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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 732 
Calling for the protection of the rights and freedoms of religious minorities 
in the Arab world. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2012 
Mr. FRANKS of Arizona (for himself, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. WOLF, Mr. PITTS, 
Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mrs. HARTZLER, 
Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. JONES, Ms. BUERKLE, Mr. KELLY, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. BILIRAKIS, 
Mr. FORBES, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. SENSEN-
BRENNER, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. CANSECO, 
Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. PETERS, Mr. MARINO, Mr. 
HUELSKAMP, Mr. SHULER, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. SIRES, and Ms. ESHOO) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Calling for the protection of the rights and freedoms of 
religious minorities in the Arab world. 
Whereas Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human 
Rights recognizes that ‘‘[e]veryone has the right to free-
dom of thought, conscience and religion; this right in-
cludes freedom to change one’s religion or belief, and 
freedom, either alone or in community with others and in 
public or in private, to manifest one’s religion or belief 
in teaching, practice, worship and observance’’; 
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Whereas Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil 
and Political Rights states that ‘‘Everyone shall have the 
right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This 
right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion 
or belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually or 
in community with others and in public or private, to 
manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, 
practice and teaching.’’; 
Whereas, since January 2011, popular uprisings and move-
ments for democratic change have swept the Arab world, 
including Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, and Syria; 
Whereas many democratic reformers in the Arab world ex-
pressed aspirations for religious freedom, tolerance, and 
peace; 
Whereas in recent months, in the midst of political transition 
and uncertainty in many Arab countries, minority ethno- 
religious communities have come under repeated and 
deadly attack; 
Whereas, on January 1, 2011, a suicide bomber attacked the 
Saint George and Bishop Peter Church in Alexandria, 
killing 21 Coptic Christians, an ancient Egyptian reli-
gious faith community that accounts for over 10 percent 
of the country’s population of 82,000,000; 
Whereas, on October 9, 2011, tens of thousands of Coptic 
Christians along with Muslims took to the streets in the 
Maspero section of Cairo to protest Egypt’s interim mili-
tary government’s failure to protect them from attacks 
on churches, and, in response, were attacked by the 
Egyptian military and security forces in one of the dead-
liest assaults on the community since the revolution 
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1319
To amend the Social Security Act to improve the information made available
in social security account statements and to provide for annual distribu-
tion of such statements to beneficiaries.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 24, 1995
Mr. MEEHAN (for himself, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. DEAL of Geor-
gia, Mr. BEREUTER, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr.
UPTON, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mrs. MINK of Ha-
waii, Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. STUPAK, and Mr.
MORAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Social Security Act to improve the information
made available in social security account statements and
to provide for annual distribution of such statements
to beneficiaries.
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 ‘‘Social Security Access
to Information Act of 1995’’.
IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 734 
Recognizing the importance of frontline health workers toward accelerating 
progress on global health and saving the lives of women and children, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2012 
Mrs. LOWEY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the importance of frontline health workers to-
ward accelerating progress on global health and saving 
the lives of women and children, and for other purposes. 
Whereas United States investment in maternal and child 
health has resulted in dramatic successes, reducing 
under-5 preventable child deaths from 12 million in 1990 
to 7.6 million in 2010; 
Whereas strong health systems and access to health care in 
developing countries are vital for these successes to con-
tinue and to ensure that the United States investment in 
global health programs is most effective; 
Whereas millions of families live beyond the reach of hos-
pitals and clinics and can only be served by frontline 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At least once during each
12-month period beginning on the anniversary of the
date of publication of a countervailing duty order
under this title or under section 303 of this Act, an
antidumping duty order under this title or a finding
under the Antidumping Act, 1921, or a notice of the
suspension of an investigation, the administering au-
thority, if a request for such a review has been re-
ceived and after publication of notice of such review
in the Federal Register, shall—
‘‘(A) review and determine the amount of
any net countervailable subsidy,
‘‘(B) review, and determine (in accordance
with paragraph (2)), the amount of any anti-
dumping duty, and
‘‘(C) review the current status of, and
compliance with, any agreement by reason of
which an investigation was suspended, and re-
view the amount of any net countervailable sub-
sidy or dumping margin involved in the agree-
ment,
and shall publish in the Federal Register the results
of such review, together with notice of any duty to
be assessed, estimated duty to be deposited, or inves-
tigation to be resumed.
IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 735 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Patient Protec-
tion and Affordable Care Act of 2009 violates article I, section 7, clause 
1 of the United States Constitution because it was a ‘‘Bill for raising 
Revenue’’ that did not originate in the House of Representatives. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2012 
Mr. GOHMERT (for himself, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. POSEY, Mr. WALSH 
of Illinois, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. PITTS, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. BROUN of 
Georgia, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. BARTLETT, and Mr. ROE of Tennessee) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 
violates article I, section 7, clause 1 of the United States 
Constitution because it was a ‘‘Bill for raising Revenue’’ 
that did not originate in the House of Representatives. 
Whereas article I, section 7, clause 1 of the United States 
Constitution provides that, ‘‘All Bills for raising Revenue 
shall originate in the House of Representatives’’; 
Whereas, on June 28, 2012, a majority of the United States 
Supreme Court held that the individual mandate provi-
sion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
of 2009 ‘‘cannot be upheld as an exercise of Congress’s 
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power under the Commerce Clause’’ but ‘‘was within 
Congress’s power to tax’’; 
Whereas the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 
2009 was originally introduced in the United States Con-
gress by its sponsor as the ‘‘Senate health care bill’’ in 
the form of a Senate Amendment to H.R. 3590, which 
had passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 
416–0 as the ‘‘Service Members Home Ownership Tax 
Act of 2009’’; and 
Whereas the ‘‘Senate health care bill’’ that the President ulti-
mately signed as H.R. 3590 contains 17 numbered ‘‘Rev-
enue Provisions’’, none of which are germane to the sub-
ject matter of the original H.R. 3590, and nothing else 
in the ‘‘Senate health care bill’’ was germane to the sub-
ject matter of H.R. 3590: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act of 2009 was a ‘‘Bill for raising Revenue’’ as 
those words were intended to be understood in arti-
cle I, section 7, clause 1 of the United States Con-
stitution; and 
(2) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act of 2009 did not originate in the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 736 
Expressing opposition to the use of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, 
nitrous oxide, argon, or other gases to euthanize shelter animals and 
support for State laws that require the use of the more humane eutha-
nasia by injection method. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2012 
Mr. MORAN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing opposition to the use of carbon monoxide, carbon 
dioxide, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, argon, or other gases 
to euthanize shelter animals and support for State laws 
that require the use of the more humane euthanasia 
by injection method. 
Whereas 6,000,000 to 8,000,000 cats and dogs are placed 
into the care of between 4,000 to 6,000 local animal shel-
ters each year in the United States; 
Whereas nearly half of these animals are euthanized each 
year because adoptive homes are not able to be found for 
them; 
Whereas to be considered humane, a euthanasia technique 
must expeditiously cause painless unconsciousness, fol-
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Whereas coal mining provides benefits far beyond its direct 
revenues, including billions of dollars in economic output 
and household earnings and hundreds of thousands of 
jobs in other industries; and 
Whereas issuing a postage stamp honoring the Nation’s coal 
miners is fitting and proper: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the Postmaster General should issue a com-
memorative postage stamp honoring the Nation’s 
coal miners; and 
(2) such stamp should— 
(A) be issued in the denomination used for 
first-class mail up to 1 ounce in weight; 
(B) bear such illustration or design as the 
Postmaster General determines; and 
(C) be placed on sale at such time and for 
such period as the Postmaster General deter-
mines. 
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lowed by respiratory then cardiac arrest, and ultimately 
death; 
Whereas animals euthanized in gas chambers are often forced 
into confined areas with several other animals, causing 
unnecessary stress and aggressive behavior; 
Whereas the use of gas chambers can take over 30 minutes 
to end an animal’s life and sometimes does not result in 
the death of all the animals inside; 
Whereas the use of gas chambers can cause a loss of con-
sciousness and brain function in an animal only after the 
animal’s vital organs shut down, resulting in prolonged 
suffering and distress; 
Whereas old, pregnant, neonatal, and injured animals are 
often biologically unable to absorb the gas as readily as 
larger or healthier animals, which can prolong the stress 
and trauma they experience before death; 
Whereas highly toxic carbon monoxide, the most common 
chemical used in animal gas chambers, is the leading 
cause of accidental poisoning in the United States, and, 
even at low levels, can result in many long-term effects 
including impaired memory, breathing difficulties, muscle 
weakness, heart irregularities, and brain damage; 
Whereas gas chambers threaten the safety of animal shelter 
workers, causing the death of at least one human and se-
verely injuring several others in recent years; 
Whereas a viable and cost-effective alternative to the use of 
gas chambers exists in the form of euthanasia by injec-
tion using sodium pentobarbital; 
Whereas the use of euthanasia by injection causes animals to 
lose consciousness and brain function before their vital 
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organs shut down, decreasing suffering and resulting in 
rapid clinical death; 
Whereas the use of injectable euthanasia agents is considered 
the most reliable and preferable method of animal eutha-
nasia by the American Humane Association, the Amer-
ican Veterinary Medical Association, the National Animal 
Control Association, the Association of Shelter Veterinar-
ians, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 
to Animals, and the Humane Society of the United 
States; and 
Whereas at least 18 States and the District of Columbia ei-
ther have laws banning the use of gas chambers or 
choose not to use the method to euthanize shelter ani-
mals: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses disapproval of the use of gas 
chambers to euthanize shelter animals; 
(2) supports the enactment of State laws re-
quiring the use of euthanasia by injection with so-
dium pentobarbital as the standard method of eutha-
nasia for all animal shelters; and 
(3) encourages States to allow licensed shelters 
to purchase necessary euthanasia drugs, such as so-
dium pentobarbital, subject to appropriate training 
and certification. 
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SEC. 2. ANNUAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT STATEMENTS
TO BENEFICIARIES INDICATING TOTAL BENE-
FITS PAID.
Section 1143 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1320b–13) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘Beginning
not later than October 1, 1990, the Commissioner of
Social Security’’ and inserting ‘‘The Commissioner
of Social Security’’;
(2) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by inserting
‘‘, expressed in terms of actual dollars and in terms
of current dollars’’ after ‘‘request’’;
(3) in subsection (a)(2), by redesignating sub-
paragraphs (B), (C), and (D), as subparagraphs
(C), (D), and (E), respectively, and by inserting
after subparagraph (A) the following new subpara-
graph:
‘‘(B) the total amount of benefits paid to date
to the eligible individual and the total amount of
benefits paid to date to all beneficiaries on the basis
of the eligible individual’s wages and self-employ-
ment income, expressed in terms of actual dollars
and in terms of current dollars;’’;
(4) by striking subsection (c)(1) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(c)(1) Beginning not later than October 1, 1995, the
Commissioner of Social Security shall provide a statement
on an annual basis to each eligible individual who has at-
tained at least 60 years of age and for whom a current
mailing address can be determined through such methods
as the Commissioner determines to be appropriate.’’; and
(5) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘who is not
receiving benefits under title II and’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to social security account statements provided
after September 30, 1995, and before January 1, 2017.
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PART II—EXPORTS
Sec. 411. Export programs.
Sec. 412. Other conforming amendments.
PART III—OTHER PROVISIONS
Sec. 421. Authority for certain actions under Article XXVIII.
Sec. 422. Tobacco imports.
Sec. 423. Tobacco proclamation authority.
Sec. 424. Report to Congress on access to Canadian dairy and poultry markets.
Sec. 425. Study of milk marketing order system.
Sec. 426. Additional program funding.
Subtitle B—Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Sec. 431. Sanitary and phytosanitary measures.
Sec. 432. International standard-setting activities.
Subtitle C—Standards
Sec. 441. The Federal Seed Act.
Subtitle D—General Effective Date
Sec. 451. General effective date.
TITLE V—INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Sec. 501. Definition.
Subtitle A—Copyright Provisions
Sec. 511. Rental rights in computer programs.
Sec. 512. Civil penalties for unauthorized fixation of and trafficking in sound
recordings and music videos of live musical performances.
Sec. 513. Criminal penalties for unauthorized fixation of and trafficking in
sound recordings and music videos or live musical perform-
ances.
Sec. 514. Restored works.
Subtitle B—Trademark Provisions
Sec. 521. Definition of ‘‘abandoned’’.
Sec. 522. Nonregistrability of misleading geographic indications for wines and
spirits.
Sec. 523. Effective date.
Subtitle C—Patent Provisions
Sec. 531. Treatment of inventive activity.
Sec. 532. Patent term and internal priority.
Sec. 533. Patent rights.
Sec. 534. Effective dates and application.
House Calendar No. 151 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 738 
[Report No. 112–616] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4078) 
to provide that no agency may take any signifi-
cant regulatory action until the unemployment 
rate is equal to or less than 6.0 percent, and pro-
viding for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6082) 
to officially replace, within the 60-day Congres-
sional review period under the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act, President Obama’s Proposed 
Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing 
Program (2012–2017) with a congressional plan 
that will conduct additional oil and natural gas 
lease sales to promote offshore energy develop-
ment, job creation, and increased domestic en-
ergy production to ensure a more secure energy 
future in the United States, and for other pur-
poses. 
JULY 23, 2012 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 131
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the child care
credit for lower-income working parents, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. SOLOMON 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 increase
the child care credit for lower-income working parents,
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 ‘‘Child Care Tax Credit
Reform Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. CHILD CARE CREDIT AMENDMENTS.
(a) INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF EMPLOYMENT-RELAT-
ED EXPENSES TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—
(1) 1 QUALIFYING INDIVIDUAL.—Paragraph (1)
of section 21(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to dollar limit on amount creditable)
is amended by striking ‘‘$2,400’’ and inserting
‘‘$3,600’’.
(2) 2 OR
MORE
QUALIFYING
INDIVIDUALS.—
Paragraph (2) of section 21(c) of such Code (relat-
ing to dollar limit on amount creditable) is amended
by striking ‘‘$4,800’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,400’’.
(b) DENIAL OF CREDIT TO TAXPAYERS WHOSE AD-
JUSTED GROSS INCOME IS $50,000 OR MORE.—Para-
graph (2) of section 21(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (defining applicable percentage) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(but not below 20 percent)’’
and inserting ‘‘(but not below zero)’’, and
(2) by striking ‘‘1 percentage point for each
$2,000 (or fraction thereof)’’ and inserting ‘‘11⁄2
percentage points for each full $2,000’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1995.
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dispensed with. All points of order against consideration 
of the bill are waived. All points of order against provi-
sions in the bill are waived. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall 
not apply to the consideration of the bill. General debate 
shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed three 
hours, to be equally divided and controlled by Mr. Braley 
of Iowa and a Member opposed thereto. After general de-
bate, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the 
five-minute rule. During consideration of the bill for 
amendment, the chair of the Committee of the Whole may 
accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether the 
Member offering an amendment has caused it to be print-
ed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated 
for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments 
so printed shall be considered as read. At the conclusion 
of the consideration of the bill for amendment, the Com-
mittee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 
amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 
amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 
motion, except one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. If the Committee of the Whole rises and re-
ports that it has come to no resolution on the bill, then, 
on the next legislative day, the House shall, immediately 
after the third daily order of business under clause 1 of 
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rule XIV, resolve into the Committee of the Whole House 
on the state of the Union for further consideration of the 
bill. 
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