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section 553 of title 5, United States Code, pro-
pose regulations that specify which of the provi-
sions of Federal law considered in such study
shall apply to the legislative branch of the Fed-
eral Government. The Board of Directors shall
provide a period of at least 30 days for com-
ment on the proposed regulations.
(B) CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE.— In addi-
tion to publishing a general notice of proposed
rulemaking under section 553(b) of title 5,
United States Code, the Board of Directors
shall concurrently submit such notice for publi-
cation in the Congressional Record.
(C) AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS.—When
proposing regulations under subparagraph (A)
specifying which of the provisions of Federal
law referred to in section 3(b) shall apply to the
legislative branch of the Federal Government,
the Board of Directors shall recommend to the
Congress changes in or repeals of existing law
to accommodate the application of such law to
the legislative branch of the Federal Govern-
ment.
(D) FINAL REGULATIONS.— The Board of
Directors shall, in accordance with such section
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3029
AN ACT
To designate the United States courthouse in
Washington, District of Columbia, as the ‘‘E.
Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse’’.
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Union Calendar No. 18 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 899 
[Report No. 112–37] 
To amend title 41, United States Code, to extend the sunset date for certain 
protests of task and deliver order contracts. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2011 
Mr. LANKFORD (for himself and Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
MARCH 17, 2011 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
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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. EXTENSION OF SUNSET DATE FOR CERTAIN 
PROTESTS OF TASK AND DELIVER ORDER 
CONTRACTS. 
Paragraph (3) of section 4106(f) of title 41, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) EFFECTIVE
PERIOD.—Paragraph (1)(B) 
and paragraph (2) of this subsection shall not be in 
effect after September 30, 2016.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 18 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 899 
[Report No. 112–37] 
A BILL 
To amend title 41, United States Code, to extend 
the sunset date for certain protests of task and 
deliver order contracts. 
MARCH 17, 2011 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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V
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4819
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of docu-
mentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise
trade and fisheries for the vessel JOAN MARIE.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 22, 1994
Mr. LANCASTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorse-
ment for employment in the coastwise trade and fisheries
for the vessel JOAN MARIE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That notwithstanding section 27 of the Merchant Marine
Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883), the Act of June 19, 1886
(46 App. U.S.C. 289), and sections 12106 and 12108 of
title 46, United States Code, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation may issue a certificate of documentation with ap-
propriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise
trade and the fisheries for the vessel JOAN MARIE
(State of North Carolina official number NC2319AV).
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(c) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary
may enter into cooperative agreements with State and
local public departments and agencies, Indian tribes, Afri-
can-American organizations, and nonprofit entities to—
(1) provide technical assistance for the manage-
ment, protection, and interpretation of the national
battlefield; and
(2) provide grants for the annual costs of oper-
ation and maintenance, protection, preservation, and
rehabilitation of the national battlefield.
SEC. 104. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.
Within the national battlefield boundary established
by section 102(b) of this Act, the Secretary is authorized
to acquire lands and interest in lands by donation, pur-
chase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange.
Lands or interest in lands owned by the State of Okla-
homa or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired
only by donation.
(1) Except for property which the Secretary de-
termines to be necessary for the purposes of admin-
istration, development, access or public use, an
owner or owners (hereafter referred to as ‘‘owner’’)
of any improved property which is used solely for
noncommercial residential purposes on the date of
its acquisition by the Secretary or any owner of
I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 481
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 to modify the full-funding limitation in
the case of multiemployer plans.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1993
Mr. STARK introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Ways and Means and Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Em-
ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to mod-
ify the full-funding limitation in the case of multiem-
ployer plans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That (a) paragraph (7) of section 412(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to full-funding limitation)
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(E) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
MULTIEM-
PLOYER
PLANS.—Subparagraph (A)(i)(I)
shall not apply to a multiemployer plan.’’
(b) Paragraph (7) of section 302(c) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(E) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
MULTIEM-
PLOYER
PLANS.—Subparagraph (A)(i)(I)
shall not apply to a multiemployer plan.’’
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply
to years beginning after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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V
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4820
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of docu-
mentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise
trade for the vessel LADY HELEN.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 22, 1994
Mr. MOAKLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorse-
ment for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel
LADY HELEN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That notwithstanding section 27 of the Merchant Marine
Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883), the Act of June 19, 1886
(46 App. U.S.C. 289), and section 12106 of title 46,
United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation may
issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate en-
dorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the
vessel LADY HELEN (United States official number
527746).
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Directors shall be completed not later than 120 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Chairperson of the
Board of Directors shall appoint, may establish
the compensation of, and may terminate, sub-
ject to the approval of the Board of Directors,
an Executive Director (referred to in this Act
as the ‘‘executive director’’). The compensation
of the executive director may not exceed the
compensation for level V of the Executive
Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United
States Code. The executive director shall be an
individual with training or expertise in the ap-
plication of the laws referred to in section 3 to
employment. The appointment of the first exec-
utive director shall be completed no later than
120 days after the initial appointment of the
Board of Directors.
(B) OFFICE.—The executive director may
not be an individual who holds or may have
held the position of Member of the House of
Representatives or Senator. The executive direc-
tor may not be an individual who holds the po-
sition of employee of the House of Representa-
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days of sickness within such extended benefit
period.
‘‘(B) BEGINNING
DATE.—An employee’s
extended benefit period shall begin on the em-
ployee’s first day of unemployment or first day
of sickness, as the case may be, following the
day on which the employee exhausts the em-
ployee’s then current rights to normal benefits
for days of unemployment or days of sickness
and shall continue for 7 consecutive 14-day pe-
riods, each of which shall constitute a registra-
tion period, but no such extended benefit period
shall extend beyond the beginning of the first
registration period in a benefit year in which
the employee is again qualified for benefits in
accordance with section 3 on the basis of com-
pensation earned after the first of such con-
secutive 14-day periods has begun.
‘‘(C) 
TERMINATION
WHEN
EMPLOYEE
REACHES
AGE
OF
65.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of this paragraph, an extended
benefit period for sickness benefits shall termi-
nate on the day next preceding the date on
which the employee attains age 65, except that
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sion, members of the Commission shall be allowed travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the
same manner as persons employed intermittently in Gov-
ernment service are allowed expenses under section 5703
of title 5, United States Code.
(d) The Chair and other officers of the Commission
shall be elected by a majority of the members of the Com-
mission to serve for terms established by the Commission.
(e) The Commission shall meet at the call of the
Chair or a majority of its members, but not less than twice
annually. Six members of the Commission shall constitute
a quorum. Consistent with the public meeting require-
ments of section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (5 U.S.C. App.), the Commission shall, from time to
time, meet with persons concerned with Indian history and
historic preservation, and with other interested persons.
(f) The Commission may make such bylaws, rules,
and regulations as it considers necessary to carry out its
functions under this Act. Section 14(b) of the Federal Ad-
visory Commission Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply
to the Commission.
(g) The Commission shall advise the Secretary and
the State of Oklahoma on the management and develop-
ment of the park, and on the preparation of the general
management plan referred to in section 6. The Secretary,
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or his or her designee, shall from time to time, but a least
semiannually, meet and consult with the Commission on
matters relating to the management and development of
the park.
SEC. 207. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as
may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3029
AN ACT
To designate the United States courthouse in Washington,
District of Columbia, as the ‘‘E. Barrett Prettyman
United States Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
553, issue final regulations not later than 60
days after the end of the comment period on
the proposed regulations.
(3) REGULATION REQUIREMENTS.—Regulations
under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be consistent
with the regulations issued by an agency of the exec-
utive branch of the Federal Government under the
provision of law made applicable to the legislative
branch of the Federal Government, including por-
tions relating to remedies.
(d) TRANSMITTAL.—A final regulation issued under
subsection (c) shall be transmitted to the Congress for
consideration under subsection (e).
(e) TAKING EFFECT OF REGULATIONS.—
(1) GENERAL RULE.—Subject to subsection (f),
a final regulation which is issued under subsection
(c) shall take effect upon the expiration of 60 days
from the date the final regulation is issued unless
disapproved by the Congress by concurrent resolu-
tion.
(2) CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.—A concurrent
resolution referred to in paragraph (1) shall be in-
troduced in the House of Representatives or the
Senate after the date on which the Board of Direc-
tors issues the final regulation to which the concur-
rent resolution applies. The matter after the resolv-
ing clause of the resolution shall be as follows:
‘‘That Congress disapproves the issuance of final
regulations of the Office of Compliance as issued on
llllll (the blank space being appropriately
filled in).’’.
(f) IMPLEMENTING BILLS.—When a regulation is-
sued under subsection (c)(1) or (c)(2) takes effect under
subsection (e), the majority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the majority leader of the Senate shall
introduce implementing bills on the date such regulation
takes effect.
(g) PROCEDURE FOR ACTION BY CONGRESS.—
(1) DEFINITION.—For purposes of subsection
(f) and this subsection, the term ‘‘implementing bill’’
means—
(A) in the case of a bill introduced after
the transmittal to Congress of a regulation
under subsection (c)(1) which prescribes the
manner in which a law made applicable to the
legislative branch of the Federal Government
under section 5 shall apply, a bill which pre-
scribes, consistent with such regulation and any
recommendation 
made 
under 
subsection
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4822
AN ACT
To make certain laws applicable to the legislative
branch of the Federal Government.
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3034
AN ACT
To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act to extend for two months
the authority for promulgating regulations under
the Act.
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SEC. 203. EXTENSION OF PARITY FOR EXCLUSION FROM IN-
COME FOR EMPLOYER-PROVIDED MASS TRAN-
SIT AND PARKING BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 132(f) is 
amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2012’’ and inserting 
‘‘January 1, 2014’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall apply to months after December 31, 2011. 
SEC. 204. EXTENSION OF MORTGAGE INSURANCE PRE-
MIUMS TREATED AS QUALIFIED RESIDENCE 
INTEREST. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Subclause 
(I) 
of 
section 
163(h)(3)(E)(iv) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2011’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2013’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Clause (i) of section 
163(h)(4)(E) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Veterans Administration’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs’’, and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Rural Housing Administration’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Rural Housing Service’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply to amounts paid or accrued after Decem-
ber 31, 2011.
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3034
AN ACT
To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education As-
sistance Act to extend for two months the authority
for promulgating regulations under the Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 303
To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit retired members of the
Armed Forces who have service-connected disabilities to receive com-
pensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs concurrently with
retired pay, without deduction from either.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself and Mr. TEJEDA) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit retired
members of the Armed Forces who have service-con-
nected disabilities to receive compensation from the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs concurrently with retired
pay, without deduction from either.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 5304(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
‘‘Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, emergency offi-
cers’, regular, or reserve retirement pay may be paid to
any veteran concurrently with compensation for any serv-
ice-connected disability, without deduction from either the
retirement pay or the compensation; however, nothing in
this sentence shall permit payment of retirement pay and
of compensation based upon the same disability.’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3049
AN ACT
To amend section 1505 of the Higher Education
Amendments of 1986 to provide for the continu-
ity of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of
American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and
Arts Development.
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3055
AN ACT
To amend section 326 of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 to permit continued participation by His-
torically Black Graduate Professional Schools in
the grant program authorized by that section.
(7) The cost of complying with the tax code is 
too burdensome, forcing individuals, families, and 
employers to spend over six billion hours and over 
$160 billion per year trying to comply with the law 
and pay the actual tax owed. 
(8) Compliance with the current tax code is a 
financial hardship for employers that falls dispropor-
tionately on small businesses, which spend an aver-
age of $74 per hour on tax-related compliance, mak-
ing it the most expensive paperwork burden they en-
counter. 
(9) Small businesses have been responsible for 
two-thirds of the jobs created in the United States 
over the past 15 years, and approximately half of 
small-business profits are taxed at the current top 2 
individual rates. 
(10) The historic range for tax revenues col-
lected by the Federal government has averaged 18 
to 19 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 
but will rise to 21.2 percent of GDP under current 
law—a level never reached, let alone sustained, in 
the Nation’s history. 
(11) The current tax code is highly punitive, 
with a top Federal individual income tax rate of 35 
percent (which is set to climb to over 40 percent in
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Deficit Control Act of 1985 are amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) for fiscal year 2013— 
‘‘(A) for the security category, as defined in 
section 250(c)(4)(B), $684,000,000,000 in budget 
authority; and 
‘‘(B) for the nonsecurity category, as de-
fined in section 250(c)(4)(A), $359,000,000,000 
in budget authority; 
‘‘(3) for fiscal year 2014— 
‘‘(A) 
for 
the 
security 
category, 
$552,000,000,000 in budget authority; and 
‘‘(B) 
for 
the 
nonsecurity 
category, 
$506,000,000,000 in budget authority;’’. 
(e) 2013 SEQUESTER.—On March 1, 2013, the Presi-
dent shall order a sequestration for fiscal year 2013 pursu-
ant to section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by this section, 
pursuant to which, only for the purposes of the calculation 
in sections 251A(5)(A), 251A(6)(A), and 251A(7)(A), sec-
tion 251(c)(2) shall be applied as if it read as follows: 
‘‘(2) For fiscal year 2013— 
‘‘(A) 
for 
the 
security 
category, 
$544,000,000,000 in budget authority; and
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‘‘(B) 
for 
the 
nonsecurity 
category, 
$499,000,000,000 in budget authority;’’. 
SEC. 902. AMOUNTS IN APPLICABLE RETIREMENT PLANS 
MAY 
BE 
TRANSFERRED 
TO 
DESIGNATED 
ROTH ACCOUNTS WITHOUT DISTRIBUTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402A(c)(4) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN TRANS-
FERS.—In the case of an applicable retirement 
plan which includes a qualified Roth contribu-
tion program— 
‘‘(i) the plan may allow an individual 
to elect to have the plan transfer any 
amount not otherwise distributable under 
the plan to a designated Roth account 
maintained for the benefit of the individual, 
‘‘(ii) such transfer shall be treated as a 
distribution to which this paragraph ap-
plies which was contributed in a qualified 
rollover contribution (within the meaning of 
section 408A(e)) to such account, and 
‘‘(iii) the plan shall not be treated as 
violating 
the 
provisions 
of 
section 
401(k)(2)(B)(i), 403(b)(7)(A)(i), 403(b)(11), 
or 457(d)(1)(A), or of section 8433 of title
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5, United States Code, solely by reason of 
such transfer.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall apply to transfers after December 31, 2012, 
in taxable years ending after such date. 
Subtitle B—Budgetary Effects 
SEC. 911. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
(a) PAYGO SCORECARD.—The budgetary effects of 
this Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard 
maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay- 
As-You-Go Act of 2010. 
(b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARD.—The budgetary ef-
fects of this Act shall not be entered on any PAYGO score-
card maintained for purposes of section 201 of S. Con. Res. 
21 (110th Congress). 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act entitled the 
‘American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012’.’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.
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serve essential purposes of the Golden Gate National
Recreation Area. The Trust is encouraged to transfer to
the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary open space
areas which have a high public use potential and are con-
tiguous to other lands administered by the Secretary.
(2) The Secretary shall transfer, with the transfer of
administrative jurisdiction over any property, all leases,
concessions, licenses, permits, and other agreements relat-
ing to such property. Upon the transfer of such property
the Secretary shall transfer the unobligated balance of all
funds appropriated to the Secretary for the operation of
the Presidio, together with any revenues and unobligated
funds associated with leases, concessions, licenses, per-
mits, and agreements relating to properties transferred to
the Trust.
(c) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The powers and manage-
ment of the Trust shall be vested in a Board of Di-
rectors (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Board’’) con-
sisting of the following 7 members:
(A) The Secretary of the Interior or the
Secretary’s designee.
(B) Six individuals, who are not employees
of the Federal Government, appointed by the
President, who shall possess extensive knowl-
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edge and experience in one or more of the fields
of city planning, finance, real estate, and re-
source conservation. At least 3 of these individ-
uals shall reside in the city and county of San
Francisco. The President shall make the ap-
pointments referred to in this subparagraph
within 90 days after the enactment of this Act.
(2) TERMS.—Members of the Board appointed
under paragraph (1)(B) shall each serve for a term
of 4 years, except that of the members first ap-
pointed, 3 shall serve for a term of 2 years. Any va-
cancy in the Board shall be filled in the same man-
ner in which the original appointment was made,
and any member appointed to fill a vacancy shall
serve for the remainder of the term for which his or
her predecessor was appointed. No appointed direc-
tor may serve more than 8 years in consecutive
terms. No member of the Board of Directors may
have a development or financial interest in any ten-
ant or property of the Presidio.
(3) QUORUM.—Four members of the Board
shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of busi-
ness by the Board.
(4) ORGANIZATION AND COMPENSATION.—The
Board shall organize itself in such a manner as it