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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1678 
To encourage States to expand the protections offered to victims of sex 
offenses who are not in a familiar or dating relationship with the per-
petrators of such offenses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2011 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To encourage States to expand the protections offered to 
victims of sex offenses who are not in a familiar or 
dating relationship with the perpetrators of such of-
fenses. 
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 ‘‘Nicole’s Law’’. 
SEC. 2. PROTECTION FOR VICTIMS OF SEX OFFENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year beginning 
after the expiration of the period specified in subsection 
(b)(1) in which a State receives funds under the subpart 
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referred to in subsection (b)(2), the State shall have in 
effect throughout the State laws and policies that ensure 
that, with respect to criminal cases involving sex offenses 
(as defined by the State), protections similar to those of-
fered to victims of domestic violence are extended to vic-
tims of sex offenses who are not in a familiar or dating 
relationship with the perpetrators of such offenses. To 
demonstrate compliance with the preceding sentence, a 
State shall have in effect laws and policies that— 
(1) expressly authorize judges and courts to 
issue, as a condition of bail, protection orders that 
prohibit a defendant charged with a sex offense from 
having any contact with the victim or with the vic-
tim’s friends, co-workers, or relatives; 
(2) permit judges and courts, after finding a 
defendant guilty of a sex offense, to order a continu-
ation of a protection order described in paragraph 
(1), or to otherwise restrict a defendant’s contact 
with the victim, as a condition of bail, parole, proba-
tion, or other supervised release; and 
(3) provide judges and courts with the author-
ity to grant or extend a protection order until fur-
ther order of a judge or court, as an alternative to 
issuing protection orders that expire on a specific 
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HR 2667 EAS
amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of
the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to Con-
gress,
Ω45æPage 15, line 5, strike out øexpended¿ and insert:
September 30, 1995
Ω46æPage 15, line 10, after ‘‘amended’’ insert: , and title
I, chapter II, of Public Law 102–229
Ω47æPage 16, line 8, strike out ø$26,354,000¿ and in-
sert: $30,000,000
Ω48æPage 16, line 9, strike out øexpended¿ and insert:
September 30, 1995
Ω49æPage 16, after line 14, insert:
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
For an additional amount for ‘‘Historic Preservation
Fund’’, $5,000,000, for the Midwest floods of 1993, to re-
main available until September 30, 1994: Provided, That
the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended.
date or upon termination of a sentence or period of 
supervised release. 
(b) COMPLIANCE AND INELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) COMPLIANCE DATE.—Each State shall have 
not more than one year from the date of enactment 
of this Act in which to fully implement this section, 
except that the Attorney General may grant an addi-
tional one year to a State that is making good faith 
efforts to implement this section. 
(2) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—For any fiscal 
year after the expiration of the period specified in 
paragraph (1), a State that fails to fully implement 
this section, as determined by the Attorney General, 
shall not receive 10 percent of the funds that would 
otherwise be allocated for that fiscal year to the 
State under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.). 
(c) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated under 
the subpart referred to in subsection (b)(2) to a State for 
failure to fully implement this section shall be reallocated 
under that subpart to States that have not failed to fully 
implement this section. 
(d) DEFINITION OF STATE.—In this section, The 
term ‘‘State’’ includes each of the several States, the Dis-
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trict of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or 
possession of the United States. 
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Ω50æPage 16, line 17, strike out ø$850,000¿ and insert:
$900,000
Ω51æPage 16, line 18, strike out øexpended¿ and insert:
September 30, 1994
Ω52æPage 16, line 25, strike out ø$851,000¿ and insert:
$1,439,000
Ω53æPage 17, line 1, strike out øexpended¿ and insert:
June 30, 1994
Ω54æPage 17, after line 5 insert:
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of Indian
Programs’’, $3,878,000, to remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1995 for the Midwest floods: Provided, That the en-
tire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
Ω55æPage 17, strike out all after line 10 over to and
including line 19 on page 18
Ω56æPage 18, after line 19, insert:
SEC. 802. In any case in which the Secretary of Agri-
culture finds that the farming, ranching, or aquaculture op-
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE 
DESIGN, RENOVATION, CONSTRUCTION, OR 
RENTAL OF ANY HEADQUARTERS FOR THE 
UNITED NATIONS IN ANY LOCATION IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—No Federal funds may be used 
for the design, renovation, construction, or rental of any 
headquarters for the United Nations in any location in 
the United States. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall cease to be ef-
fective if the President transmits to Congress a certifi-
cation that the United Nations has adopted internationally 
recognized best practices in contracting and procurement. 
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I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1378
To amend title 10, United States Code, with respect to applicability of
qualification requirements for certain acquisition positions in the Depart-
ment of Defense.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 17, 1993
Mr. SISISKY (for himself and Mr. HANSEN) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, with respect to
applicability of qualification requirements for certain ac-
quisition positions in the Department of Defense.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. APPLICABILITY OF QUALIFICATION REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR CERTAIN ACQUISITION POSI-
TIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
Section 1724(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘or lower’’ before ‘‘grade’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘or lower’’ before ‘‘level’’.
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1680 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide commuter flexible 
spending arrangements. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2011 
Mr. WEINER 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 provide 
commuter flexible spending arrangements. 
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 ‘‘Transportation Flexi-
ble Savings Accounts Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION FLEXIBLE SPENDING ARRANGE-
MENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 125 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to cafeteria plans) is amended 
by redesignating subsections (k) and (l) as subsections (l) 
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and (m), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (j) 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) TRANSPORTATION FLEXIBLE SPENDING AR-
RANGEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(f), qualified transportation fringe shall be treated 
as a qualified benefit for purposes of this section to 
the extent provided under a flexible spending ar-
rangement (as defined in section 106(c)). 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED
TRANSPORTATION
FRINGE.— 
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘qualified 
transportation fringe’ has the meaning given such 
term by section 132(f), except that paragraph (2)(B) 
thereof shall be applied by substituting ‘$100’ for 
‘$175’.’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION
OF REGULATIONS.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall make such modifications to 
Treasury Regulations under section 125 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 as may be necessary to allow quali-
fied transportation fringe (as defined in section 125(k) of 
such Code) to be offered through a flexible spending ar-
rangement in a cafeteria plan. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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TITLE I—APPLICABILITY OF QUALIFICA-
TION REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN
ACQUISITION POSITIONS IN THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE
SEC. 101. APPLICABILITY OF QUALIFICATION REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR CERTAIN ACQUISITION POSI-
TIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
Section 1724(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘or lower’’ before ‘‘grade’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘or lower’’ before ‘‘level’’.
TITLE II—DEFENSE TECHNICAL AND
CLERICAL AMENDMENTS
SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED STATES
CODE.
(a) RESOLUTION OF INCONSISTENT AND DUPLICATIVE
AMENDMENTS.—Section 166a of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by
striking out ‘‘the Chairman’’ and all that follows
through the period at the end of the sentence and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff may provide funds to the commander
of a combatant command, upon the request of the
commander, or, with respect to a geographic area or
‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) ADJACENT
STATE.—The term 
‘adjacent State’ means, with respect to any 
program, plan, lease sale, leased tract or 
other activity, proposed, conducted, or ap-
proved pursuant to the provisions of this 
Act, any State the laws of which are de-
clared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be 
the law of the United States for the por-
tion of the outer Continental Shelf on 
which such program, plan, lease sale, 
leased tract, or activity appertains or is, or 
is proposed to be, conducted. 
‘‘(ii) ADJACENT
ZONE.—The term 
‘adjacent zone’ means, with respect to any 
program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or 
other activity, proposed, conducted, or ap-
proved pursuant to the provisions of this 
Act, the portion of the outer Continental 
Shelf for which the laws of a particular ad-
jacent State are declared, pursuant to sec-
tion 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United 
States. 
‘‘(iii) PRODUCING STATE.—The term 
‘producing State’ means an Adjacent State 
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5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of section 4(b). In exercising oversight
responsibilities pursuant to any such grant, an agency
shall consider the necessity of maintaining the professional
independence and integrity of the grantee in carrying out
such functions.
SEC. 6. USIA SATELLITE AND TELEVISION.
The President is authorized to delegate any of the
authorities and duties under section 505 of the United
States Information and Educational Exchange Act of
1948 (22 U.S.C. 1464a) to any agency of the United
States Government.
SEC. 7. REPEAL OF BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROAD-
CASTING ACT.
The Board for International Broadcasting Act of
1973 (22 U.S.C. 2871 et seq.) is repealed.
SEC. 8. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) The Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22
U.S.C. 1465) is amended by striking out sections 2
and 5.
(b) The Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act
(22 U.S.C. 1465aa) is amended by striking out sec-
tion 242.
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to be included in section 591(b) of title 28, United States
Code.
(e) INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY ACT.—This Act shall
apply to the following individuals:
(1) A Senator or Representative in, or Resident
Commissioner or Delegate to, the Congress (here-
after in this Act referred to as ‘‘Members’’).
(2) An employee of either House of Congress,
of a committee of either House, or a joint committee
of the two Houses.
(3) An elected officer of either House who is
not a Member.
(4) The Legislative Counsel of either House
and an employee of the Legislative Counsel.
(5) A member of the Capitol Police.
(6) An employee of a Member if the pay of the
employee is paid by the Secretary of the Senate or
the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
(7) An employee of the instrumentalities of
Congress, including the Congressional Research
Service, the Office of Technology Assessment, the
General Accounting Office, the Office of the Archi-
tect of the Capitol, the Botanic Gardens, the Gov-
ernment Printing Office, the Library of Congress,
tions, and highway rest stops. Any such plan 
may also include— 
‘‘(i) rapid charging infrastructure, in-
cluding fast charging and battery ex-
change, and other services; 
‘‘(ii) triggers for charging infrastruc-
ture deployment based upon market pene-
tration of electric drive vehicles; 
‘‘(iii) distribution system upgrades to 
accommodate requirements of electric drive 
vehicle charging; and 
‘‘(iv) such other elements as the State 
regulatory authority (in the case of each 
electric utility for which is has ratemaking 
authority) or utility (in the case of a non-
regulated utility) determines necessary to 
support electric drive vehicles. 
‘‘(B) 
SUPPORT
REQUIREMENTS.—Each 
State regulatory authority (in the case of each 
electric utility for which it has ratemaking au-
thority) and each utility (in the case of a non-
regulated utility) shall— 
‘‘(i) require that electric drive vehicle 
charging infrastructure deployed complies 
with any applicable Federal standard and 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1683 
To restore the longstanding partnership between States and the Federal 
Government in managing the Medicaid program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 3, 2011 
Mr. GINGREY of Georgia (for himself, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. UPTON, 
Mr. PITTS, Mr. HARPER, and Mr. LANCE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To restore the longstanding partnership between States and 
the Federal Government in managing the Medicaid program. 
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 ‘‘State Flexibility Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF MEDICAID AND CHIP MAINTENANCE OF 
EFFORT REQUIREMENTS UNDER ARRA AND 
PPACA. 
(a) REPEAL OF ARRA MEDICAID MOE.—Subsection 
(f) of section 5001 of the American Recovery and Rein-
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vestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) is amended by 
striking paragraph (1). 
(b) REPEAL OF PPACA MEDICAID MOE.—Section 
1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a) is 
amended by striking subsection (gg). 
(c) REPEAL
OF
PPACA CHIP MOE.—Section 
2105(d)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397ee(d)(3)) is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (A); 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and 
(C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and 
(3) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘CONTINUATION
OF
ELIGIBILITY
STANDARDS
FOR 
CHILDREN UNTIL OCTOBER 1, 2019’’ and inserting 
‘‘CONTINUITY OF COVERAGE’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended by striking para-
graph (74). 
(2) Effective January 1, 2014, the paragraph 
(14) of section 1902(e) added by section 2002(a) of 
Public Law 111–148 is amended by striking the 
third sentence of subparagraph (A). 
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(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (d)(2), the amendments made by this section shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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‘‘(m)(1) The Secretary shall carry out a program for
the construction of 500,000 new dwelling units in public
housing during each of the fiscal years 1994 through
2003.
‘‘(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this subsection such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 1994 through 2003. Any amount
appropriated under this paragraph shall remain available
until expended.’’.
SEC. 4. REVITALIZATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING.
Section 14(b) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(3)(A) To the extent approved in appropriation Acts
and subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall make
available and contract to make available financial assist-
ance under this subsection, in addition to the financial as-
sistance made available under paragraphs (1) and (2). In
making assistance available under this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall give particular preference to public housing
agencies requesting such assistance for public housing
projects that the Secretary determines would likely have
been subject to demolition or disposition under section 18,
as such section was in effect before the date of the enact-
ment of the Jesse Gray Housing Act.
in a manner consistent with United States obli-
gations under international agreements.’’. 
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT FOR USE OF AMERICAN MATERIALS 
IN TREATMENT WORKS. 
Title VI Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 607 as section 608; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 606 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 607. REQUIREMENT FOR USE OF AMERICAN MATE-
RIALS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, none of the funds made available by a State 
water pollution control revolving fund as authorized under 
this title may be used for the construction, alteration, 
maintenance, or repair of treatment works unless the 
steel, iron, and manufactured goods used in such treat-
ment works are produced in the United States. 
‘‘(b) WAIVERS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply in any 
case in which the Administrator, in consultation with the 
Governor of the State, finds that— 
‘‘(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
‘‘(2) the steel, iron, and manufactured goods 
are not produced in the United States in sufficient 
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and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfac-
tory quality; or 
‘‘(3) inclusion of steel, iron, and manufactured 
goods produced in the United States will increase 
the cost of the overall project by more than 25 per-
cent. 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
AND WRITTEN JUS-
TIFICATION FOR WAIVER.—If the Administrator deter-
mines that it is necessary to waive the application of sub-
section (a) based on a finding under subsection (b), the 
Administrator shall— 
‘‘(1) not less than 15 days prior to waiving ap-
plication of subsection (a), provide public notice and 
the opportunity to comment on the Administrator’s 
intent to issue such waiver; and 
‘‘(2) upon issuing such waiver, publish in the 
Federal Register a detailed written justification as 
to why the provision is being waived. 
‘‘(d) CONSISTENCY WITH INTERNATIONAL AGREE-
MENTS.—This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements.’’. 
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I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1381
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that civilian employees
of the National Guard may not be required to wear military uniforms
while performing civilian service.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 17, 1993
Mr. EVANS (for himself, Mr. ANDREWS of Maine, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. PACK-
ARD, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. PETERSON
of Minnesota, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. HOCHBRUECKNER, Mr. ENGEL, Mr.
GUTIERREZ, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. NEAL of North Carolina, Mr. LEVY, Mr.
BONIOR, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. PENNY, Mr. STUDDS, Mr. GRAMS, and Mr.
SCHAEFER) introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Armed Services and Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that civilian
employees of the National Guard may not be required
to wear military uniforms while performing civilian serv-
ice.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON MILITARY UNIFORMS FOR CI-
VILIAN 
EMPLOYEES 
OF 
THE 
NATIONAL
GUARD.
(a) PROHIBITION.—(1) Subchapter I of chapter 59
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following new section:
‘‘§ 5904. Prohibition against requiring civilian em-
ployees of the National Guard to wear
military uniforms while performing civil-
ian service
‘‘(a) A civilian employee of the National Guard may
not be required, by regulation or otherwise, to wear a mili-
tary uniform while performing civilian service.
‘‘(b) For the purpose of this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘civilian employee of the National
Guard’ means an employee appointed by an adjutant
general designated by the Secretary concerned under
section 709(c) of title 32;
‘‘(2) the term ‘military uniform’ means the uni-
form, or a distinctive part of the uniform, of the
Army or Air Force (as defined under regulations
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense); and
‘‘(3) the term ‘civilian service’ means service
other than service compensable under chapter 3 of
title 37.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
59 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 5903 the following new
item:
‘‘5904. Prohibition against requiring civilian employees of the National Guard
to wear military uniforms while performing civilian service.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5903 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking out
‘‘this subchapter.’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘sections
5901 and 5902 of this title.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this Act shall take effect on the day after the end of the
60-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of
this Act and shall apply with respect to pay periods begin-
ning on or after that effective day.
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