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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 304 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the naval forces of the 
Navy to include not less than 12 operational aircraft carriers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2005 
Mr. CRENSHAW (for himself, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. STEARNS, Mrs. JO ANN 
DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. CANTOR, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mrs. 
DRAKE, Mr. MICA, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. FORBES, Mr. MEEK of 
Florida, and Mr. SHAW) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the naval 
forces of the Navy to include not less than 12 operational 
aircraft carriers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR 12 OPERATIONAL AIR-
CRAFT CARRIERS WITHIN NAVAL FORCES OF 
THE NAVY. 
Section 5062 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended—
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(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) The naval combat forces of the Navy shall in-
clude not less than 12 operational aircraft carriers. For 
purposes of this subsection, an operational aircraft carrier 
includes an aircraft carrier that is temporarily unavailable 
for worldwide deployment due to routine or scheduled 
maintenance or repair.’’. 
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‘‘(d) HEARINGS IN PUBLIC PLACES.—Grant amounts 
under this part may be used by a drug court to carry out 
programs under which the court holds hearings in public 
places such as schools. Under such a program, the grant 
amounts may be used for expenses such as audio visual 
equipment, costs associated with televising or broadcasting 
court proceedings, security, educational supplies, and port-
able equipment. For each fiscal year, the Attorney General 
shall set aside a portion of the amounts made available 
for that fiscal year for programs under this subsection.’’. 
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and refine crude oil by any chemical or physical 
process, including distillation, fluid catalytic 
cracking, hydrocracking, coking, alkylation, 
etherification, polymerization, catalytic reform-
ing, isomerization, hydrotreating, blending, and 
any combination thereof, in order to produce 
gasoline or other fuel; or 
(B) a facility designed and operated to re-
ceive, load, unload, store, transport, process, 
and refine coal by any chemical or physical 
process, including liquefaction, in order to 
produce gasoline, diesel, or other liquid fuel as 
its primary output; and 
(3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Energy. 
TITLE I—INCREASING REFINERY 
CAPACITY 
SEC. 101. STATE PARTICIPATION AND PRESIDENTIAL DES-
IGNATION. 
(a) FEDERAL-STATE REGULATORY COORDINATION 
AND ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) GOVERNOR’S REQUEST.—The governor of a 
State may submit a request to the Secretary for the 
application of process coordination and rules of pro-
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cedure under section 102 to the siting, construction, 
expansion, or operation of any refinery in that State. 
(2) STATE
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary and 
the Administrator are authorized to provide financial 
assistance to State governments to facilitate the hir-
ing of additional personnel with expertise in fields 
relevant to consideration of applications to site, con-
struct, expand, or operate any refinery in that State. 
(3) OTHER
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary and 
the Administrator shall provide technical, legal, or 
other assistance to State governments to facilitate 
their review of applications to site, construct, ex-
pand, or operate any refinery in that State. 
(b) PRESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION.— 
(1) DESIGNATION
REQUIREMENT.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the President shall designate sites on Federal 
lands, including closed military installations subject 
to paragraph (3), that are appropriate for the pur-
poses of siting a refinery. 
(2) ANALYSIS OF REFINERY SITES.—In consid-
ering any site on Federal lands for possible designa-
tion under this subsection, the President shall con-
duct an analysis of—
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(A) the availability of crude oil supplies to 
the site, including supplies from domestic pro-
duction of shale oil and tar sands and other 
strategic unconventional fuels; 
(B) the distribution of the Nation’s refined 
petroleum product demand; 
(C) whether such site is in close proximity 
to substantial pipeline infrastructure, including 
both crude oil and refined petroleum product 
pipelines, and potential infrastructure feasi-
bility; 
(D) the need to diversify the geographical 
location of the domestic refining capacity; 
(E) the effect that increased refined petro-
leum products from a refinery on that site may 
have on the price and supply of gasoline to con-
sumers; 
(F) the impact of locating a refinery on 
the site on the readiness and operations of the 
Armed Forces; and 
(G) such other factors as the President 
considers appropriate. 
(3) SPECIAL RULES FOR CLOSED MILITARY IN-
STALLATIONS.—
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‘‘(B) DEFINITION
OF
AFFILIATE; CON-
TROL.— 
‘‘(i) DEFINITION OF AFFILIATE.—For 
the purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii) the 
term ‘affiliate’ means a person that con-
trols, is controlled by, or is under common 
control with, another person. 
‘‘(ii) CONTROL.—For purposes of sub-
paragraph (A)(ii), a person has control 
over another person if— 
‘‘(I) the person directly or indi-
rectly, or acting through 1 or more 
others, owns, controls, or has the 
power to vote 5 percent or more of 
any class of voting securities of such 
other person; 
‘‘(II) the person controls, in any 
manner, the election of a majority of 
the directors or trustees of such other 
person; or 
‘‘(III) the Secretary determines 
(after notice and opportunity for a 
hearing) that the person directly or 
indirectly exercises a controlling inter-
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5622 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program 
to establish standards of access to care for veterans seeking health 
care from certain Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 13, 2008 
Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out 
a pilot program to establish standards of access to care 
for veterans seeking health care from certain Department 
of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Veterans Timely Ac-
cess to Health Care Act’’. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 373
To require notification to Congress of certain contracts, and to amend title 
31, United States Code, to prohibit the unauthorized expenditure of 
funds for publicity or propaganda purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2005
Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, 
Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Ms. SLAUGHTER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require notification to Congress of certain contracts, and 
to amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit the 
unauthorized expenditure of funds for publicity or propa-
ganda 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 ‘‘Federal Propaganda 
Prohibition Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5623 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish licensure requirements 
for employees and contractor personnel of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs performing orthotics services, pedorthics services, or prosthetics 
services in any State in which there is a State licensure requirement 
for persons performing those services in private practice. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 13, 2008 
Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida (for herself and Mr. MILLER of Florida) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish licensure 
requirements for employees and contractor personnel of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs performing orthotics 
services, pedorthics services, or prosthetics services in 
any State in which there is a State licensure requirement 
for persons performing those services in private practice. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1827
AN ACT
To improve the economy and efficiency of Govern-
ment operations by requiring the use of recovery
audits and recovery activity by Federal agencies.
(2) TIME FOR CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance 
authorized under paragraph (1) shall be completed 
prior to the expiration of the 180-day period which 
begins on the date Pima County pays to the State 
of Arizona, State Land Department, the amount de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION OF LAND EXCHANGES. 
(a) TITLE STANDARDS.—The Secretary shall require 
that title to the lands to be exchanged under this Act con-
form with the title standards of the Attorney General of 
the United States. 
(b) CORRECTIONS
TO LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—By 
mutual agreement, the Secretary and the party involved 
may adjust the legal descriptions contained in this Act to 
correct errors or to make minor adjustments in the bound-
aries of the lands to be exchanged. 
(c) APPRAISALS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The values of the lands to 
be exchanged under this Act shall be determined by 
the Secretary through an appraisal performed by a 
qualified appraiser selected from the Department of 
the Interior approved contractor list and mutually 
agreed to by the Secretary and the party involved 
and performed in conformance with the Uniform Ap-
praisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions
(United States Department of Justice, December 
2000), the Uniform Standards of Professional Ap-
praisal Practice, and section 206(d) of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1716(d)). 
(2) DEADLINE FOR APPRAISALS.—All apprais-
als under this Act shall be completed and submitted 
to the Secretary and the party involved for approval 
before the expiration of the 180-day period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) DEADLINE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS.—
Before the expiration of the 180-day period beginning on 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
complete all environmental reviews of lands to be ex-
changed under this Act that are required by the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.). 
(e) ELGIN LANDFILL.—The boundary of the Las 
Cienegas National Conservation Area is modified to ex-
clude the 40-acre tract presently leased by the Bureau of 
land management to the town of Elgin, Arizona, for a san-
itary landfill. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘Empirita-Simonson property’’ 
means the parcel of land consisting of approximately 
2,490 acres in sections 14, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 
36, township 17 south, range 18 east, Gila and Salt 
River Base and Meridian. 
(2) The term ‘‘Sahuarita property’’ means the 
parcel of land consisting of approximately 1,280 
acres in sections 5, 7, and 8, township 17 south, 
range 15 east, Gila and Salt River Base and Merid-
ian. 
(3) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
(4) The term ‘‘Tumamoc Hill property’’ means 
the parcel of land owned by the State of Arizona 
consisting of approximately 290 acres in sections 9, 
10, 15, and 16 township 14 south, range 13 east, 
Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, excluding 
approximately 30 acres of landfill as shown on the 
map on file in the records of Pima County, Arizona.
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(1) Investigations in 2004 and 2005 by the 
Government Accountability Office revealed that ap-
propriated funds have been used in more than one 
Federal agency to fund ‘‘covert propaganda’’ that is 
‘‘misleading as to source’’. 
(2) An independent investigation revealed that 
the Department of Education paid a conservative 
commentator to speak in support of the No Child 
Left Behind Act during his television and radio ap-
pearances. 
(3) The American public has been subjected to 
receiving millions of dollars worth of messages in 
print, television, radio, and in person without being 
informed that the sources are not independent. 
(4) There is not enough information about Fed-
eral public relations and advertising efforts to allow 
for consistent oversight by Congress. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to ensure that advertising and public rela-
tions campaigns paid for with Federal appropria-
tions are unbiased and factual, and do not contain 
a political message or covert propaganda; 
(2) to increase the oversight and evaluation of 
advertising campaigns paid for by the Federal Gov-
ernment by requiring that agencies provide notice to
the appropriate congressional committees of all pub-
lic relations, media relations, and advertising con-
tracts; 
(3) to require that all public relations and 
media outreach tools developed by Federal agencies 
inform the target audience of the source of funding 
for the message; and 
(4) to make permanent the prohibition against 
spending Federal funds on publicity and propaganda 
that has been included in appropriations Acts since 
1951. 
SEC. 3. NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS REGARDING CERTAIN 
CONTRACTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY CONGRESS REGARD-
ING CERTAIN CONTRACTS.— Not later than 30 days after 
entering into a covered contract, an Executive agency shall 
submit to each covered congressional committee a written 
notification containing the name of the contractor, the 
amount of the contract, the purpose of the contract, a 
summary of the statement of work for the contract, and 
any other information the agency considers relevant. 
(b) REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT OTHER INFORMATION 
UPON REQUEST.—Upon request by the Comptroller Gen-
eral or the chairman or ranking minority member of any 
covered congressional committee, an Executive agency
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘pre-
paratory,’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘upon 
graduation/completion’’ and inserting ‘‘within one 
year of graduation/completion’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘of the in-
stitution of higher education with which the Sec-
retary has an agreement under section 112, includ-
ing specific schedules and analyses for all NTID 
funds, as required under section 203’’ and inserting 
‘‘of RIT programs and activities’’. 
SEC. 908. MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND REPORTING. 
Secti of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 
U.S.C. 4305) is amended in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘preparatory,’’. 
SEC. 909. LIAISON FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. 
Section 206(a) of the Education of the Deaf Act of 
1986 (20 U.S.C. 4356(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘Not 
later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’. 
SEC. 910. FEDERAL ENDOWMENT PROGRAMS FOR GAL-
LAUDET UNIVERSITY AND THE NATIONAL 
TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF. 
Section 207(a)(2) of the Education of the Deaf Act 
of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4357(a)(2)) is amended by striking 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3053
To remediate groundwater contamination caused by perchlorates in the city 
of Santa Clarita, California. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2005
Mr. MCKEON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To remediate groundwater contamination caused by 
perchlorates in the city of Santa Clarita, California.
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 ‘‘Eastern Santa Clara 
River Basin Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EASTERN SANTA CLARA RIVER BASIN GROUND-
WATER RESTORATION. 
(a) EASTERN SANTA CLARA RIVER BASIN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army, 
in cooperation with Federal, State, and local govern-
ment agencies, shall participate in studies and other 
investigative activities and in the construction, plan-
ning, and design of projects determined by the Sec-
retary to offer a long-term solution to the problem 
of groundwater contamination caused by per-
chlorates in the Eastern Santa Clara River Basin, in 
the city of Santa Clarita, California. 
(2) SOURCES
OF
PERCHLORATE.—The inves-
tigative activities and projects described in para-
graph (1) shall include sites that are—
(A) sources of perchlorate; and 
(B) located in the city of Santa Clarita, 
California. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out 
this section. Such sums shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 3. GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION WITHIN THE SANTA 
CLARITA VALLEY FOR PERCHLORATE CON-
TAMINATION. 
Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 3835; 113 Stat. 335) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(75) 
SANTA
CLARITA, 
CALIFORNIA.—
$25,000,00 to remediate groundwater contamination
in the Eastern Santa Clara River Basin, Santa 
Clarita, California. The Secretary shall allow credit 
for in-kind services provided by the non-Federal 
sponsor before the initiation of the project, not to 
exceed the non-Federal cost of the project. If the in-
kind services provided by the non-Federal sponsor 
before the initiation of the project exceed the non-
Federal cost of the project, the Secretary shall reim-
burse the non-Federal sponsor for such services.’’.
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that provided a notification under subsection (a) for a cov-
ered contract shall provide to the person making the re-
quest—
(1) a copy of the covered contract; 
(2) any modifications to the covered contract; 
and 
(3) any materials produced under the covered 
contract. 
(c) COVERED CONTRACTS.—In this section, the term 
‘‘covered contract’’ means a contract with an Executive 
agency for public relations, media relations, advertising, 
or public opinion research services, or any subcontract for 
such services under a Federal contract. 
(d) COVERED CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘covered congressional committee’’, 
with respect to a notification submitted by an Executive 
agency under subsection (a), means each of the following: 
(1) The Committee on Government Reform of 
the House of Representatives. 
(2) The Committee on Governmental Affairs 
and Homeland Security of the Senate. 
(3) The Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
(4) The Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate.
(5) Each authorizing committee of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate with jurisdiction 
over the Executive agency submitting the notifica-
tion. 
(e) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Executive agency’’ has the meaning provided in section 
105 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE 
OF FUNDS FOR PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA 
PURPOSES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Chapter 13 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 1355. Prohibition on unauthorized expenditure of 
funds for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—An officer or employee of the 
United States Government may not make or authorize an 
expenditure or obligation of funds for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes within the United States unless author-
ized by law. 
‘‘(b) PENALTIES.—
‘‘(1) ADVERSE PERSONNEL ACTION.—An officer 
or employee of the United States Government vio-
lating subsection (a) shall be subject to appropriate
administrative 
discipline 
including, 
when 
cir-
cumstances warrant, suspension from duty without 
pay or removal from office. 
‘‘(2) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—An officer or em-
ployee of the United States Government knowingly 
and willfully violating subsection (a) shall be fined 
not more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than 
2 years, or both.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 13 of such title is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:
‘‘1355. Prohibition on unauthorized expenditure of funds for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes.’’.
SEC. 5. REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL 
SPONSORSHIP 
OF 
ALL 
FEDERAL 
ADVER-
TISING OR OTHER COMMUNICATION MATE-
RIALS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Each advertisement or other 
communication paid for by an Executive agency, either di-
rectly or through a contract awarded by the Executive 
agency, shall include a prominent notice informing the tar-
get audience that the advertisement or other communica-
tion is paid for by that Executive agency. 
(b) ADVERTISEMENT OR OTHER COMMUNICATION.—
In this section, the term ‘‘advertisement or other commu-
nication’’ includes—
(1) an advertisement disseminated in any form, 
including print or by any electronic means; and 
(2) a communication by an individual in any 
form, including speech, print, or by any electronic 
means. 
(c) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Executive agency’’ has the meaning provided in section 
105 of title 5, United States Code.
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‘‘or other governing body of the institution of higher edu-
cation with which the Secretary has an agreement under 
section 112’’ and inserting ‘‘of RIT’’. 
SEC. 911. OVERSIGHT AND EFFECT OF AGREEMENTS. 
Section 208(a) of the Education of the Deaf Act of 
1986 (20 U.S.C. 4359(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the institution of higher edu-
cation with which the Secretary has an agreement 
under part B of title I’’ and inserting ‘‘RIT’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Committee on Labor and 
Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce of the House of 
Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions of the Senate’’. 
SEC. 912. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. 
(a) ENROLLMENT.—Section 209(a) of the Education 
of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4359a(a)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘preparatory, undergraduate,’’ and inserting 
‘‘undergraduate’’. 
(b) TUITION SURCHARGE.—Section 209(b) of the 
Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4359a(b)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘preparatory, undergraduate’’ and 
inserting ‘‘undergraduate’’. 
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