON LAND, ON 
WATER, OR THROUGH THE AIR’’; 
(B) by striking the items relating to sec-
tions 1992 and 1993; and 
(C) by inserting after the item relating to 
section 1991 the following:
‘‘1992. Terrorist attacks and other violence against railroad carriers and 
against mass transportation systems on land, on water, or 
through the air.’’.
(2) The table of chapters at the beginning of 
part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by striking the item relating to chapter 97 and in-
serting the following:
‘‘97. Railroad carriers and mass transportation systems 
on land, on water, or through the air ............ 1991’’.
(3) Title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(A) in section 2332b(g)(5)(B)(i), by strik-
ing ‘‘1992 (relating to wrecking trains), 1993 
(relating to terrorist attacks and other acts of 
violence against mass transportation systems),’’ 
and inserting ‘‘1992 (relating to terrorist at-
tacks and other acts of violence against railroad 
carriers and against mass transportation sys-
tems on land, on water, or through the air),’’; 
(B) in section 2339A, by striking ‘‘1993,’’; 
and 
(C) in section 2516(1)(c) by striking 
‘‘1992 (relating to wrecking trains),’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1992 (relating to terrorist attacks and 
other acts of violence against railroad carriers 
and against mass transportation systems on 
land, on water, or through the air),’’.
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HR 4279 RFS 
that any forfeited counterfeit labels or illicit labels 
and any article to which a counterfeit label or illicit 
label has been affixed, which a counterfeit label or 
illicit label encloses or accompanies, or which was in-
tended to have had such label affixed, enclosing, or 
accompanying, be destroyed or otherwise disposed of 
according to law. 
‘‘(C) In this paragraph, the term ‘aiding and 
abetting’ means knowingly providing aid to the viola-
tor with the intent to facilitate the violation. 
‘‘(2) CRIMINAL FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS.— 
(A) The court, in imposing sentence on a person 
convicted of an offense under this section, shall 
order, in addition to any other sentence imposed, 
that the person forfeit to the United States the fol-
lowing property: 
‘‘(i) Any counterfeit documentation or 
packaging, and any counterfeit label or illicit 
label, that was used, intended for use, or pos-
sessed with intent to use in the commission of 
an offense under subsection (a), and any article 
to which such a counterfeit label or illicit label 
has been affixed, which such a counterfeit label 
or illicit label encloses or accompanies, or which 
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(1) implement the best practices, identified by 
the study conducted under section 1, for information 
sharing concerning a terrorist threat; 
(2) coordinate the communication of these best 
practices with other metropolitan areas; 
(3) coordinate with the Secretary and the Di-
rector to develop a training curriculum to implement 
these best practices; 
(4) provide funding and technical assistance to 
other metropolitan areas to assist the metropolitan 
areas in the implementation of the curriculum devel-
oped under paragraph (3); and 
(5) coordinate with the Secretary and the Di-
rector to establish a method to advertise and dis-
seminate these best practices. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for making grants under 
this section— 
(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 for the es-
tablishment of the Centers; and 
(2) $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2012 for the operation of the Centers. 
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than March 
31, 2010, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, 
shall submit to Congress a report evaluating the oper-
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ture funding. 
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I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2596
To strengthen current Federal law and regulation to protect consumers in
connection with the representation and sale of franchise businesses; to
facilitate increased public disclosure regarding franchise opportunities,
to enhance common law remedies for purchasers of franchises, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 1, 1993
Mr. LAFALCE (for himself, Mr. DICKEY, Mr. MFUME, Mr. WYDEN, Ms.
DANNER, Mr. TOWNS, Mrs. MEEK, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mrs. CLAYTON,
Mr. TORRES, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. ENGLE, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO´, Ms.
ROYBAL-ALLARD, and Mr. SHAYS) introduced the following bill; which
was referred jointly to the Committee on the Judiciary and Energy and
Commerce
A BILL
To strengthen current Federal law and regulation to protect
consumers in connection with the representation and sale
of franchise businesses; to facilitate increased public dis-
closure regarding franchise opportunities, to enhance
common law remedies for purchasers of franchises, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5179 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure adequate payment 
amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2006 
Mr. HALL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways 
and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure 
adequate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals 
under part B of the Medicare Program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REVISION OF PAYMENT METHODOLOGY FOR 
DRUGS AND BIOLOGICALS UNDER MEDICARE 
PART B. 
(a) FLOOR
OF
WIDELY
AVAILABLE
MARKET 
PRICE.—Subsection (b) of section 1847A of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–3a) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(6) and’’ after ‘‘Subject to’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) FLOOR OF WIDELY AVAILABLE MARKET 
PRICE.—The Secretary shall increase the payment 
amount determined under this subsection for a drug 
or biological to the extent necessary to ensure that 
such payment amount is in no case less than the 
widely available market price for the drug or biologi-
cal (as determined under subsection (d) or by the 
Secretary).’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF PROMPT PAY DISCOUNTS.—Sub-
section (c)(3) of such section is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘fur-
nished to physicians’’ after ‘‘prompt pay discounts’’; 
and 
(2) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘(other 
than prompt pay discounts)’’ after ‘‘other price con-
cessions’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to drugs and biologicals that are 
furnished on or after January 1, 2007. 
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SEC. 6. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN TAX PROVISIONS OF 
THE ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005. 
(a) ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PROPERTY TREATED 
AS 15-YEAR PROPERTY.—Section 168(e)(3)(E)(vii) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, and before the date of the enact-
ment of the Energy Fairness for America Act’’ after 
‘‘April 11, 2005’’. 
(b) TEMPORARY EXPENSING OF EQUIPMENT USED 
IN REFINING LIQUID FUELS.—Section 179C(c)(1) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘January 
1, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘the date of the enactment 
of the Energy Fairness for America Act’’, and 
(2) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2008’’ each place 
it appears in subparagraph (F) and inserting ‘‘the 
date of the enactment of the Energy Fairness for 
America Act’’. 
(c) NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION LINES TREATED 
AS 15-YEAR PROPERTY.—Section 168(e)(3)(E)(viii) is 
amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2011’’ and inserting 
‘‘the date of the enactment of the Energy Fairness for 
America Act’’. 
(d) NATURAL GAS GATHERING LINES TREATED AS 
7-YEAR PROPERTY.—Section 168(e)(3)(C)(iv) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘, and before the date of the enactment of 
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the Energy Fairness for America Act’’ after ‘‘April 11, 
2005’’. 
(e) DETERMINATION OF SMALL REFINER EXCEP-
TION TO OIL DEPLETION DEDUCTION.—Section 1328(b) 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended by inserting 
‘‘and beginning before the date of the enactment of the 
Energy Fairness for America Act’’ after ‘‘this Act’’. 
(f) AMORTIZATION
OF
GEOLOGICAL
AND
GEO-
PHYSICAL EXPENDITURES.—Section 167(h) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) TERMINATION.—This subsection shall not 
apply to any taxable year beginning after the date 
of the enactment of the Energy Fairness for Amer-
ica Act.’’. 
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on and after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 7. REVALUATION OF LIFO INVENTORIES OF LARGE IN-
TEGRATED OIL COMPANIES. 
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, if a taxpayer is an applicable integrated 
oil company for its last taxable year ending in calendar 
year 2005, the taxpayer shall— 
(1) increase, effective as of the close of such 
taxable year, the value of each historic LIFO layer 
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of inventories of crude oil, natural gas, or any other 
petroleum product (within the meaning of section 
4611) by the layer adjustment amount, and 
(2) decrease its cost of goods sold for such tax-
able year by the aggregate amount of the increases 
under paragraph (1). 
If the aggregate amount of the increases under paragraph 
(1) exceed the taxpayer’s cost of goods sold for such tax-
able year, the taxpayer’s gross income for such taxable 
year shall be increased by the amount of such excess. 
(b) LAYER ADJUSTMENT AMOUNT.—For purposes of 
this section— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘layer adjustment 
amount’’ means, with respect to any historic LIFO 
layer, the product of— 
(A) $18.75, and 
(B) the number of barrels of crude oil (or 
in the case of natural gas or other petroleum 
products, the number of barrel-of-oil equiva-
lents) represented by the layer. 
(2) BARREL-OF-OIL
EQUIVALENT.—The term 
‘‘barrel-of-oil equivalent’’ has the meaning given 
such term by section 29(d)(5) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (as in effect before its redesigna-
tion by the Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2005). 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5181 
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
to limit the number of, and require reporting relating to, all subcontracts 
under contracts with the Federal Government. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2006 
Mr. JINDAL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949 to limit the number of, and require reporting 
relating to, all subcontracts under contracts with the 
Federal Government. 
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 ‘‘Federal Contract 
Transparency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS AND REPORTING RELATING TO SUB-
CONTRACTS UNDER FEDERAL CONTRACTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—The Federal Property and Ad-
ministrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 318. LIMITATIONS AND REPORTING RELATED TO 
SUBCONTRACTS. 
‘‘(a) LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING TIERS.— 
Any contract awarded by an executive agency shall pro-
hibit the contractor from having more than three tiers of 
subcontracts under the contract. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER OF LIMITATION.—The head of an exec-
utive agency may waive the limitation in subsection (a) 
with respect to a contract if the contractor requests the 
waiver and— 
‘‘(1) the head of the agency determines it is 
necessary to facilitate emergency response by the 
Federal Government during a major disaster or 
emergency declared to exist by the President under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); or 
‘‘(2) the contractor justifies the waiver in writ-
ing and the head of the agency determines the jus-
tification is adequate and makes the justification 
and the agency’s determination available upon re-
quest to Congress. 
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‘‘(c) REPORT RELATING TO SUBCONTRACTS.—Any 
contract awarded by an executive agency shall require the 
contractor to track and report to the agency all sub-
contracts, at any tier, awarded by the contractor. The in-
formation in the reports shall be available upon request 
to Congress.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contracts entered 
into by executive agencies after the expiration of the 30- 
day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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(c) APPLICATION OF REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) NO CHANGE IN METHOD OF ACCOUNTING.— 
Any adjustment required by this section shall not be 
treated as a change in method of accounting. 
(2) UNDERPAYMENTS OF ESTIMATED TAX.—No 
addition to the tax shall be made under section 6655 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 
failure by corporation to pay estimated tax) with re-
spect to any underpayment of an installment re-
quired to be paid with respect to the taxable year 
described in subsection (a) to the extent such under-
payment was created or increased by this section. 
(d) APPLICABLE INTEGRATED OIL COMPANY.—For 
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘applicable integrated 
oil company’’ means an integrated oil company (as defined 
in section 291(b)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986) which has an average daily worldwide production 
of crude oil of at least 500,000 barrels for the taxable 
year and which had gross receipts in excess of 
$1,000,000,000 for its last taxable year ending during cal-
endar year 2005. For purposes of this subsection all per-
sons treated as a single employer under subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 52 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 shall be treated as 1 person and, in the case of a 
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short taxable year, the rule under section 448(c)(3)(B) of 
such Code shall apply. 
SEC. 8. MODIFICATIONS OF FOREIGN TAX CREDIT RULES 
APPLICABLE TO DUAL CAPACITY TAXPAYERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 901 (relating to credit for 
taxes of foreign countries and of possessions of the United 
States) is amended by redesignating subsection (m) as 
subsection (n) and by inserting after subsection (l) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(m) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO DUAL CAPACITY 
TAXPAYERS.— 
‘‘(1) GENERAL
RULE.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this chapter, any amount paid or 
accrued by a dual capacity taxpayer to a foreign 
country or possession of the United States for any 
period shall not be considered a tax— 
‘‘(A) if, for such period, the foreign coun-
try or possession does not impose a generally 
applicable income tax, or 
‘‘(B) to the extent such amount exceeds 
the amount (determined in accordance with reg-
ulations) which— 
‘‘(i) is paid by such dual capacity tax-
payer pursuant to the generally applicable 
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3534 
AN ACT 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to revise require-
ments related to assets pledged by a surety, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4986
AN ACT
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal
the provisions relating to foreign sales corporations
(FSCs) and to exclude extraterritorial income from gross
income.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(g) ASSESSMENT CHANGES.—Section 1111(b)(3) (as 
amended by subsection (e)) is further amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘, yearly’’ after ‘‘high-qual-
ity’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘that will be used as the 
primary’’ and inserting ‘‘, subject to the State’s 
selection of an assessment system under sub-
paragraph (E), that will be used as 1 of the’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (C)— 
(A) in the matter preceding item (aa) of 
clause (v)(I), by striking ‘‘except as otherwise 
provided for grades 3 through 8 under clause 
vii’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to a State’s selection 
of an assessment system under subparagraph 
(E)’’; 
(B) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘beginning 
not’’ and all that follows through ‘‘through 8 
in’’ and inserting ‘‘measure the achievement of 
students against the challenging State academic 
content and student academic achievement 
standards in each of the grades assessed in’’; 
(C) in clause (xiv), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
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Calendar No. 78
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 4
AN ACT
To declare it to be the policy of the United States
to deploy a national missile defense.
MARCH 24, 1999
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar