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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3716 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the mortgage subsidy 
bond benefits for residences located in disaster areas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2005 
Mr. RAMSTAD 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 clarify 
the mortgage subsidy bond benefits for residences located 
in disaster areas. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SPECIAL MORTGAGE SUBSIDY BOND RULES 
FOR RESIDENCES LOCATED IN DISASTER 
AREAS. 
Paragraph (11) of section 143(k) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(11) SPECIAL
RULES
FOR
RESIDENCES
LO-
CATED IN DISASTER AREAS.—
‘‘(A) HOME IMPROVEMENT LOANS FOR RE-
PAIRS.—In the case of financing provided by a 
qualified home improvement loan for the repair 
of damage to a residence located in a disaster 
area which was sustained as a result of the dis-
aster— 
‘‘(i) the limitation under paragraph 
(4) shall be increased (but not above 
$150,000) to the extent such loan is for 
the repair of such damage, and 
‘‘(ii) subsection (f) (relating to income 
requirement) shall be applied as if such 
residence were a targeted area residence. 
‘‘(B) 
PURCHASE
OF
REPLACEMENT 
HOME.—In the case of financing provided to ac-
quire a residence located in a disaster area by 
mortgagors whose prior residence was in such 
area and was destroyed or otherwise rendered 
uninhabitable as a result of the disaster— 
‘‘(i) subsection (d) (relating to 3-year 
requirement) shall not apply, and 
‘‘(ii) subsections (e) and (f) (relating 
to purchase price requirement and income 
requirement) shall be applied as if such 
residence were a targeted area residence.
‘‘(C) FINANCING
MUST
BE
PROVIDED 
WITHIN 2 YEARS AFTER DISASTER DECLARA-
TION.—This paragraph shall apply only to fi-
nancing provided within 2 years after the date 
of the disaster declaration. 
‘‘(D) DISASTER
AREA.—For purposes of 
this paragraph, the term ‘disaster area’ means 
an area determined by the President to warrant 
assistance from the Federal Government under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act. 
‘‘(E) APPLICATION OF PARAGRAPH.—This 
paragraph shall apply only with respect to 
bonds issued after September 8, 2005.’’. 
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tered into the firm contract to construct; 
or 
(ii) a failure of an agency of the Fed-
eral Government or of a State government 
to grant an authorization within a period 
specified in the contract authorized by this 
section; or 
(B) the throughput level of commercial op-
eration of the new or refurbished refinery is 
substantially reduced due to— 
(i) State or Federal law or regulations 
enacted or implemented after the firm con-
tract was entered into; or 
(ii) litigation, that could not have 
been reasonably foreseen by the non-Fed-
eral entity, disputing actions taken by the 
non-Federal entity to conform with and 
satisfy Federal law or regulations enacted 
or implemented after the firm contract was 
entered into. 
(3) COVERED
COSTS.—Under a contract au-
thorized under this section, the Secretary shall 
pay— 
(A) in the case of a delay described in 
paragraph (2)(A), all costs of the delay in the
initial commercial operation of a new refining 
or a refurbished refinery, including the prin-
cipal or interest due on any debt obligation of 
the new refinery or of the refurbished refinery 
during the delay, and any consequential dam-
ages; and 
(B) in the case of a substantial reduction 
described in paragraph (2)(B), all costs nec-
essary to offset the costs of the reduced 
throughput and the costs of complying with the 
new State or Federal law or regulations. 
(4) COSTS NOT COVERED.—The Secretary shall 
not enter into a contract under this section that 
would obligate the Secretary to pay any costs result-
ing from— 
(A) except as provided in paragraph 
(3)(B), a failure of the non-Federal entity to 
take any action required by law or regulation; 
or 
(B) events within the control of the non- 
Federal entity. 
(5) DEPOSIT.—The Secretary shall not enter 
into a contract authorized under this section until 
the Secretary has deposited into the Standby Refin-
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3718 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Federal Trade 
Commission to submit to Congress a report on gasoline prices by Novem-
ber 8, 2005. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2005 
Mr. ROSS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the 
Federal Trade Commission to submit to Congress a re-
port on gasoline prices by November 8, 2005. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. 
Section 1809(c)(1) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
is amended by striking ‘‘On completion of the investiga-
tion under subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 
November 8, 2005’’. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3719 
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to require that the Department 
of Defense notify the creditors of persons in military service and persons 
entering military service, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2005 
Mr. RYAN of Ohio (for himself and Mr. MEEK of Florida) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to require 
that the Department of Defense notify the creditors of 
persons in military service and persons entering military 
service, 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 ‘‘Ease Our Soldiers’ 
Minds Act’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF 
ACT. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Section 
105 
of 
the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (Public Law 108–189) is 
amended— 
(1) in the heading for the section, by striking 
‘‘OF BENEFITS’’ and inserting ‘‘WITH RESPECT 
TO BENEFITS’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘(a) NOTIFICATION OF BENE-
FITS
TO SERVICEMEMBER.—’’ before ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION TO CREDITORS.— 
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—In pro-
viding the notice under subsection (a) to a person, 
the Secretary concerned shall request that the per-
son submit information relating to the creditors of 
such person not later than the following date, as ap-
plicable: 
‘‘(A) In the case of a person entering mili-
tary service, within a reasonable time period 
but not later than 30 days after the date on 
which the person enters such service. 
‘‘(B) In the case of a person in military 
service, within a reasonable time period but not
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 302 of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7602) is amended by adding the following new 
subsection at the end thereof: 
‘‘(aa) PHYSICAL CHANGE, OR CHANGE
IN
THE 
METHOD
OF
OPERATION
OF
EXISTING
EMISSIONS 
UNIT.—For purposes of parts C and D of this title, the 
term ‘physical change, or change in the method of oper-
ation of,’ as applied to an existing emissions unit, means 
a ‘modification’ as defined in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (e), 
and (h) of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 
section 60.14 (as in effect on September 22, 2005), except 
that paragraph (h) shall apply to all industrial categories 
and paragraph (e)(1) shall include all repairs and replace-
ments covered by section 51.166(y) of title 40 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations (as in effect on December 31, 
2004).’’. 
SEC. 107. WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR EXTREME FUEL SUPPLY 
EMERGENCIES. 
Section 211(c)(4)(C) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the second clause (v) as 
clause (viii); 
(2) by redesignating clause (v) as clause (vii); 
(3) by inserting after clause (iv) the following:
later than 30 days after the date on which the 
person receives the request from the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION
TO
CREDITORS.—In the 
case of the creditors for which a person provides in-
formation under paragraph (1), the Secretary con-
cerned shall ensure that notice of the benefits ac-
corded by this Act to the person is provided in writ-
ing to such creditors, within a reasonable time pe-
riod but not later than 30 days after the date on 
which the person submits the information. 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL CREDITORS.—After the initial 
submission of information under paragraph (1) by a 
person, if the person submits to the Secretary con-
cerned information on additional creditors of the 
person, the Secretary shall provide a notice de-
scribed in paragraph (2) to such creditors. 
‘‘(4) NOTIFICATION TO CONSUMER REPORTING 
AGENCIES.—Promptly after the date of the enact-
ment of the Ease Our Soldiers’ Minds Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall ensure that notification of 
the benefits accorded by this Act is provided in writ-
ing to all consumer reporting agencies that compile 
and maintain files on consumers on a nationwide
basis (as defined in section 603(p) of the Fair Cred-
it Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(p)).’’. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4168 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the definition 
of cellulosic biofuel to include algae-based biofuel for purposes of the 
cellulosic biofuel producer credit and the special allowance for cellulosic 
biofuel plant property. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 1, 2009 
Mr. TEAGUE (for himself, Mr. BILBRAY, and Mr. INSLEE) 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 expand 
the definition of cellulosic biofuel to include algae-based 
biofuel for purposes of the cellulosic biofuel producer 
credit and the special allowance for cellulosic biofuel 
plant property. 
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 ‘‘Algae-based Renewable 
Fuel Promotion Act of 2009’’. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 371 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the 
regulation of all contact lenses as medical devices, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2005 
Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. WAXMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
provide for the regulation of all contact lenses as medical 
devices, 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. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) All contact lenses have significant effects on 
the eye and pose serious potential health risks if im-
properly manufactured or used without appropriate 
involvement of a qualified eye care professional. 
(2) Most contact lenses currently marketed in 
the United States, including certain plano and deco-
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2042
To amend the Davis-Bacon Act and the Copeland Act to provide new job
opportunities, effect significant cost savings by increasing efficiency and
economy in Federal procurement, promote small and minority business
participation in Federal contracting, increase competition for Federal
construction contracts, reduce unnecessary paperwork and reporting
requirements, clarify the definition of prevailing wage, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 6, 1993
Mr. STENHOLM (for himself, Mr. FAWELL, Mr. VALENTINE, Mr. GOODLING,
Mr. MONTGOMERY, and Mr. INHOFE) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Davis-Bacon Act and the Copeland Act to
provide new job opportunities, effect significant cost sav-
ings by increasing efficiency and economy in Federal
procurement, promote small and minority business par-
ticipation in Federal contracting, increase competition
for Federal construction contracts, reduce unnecessary
paperwork and reporting requirements, clarify the defini-
tion of prevailing wage, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(2) GOALS
AS
PERCENTAGE
OF
TOTAL
PUR-
CHASE MONEY MORTGAGE PURCHASES.—The goals es-
tablished under paragraph (1) shall be established as 
a percentage of the total number of single-family 
dwelling units financed by single-family purchase 
money mortgage purchases of the enterprise. 
‘‘(b) DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Director shall deter-
mine, for each year that the housing goals under this 
section are in effect pursuant to section 1331(a), 
whether each enterprise has complied with the single- 
family housing goals established under this section for 
such year. 
‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE
REQUIREMENTS.—An enter-
prise shall be considered to be in compliance with a 
goal described under subsection (a) for a year, only 
if, for each of the types of families described in sub-
section (a), the percentage of the number of conven-
tional, conforming, single-family, owner-occupied, 
purchase money mortgages purchased by the enter-
prise in such year that serve such families, meets or 
exceeds the target established under subsection (c) for 
the year for such type of family. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL TARGETS.—
rative contact lenses, have been approved as medical 
devices pursuant to premarket approval applications 
or cleared pursuant to premarket notifications by 
the Food and Drug Administration (‘‘FDA’’). 
(3) FDA has asserted medical device jurisdic-
tion over most corrective and noncorrective contact 
lenses as medical devices currently marketed in the 
United States, including certain plano and decora-
tive contact lenses, so as to require approval pursu-
ant to premarket approval applications or clearance 
pursuant to premarket notifications. 
(4) All contact lenses can present risks if used 
without the supervision of a qualified eye care pro-
fessional. Eye injuries in children and other con-
sumers have been reported for contact lenses that 
are regulated by FDA as medical devices primarily 
when used without professional involvement, and 
noncorrective contact lenses sold without approval or 
clearance as medical devices have caused eye injuries 
in children. 
SEC. 2. REGULATION OF CERTAIN ARTICLES AS MEDICAL 
DEVICES. 
Section 520 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 360j) is amended by adding at the end 
the following subsection:
‘‘Regulation of Contact Lens as Devices 
‘‘(n)(1) All contact lenses shall be deemed to be de-
vices under section 201(h). 
‘‘(2) Paragraph 1 shall not be construed as having 
any legal effect on any article that is not described in that 
paragraph.’’. 
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1695
AN ACT
To provide for the conveyance of certain Federal public lands
in the Ivanpah Valley, Nevada, to Clark County, Nevada,
for the development of an airport facility, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
posed Federal Fuels List only if the Secretary concludes 
that adoption of the Federal Fuels List will result in a 
reduction in supply or in producibility. 
‘‘(III) Upon publication of the Federal Fuels List, 
the Administrator shall have no authority, when consid-
ering a State implementation plan or State implementa-
tion plan revision, to approve under this subparagraph any 
fuel included in such plan or plan revision if the fuel pro-
posed is not one of the fuels included on the Federal Fuels 
List; or to approve such plan or revision unless, after con-
sultation with the Secretary, the Administrator publishes 
in the Federal Register, after notice and opportunity for 
public comment, a finding that, in the Administrator’s 
judgment, such revisions to newly adopt one of the fuels 
included on the Federal Fuels List will not cause fuel sup-
ply or distribution interruptions or have a significant ad-
verse impact on fuel producibility in the affected area or 
contiguous area. The Administrator’s findings shall in-
clude an assessment of reasonably foreseeable supply dis-
tribution emergencies that could occur in the affected area 
or contiguous area and how adoption of the particular fuel 
revision would effect supply opportunities during reason-
ably foreseeable supply distribution emergencies. 
‘‘(IV) The Administrator, in consultation with the 
Secretary, shall develop a plan to harmonize the currently
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agreement to replace the existing agreement if the 
amount to be paid under the new agreement will be 
higher than the amount to be paid under the exist-
ing agreement. The period of the new agreement 
shall be equal to or exceed the remaining term of the 
period of the officer’s existing agreement. If a new 
agreement is executed under this paragraph, the ex-
isting agreement shall be cancelled, effective on the 
day before an anniversary date of the existing agree-
ment occurring after the date on which the amount 
to be paid under this paragraph is increased. 
‘‘(f) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PAY AND ALLOW-
ANCES.—A nuclear officer bonus or nuclear officer incen-
tive pay paid to a person or officer under this section is 
in addition to any other pay and allowance to which the 
person or officer is entitled, except that a person or officer 
may not receive a payment under this section and section 
332 or 353 of this title for the same skill and period of 
service. 
‘‘(g) REPAYMENT.—A person or officer who receives 
a nuclear officer bonus or nuclear officer incentive pay 
under this section and who fails to complete the officer 
naval nuclear power training program, maintain required 
technical and operational qualifications, complete the pe-
riod of service, or meet the types or conditions of service 
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(b) USE OF LOAN FUNDS.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that a covered institution receiving a loan under the 
program established under subsection (a) will use woody 
biomass for not less than 75 percent of the energy genera-
tion resulting from the conversion to the use of biomass 
for such generation. 
(c) REVOLVING FUND.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Treasury a revolving fund for the program es-
tablished under subsection (a). 
(2) USE
OF
AMOUNTS
IN
FUND.—The Sec-
retary shall use the amounts in the revolving fund 
established under paragraph (1) to carry out the 
program established under subsection (a). 
(3) DEPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit 
amounts received as payment on loans provided 
under the program established under subsection (a) 
into the revolving fund established under paragraph 
(1). 
(4) INITIAL
DEPOSIT.—Of the funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall 
make available $100,000,000 to the revolving fund 
established under paragraph (1). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 169
AN ACT
To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921,
to expand the pilot investigation for the collection
of information regarding prices paid for the pro-
curement of cattle and sheep for slaughter and of
muscle cuts of beef and lamb to include swine
and muscle cuts of swine.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3720 
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to permit members of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System to be appointed to more than 
1 term of office. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2005 
Mr. SHERMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to permit members of 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
to be appointed to more than 1 term of office. 
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 ‘‘Repeal of Federal Re-
serve Board Term Limitation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF TERM LIMITATION ON FEDERAL RE-
SERVE BOARD MEMBERSHIP. 
The second undesignated paragraph of section 10 of 
the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 242) is amended by
striking the last sentence and inserting the following new 
sentence: ‘‘Any member of the Board who has served a 
full term of 14 years shall be eligible for reappointment 
to a 5-year term.’’ 
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 169
AN ACT
To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to expand
the pilot investigation for the collection of information
regarding prices paid for the procurement of cattle and
sheep for slaughter and of muscle cuts of beef and lamb
to include swine and muscle cuts of swine.
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3721
AN ACT 
To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Manage-
ment Act of 1996 to allow certain commercial vehicles 
to continue to use Route 209 within Delaware Water 
Gap National Recreation Area and to allow the National 
Park Service to continue to collect fees from those vehi-
cles, and for other purposes.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1715
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 19, 2000
Received
AN ACT
To extend and reauthorize the Defense Production Act of
1950.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1725
AN ACT
To provide for the conveyance by the Bureau of
Land Management to Douglas County, Oregon,
of a county park and certain adjacent land.
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‘‘(1) is entitled to basic pay under section 204 
of this title or compensation under section 206 of 
this title; 
‘‘(2) is board certified in a designated health 
profession specialty or skill; and 
‘‘(3) is serving on active duty or in an active 
status in such designated health profession specialty 
or skill. 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.—The Sec-
retary concerned may impose such additional criteria for 
the receipt of a bonus or incentive pay under this section 
as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(e) MAXIMUM AMOUNT
AND METHOD
OF PAY-
MENT.— 
‘‘(1) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary con-
cerned shall determine the amounts of a bonus or in-
centive pay to be paid under this section, except 
that— 
‘‘(A) a health professions bonus paid under 
paragraph (1) of subsection (a) may not exceed 
$30,000 for each 12-month period of obligated 
service agreed to under subsection (f); 
‘‘(B) a health professions bonus paid under 
paragraph (2) of subsection (a) may not exceed 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. USE OF CERTAIN ROADS WITHIN DELAWARE 
WATER GAP. 
Section 702 of Division I of the Omnibus Parks and 
Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–
333; 110 Stat. 4185) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2015, or 
whenever a feasible alternative exists, whichever 
comes first,’’ each place it appears; and 
(2) by amending the last sentence in subsection 
(c)(2) to read as follows: ‘‘Such fee shall be set to 
fully cover the cost of operation of the road, but not 
to exceed $40 per trip.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives November 15, 
2005. 
Attest:
Clerk.