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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2650 
AN ACT 
To allow the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 
in the State of Minnesota to lease or transfer certain land. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5888 
To establish a demonstration program to facilitate physician reentry into 
clinical practice to provide required primary health services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 1, 2012 
Mr. SARBANES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish a demonstration program to facilitate physician 
reentry into clinical practice to provide required primary 
health services. 
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 ‘‘Physician Reentry 
Demonstration Program Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) According to the American Academy of 
Family Physicians, the shortage of primary care 
physicians will reach 40,000 in the next 10 years, as 
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1530
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for
military activities of the Department of Defense,
for military construction, and for defense activi-
ties of the Department of Energy, to prescribe
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the
Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
‘‘(2) THREATS.—A person who threatens, with 
apparent determination and will to carry the threat 
into execution, to do any act prohibited under para-
graph (1)(A) shall be fined under this title, impris-
oned not more than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) JURISDICTION.—There is jurisdiction over the 
activity prohibited in subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) in the case of a covered ship, if— 
‘‘(A) such activity is committed— 
‘‘(i) against or on board a vessel of 
the United States or a vessel subject to the 
jurisdiction of the United States (as de-
fined in section 70502 of title 46) at the 
time the prohibited activity is committed; 
‘‘(ii) in the United States, including 
the territorial seas; or 
‘‘(iii) by a national of the United 
States, by a United States corporation or 
legal entity, or by a stateless person whose 
habitual residence is in the United States; 
‘‘(B) during the commission of such activ-
ity, a national of the United States is seized, 
threatened, injured, or killed; or 
‘‘(C) the offender is later found in the 
United States after such activity is committed;
Act (42 U.S.C. 233) in the same manner as a civil action 
described in subsection (a) of that section. 
(g) ANNUAL REVIEW AND REPORT.—For any year 
during which the demonstration program under this sec-
tion is carried out, the Secretary shall conduct a review 
and comprehensive evaluation of such program and shall 
prepare and submit to Congress a report assessing such 
program, including an assessment of the performance of 
the reentering physicians who participate in such program. 
(h) REENTERING PHYSICIAN DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘reentering physician’’ means a physician, 
as defined by section 1861(r)(1) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395x(r)), who previously engaged in clinical 
practice, and who returns to clinical practice in the dis-
cipline in which such person was trained or certified fol-
lowing an extended period (2 years or more) of clinical 
inactivity after such person voluntarily chose to stop prac-
ticing. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014. 
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shall provide comments and recommendations to the Sec-
retary regarding any effects such guidelines may have on
aircraft safety. The Secretary shall incorporate the Ad-
ministrator’s recommendations regarding aircraft safety
in the final guidelines.
‘‘(c) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLANS.—The Sec-
retary may amend the general management plan for any
national park system unit to establish air concessions re-
quirements applicable to flights subject to the permit re-
quirements of subsection (a). Such amendments shall be
consistent with the provisions of law referred to in sub-
section (a) and the guidelines published under subsection
(b). The amendments shall—
‘‘(1) document the degree to which commercial
scenic overflights may affect the natural resources of
the park unit concerned;
‘‘(2) document the effects of such overflights on
the park visitor’s experience; and
‘‘(3) propose measures necessary to protect
park resources and the visitor’s experience from the
adverse effects of commercial scenic overflights.
Each permit issued under subsection (a) for flights over
any national park system unit after the effective date of
general management plan amendments adopted under this
subsection shall be consistent with such amendments.
‘‘(2) in the case of a ship navigating or sched-
uled to navigate solely within the territorial sea or 
internal waters of a country other than the United 
States, if the offender is later found in the United 
States after such activity is committed; or 
‘‘(3) in the case of any vessel, if such activity 
is committed in an attempt to compel the United 
States to do or abstain from doing any act. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTIONS.—This section shall not apply to— 
‘‘(1) the activities of armed forces during an 
armed conflict, as those terms are understood under 
the law of war, which are governed by that law; or 
‘‘(2) activities undertaken by military forces of 
a state in the exercise of their official duties. 
‘‘(d)(1) CIVIL FORFEITURE.—Any real or personal 
property used or intended to be used to commit or to fa-
cilitate the commission of a violation of this section, the 
gross proceeds of such violation, and any real or personal 
property traceable to such property or proceeds, shall be 
subject to forfeiture. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE PROCEDURES.—Seizures and for-
feitures under this section shall be governed by the provi-
sions of chapter 46 of title 18, United States Code, relat-
ing to civil forfeitures, except that such duties as are im-
posed upon the Secretary of the Treasury under the cus-
participating Indian tribe or tribal organization
under subsection (d),’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d)(1) Of the amounts specified in subsection (c),
3 percent shall be available for grants or contracts with
Indian tribes or tribal organizations in accordance with
this subsection.
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall make grants to or enter into
contracts with Indian tribes or tribal organizations for
planning and carrying out programs and activities under
this title.
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall establish criteria for the re-
view and approval of applications for grants or contracts
under this subsection.
‘‘(4)(A) Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, with the full
participation of Indian tribes and tribal organizations,
shall establish and promulgate by regulation, a base fund-
ing formula similar to the formula established under sec-
tion 658O of the Child Care and Development Block
Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858M).
‘‘(B) The Secretary in the development of the funding
formula, may consider such additional factors as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate, including unique geo-
Energy Agency Statute, done at New York on 26 
October 1956; 
‘‘(21) ‘territorial sea of the United States’ 
means all waters extending seaward to 12 nautical 
miles from the baselines of the United States deter-
mined in accordance with international law; 
‘‘(22) ‘toxic chemical’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 229F(8)(A) of this title; 
‘‘(23) ‘transport’ means to initiate, arrange or 
exercise effective control, including decisionmaking 
authority, over the movement of a person or item; 
and 
‘‘(24) ‘United States’, when used in a geo-
graphical sense, includes the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, and all territories and possessions 
of the United States.’’; and 
(5) by inserting after subsection (d) (as added 
by paragraph (4) of this section) the following: 
‘‘(e) EXCEPTIONS.—This section shall not apply to— 
‘‘(1) the activities of armed forces during an 
armed conflict, as those terms are understood under 
the law of war, which are governed by that law; or 
‘‘(2) activities undertaken by military forces of 
a state in the exercise of their official duties.
‘‘(f) DELIVERY
OF SUSPECTED OFFENDER.—The 
master of a covered ship flying the flag of the United 
States who has reasonable grounds to believe that there 
is on board that ship any person who has committed an 
offense under section 2280 or section 2280a may deliver 
such person to the authorities of a country that is a party 
to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts 
against the Safety of Maritime Navigation. Before deliv-
ering such person to the authorities of another country, 
the master shall notify in an appropriate manner the At-
torney General of the United States of the alleged offense 
and await instructions from the Attorney General as to 
what action to take. When delivering the person to a coun-
try which is a state party to the Convention, the master 
shall, whenever practicable, and if possible before entering 
the territorial sea of such country, notify the authorities 
of such country of the master’s intention to deliver such 
person and the reasons therefor. If the master delivers 
such person, the master shall furnish to the authorities 
of such country the evidence in the master’s possession 
that pertains to the alleged offense. 
‘‘(g)(1) CIVIL FORFEITURE.—Any real or personal 
property used or intended to be used to commit or to fa-
cilitate the commission of a violation of this section, the 
gross proceeds of such violation, and any real or personal
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‘‘(ii) entering into agricultural trade 
options as a hedging transaction to reduce 
production, price, or revenue risk; or 
‘‘(iii) conducting any other activity re-
lating to an activity described in clause (i) 
or (ii), including farm financial bench-
marking, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) Provision of agricultural management 
assistance grants to producers in States in 
which there has been traditionally, and con-
tinues to be, a low level of Federal crop insur-
ance participation and availability, and pro-
ducers underserved by the Federal crop insur-
ance program, as determined by the Secretary, 
for the purposes of— 
‘‘(i) constructing or improving— 
‘‘(I) 
watershed 
management 
structures; or 
‘‘(II) irrigation structures; 
‘‘(ii) 
planting 
trees 
to 
form 
windbreaks or to improve water quality; 
and 
‘‘(iii) mitigating financial risk through 
production or marketing diversification or 
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graphic and demographic conditions of the tribal reserva-
tion and service area.
‘‘(5) Funds not distributed to Indian tribes and tribal
organizations in a fiscal year shall be available in subse-
quent fiscal years for reallocation to eligible tribes and
tribal organizations.
‘‘(6) In any case where a contract is let or grant
made to a tribal organization to perform services benefit-
ting more than one Indian tribe, the approval of each such
Indian tribe shall be a prerequisite to the letting or mak-
ing of such contract or grant.
‘‘(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed
to—
‘‘(A) serve as authorization to limit the eligi-
bility of any individual to participate in any program
offered by a State or subdivision thereof;
‘‘(B) modify any requirement imposed upon a
State by any provision in this title; or
‘‘(C) preclude or discourage agreements be-
tween Indian tribes and States which facilitate the
provision of services by the Indian tribe to its service
population.
‘‘(e) For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘Indian tribe’ means any Indian
tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or com-
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4162
To grant authority to provide social services block grants directly to Indian
tribes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 24, 1994
Mr. RICHARDSON (for himself, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. BREWSTER, and Mr.
KOPETSKI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To grant authority to provide social services block grants
directly to Indian tribes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES
BLOCK 
GRANTS 
DIRECTLY 
TO 
INDIAN
TRIBES.
Section 2003 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1397b) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Northern Mariana Islands’’
and inserting ‘‘Northern Mariana Islands, and any
munity, including any Alaska Native village or re-
gional or village corporation as defined in or estab-
lished pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) which is recog-
nized as eligible for the special programs and serv-
ices provided by the United States to Indians be-
cause of their status as Indians; and
‘‘(2) the term ‘tribal organization’ means—
‘‘(A) the recognized governing body of any
Indian tribe; and
‘‘(B) any legally established organization
of Indians which is controlled, sanctioned, or
chartered by such governing body or which is
democratically elected by the adult members of
the Indian community to be served by such or-
ganization and which includes the maximum
participation of Indians in all phases of its
activities.’’.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 1 shall take effect
on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning after the
date of enactment of this Act.
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4164
To clear certain impediments to the licensing of a vessel for employment
in the coastwise trade and fisheries of the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 24, 1994
Mr. GILCHREST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
A BILL
To clear certain impediments to the licensing of a vessel
for employment in the coastwise trade and fisheries of
the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That, notwithstanding sections 12105, 12106, 12107, and
12108 of title 46, United States Code, and section 27 of
the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883),
as applicable on the date of this Act, the Secretary of the
Department in which the Coast Guard is operating may
issue a certificate of documentation for the following ves-
sels:
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(1) MEMORY MAKER (United States official num-
ber 3151059).
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4453 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make 
permanent the reduced recognition period for built-in 
gains of S corporations. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4166
To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reor-
ganization Act to revise and reauthorize the use of a formula based
on adjusted District General Fund revenues as the basis for determining
the amount of the annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 12, 1994
Mr. BLILEY
(for himself, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. SAXTON, and Mr.
BALLENGER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the District of Columbia
A BILL
To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and
Governmental Reorganization Act to revise and reauthor-
ize the use of a formula based on adjusted District
General Fund revenues as the basis for determining the
amount of the annual Federal payment to the District
of Columbia, 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 ‘‘Federal Payment
Formula Reauthorization Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. REVISION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF FORMULA TO
DETERMINE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL FEDERAL
PAYMENT TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 503 of the District of Co-
lumbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganiza-
tion Act (sec. 47–3406.1, D.C. Code) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘FEDERAL PAYMENT FORMULA
‘‘SEC. 503. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated
as the annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia
for each of the fiscal years 1996 through 1998 an amount
equal to 24 percent of the adjusted District General Fund
revenues for the second fiscal year preceding such fiscal
year, as the components of such revenues are presented
in the audited Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of
the District of Columbia for such second fiscal year con-
ducted under section 4(a) of Public Law 94–399, and as
reviewed by the Comptroller General under section 715(e)
of title 31, United States Code.
‘‘(b) In this section, the following definitions shall
apply:
‘‘(1) The term ‘adjusted District General Fund
revenues’ means all revenues of the General Fund of
the government of the District of Columbia, adjusted
to include transfers of revenue from the Lottery and
Games Fund to such General Fund (but no other
‘‘(i) if the individual is under 50 years
of age; or
‘‘(ii) if the procedure is performed
within the 47 months after a previous
screening flexible sigmoidoscopy.
‘‘(3) SCREENING COLONOSCOPY FOR INDIVID-
UALS AT HIGH RISK FOR COLORECTAL CANCER.—
‘‘(A) PAYMENT AMOUNT.—The Secretary
shall establish a payment amount under section
1848 with respect to screening colonoscopy for
individuals at high risk for colorectal cancer (as
determined in accordance with criteria estab-
lished by the Secretary) provided for the pur-
pose of early detection of colon cancer that is
consistent with payment amounts under such
section for similar or related services, except
that such payment amount shall be established
without regard to subsection (a)(2)(A) of such
section.
‘‘(B) FREQUENCY LIMIT.—Subject to revi-
sion by the Secretary under paragraph (4)(B),
no payment may be made under this part for
a screening colonoscopy for individuals at high
risk for colorectal cancer provided to an individ-
ual for the purpose of early detection of colon
payments or transfers to such fund from any other
intragovernmental source), and not including—
‘‘(A) revenues that are required to be ac-
counted for in a fund other than such General
Fund;
‘‘(B) revenues from Federal sources; and
‘‘(C) nonappropriated revenues.
‘‘(2) The term ‘revenues from Federal sources’
means revenues derived from payments made by the
Federal Government to the District of Columbia, in-
cluding fees or charges for products or services,
grants, payments in lieu of taxes, and direct appro-
priations.’’.
SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) INDEPENDENT ANNUAL AUDIT OF DISTRICT FI-
NANCIAL OPERATIONS.—The first sentence of section 4(a)
of Public Law 94–399 (sec. 47–119(a), D.C. Code) is
amended by striking ‘‘a report of the revenues’’ and all
that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘a report of the
adjusted District General Fund revenues for the fiscal
year (as described in section 503(b)(1) of the District of
Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganiza-
tion Act).’’.
(b) REVIEW BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Section
715(e) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘report of the breakdown’’ and all that follows
and inserting the following: ‘‘report of the adjusted Dis-
trict General Fund revenues for the preceding fiscal year
that is included in the independent annual audit of the
financial operations of the government of the District of
Columbia presented in the Comprehensive Annual Finan-
cial Report of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year,
as conducted under section 4(a) of Public Law 94–399.’’.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply to fis-
cal years beginning with fiscal year 1996.
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‘‘(E) the Convention on the Physical Pro-
tection of Nuclear Material, done at Vienna on 
26 October 1979; 
‘‘(F) the Protocol for the Suppression of 
Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving 
International Civil Aviation, supplementary to 
the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful 
Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, done 
at Montreal on 24 February 1988; 
‘‘(G) the Protocol for the Suppression of 
Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Plat-
forms Located on the Continental Shelf, done 
at Rome on 10 March 1988; 
‘‘(H) International Convention for the 
Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, adopted by 
the General Assembly of the United Nations on 
15 December 1997; and 
‘‘(I) International Convention for the Sup-
pression of the Financing of Terrorism, adopted 
by the General Assembly of the United Nations 
on 9 December 1999; 
‘‘(2) ‘armed conflict’ does not include internal 
disturbances and tensions, such as riots, isolated 
and sporadic acts of violence, and other acts of a 
similar nature; 
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To redesignate the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge as 
the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. 
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