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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4038 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reassert 
article I authorities over the Department of Homeland 
Security, 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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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5374 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
30777 Rancho California Road in Temecula, California, as the ‘‘Dalip 
Singh Saund Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2004 
Mr. ISSA (for himself, Mr. FILNER, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mrs. 
BONO, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. COX, Mr. POMBO, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of 
California, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. 
MCKEON, Mr. DREIER, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. OSE, Mr. RADANO-
VICH, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. NUNES, Mr. HERGER, Mr. 
DOOLITTLE, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. BACA, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. MATSUI, Ms. 
WOOLSEY, Ms. PELOSI, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. LOFGREN, 
Mr. FARR, Mr. CARDOZA, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. 
BECERRA, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, and Ms. ESHOO) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 30777 Rancho California Road in Temecula, 
California, as the ‘‘Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
space. In designing the study, the Secretary should take 
into account any recommendations from the Commercial 
Space Transportation Advisory Committee and the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Aerospace 
Safety Advisory Panel. The report shall be submitted to 
the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation and the House of Representatives Committee on 
Science within 4 years of the date of enactment of this 
Act. The report shall analyze and make recommendations 
about— 
(1) the standards of safety and concepts of op-
eration that should guide the regulation of human 
space flight and whether the standard of safety 
should vary by class or type of vehicle, the purpose 
of flight, or other considerations; 
(2) the effectiveness of the commercial licensing 
and permitting regime under chapter 701 of title 49, 
United States Code, particularly in ensuring the 
safety of the public and of crew and space flight par-
ticipants during launch, in-space transit, orbit, and 
reentry, and whether any changes are needed to that 
chapter; 
(3) whether there is a need for commercial 
ground operations for commercial space flight, in-
cluding provision of launch support, launch and re-
SECTION 1. DALIP SINGH SAUND POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 30777 Rancho California Road 
in Temecula, California, shall be known and designated 
as the ‘‘Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the Dalip Singh Saund 
Post Office Building. 
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(6) The Edison National Historic Site is one of 
America’s most endangered historic places. The Na-
tional Park Service, in its General Management Plan 
and Development Concept Plan, identified the need 
for numerous actions to preserve, protect, restore, 
and enhance the Site and determined that sufficient 
government funds are not likely to be appropriated 
to complete these necessary actions in the foresee-
able future. 
(7) On November 6, 1997, the National Park 
Service signed an agreement with the Thomas Alva 
Edison Preservation Foundation (now the Edison 
Preservation Foundation), establishing a public-pri-
vate partnership to jointly raise money to fund iden-
tified improvements at the Edison National Historic 
Site so as to leave the Site unimpaired for the enjoy-
ment of future generations. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to recognize and pay tribute to Thomas 
Alva Edison and his innovations; and 
(2) to preserve, protect, restore, and enhance 
the Edison National Historic Site to ensure public 
use and enjoyment of the Site as an educational, sci-
entific, and cultural center.
ices’’ means the United Nations office established by 
General Assembly resolution 48/218 B (July 29, 
1994), and charged with assisting in the internal 
oversight responsibilities of the Secretary General by 
monitoring program implementation and by con-
ducting management audits, reviews, and surveys. 
(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on International Re-
lations of the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate, and the Committee on Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate. 
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V 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5376
For the relief of Nancy P. Gilbert. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2004
Mr. COLLINS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
For the relief of Nancy P. Gilbert.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. POSTHUMOUS PROMOTION. 
Nancy P. Gilbert, formerly of Marietta, Georgia, is 
hereby posthumously promoted to the position of GS–
1810–13 supervisory investigator in the Atlanta District 
Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 
effective as of July 2, 2001. This section shall not be taken 
into account for any pay or other personnel management 
purposes.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5379
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the timing of issuance 
of H–2B visas during a fiscal year. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2004
Mr. STUPAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit 
the timing of issuance of H–2B visas during a fiscal year.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON TIMING OF ISSUANCE OF H–2B 
VISAS DURING A FISCAL YEAR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B)) 
is amended by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘, and may not exceed one-third of such number 
during the first 4 months of any fiscal year and two-third
of such number during the first 8 months of any fiscal 
year’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply beginning with fiscal year 2005.
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study of the liability risk sharing regime in the United 
States for commercial space transportation under section 
70113 of title 49, United States Code. To ensure that 
Congress has a full analysis of the liability risk sharing 
regime, the study shall assess methods by which the cur-
rent system could be eliminated, including an estimate of 
the time required to implement each of the methods as-
sessed. The study shall assess whether any alternative 
steps would be needed to maintain a viable and competi-
tive United States space transportation industry if the 
current regime were eliminated. In conducting the assess-
ment under this subsection, input from commercial space 
transportation insurance experts shall be sought. The 
study also shall examine liability risk sharing in other na-
tions with commercial launch capability and evaluate the 
direct and indirect impact that ending this regime would 
have on the competitiveness of the United States commer-
cial space launch industry in relation to foreign commer-
cial launch providers and on United States assured access 
to space. 
(b) SAFETY.—The Secretary of Transportation, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, shall enter into an ar-
rangement with a nonprofit entity for a report analyzing 
safety issues related to launching human beings into
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 537
To authorize the grant program for elimination of the nationwide backlog 
in analyses of DNA samples at the level necessary to completely eliminate 
the backlog and obtain a DNA sample from every person convicted 
of a qualifying offense. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2003
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize the grant program for elimination of the nation-
wide backlog in analyses of DNA samples at the level 
necessary to completely eliminate the backlog and obtain 
a DNA sample from every person convicted of a quali-
fying offense.
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 ‘‘DNA Database Com-
pletion Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF DNA BACKLOG GRANTS AT 
LEVEL NECESSARY TO COMPLETELY ELIMI-
NATE BACKLOG AND OBTAIN DNA SAMPLES 
FROM ALL PERSONS CONVICTED OF QUALI-
FYING OFFENSES. 
Subsection (j) of section 2 of the DNA Analysis 
Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–546; 
114 Stat. 2726; 42 U.S.C. 14135) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 
for grants under subsection (a) $100,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2003 through 2007.’’.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5380
To improve the safe operation of aircraft. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2004
Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To improve the safe operation of aircraft.
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 ‘‘Flight 587 Account-
ability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INFORMATION IN FLIGHT MANUALS. 
The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration shall require each manufacturer of aircraft to list 
any information in the limitation section of each flight 
manual that may affect the safe operation of an aircraft.
SEC. 3. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. 
Except in cases in which an adjudicatory resolution 
is sought, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration shall resolve a dispute between an aircraft 
manufacturer and an aircraft operator that arises regard-
ing the safe operation of an aircraft. 
SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Government Accountability Office shall 
conduct a study to review the effectiveness and timeliness 
of the Federal Aviation Administration in implementing 
recommendations made by the National Transportation 
Safety Board.
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‘‘(13) a critical area of responsibility for the 
Department of Transportation is to regulate the op-
erations and safety of the emerging commercial 
human space flight industry; 
‘‘(14) the public interest is served by creating 
a clear legal, regulatory, and safety regime for com-
mercial human space flight; and 
‘‘(15) the regulatory standards governing 
human space flight must evolve as the industry ma-
tures so that regulations neither stifle technology de-
velopment nor expose crew or space flight partici-
pants to avoidable risks as the public comes to ex-
pect greater safety for crew and space flight partici-
pants from the industry.’’; 
(6) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A); 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 
in subparagraph (B); and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) promoting the continuous improve-
ment of the safety of launch vehicles designed 
to 
carry 
humans, 
including 
through 
the
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5381 
For the relief of Griselda Lopez Negrete. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2004 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of Griselda Lopez Negrete. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR GRISELDA 
LOPEZ NEGRETE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, Griselda Lopez Negrete shall be eligible for issuance 
of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that 
of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 
upon filing an application for issuance of an immigrant 
visa under section 204 of such Act or for adjustment of 
status to lawful permanent resident.
(b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Griselda Lopez 
Negrete enters the United States before the filing deadline 
specified in subsection (c), she shall be considered to have 
entered and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligi-
ble, be eligible for adjustment of status under section 245 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF 
FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.— 
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-
idence to Griselda Lopez Negrete, the Secretary of State 
shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the 
current or next following fiscal year, the total number of 
immigrant visas that are made available to natives of the 
country of the alien’s birth under section 203(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act or, if applicable, the 
total number of immigrant visas that are made available 
to natives of the country of the alien’s birth under section 
202(e) of such Act. 
(e) 
DENIAL
OF
PREFERENTIAL
IMMIGRATION 
TREATMENT
FOR CERTAIN RELATIVES.—The natural
parents, brothers, and sisters of Griselda Lopez Negrete 
shall not, by virtue of such relationship, be accorded any 
right, privilege, or status under the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act. 
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issuance of regulations, to the extent permitted 
by this chapter;’’; and 
(7) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘issue and 
transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘issue permits and commer-
cial licenses and transfer’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 70102 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(17) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), 
(10), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (18), (21), and 
(22), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) ‘crew’ means any employee of a licensee or 
transferee, or of a contractor or subcontractor of a 
licensee or transferee, who performs activities in the 
course of that employment directly relating to the 
launch, reentry, or other operation of or in a launch 
vehicle or reentry vehicle that carries human 
beings.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated by 
paragraph (1) of this subsection, by inserting ‘‘, 
crew, or space flight participant’’ after ‘‘any pay-
load’’;
‘‘(1) A policy indicating that a judge advocate’s 
recommendation not to prosecute a domestic violence 
incident should not be based— 
‘‘(A) solely upon the absence of visible in-
dications of injury; 
‘‘(B) consent of the victim; 
‘‘(C) consideration of the relationship of 
the parties; or 
‘‘(D) the character, rank, rate, or quality 
of service of members of the armed forces, offi-
cers or employees. 
‘‘(2) A policy indicating that when a domestic 
violence incident is not prosecuted by the judge ad-
vocates, including a report made under this section, 
the decision by the judge advocates should be made 
not later than 28 days after the date on which the 
judge advocate general has received notice of the in-
cident. 
‘‘(3) Whether or not the command, in consulta-
tion with the judge advocate, decides to prosecute 
the member of the armed forces, officer, or em-
ployee, the judge advocates shall provide a written 
report that is complete and clearly indicates the rea-
sons for any disciplinary action, punitive or adminis-
trative, against a armed forces member of the armed
entry control, mission control, range operations, and 
communications and telemetry operations through 
all phases of flight, and if such operations developed, 
whether and how they should be regulated; 
(4) whether expendable and reusable launch 
and reentry vehicles should be regulated differently 
from each other, and whether either of those vehicles 
should be regulated differently when carrying human 
beings; 
(5) whether the Federal Government should 
separate the promotion of human space flight from 
the regulation of such activity; 
(6) how third parties could be used to evaluate 
the qualification and acceptance of new human space 
flight vehicles prior to their operation; 
(7) how nongovernment experts could partici-
pate more fully in setting standards and developing 
regulations concerning human space flight safety; 
and 
(8) whether the Federal Government should 
regulate the extent of foreign ownership or control 
of human space flight companies operating or incor-
porated in the United States.
SEC. 4. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. 
Section 102(c) of the Commercial Space Act of 1998 
is repealed. 
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5383 
To clarify that certain coal industry health benefits may not be modified 
or terminated. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2004 
Mr. RAHALL (for himself, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. BOUCHER, and Mr. STRICK-
LAND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To clarify that certain coal industry health benefits may 
not be modified or terminated. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PROTECTION OF COAL INDUSTRY HEALTH 
BENEFITS. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON TERMINATION OR MODIFICA-
TION OF BENEFITS.—Section 9711(g) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to rules applicable to this 
part and part II) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
‘‘(2) No prize offered by the Program may exceed 
$1,000,000. 
‘‘(e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AUTHORITY.—The 
Administrator may exercise the authority in this section 
in conjunction with or in addition to any other authority 
of the Administrator to acquire, support, or stimulate in-
novations with the potential for application to the space 
and aeronautical goals and activities of the United States. 
‘‘(f) REPORTS.—(1) The Administrator may not ac-
cept any registrations for a competition under the Pro-
gram until 30 days after the Administrator has submitted 
a description of the competition to the Committee on 
Science of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate. The description shall include eligibility criteria for 
registrants, criteria for selecting a winner, and the amount 
of the prize to be awarded. 
‘‘(2) In the proposed budget for the fiscal year begin-
ning October 1, 2005, the Administrator shall include an 
estimate of the amounts proposed to be expended on the 
Program and a list of the competitions proposed for that 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) Not later than December 31, 2006, the Adminis-
trator shall submit to the Committee on Science of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
‘‘(3) PROHIBITION ON TERMINATION AND MODI-
FICATION
OF
BENEFITS.—Except as provided in 
subsection (d), the benefits required to be provided 
by a last signatory operator under this chapter may 
not be terminated or modified by any court in a pro-
ceeding under title 11 of the United States Code or 
by agreement at any time when such operator is 
participating in such a proceeding.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on January 1, 2004. 
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5384 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the allowance of 
the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State 
and local income taxes permanent. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2004 
Mr. BRADY of Texas (for himself, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. 
BELL, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BONILLA, 
Mr. BOYD, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. 
CARTER, Mr. COOPER, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. DAVIS of Ten-
nessee, Mr. DELAY, Mr. DICKS, Mr. DUNCAN, Ms. DUNN, Mr. EDWARDS, 
Mr. FORD, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. GORDON, Ms. 
GRANGER, Mr. HALL, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. 
HINOJOSA, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 
MILLER of Florida, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PORTER, Mr. 
PUTNAM, Mr. REYES, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHAW, Mr. 
SMITH of Texas, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. WAMP, and Mr. 
WELDON of Florida) 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 make 
the allowance of the deduction of State and local general 
sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes perma-
nent. 
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 ‘‘Permanent Sales Tax 
Deduction Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. DEDUCTION OF STATE AND LOCAL SALES TAXES 
MADE PERMANENT. 
Paragraph (5) of section 164(b) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraph 
(I). 
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(1) The Wauconda Sand and Gravel Superfund 
site, included on the National Priorities List (Sep-
tember, 1983) by the EPA, is a former sand and 
gravel operation in Lake County, Illinois. 
(2) In 1941, the Wauconda Sand and Gravel 
Pit in the Village of Wauconda in Lake County, Illi-
nois, began operation as a landfill. 
(3) According to a health consultation report 
released by the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry, this landfill accepted an estimated 
5.4 million cubic yards of waste that included resi-
dential garbage, construction debris, and industrial 
waste and sludge until it closed in July, 1978. 
(4) The site consists of roughly 74 acres, which 
includes a 47-acre non-permitted landfill and a 6- 
acre landfill permitted by the Illinois environmental 
protection agency. 
(5) After receiving information concerning the 
dumping of large quantities of polychlorinated 
biphenyl, the EPA and the Illinois environmental 
protection agency started investigations into the pos-
sibility of chemicals leaking from the site. 
(6) The EPA, after receiving the results from 
those investigations, placed the Wauconda Sand and