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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6226 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the nonbusiness 
energy property credit to include the insulation component of insulated siding. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2012 
Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. RENACCI) 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 extend 
the nonbusiness energy property credit to include the 
insulation component of insulated siding. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NONBUSINESS ENERGY PROPERTY TO IN-
CLUDE INSULATION COMPONENT OF INSU-
LATED SIDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 25C(c) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting ‘‘, 
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and’’, and by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(E) the insulation portion of any building 
cladding system (including vinyl siding with in-
tegral insulating material) that has a minimum 
thermal resistance of R–2.’’. 
(b) DOLLAR LIMITATION.—Subsection (b) of section 
25C(b) of such Code is amended by redesignating para-
graph (3) as paragraph (4) and by inserting after para-
graph (2) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) CERTAIN
INSULATION.—In the case of 
amounts paid or incurred for components described 
in subsection (c)(2)(E) by any taxpayer for any tax-
able year, the credit allowed under this section with 
respect to such amounts for such year shall not ex-
ceed the excess (if any) of $250 over the aggregate 
credits allowed under this section with respect to 
such amounts for all prior taxable years ending after 
December 31, 2005.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
December 31, 2011. 
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4405
To require a 25-percent reduction in appropriations for the legislative branch
of the Government.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1994
Mr. GOODLATTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To require a 25-percent reduction in appropriations for the
legislative branch of the Government.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REDUCTION OF 25 PERCENT IN APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF
THE GOVERNMENT.
Notwithstanding any other law, or any rule or other
authority, the total of appropriations for the legislative
branch of the Government for fiscal year 1995 may not
exceed 75 percent of the total of appropriations for the
legislative branch of the Government for fiscal year 1994.
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6227 
To authorize the establishment of a Niblack mining area road corridor in 
the State of Alaska, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2012 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the establishment of a Niblack mining area 
road corridor in the State of Alaska, 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 ‘‘Niblack Mining Area 
Road Authorization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NIBLACK MINING AREA ROAD CORRIDOR. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Notwithstanding any prohibi-
tion against road construction in inventoried roadless 
areas under the Roadless Area Conservation Rule estab-
lished under part 294 of title 36, Code of Federal Regula-
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tions (and successor regulations), not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Serv-
ice, shall establish a road corridor that follows 1 of the 
2 routes identified as ‘‘Niblack Route 1’’ or ‘‘Niblack 
Route 2’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Road to Niblack Mine’’, 
numbered 1, and dated June 21, 2012, to connect the 
Prince of Wales Island road system in the State of Alaska 
to the area of the Niblack patented mineral claims on the 
southeast side of Prince of Wales Island. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A road corridor established 
under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) minimize the economic costs of the road 
corridor by using, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the road network in existence on the date of 
the establishment; 
(2) minimize effects of the road corridor on sur-
face resources; 
(3) prevent unnecessary or unreasonable sur-
face disturbance; and 
(4) comply with all applicable laws (including 
regulations). 
(c) COOPERATING AGENCIES.—The State of Alaska 
and the Prince of Wales Community Advisory Council may 
participate as cooperating agencies during the preparation 
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of any environmental impact statement prepared with re-
spect to the road corridor under subsection (a). 
(d) FEDERAL PERMITS.—It is the intent of Congress 
that any Federal permit required for construction of the 
road corridor established under subsection (a) be issued 
or denied by the date that is not later than 1 year after 
the date of application for the permit. 
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4406
To require that a monthly statement of costs charged against the Official
Mail Allowance for persons entitled to use the congressional frank be
kept and made available to the public, and to reduce the amount of
that allowance for any Member of the House of Representatives.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1994
Mr. GOODLATTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To require that a monthly statement of costs charged against
the Official Mail Allowance for persons entitled to use
the congressional frank be kept and made available to
the public, and to reduce the amount of that allowance
for any Member of the House of Representatives.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS.
Section 311 of the Legislative Appropriations Act,
1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(3)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘shall in-
clude’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘frank.’’ and inserting
‘‘frank, and (B) shall make available to the
public a monthly statement (based solely on
data provided for that purpose by such Com-
mittee) of costs charged against the Official
Mail Allowance for each person entitled to use
the congressional frank.’’; and
(2) in subsection (e)(2)(B)(i) by striking ‘‘3’’
and inserting ‘‘1.5’’.
SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall
apply with respect to sessions of Congress beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 622 
To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2011 
Mr. CAMP introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, 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. EXTENSION OF ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCE 
ACT. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 208(a) of the Andean 
Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3206(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘February 
12, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2011’’; and 
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(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘February 12, 
2011’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2011’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN APPAREL ARTICLES.— 
Section 204(b)(3)(E)(ii)(II) of the Andean Trade Pref-
erence Act (19 U.S.C. 3203(b)(3)(E)(II)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘February 12, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 
2011’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on February 13, 2011. 
SEC. 2. OFFSET. 
Section 279(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2372a(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘2013, and 2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘and 2013 and $469,000,000 for fiscal year 
2014’’. 
SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH PAYGO. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6231 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds derived from conserva-
tion-related programs executed on National Forest System lands to utilize 
the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2012 
Mr. RIBBLE (for himself and Mr. DUFFY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the 
Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds de-
rived from conservation-related programs executed on 
National Forest System lands to utilize the Agriculture 
Conservation Experienced Services Program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FOREST SERVICE PARTICIPATION IN AGRI-
CULTURE 
CONSERVATION 
EXPERIENCED 
SERVICES PROGRAM. 
The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Chief of the Forest Service, may use funds derived from 
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conservation-related programs executed on National For-
est System lands to utilize the Agriculture Conservation 
Experienced Services Program established pursuant to 
section 1252 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3851) to provide technical services for conservation-re-
lated programs and authorities carried out by the Sec-
retary on National Forest System lands. 
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6233 
AN ACT 
To make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance avail-
able for fiscal year 2012 with the costs of such assistance 
offset by changes to certain conservation programs, 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 ‘‘Agricultural Disaster 
Assistance Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSIST-
ANCE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE PRODUCER ON A FARM.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible pro-
ducer on a farm’’ means an individual or entity 
described in subparagraph (B) that, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, assumes the production 
and market risks associated with the agricul-
tural production of crops or livestock. 
(B) DESCRIPTION.—An individual or enti-
ty referred to in subparagraph (A) is— 
(i) a citizen of the United States; 
(ii) a resident alien; 
(iii) a partnership of citizens of the 
United States; or 
(iv) a corporation, limited liability cor-
poration, or other farm organizational 
structure organized under State law. 
(2) FARM-RAISED
FISH.—The term ‘‘farm- 
raised fish’’ means any aquatic species that is propa-
gated and reared in a controlled environment.
source centers to ensure that the most effective
and efficient workforce preparation and devel-
opment service providers are chosen;
(4) provide, through the appropriate State
agencies, grants and technical assistance to Local
Boards in the State;
(5) provide a mechanism for waiving State rules
and provisions of law with respect to workforce prep-
aration and development programs upon request of
Local Boards;
(6) provide advice to the Governor with respect
to the designation of unified service areas estab-
lished under subtitle C;
(7) develop a strategy on how to use industry-
specific skill standards in the development of a
workforce preparation and development system, and
on how to encourage widespread use of such stand-
ards by business, industry, and providers of edu-
cation and training; and
(8) develop a strategy to collect and utilize in-
formation on the effectiveness of workforce prepara-
tion and development programs, and that of individ-
ual service providers, and to share such information
with consumers of such programs (through the use
of computer networks, where appropriate).
(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 
livestock producer’’ means an eligible pro-
ducer on a farm that— 
(I) is an owner, cash or share 
lessee, or contract grower of covered 
livestock that provides the pastureland 
or grazing land, including cash-leased 
pastureland or grazing land, for the 
livestock; 
(II) provides the pastureland or 
grazing land for covered livestock, in-
cluding cash-leased pastureland or 
grazing land that is physically located 
in a county affected by drought; 
(III) certifies grazing loss; and 
(IV) meets all other eligibility re-
quirements established under this sub-
section. 
(ii) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘eligible 
livestock producer’’ does not include an 
owner, cash or share lessee, or contract 
grower of livestock that rents or leases 
pastureland or grazing land owned by an-
other person on a rate-of-gain basis. 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 440
To impose a 10-year moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas
off the coast of New Jersey.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mr. ZIMMER (for himself, Mr. GALLO, Mr. ANDREWS of New Jersey, Mrs.
ROUKEMA, and Mr. SAXTON) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To impose a 10-year moratorium on oil and gas leasing
in certain areas off the coast of New Jersey.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MORATORIUM ON OIL AND GAS LEASING.
During the period described in section 2, the Sec-
retary of the Interior may not—
(1) prepare for, or conduct, any preleasing or
leasing activity (including, but not limited to, calls
for information, tract selection, notices of sale, re-
ceipt of bids, and award of leases);
(2) approve any plan of exploration pursuant to
section 11 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
(43 U.S.C. 1340); or
(3) approve any development or production plan
pursuant to section 25 of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1351),
for any land within protraction diagram NK 18–12, NJ
18–2, NJ 18–3, NJ 18–5, NJ 18–6, or NJ 19–1, which
is within ‘‘sale 121-area identification’’ as depicted on the
map entitled ‘‘Mid-Atlantic Planning Area’’ and num-
bered MMS–11.
SEC. 2. MORATORIUM PERIOD.
The period referred to in section 1 is the 10-year pe-
riod which begins on the date of enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 204. GRANTS TO JOINT LABOR-MANAGEMENT TRAIN-
ING TRUST FUNDS AND LABOR ORGANIZA-
TIONS.
The Secretary shall provide grants to joint labor-
management training trust funds and labor organizations
which are accredited as training providers and which dem-
onstrate access to the target population of environmental
workers for the purpose of providing training and related
activities for those workers subject to the provisions of this
Act.
SEC. 205. GRANTS TO NONPROFIT VETERANS ORGANIZA-
TIONS.
The Secretary shall provide grants to nonprofit veter-
ans organizations to provide recruitment and counseling
services to recently separated members of the military and
other veterans in connection with such organizations work
with joint labor-management training trust funds or labor
organizations engaged in providing workers in basic skills
and environmental response training.
SEC. 206. GRANTS TO NONPROFIT MINORITY AND WOMENS
ORGANIZATIONS.
The Secretary shall provide grants to nonprofit mi-
nority and womens organizations to provide recruitment
and counseling services to minority and female applicants
in connection with such organizations work with joint
labor-management training trust funds or labor organiza-
‘‘(B) annually by the Secretary, taking into 
consideration the experience of individuals and 
small employers participating in Exchanges. 
‘‘(c) TIMELY DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY.—The 
Secretary shall make a determination under subsection 
(a)(1) with respect to the application of a pool not later 
than 180 days after the date of receipt of such application, 
and shall notify the pool involved of such determination. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘public entity’ means a county, 
municipality, special district, school district, junior 
college district, housing authority, or other political 
subdivision or public entity defined under State law. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘State authorized public entity 
health benefits pool’ means a risk pool authorized or 
permitted by State statute or otherwise regulated by 
a State agency under which— 
‘‘(A) a public entity or group of public en-
tities, directly or through a pool, provide health 
care benefits primarily for public entity offi-
cials, employees, and retirees and their depend-
ents; and officials, employees, and retirees and 
dependents of affiliated service contractors of 
such public entities; and 
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‘‘(B) such pool may provide health care 
benefits from the assets of the pool or its mem-
ber public entities through any combination of 
self-funded arrangements or fully insured prod-
ucts. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘affiliated service contractor’ 
means an organization that provides governmental 
or quasi-governmental services on behalf of a public 
entity when such contractor is eligible to obtain 
health care benefits through a state authorized pub-
lic entity health benefits pool for its officials, em-
ployees, retirees and their dependents.’’. 
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nished by an eligible State with respect to an eligible needy
child to avoid destitution of the child or to provide living
arrangements in a home for the child.
‘‘(B) As used in this paragraph:
‘‘(i) The term ‘emergency assistance’ means
emergency assistance as provided for in the State
plan approved under section 402 of an eligible State,
but shall not include care for an eligible needy child
or other member of the household in which the child
is living to the extent that the child or other member
is entitled to such care as medical assistance under
the State plan under title XIX.
‘‘(ii) The term ‘eligible needy child’ means a
needy child—
‘‘(I) who has not attained 21 years of age;
‘‘(II) who is or (within such period as the
Secretary may specify) has been living with any
relative specified in subsection (a)(1) in a place
of residence maintained by 1 or more of such
relatives as the home of the relative or relatives;
‘‘(III) who is without available resources;
and
‘‘(IV) whose requirement for emergency as-
sistance did not arise because the child or rel-
graph (A) for a period of 120 days after the 
submission of such preliminary report to both 
such Committees; and 
(C) not later than May 1, 2013, submit to 
Congress a final report containing the results of 
the study conducted under paragraph (1), in-
cluding any revisions to the preliminary report 
made as a result of public comments submitted 
pursuant to subparagraph (B), and a response 
to such comments. 
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of
section 602(2) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1161(2))
(relating to period of coverage) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(A) MAXIMUM REQUIRED PERIOD.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The date which is
36 months after the date of the qualifying
event.
‘‘(ii) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
CERTAIN
BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS.—In the case
of a qualifying event described in section
603(6) (relating to bankruptcy proceed-
ings), the date of the death of the covered
employee or qualified beneficiary (described
in section 607(3)(C)(iii)), or in the case of
the surviving spouse or dependent children
of the covered employee, 36 months after
the date of the death of the covered
employee.
‘‘(iii) QUALIFYING EVENT INVOLVING
MEDICARE ENTITLEMENT.—In the case of
an event described in section 603(4) (with-
out regard to whether such event is a
qualifying event), the period of coverage
for qualified beneficiaries other than the
nant, petroleum product (or derivative of a petroleum 
product of any kind), solid waste, mine materials or min-
ing related features (including tailings, overburden, waste 
rock, mill remnants, pits, or other hazards resulting from 
the presence of mining related features) on the Federal 
land in existence on or before the date of the conveyance. 
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