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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4353 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to authorize access by 
owners and operators of certain wireless microphones to a geolocation 
database maintained for the purpose of prohibiting the operation of 
unlicensed TV band devices on protected frequencies, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 16, 2009 
Mr. RUSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to au-
thorize access by owners and operators of certain wireless 
microphones to a geolocation database maintained for 
the purpose of prohibiting the operation of unlicensed 
TV band devices on protected frequencies, 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 ‘‘Wireless Microphone 
Users Interference Protection Act’’. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5370 
To amend the Clean Air Act to require that gasoline contain at least 15 
billion gallons of renewable fuel by the year 2012, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2006 
Mr. FORTENBERRY 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 gasoline contain 
at least 15 billion gallons of renewable fuel by the year 
2012, 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. RENEWABLE CONTENT OF GASOLINE. 
Section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act is amended as 
follows: 
(1) In paragraph (2)(B)(i), in the table, strike 
‘‘7.5’’ and insert ‘‘15.0’’ . 
(2) In paragraph (2)(B)(IV)(ii)(aa), strike 
‘‘7,500,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘15,000,000,000’’ . 
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House Calendar No. 15 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 430 
[Report No. 110–21] 
To designate the United States bankruptcy courthouse located at 271 Cadman 
Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, as the ‘‘Conrad Duberstein United 
States Bankruptcy Courthouse’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 11, 2007 
Mr. TOWNS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
FEBRUARY 16, 2007 
Reported with amendments, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered to 
be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
A BILL 
To designate the United States bankruptcy courthouse lo-
cated at 271 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, 
as the ‘‘Conrad Duberstein United States Bankruptcy 
Courthouse’’. 
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. 5109
AN ACT
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the
personnel system of the Veterans Health Administration,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 510
AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer
to John R. and Margaret J. Lowe of Big Horn
County, Wyoming, certain land so as to correct
an error in the patent issued to their prede-
cessors in interest.
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5110
AN ACT
To designate the United States courthouse located
at 3470 12th Street in Riverside, California, as
the ‘‘George E. Brown, Jr. United States Court-
house’’.
‘‘(L) expenditures for which a deduction is 
allowed under section 179E.’’. 
(3) Section 312(k)(3)(B) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘or 179D’’ each place it ap-
pears in the heading and text and inserting ‘‘179D, 
or 179E’’. 
(4) The table of sections for part VI of sub-
chapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 179D the 
following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 179E. Election to expense certain property used in refining ethanol, 
methanol, and biodiesel.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5110
AN ACT
To designate the United States courthouse located at 3470
12th Street in Riverside, California, as the ‘‘George E.
Brown, Jr. United States Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6815 
To establish grant programs to encourage energy-efficient economic develop-
ment and green job training and creation, and to establish the Metro 
Area Green Institute to produce and disseminate best practice informa-
tion to economic and workforce development initiatives undertaken by 
metropolitan communities nationally. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2008 
Ms. LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To establish grant programs to encourage energy-efficient 
economic development and green job training and cre-
ation, and to establish the Metro Area Green Institute 
to produce and disseminate best practice information 
to economic and workforce development initiatives under-
taken by metropolitan communities nationally. 
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 ‘‘Metro Economies 
Green Act’’ or ‘‘MEGA’’. 
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5111
AN ACT
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration to treat certain property bound-
aries as the boundaries of the Lawrence County
Airport, Courtland, Alabama, and for other pur-
poses.
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4364 
To protect first amendment rights of petition and free speech by preventing 
States and the United States from allowing meritless lawsuits arising 
from acts in furtherance of those rights, commonly called ‘‘SLAPPs’’, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 16, 2009 
Mr. COHEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To protect first amendment rights of petition and free speech 
by preventing States and the United States from allowing 
meritless lawsuits arising from acts in furtherance of 
those rights, commonly called ‘‘SLAPPs’’, 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 ‘‘Citizen Participation 
Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds and declares that— 
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5379 
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to acquire land for expansion of 
Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, subject to certain conditions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2006 
Mrs. MUSGRAVE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to acquire land 
for expansion of Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, subject 
to certain conditions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR EXPAN-
SION OF PINON CANYON MANEUVER SITE. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Army may, 
subject to subsections (b) and (c), after consulting with 
the congressional defense committees, and using funds 
previously appropriated for such purpose, acquire for not 
more than fair market value any and all right, title, and 
interest in and to one or more parcels of real property 
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located near Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Site’’) for the purpose of expanding 
the Site. 
(b) LIMITATION ON EXPANSION.—The Secretary of 
the Army may not acquire real property under subsection 
(a) to expand the Site if such acquisition would require 
the condemnation of such property, the seizure by a Fed-
eral entity of any private property, or the exercise by a 
Federal or State governmental entity of eminent domain 
authority. 
(c) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Army 
may not acquire real property under subsection (a) until 
the Secretary has submitted to the congressional defense 
committees a study on— 
(1) the economic impact on local communities 
of such acquisition; 
(2) the environmental impact of expanding the 
Site pursuant to subsection (a); and 
(3) the costs associated with potential environ-
mental restoration, waste management, and other 
environmental activities in connection with such ac-
quisition and expansion. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘congressional defense commit-
tees’’ means the Committee on Armed Services and 
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the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the Committee on Armed Services and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives. 
(2) The term ‘‘fair market value’’ means, with 
respect to a parcel of land, the value of such parcel 
as determined by an appraisal performed by an inde-
pendent, certified appraiser in accordance with the 
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Prac-
tice. 
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forts of law enforcement agencies, financial regu-
latory agencies, and the financial services industry 
to investigate, detect, or deter financial crimes would 
continue to fulfill the compelling need to produce 
and provide meaningful information to policy-mak-
ers, financial regulators, law enforcement, and intel-
ligence agencies, while potentially lowering the com-
pliance burden placed on financial institutions by the 
need to file such reports. 
(5) The Secretary of the Treasury has by regu-
lation, and in accordance with section 5313 of title 
31, United States Code, implemented a process by 
which institutions may seek exemptions from filing 
certain currency transaction reports based on appro-
priate circumstances; however, the financial industry 
has not taken full advantage of these provisions and 
has contended that they are unduly burdensome. 
(6) The act of providing notice to the Secretary 
of the Treasury of designations of exemption—
(A) provides meaningful information to law 
enforcement officials on exempt customers and 
enables law enforcement to obtain account in-
formation through appropriate legal process; 
and
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Subtitle B—Marine Renewable 
Energy Technologies 
SEC. 4101. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Marine Renewable 
Energy Research and Development Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 4102. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States has a critical national in-
terest in developing clean, domestic, renewable 
sources of energy in order to reduce environmental 
impacts of energy production, increase national secu-
rity, improve public health, and bolster economic 
stability. 
(2) Marine renewable energy technologies are a 
nonemitting source of power production. 
(3) Marine renewable energy may serve as an 
alternative to fossil fuels and create thousands of 
new jobs within the United States. 
(4) Europe has already successfully delivered 
electricity to the grid through the deployment of 
wave and tidal energy devices off the coast of Scot-
land. 
(5) Recent studies from the Electric Power Re-
search Institute, in conjunction with the Department 
of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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(2) pay adjustments scheduled to take effect on 
or after such first day under the provision of law re-
ferred to in subsection (a)(1) shall be effective. 
(d) DETERMINATIONS.—Determinations of whether 
or not a deficit exists in any fiscal year shall, for purposes 
of this Act, be made by the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office. In making any such determination, the Di-
rector shall exclude any budget outlays which (as deter-
mined by the Director) directly relate to a military conflict 
that lasts over 30 days or that is in direct response to 
a terrorist attack on the United States. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, except that no determination under sec-
tion 3(d) shall be made with respect to any fiscal year 
before fiscal year 2008. 
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5117
AN ACT
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
clarify the allowance of the child credit, the de-
duction for personal exemptions, and the earned
income credit for missing children, and for other
purposes.
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5123
AN ACT
To require the Secretary of Education to provide
notification to States and State educational agen-
cies regarding the availability of certain adminis-
trative funds to establish school safety hotlines.
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5136
AN ACT
To make permanent the authority of the Marshal
of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court
Police to provide security beyond the Supreme
Court building and grounds.
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6677 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an inflation 
adjustment of the base amounts used to determine the amount of Social 
Security benefits included in gross income. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2008 
Mr. PLATTS 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 
for an inflation adjustment of the base amounts used 
to determine the amount of Social Security benefits in-
cluded in gross income. 
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 Tax 
Relief Act of 2008’’. 
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have identified an abundance of viable sites within 
the United States with ample wave and tidal re-
sources to be harnessed by marine power tech-
nologies. 
(6) Sustained and expanded research, develop-
ment, demonstration, and commercial application 
programs are needed to locate and characterize ma-
rine renewable energy resources, and to develop the 
technologies that will enable their widespread com-
mercial development. 
(7) Federal support is critical to reduce the fi-
nancial risk associated with developing new marine 
renewable energy technologies, thereby encouraging 
the private sector investment necessary to make ma-
rine renewable energy resources commercially viable 
as a source of electric power and for other applica-
tions. 
SEC. 4103. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this subtitle— 
(1) MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY.—The term 
‘‘Marine Renewable Energy’’ means energy derived 
from one or more of the following sources: 
(A) Waves. 
(B) Tidal flows. 
(C) Ocean currents. 
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(D) Ocean thermal energy conversion. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
SEC. 4104. MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH AND 
DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in conjunction 
with other appropriate agencies, shall support programs 
of research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
application to expand marine renewable energy produc-
tion, including programs to— 
(1) study and compare existing marine renew-
able energy extraction technologies; 
(2) research, develop, and demonstrate ad-
vanced marine renewable energy systems and tech-
nologies; 
(3) reduce the manufacturing and operation 
costs of marine renewable energy technologies; 
(4) investigate efficient and reliable integration 
with the utility grid and intermittency issues; 
(5) advance wave forecasting technologies; 
(6) conduct experimental and numerical mod-
eling for optimization of marine energy conversion 
devices and arrays; 
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(7) increase the reliability and survivability of 
marine renewable energy technologies, including de-
velopment of corrosive-resistant materials; 
(8) study, in conjunction with the Assistant Ad-
ministrator for Research and Development of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, the Undersecre-
tary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and 
other Federal agencies as appropriate, the environ-
mental impacts of marine renewable energy tech-
nologies and ways to address adverse impacts, and 
provide public information concerning technologies 
and other means available for monitoring and deter-
mining environmental impacts; 
(9) establish protocols, in conjunction with the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
for how the ocean community may best interact with 
marine renewable energy devices; 
(10) develop power measurement standards for 
marine renewable energy; 
(11) develop identification standards for marine 
renewable energy devices; 
(12) address standards development, dem-
onstration, and technology transfer for advanced 
systems engineering and system integration methods 
to identify critical interfaces; and 
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6681 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 300 Vine Street in New Lenox, Illinois, as 
the ‘‘Jacob M. Lowell Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
device, including an establishment that sterilizes 
or otherwise makes such article for or on behalf 
of a specification developer or any other person. 
‘‘(B) 
SINGLE-USE
DEVICE
REPROC-
ESSOR.—An establishment that, within the 
meaning of section 201(ll)(2)(A), performs ad-
ditional processing and manufacturing oper-
ations on a single-use device that has previously 
been used on a patient. 
‘‘(C) SPECIFICATION DEVELOPER.—An es-
tablishment that develops specifications for a 
device that is distributed under the establish-
ment’s name but which performs no manufac-
turing, including an establishment that, in addi-
tion to developing specifications, also arranges 
for the manufacturing of devices labeled with 
another establishment’s name by a contract 
manufacturer.’’. 
SEC. 212. AUTHORITY TO ASSESS AND USE DEVICE FEES. 
(a) TYPES OF FEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 738(a) (21 U.S.C. 
379j(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of the Med-
ical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3266
To provide for automatic downward adjustments in the discretionary spending
limits for fiscal year 1994 set forth in the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 equal to the amount of rescissions contained in this Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 13, 1993
Mr. ANDREWS of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. ZELIFF) introduced the
following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Govern-
ment Operations and Appropriations
JUNE 13, 1994
Additional sponsors: Mr. VALENTINE, Mr. LEACH, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. HALL
of Texas, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. SHAW, Mrs. MORELLA, and Mr. TANNER
Deleted sponsors: Mr. PETERSON of Florida (added March 21, 1994; deleted
April 21, 1994), and Mr. SARPALIUS (added March 21, 1994; deleted
May 3, 1994)
A BILL
To provide for automatic downward adjustments in the dis-
cretionary spending limits for fiscal year 1994 set forth
in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 equal to the
amount of rescissions contained in this Act.
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. 681 
To prohibit a State from receiving Federal education funds unless the State 
has certain policies and procedures regarding the purchase or acquisition 
of library and classroom-based reference, instructional, and other print 
materials for use in elementary schools, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2007 
Mr. JONES of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To prohibit a State from receiving Federal education funds 
unless the State has certain policies and procedures re-
garding the purchase or acquisition of library and class-
room-based reference, instructional, and other print ma-
terials for use in elementary schools, 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 ‘‘Parental Empower-
ment Act of 2007’’. 
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