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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 19 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish 
English as the official language of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 18, 2007 
Mr. TANCREDO introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States to establish English as the official language of 
the United States. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 
States within seven years after the date of its submission 
for ratification: 
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‘‘ARTICLE — 
‘‘SECTION 1. The English language shall be the offi-
cial language of the United States. As the official lan-
guage, the English language shall be used for all public 
acts including every order, resolution, vote, and election, 
and for all records and judicial proceedings of the Govern-
ment of the United States and the governments of the sev-
eral States. 
‘‘SECTION 2. The Congress and the States shall en-
force this article by appropriate legislation.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 329 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1084 
[Report No. 110–537] 
A BILL 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, 
and the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to build 
operational readiness in civilian agencies, and for 
other purposes. 
MARCH 4, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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(6) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘tobacco 
product,’’ after ‘‘device,’’; 
(7) in subsection (j)— 
(A) by striking the period after ‘‘573’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘708, or 721’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘708, 721, 904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 
or 920(b)’’; 
(8) in subsection (k), by inserting ‘‘tobacco 
product,’’ after ‘‘device,’’; 
(9) by striking subsection (p) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(p) The failure to register in accordance with section 
510 or 905, the failure to provide any information re-
quired by section 510(j), 510(k), 905(i), or 905(j), or the 
failure to provide a notice required by section 510(j)(2) 
or 905(i)(3).’’; 
(10) by striking subsection (q)(1) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(q)(1) The failure or refusal— 
‘‘(A) to comply with any requirement prescribed 
under section 518, 520(g), 903(b), 907, 908, or 916; 
‘‘(B) to furnish any notification or other mate-
rial or information required by or under section 519, 
520(g), 904, 909, or 920; or
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 20
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 
2007, and for other purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That this joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Revised 
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007’’.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1085 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude combat zone 
compensation of members of the Armed Forces from employment taxes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2007 
Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey 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 exclude 
combat zone compensation of members of the Armed 
Forces from employment taxes. 
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 ‘‘Armed Forces Tax 
Relief Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF COMBAT ZONE COMPENSATION OF 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FROM EM-
PLOYMENT TAXES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 3121(i) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to service 
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5856 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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‘‘(C) to comply with a requirement under sec-
tion 522 or 913.’’; 
(11) in subsection (q)(2), by striking ‘‘device,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘device or tobacco product,’’; 
(12) in subsection (r), by inserting ‘‘or tobacco 
product’’ after the term ‘‘device’’ each time that 
such term appears; and 
(13) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(oo) The sale of tobacco products in violation of a 
no-tobacco-sale order issued under section 303(f). 
‘‘(pp) The introduction or delivery for introduction 
into interstate commerce of a tobacco product in violation 
of section 911. 
‘‘(qq)(1) Forging, counterfeiting, simulating, or false-
ly representing, or without proper authority using any 
mark, stamp (including tax stamp), tag, label, or other 
identification device upon any tobacco product or con-
tainer or labeling thereof so as to render such tobacco 
product a counterfeit tobacco product. 
‘‘(2) Making, selling, disposing of, or keeping in pos-
session, control, or custody, or concealing any punch, die, 
plate, stone, or other item that is designed to print, im-
print, or reproduce the trademark, trade name, or other 
identifying mark, imprint, or device of another or any like-
ness of any of the foregoing upon any tobacco product or
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container or labeling thereof so as to render such tobacco 
product a counterfeit tobacco product. 
‘‘(3) The doing of any act that causes a tobacco prod-
uct to be a counterfeit tobacco product, or the sale or dis-
pensing, or the holding for sale or dispensing, of a coun-
terfeit tobacco product. 
‘‘(rr) The charitable distribution of tobacco products. 
‘‘(ss) The failure of a manufacturer or distributor to 
notify the Attorney General and the Secretary of the 
Treasury of their knowledge of tobacco products used in 
illicit trade. 
‘‘(tt) With respect to a tobacco product, any state-
ment directed to consumers through the media or through 
the label, labeling, or advertising that would reasonably 
be expected to result in consumers believing that the prod-
uct is regulated, inspected or approved by the Food and 
Drug Administration, or that the product complies with 
the requirements of the Food and Drug Administration, 
including a statement or implication in the label, labeling, 
or advertising of such product, and that could result in 
consumers believing that the product is endorsed for use 
by the Food and Drug Administration or in consumers 
being misled about the harmfulness of the product because 
of such regulation, inspection, or compliance.’’.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4347 
To extend the suspension of duty on Baypure DS. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2007 
Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the suspension of duty on Baypure DS. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. BAYPURE DS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.24.63 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
Polyaspartic acid, sodium salt, in aqueous solution) is 
amended by striking the date in the effective period col-
umn and inserting ‘‘12/31/2011’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies with respect to goods entered, or 
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2006 authorized or required certain actions by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture that have been performed before the 
date of the enactment of this division and need not reoc-
cur: section 761; section 770; section 782; and section 
783. 
‘‘SEC. 20117. Of the unobligated balances under sec-
tion 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), 
$37,601,000 is rescinded. 
‘‘SEC. 20118. Of the unobligated balances of funds 
provided pursuant to section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food 
Stamp 
Act 
of 
1977 
(7 
U.S.C. 
2025(h)(1)(A)), 
$11,200,000 is rescinded. 
‘‘SEC. 20119. Of the funds derived from interest on 
the cushion of credit payments, as authorized by section 
313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
940c), 
$74,000,000 
shall 
not 
be 
obligated 
and 
$74,000,000 is rescinded. 
‘‘SEC. 20120. In addition to amounts otherwise ap-
propriated or made available by this division, $31,000,000 
is appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture for the 
costs of loan and loan guarantees under the Rural Devel-
opment Mission Area to ensure that the fiscal year 2006 
program levels for such loan and loan guarantee programs 
are maintained for fiscal year 2007. The Secretary may 
transfer funds, to the extent practicable, among loan and
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loan guarantee programs within the Rural Development 
Mission Area to ensure that the fiscal year 2006 program 
levels for such programs and activities are maintained dur-
ing fiscal year 2007. 
‘‘SEC. 20121. For the programs and activities admin-
istered by the Secretary of Agriculture under the Farm 
Service Agency, Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, the 
Secretary may transfer funds made available by this divi-
sion among programs and activities within such Fund: 
Provided, That the fiscal year 2006 program levels for 
such programs and activities are at least maintained. 
‘‘SEC. 20122. With respect to any loan or loan guar-
antee program administered by the Secretary of Agri-
culture that has a negative credit subsidy score for fiscal 
year 2007, the program level for the loan or loan guar-
antee program, for the purposes of the Federal Credit Re-
form Act of 1990, shall be the program level established 
pursuant to such Act for fiscal year 2006. 
‘‘SEC. 20123. The Secretary of Agriculture shall con-
tinue the Water and Waste Systems Direct Loan Program 
and the loan guarantee programs of the Agricultural Cred-
it Insurance Fund under the authority and conditions (in-
cluding the borrower’s interest rate and fees as of Sep-
tember 1, 2006) provided by the Agriculture, Rural Devel-
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 222 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Whereas Dr. Hector Garcia changed the lives of Americans 
from all walks of life; 
Whereas Dr. Hector Garcia was born in Mexico on January 
17, 1914, and immigrated to Mercedes, Texas, in 1918; 
Whereas Dr. Hector Garcia is an honored alumnus of the 
School of Medicine at the University of Texas Medical 
Branch, Class of 1940;
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall give priority in allo-
cating future obligations and contingent commit-
ments to incur obligations to grant requests seeking 
a lower Federal share of the project net capital cost. 
‘‘(2) Up to an additional 20 percent of the re-
quired non-Federal funds may be funded from 
amounts appropriated to or made available to a de-
partment or agency of the Federal Government that 
are eligible to be expended for transportation. 
‘‘(3) 50 percent of the average amounts ex-
pended by a State or group of States (including the 
District of Columbia) for capital projects to benefit 
intercity passenger rail service and operating costs 
in fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 
and 2008 shall be credited towards the matching re-
quirements for grants awarded in fiscal years 2009, 
2010, and 2011 under this section. The Secretary 
may require such information as necessary to verify 
such expenditures. 
‘‘(4) 50 percent of the average amounts ex-
pended by a State or group of States (including the 
District of Columbia) in a fiscal year, beginning in 
fiscal year 2007, for capital projects to benefit inter-
city passenger rail service or for the operating costs 
of such service above the average capital and oper-
ating expenditures made for such service in fiscal 
years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 shall be 
credited towards the matching requirements for 
grants awarded under this section. The Secretary 
may require such information as necessary to verify 
such expenditures. 
‘‘(g) UNDERTAKING PROJECTS IN ADVANCE.— 
‘‘(1) The Secretary may pay the Federal share 
of the net capital project cost to an applicant that 
carries out any part of a project described in this 
section according to all applicable procedures and re-
quirements if— 
‘‘(A) the applicant applies for the payment; 
‘‘(B) the Secretary approves the payment; 
and 
‘‘(C) before carrying out the part of the 
project, the Secretary approves the plans and 
specifications for the part in the same way as 
other projects under this section. 
‘‘(2) The cost of carrying out part of a project 
includes the amount of interest earned and payable 
on bonds issued by the applicant to the extent pro-
ceeds of the bonds are expended in carrying out the 
part. However, the amount of interest under this 
paragraph may not be more than the most favorable
Union Calendar No. 380
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4111
[Report No. 103–698]
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for the National Rail-
road Passenger Corporation, and for other pur-
poses.
AUGUST 11, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
for mortgagors who have only a partial ownership in-
terest in a residence other than the residence securing 
the mortgage insured under this section. 
‘‘(2) LACK OF CAPACITY TO PAY EXISTING MORT-
GAGE OR MORTGAGES.— 
‘‘(A) BORROWER CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(i) The mortgagor shall provide a cer-
tification to the originator of the mortgage 
that the mortgagor— 
‘‘(I) has not intentionally de-
faulted on the existing mortgage or 
mortgages; and 
‘‘(II) has not knowingly, or will-
fully and with actual knowledge fur-
nished material information known to 
be false for the purpose of obtaining the 
existing mortgage or mortgages. 
‘‘(ii) The mortgagor shall agree in 
writing that the mortgagor shall be liable to 
repay the FHA any direct financial benefit 
achieved from the reduction of indebtedness 
on the existing mortgage or mortgages on 
the residence refinanced under this section 
derived from misrepresentations made in 
the certifications and documentation re-
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5859 
AN ACT 
To repeal an obsolete provision in title 49, United States 
Code, requiring motor vehicle insurance cost reporting. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
799 
‘‘(C) the portion of the electric generation 
from a facility placed in service on or after Jan-
uary 1, 2001, or a modification to a facility 
placed in service before the date of enactment of 
this section made on or after January 1, 2001, 
associated with cofiring biomass. 
‘‘(10) RETAIL
ELECTRIC
SUPPLIER.—(A) The 
term ‘retail electric supplier’ means a person that 
sells electric energy to electric consumers (other than 
consumers in Hawaii) that sold not less than 
1,000,000 megawatt-hours of electric energy to electric 
consumers for purposes other than resale during the 
preceding calendar year. For purposes of this section, 
a person that sells electric energy to electric con-
sumers that, in combination with the sales of any af-
filiate organized after the date of enactment of this 
section, sells not less that 1,000,000 megawatt hours 
of electric energy to consumers for purposes other than 
resale shall qualify as a retail electric supplier. For 
purposes of this paragraph, sales by any person to a 
parent company or to other affiliates of such person 
shall not be treated as sales to electric consumers. 
‘‘(B) Such term does not include the United 
States, a State or any political subdivision of a State, 
or any agency, authority, or instrumentality of any
in the uniformed services) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new sentence: ‘‘The term ‘wages’ shall 
not include remuneration for active service performed in 
a month for which such individual is entitled to the bene-
fits of section 112 (relating to certain combat zone com-
pensation of members of the Armed Forces of the United 
States) to the extent remuneration for such service is ex-
cludable from gross income under such section.’’. 
(b) SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS HELD HARM-
LESS.—There is hereby appropriated (out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated) for each fiscal 
year to each fund under the Social Security Act an amount 
equal to the reduction in the transfers to such fund for 
such fiscal year by reason of the amendment made by sub-
section (a). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply with respect to service performed 
after December 31, 2006. 
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stallation; checkpoint support; aviation regulation and 
other enforcement; air cargo; air cargo research and devel-
opment; and operation integration: Provided further, That 
of the funds transferred, $2,000,000 shall be from the ‘Se-
cure Flight Program’; $100,000 shall be from the ‘Imme-
diate Office of the Deputy Secretary’; $100,000 shall be 
from the ‘Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Af-
fairs’; $100,000 shall be from the ‘Office of Public Af-
fairs’; and $5,000,000 shall be from ‘MAX-HR Human 
Resource System’. 
‘‘This division may be cited as the ‘Continuing Ap-
propriations Resolution, 2007’.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 31, 
2007. 
Attest:
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 20
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making further continuing appropriations for the 
fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5865 
AN ACT 
To promote the growth and competitiveness of American 
manufacturing. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5867 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
4605 Tutu Park Mall in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, 
as the ‘‘Kenneth Leslie Hermon Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 30, 2012 
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 4605 Tutu Park Mall in St. Thomas, United 
States Virgin Islands, as the ‘‘Kenneth Leslie Hermon 
Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. KENNETH LESLIE HERMON POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 4605 Tutu Park Mall in St. 
Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, shall be known and 
designated as the ‘‘Kenneth Leslie Hermon Post Office’’. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1087 
To amend the Clean Air Act to require that mercury emissions from electric 
utility steam generating units be subject to the MACT standard for 
hazardous air pollutants, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2007 
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Clean Air Act to require that mercury emis-
sions from electric utility steam generating units be sub-
ject to the MACT standard for hazardous air pollutants, 
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 ‘‘Mercury Emissions 
Reduction Act’’. 
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5872 
AN ACT 
To require the President to provide a report detailing the 
sequester required by the Budget Control Act of 2011 
on January 2, 2013. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4348 
To extend the suspension of duty on Bayowet C4. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2007 
Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the suspension of duty on Bayowet C4. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. BAYOWET C4. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.24.64 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-Nonafluorobutanesulfonic acid, potas-
sium salt) is amended by striking the date in the effective 
period column and inserting ‘‘12/31/2011’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies with respect to goods entered, or 
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