117 SRES 171 IS: Expressing the sense of the Senate that the International Olympic Committee should correct the Olympic records for Jim Thorpe for his unprecedented accomplishments during the 1912 Olympic Games.
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2021-04-22
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III117th CONGRESS1st SessionS. RES. 171IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESApril 22, 2021Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. Lankford) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationRESOLUTIONExpressing the sense of the Senate that the International Olympic Committee should correct the Olympic records for Jim Thorpe for his unprecedented accomplishments during the 1912 Olympic Games. Whereas Wa-Tho-Huk or Bright Path, known as James Francis Thorpe or Jim Thorpe of the Thunder Clan of the Sac and Fox Nation, was born May 22, 1887, on the Reservation of the Sac and Fox Nation in Prague, Oklahoma, and died March 28, 1953, in Lomita, California; Whereas Jim Thorpe attended the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania and established his amateur football record playing halfback, defender, punter, and place-kicker while a student and was subsequently chosen as Walter Camp’s First Team All-American Half-Back in 1911 and 1912; Whereas prior to the 1912 Olympic Games, Jim Thorpe placed second in the pentathlon at the Amateur Athletic Union National Championship Trials in Boston, Massachusetts; Whereas Jim Thorpe represented the United States as an enrolled member of the Sac and Fox Nation, the largest of 3 federally recognized Tribes of Sauk and Meskwaki (Fox), in the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden; Whereas at the 1912 Olympic Games, he won a Gold Medal in the pentathlon, became the first athlete from the United States to win a gold medal in the decathlon, in which he set a world record, and became the only athlete in Olympic history to win both the pentathlon and the decathlon during the same year; Whereas at the time Jim Thorpe won 2 Gold Medals in the 1912 Olympic Games, and not until 1924 under the Indian Citizenship Act, Native Americans were not recognized as citizens of the United States; Whereas Native Americans were not granted the right to vote in every State until 1957; Whereas Jim Thorpe was a founding father of professional football, playing with the Canton Bulldogs, which was the team recognized as world champion in 1916, 1917, and 1919, the Cleveland Indians, the Oorang Indians, the Rock Island Independent, the New York Giants, and the Chicago Cardinals; Whereas, in 1920, Jim Thorpe was named the first president of the American Professional Football Association, now known as the National Football League; Whereas Jim Thorpe was voted America’s Greatest All- Around Male Athlete and chosen as the greatest football player of the half-century in 1950 by an Associated Press poll of sportswriters; Whereas Jim Thorpe was named the Greatest American Football Player in history in a 1977 national poll conducted by Sport Magazine; Whereas because of his outstanding athletic achievements, Jim Thorpe was the first Native American inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, the Professional Football Hall of Fame, the Helms Professional Football Hall of Fame, the National Native American Hall of Fame, the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame, and the Oklahoma Hall of Fame; Whereas the Amateur Athletic Union of 1973 restored the amateur status of Jim Thorpe for the years 1909 through 1912; Whereas the International Olympic Committee returned duplicates of gold medals won by Jim Thorpe to his family in 1982, but did not list him as the sole gold medal winner for his achievements during the 1912 Olympic Games; and Whereas the failure of the International Olympic Committee to update the records regarding Jim Thorpe disregards the unprecedented achievements of one of the best athletes in the history of the United States, the only athlete in Olympic history to win both the pentathlon and the decathlon during the same year, the first Native American athlete to win Olympic gold medals for the United States, and the contributions of the Sac and Fox Nation in the history of the United States: Now, therefore, be itThat it is the sense of the Senate that the International Olympic Committee, through the president of the Committee, should officially recognize the unprecedented athletic achievements of Jim Thorpe as the sole gold medalist in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon events and correct these inaccuracies in the official Olympic books.


		II
		110th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		H. R. 1014
		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED
		  STATES

			September 26
			 (legislative day, September 17), 2008
			Received

		AN ACT
		To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and
		  Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the prevention,
		  diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular
		  diseases in women.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the
			 Heart Disease Education, Analysis
			 Research, and Treatment for Women Act or the HEART
			 for Women Act.
		2.Reporting of data
			 in applications for drugs, biologics, and devices
			(a)Drugs
				(1)New drug
			 applicationsSection 505(b)
			 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(b)) is
			 amended—
					(A)in paragraph (1),
			 in the second sentence—
						(i)by
			 striking drug, and (G) and inserting drug; (G);
			 and
						(ii)by
			 inserting before the period the following: ; and (H) the information
			 required under paragraph (7); and
						(B)by adding at the
			 end the following:

							(7)(A)With respect to clinical data in an
				application under this subsection, the Secretary may deny such an application
				if the application fails to meet the requirements of sections 314.50(d)(5)(v)
				and 314.50(d)(5)(vi)(a) of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations.
								(B)The Secretary shall modify the
				sections referred to in subparagraph (A) to require that an application under
				this subsection include any clinical data possessed by the applicant that
				relates to the safety or effectiveness of the drug involved by gender, age, and
				racial subgroup.
								(C)Promptly after approving an application
				under this subsection, the Secretary shall, through an Internet site of the
				Department of Health and Human Services, make available to the public the
				information submitted to the Secretary pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B),
				subject to sections 301(j) and 520(h)(4) of this Act, subsection (b)(4) of
				section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the
				Freedom of Information Act), and other provisions of law that
				relate to trade secrets or confidential commercial information.
								(D)The Secretary shall develop guidance
				for staff of the Food and Drug Administration to ensure that applications under
				this subsection are adequately reviewed to determine whether the applications
				include the information required pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and
				(B).
								.
					(2)Investigational
			 new drug applicationsSection 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug,
			 and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(i)) is amended—
					(A)in paragraph (2),
			 by striking Subject to paragraph (3), and inserting
			 Subject to paragraphs (3) and (5), ; and
					(B)by adding at the
			 end the following:

							(5)(A)The Secretary may place
				a clinical hold (as described in paragraph (3)) on an investigation if the
				sponsor of the investigation fails to meet the requirements of section
				312.33(a) of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations.
								(B)The Secretary shall modify the
				section referred to in subparagraph (A) to require that reports under such
				section include any clinical data possessed by the sponsor of the investigation
				that relates to the safety or effectiveness of the drug involved by gender,
				age, and racial
				subgroup.
								.
					(b)Biologics license
			 applicationsSection 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42
			 U.S.C. 262) is amended by adding at the end the following:

					(k)The provisions of section 505(b)(7) of the
				Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (relating to clinical data submission)
				apply with respect to an application under subsection (a) of this section to
				the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply with respect to
				an application under section 505(b) of such
				Act.
					.
			(c)Devices
				(1)Premarket
			 approvalSection 515 of the
			 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360e) is amended—
					(A)in subsection
			 (c)(1)—
						(i)in subparagraph (G)—
							(I)by
			 moving the margin 2 ems to the left; and
							(II)by striking
			 and after the semicolon at the end;
							(ii)by
			 redesignating subparagraph (H) as subparagraph (I); and
						(iii)by
			 inserting after subparagraph (G) the following subparagraph:

								(H)the information required under subsection
				(d)(7); and
								;
				and
						(B)in subsection (d),
			 by adding at the end the following paragraph:

							(7)To the extent consistent with the
				regulation of devices, the provisions of section 505(b)(7) (relating to
				clinical data submission) apply with respect to an application for premarket
				approval of a device under subsection (c) of this section to the same extent
				and in the same manner as such provisions apply with respect to an application
				for premarket approval of a drug under section
				505(b).
							.
					(2)Investigational
			 devicesSection 520(g)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
			 Act (21 U.S.C. 360j(g)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following
			 subparagraph:

						(D)To the extent consistent with the
				regulation of devices, the provisions of section 505(i)(5) (relating to
				individual study information) apply with respect to an application for an
				exemption pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph to the same extent and
				in the same manner as such provisions apply with respect to an application for
				an exemption under section
				505(i).
						.
				(d)Rules of
			 constructionThis Act and the amendments made by this Act may not
			 be construed—
				(1)as establishing new requirements under the
			 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act relating to the design of clinical
			 investigations that were not otherwise in effect on the day before the date of
			 the enactment of this Act; or
				(2)as having any
			 effect on the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to
			 enforce regulations under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act that are not
			 expressly referenced in this Act or the amendments made by this Act.
				(e)ApplicationThis section and the amendments made by
			 this section apply only with respect to applications received under section 505
			 or 515 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355, 360e) or
			 section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262) on or after the
			 date of the enactment of this Act.
			3.Reporting and
			 analysis of patient safety data
			(a)Data
			 standardsSection 923(b) of
			 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299b–23(b)) is amended by adding at
			 the end the following: The Secretary shall provide that all
			 nonidentifiable patient safety work product reported to and among the network
			 of patient safety databases be stratified by sex..
			(b)Use of
			 informationSection 923(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42
			 U.S.C. 299b–23(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: Such
			 analyses take into account data that specifically relates to women and any
			 disparities between treatment and the quality of care between males and
			 females..
			4.Quality of care
			 reports by the Agency for Healthcare Research and QualitySection 903 of the Public Health Service Act
			 (42 U.S.C. 299a–1) is amended—
			(1)in subsection (b)(1)(B), by inserting
			 before the semicolon the following: , including quality of and access to
			 care for women with heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular
			 diseases; and
			(2)in subsection (c),
			 by adding at the end the following:

					(4)Annual report on
				women and heart diseaseNot later than September 30, 2009, and
				annually thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the Director, shall prepare
				and submit to Congress a report concerning the findings related to the quality
				of and access to care for women with heart disease, stroke, and other
				cardiovascular diseases. The report shall contain recommendations for
				eliminating disparities in, and improving the treatment of, heart disease,
				stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in
				women.
					.
			5.Educational
			 campaigns
			(a)Distribution of
			 educational materialThe Secretary of Health and Human Services
			 (referred to in this section as the Secretary) shall develop and
			 distribute to females who are age 65 or older, physicians, and other
			 appropriate healthcare professionals, educational materials relating to the
			 prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and
			 cardiovascular diseases in women. The Secretary may carry out this subsection
			 through contracts with public and private nonprofit entities.
			(b)Healthcare
			 professional educational campaignThe Secretary, acting through
			 the Bureau of Health Professions of the Health Resources and Services
			 Administration, shall conduct an education and awareness campaign for
			 physicians and other healthcare professionals relating to the prevention,
			 diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular
			 diseases in women. The Bureau of Health Professions may carry out this
			 subsection through contracts with public and private nonprofit entities.
			6.Extension of WISEWOMAN
			 programSection 1509 of the
			 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300n–4a) is amended—
			(1)in subsection
			 (a)—
				(A)by striking the
			 heading and inserting In
			 general.—; and
				(B)in the matter
			 preceding paragraph (1), by striking may make grants and all
			 that follows through purpose and inserting the following:
			 may make grants to such States for the purpose; and
				(2)in subsection
			 (d)(1), by striking there are authorized and all that follows
			 through the period and inserting there are authorized to be appropriated
			 $37,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $38,850,000 for fiscal year 2010, $40,792,500
			 for fiscal year 2011, $42,832,000 for fiscal year 2012, and $44,974,000 for
			 fiscal year 2013..

			Passed the House of
			 Representatives September 25, 2008.
			Lorraine C. Miller,
			Clerk


116 HR 7950 IH: Emergency Family Stabilization Act
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2020-08-07
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I116th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 7950IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESAugust 7, 2020Mr. Yarmuth (for himself, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, and Mr. Young) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial ServicesA BILLTo provide emergency relief to youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness, in light of the health and economic consequences of COVID–19.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Emergency Family Stabilization Act.2.DefinitionsIn this Act:(1)Current ACF grant or subgrant recipientThe term current ACF grant or subgrant recipient means an Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, local educational agency, or a local public, private, or Indian nonprofit agency or organization (including culturally specific community-based and faith-based organizations) that, as of the date of application for a grant under section 3, is also receiving another grant or subgrant administered by the Administration for Children and Families.(2)DirectorThe term Director means the Director of the Office of Community Services of the Department of Health and Human Services.(3)Direct services(A)In generalExcept as provided in subparagraph (B), the term direct services does not include providing referrals or operating a coordinated entry system or homeless management information system, by itself.(B)Indian tribes or tribal organizationsAn Indian Tribe or Tribal organization that provides referrals or assists other service providers with direct services shall be considered as providing direct services for purposes of this Act.(4)Family stabilization agencyThe term family stabilization agency means—(A)a current ACF grant or subgrant recipient;(B)an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization;(C)an urban Indian organization;(D)a local educational agency; or(E)a local public, private, or Indian nonprofit agency or organization (including community-based, culturally specific, and faith-based organizations), with expertise and demonstrated experience providing direct services to 1 or more of the following populations:(i)Children experiencing homelessness, including children under age 6.(ii)Unaccompanied homeless youth under the age of 18.(iii)Unaccompanied homeless youth between the ages of 18 and 25.(iv)Pregnant women, and pregnant or parenting youth, experiencing homelessness.(v)Families experiencing homelessness.(vi)Survivors of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, family violence, or trafficking.(5)Indian tribeThe term Indian Tribe means an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).(6)Local educational agencyThe term local educational agency has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).(7)RuralThe term rural means a unit of local government with a population of less than 50,000.(8)SecretaryThe term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.(9)Tribal organizationThe term Tribal organization means a tribal organization, as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).(10)Urban Indian organizationThe term urban Indian organization has the meaning given the term Urban Indian organization in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603).(11)Youth, child, or family experiencing homelessnessThe term youth, child, or family experiencing homelessness means—(A)a homeless child or youth, as defined in section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a(2)), who is under the age of 25;(B)an unaccompanied youth, as defined in section 725(6) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a(6)), who is under the age of 25; or(C)a household of not less than 2 people that includes not less than 1 person under age 22 who is a homeless child or youth, as defined in section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a(2)).(12)StateThe term State means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.3.Grants to family stabilization agencies(a)Grant program authorized(1)In generalFrom amounts made available under section 4 and not reserved under subsection (b), the Secretary, acting through the Director, shall, on a competitive basis in accordance with subsection (d), award grants to family stabilization agencies (including current ACF grant or subgrant recipients and entities that have not previously received grants from the Administration for Children and Families) to enable the family stabilization agencies to carry out the activities described in subsection (e).(2)Distribution timing(A)Current ACF grant or subgrant recipientsThe Secretary shall award grants under this section, in accordance with subsection (d), to family stabilization agencies that are current ACF grant or subgrant recipients by not later than the date that is 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act.(B)Additional granteesThe Secretary shall award grants under this section, in accordance with subsection (d), to family stabilization agencies that are not current ACF grant or subgrant recipients by not later than the date that is 130 days after the date of enactment of this Act.(3)Dissemination of applicationsThe Secretary shall—(A)ensure the application for grants under this Act is broadly disseminated, including through public posting on the website of the Administration for Children and Families and sharing with current ACF grant or subgrant recipients; and(B)make special dissemination efforts to rural areas and among Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations.(b)ReservationThe Secretary shall reserve not less than 1 percent and not more than 1.5 percent of the amount appropriated under this Act to be used for administration, oversight, and technical assistance activities through the Administration for Children and Families.(c)ApplicationA family stabilization agency that desires to receive a grant under this Act shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. Such application shall include the following:(1)A description of the housing, education, health, mental and behavioral health, employment, and other needs of youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness, in the area served by such agency, specifically including youth, children, and families who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason.(2)Available data on the extent of youth, child, and family homelessness in the area served by such agency, including data available from local educational agencies and data on child poverty in the area.(3)A description of barriers youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness face in accessing services, including barriers related to dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, family violence, poverty, lack of employment, lack of transportation, lack of telephone and internet connectivity, educational needs, and language accessibility.(4)A description of such agency’s direct service expertise and experience with youth, child, or family homelessness, specifically including youth, children, and families who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason.(5)A description of the area served by such agency, including whether the service area is urban, suburban, rural, or Tribal. If the applicant claims to cover a Tribal service area but is not an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization, the applicant shall provide evidence of having consulted with the Indian Tribe or Tribal organization whose service area the applicant claims to cover and provide proof that the Indian Tribe or Tribal organization supports the applicant’s application.(6)A description of such agency’s existing partnerships with other agencies or organizations with experience serving youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness.(7)A description of how funds received under the grant will be used to provide emergency relief to youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness, specifically including—(A)youth, children, and families who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; and(B)youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness who are not receiving services through the Continuum of Care program under subpart C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) as of the date of the application.(d)Award basis(1)In generalThe Secretary shall award grants under this section on the basis of—(A)the need in the area served by each applicant;(B)the quality of each application; and(C)the distribution and priority requirements under paragraphs (4) and (5).(2)NeedIn determining need under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall consider—(A)the extent of children, youth, and families experiencing homelessness in the area served by the family stabilization agency, including data available from local educational agencies and data on child poverty;(B)the extent to which the proposed uses of funds will provide emergency relief to meet unmet needs of youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness, specifically including youth, children, and families who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason;(C)the extent to which the proposed uses of funds will provide emergency relief to youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness who are not currently receiving services through the Continuum of Care program under subpart C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.); and(D)the extent to which the application addresses the particular needs of pregnant women, pregnant and parenting youth, Indian women, children under age 6, children with disabilities, families experiencing domestic violence, survivors of sexual assault or human trafficking, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, or asexual (LGBTQIA) individuals, or racial and ethnic minority populations.(3)QualityIn determining quality under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall consider, for both current ACF grant or subgrant recipients and not current ACF grant or subgrant recipients, the following:(A)The family stabilization agency’s needs assessment under subsection (c)(1) and the likelihood that the program presented in the application will meet such needs.(B)The types, intensity, and coordination of the emergency relief to be provided under the program to youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness.(C)The extent of the family stabilization agency’s demonstrated expertise and experience providing direct services to youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason.(D)The robustness of such agency’s plan to reach youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason, including those who have lost a caregiver or family member to COVID-19.(E)The extent of such agency’s demonstrated expertise and experience in providing direct services to youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness specifically.(F)The extent to which the program presented in the application represents a multi-generational approach to supporting youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness.(G)The extent to which the application reflects coordination with local educational agencies and public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations with experience serving youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness.(H)The extent to which the family stabilization agency is, has been, or has specific plans to partner with, a recipient of a grant or subgrant administered by the Administration for Children and Families.(4)Distribution of awards(A)Distribution among types of communitiesIn awarding grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that funds are distributed according to the following allocation percentages:(i)Not less than 10 percent of the funds available for grants under this section shall be awarded to family stabilization agencies that are Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations serving youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness.(ii)Not less than 36 percent of the funds available for grants under this Act shall be awarded to family stabilization agencies serving predominantly rural areas.(iii)Not less than 30 percent of the funds available for grants under this Act shall be awarded to family stabilization agencies serving predominantly suburban areas.(iv)Not more than 24 percent of the funds available for grants under this Act shall be awarded to family stabilization agencies serving predominantly urban areas.(B)Distribution to experienced granteesIn awarding grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that—(i)80 percent of the funds available for grants under this section are distributed to family stabilization agencies—(I)that are current ACF grant or subgrant recipients; and(II)which may apply in partnership with local educational agencies, Tribal educational agencies, public housing agencies, tribally designated housing entities, community development financial institutions, State housing finance agencies, programs that provide shelter to youth experiencing homelessness who are pregnant or parenting, public health agencies, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and family violence organizations, culturally specific organizations, institutions of higher education as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001), urban Indian organizations, or other community partners; and(ii)20 percent of the funds are distributed as grants to family stabilization agencies that are not current ACF grant or subgrant recipients.(C)Special exception for grants to Indian tribes or tribal organizations(i)In generalIn awarding grants to family stabilization agencies that are Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i), the Secretary may waive any requirements of paragraph (2) or (3) or subsection (c).(ii)Additional considerationsIn awarding grants pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i), the Secretary shall consider family stabilization agencies that are Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations that provide services that address child abuse and neglect.(D)Distribution among StatesIn awarding grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that at least one family stabilization agency in each State receives a grant in each State from which an application that meets the requirements of this section is received.(5)Priority in awardsIn awarding grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to applications that will provide emergency relief to youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason, while ensuring the distribution of awards in accordance with paragraph (4).(e)Authorized activitiesFamily stabilization agencies may use funds awarded under this section to provide emergency relief to youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness, including the following:(1)The provision of personnel necessary to provide emergency relief and ensure services, resources, and assistance reach youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness, whether such personnel are employees of the family stabilization agency or a nonprofit community partner.(2)The provision of personal protective equipment, hygiene supplies, and other supplies determined to be necessary to mitigate the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a State, an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization, or a locality for personnel delivering services and for youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness.(3)Payments to meet shelter and housing-related needs to support safety and health, including payments for—(A)security deposits;(B)eviction prevention;(C)utility connection fees and payments;(D)outstanding rental, utility, motel, and other bills as needed to enter housing or connect utilities;(E)motel or hotel stays;(F)housing placement;(G)records expungement; and(H)other assistance.(4)The provision of food and equipment needed to prepare food.(5)The provision of medical and dental health services, including preventive care.(6)The provision of mental and behavioral health services, including preventive care.(7)The provision of clothing, access to laundry facilities, clothes washers and dryers, detergent, and personal hygiene supplies.(8)The provision of transportation, including payments for gas, emergency vehicle repairs, required insurance, driver’s education and driver’s license fees, public transportation, and other transportation appropriate for Tribal and rural locations.(9)The provision of support to meet communications and connectivity needs, including internet connectivity, outstanding internet or telephone bills as needed to connect communications services, electronic and connected devices, hotspots, portable chargers, pre-paid phone cards, calling minutes and data plans, and costs to ship items and supplies.(10)The provision of support to meet educational and employment needs, including academic support, distance learning support, resources, and access, child care, social and emotional supports, career and technical education, employment training and placement, and similar supports.(11)The purchase and distribution of store cards, gift cards, prepaid debit cards, and vouchers to allow youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness to purchase any items or services that constitute emergency relief.(12)The provision of mentorship and service coordination.(13)The provision of services and supports to meet the particular needs of pregnant women, pregnant and parenting youth, and children birth to age five, experiencing homelessness.(14)The provision of services and supports to meet the particular needs of unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness.(15)The provision of services and supports to meet the particular needs of survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or trafficking.(16)The provision of assistance in accessing advance refunds payable under section 6428(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (commonly referred to as economic impact payments), unemployment compensation, and other benefits provided by Federal, State and local governments.(17)The provision of services and supports to prevent and respond to child abuse and neglect.(18)The provision of culturally specific services and supports to meet the particular needs of children, family, and youth from racial and ethnic minority populations.(19)The provision of other extraordinary or emergency assistance needed to promote the safety and self-sufficiency of youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness.(20)Other purposes as determined by the Secretary.(f)Reporting(1)Report to the SecretaryA family stabilization agency receiving a grant under this Act shall submit a report to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary shall require, that describes the number and demographics of children, youth, and families served with grant funds, including the number of such youth, children, or families experiencing homelessness, and the activities implemented to provide emergency relief to youth, children, and families experiencing homelessness.(2)Report to the CongressNot later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives a report describing the characteristics of the family stabilization agencies that received a grant under this Act and summarizing the findings from the reports received under paragraph (1).(3)Confidentiality of informationFor the purpose of preparing or submitting a report required under this subsection, information that personally identifies any individual may not be disclosed. 4.Authorization of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act $2,000,000,000.


		I
		112th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		H. R. 300
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			January 18, 2011
			Mr. Carson of Indiana
			 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
			 Committee on Financial
			 Services, and in addition to the Committee on
			 Education and the
			 Workforce, 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 establish a grant program in the Department of the
		  Treasury to fund the establishment of centers of excellence to support
		  research, development and planning, implementation, and evaluation of effective
		  programs in financial literacy education for young adults and families ages
		  15–24 years old, and for other purposes.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the
			 Young Adults Financial Literacy
			 Act.
		2.FindingsThe Congress find as follows:
			(1)Eighty percent of parents believe schools
			 are teaching money management and budgeting, while over 70 percent of teachers
			 are not teaching financial literacy.
			(2)Most adults feel
			 that their financial literacy skills are inadequate, yet they do not rely on
			 anyone else to handle their finances; they feel it is important to know more
			 but have received no financial education.
			(3)It is necessary to
			 respond immediately to the pressing needs of individuals faced with the loss of
			 their financial stability, however increased attention must also be paid to
			 financial literacy education reform and long-term solutions to prevent future
			 personal financial disasters.
			(4)There is an urgent
			 need to respond to the economic crisis with research-based financial literacy
			 education programs to reach individuals at all ages and socioeconomic levels,
			 particularly those facing unique and challenging financial situations, such as
			 high school graduates entering the workforce, soon-to-be and recent college
			 graduates, young families, and the unique needs of military personnel and their
			 families.
			(5)More than 70
			 percent of parents say they have spoken with their teens about credit and using
			 credit cards wisely, while less than 44 percent of the teenaged children of
			 those respondents say their parents have talked to them about credit
			 cards.
			(6)Seventy-six
			 percent of parents surveyed said their high school student does not have a
			 budget.
			(7)The average credit
			 card debt among graduate students who carry cards is $7,831 per student, an
			 increase of 59 percent over 1998's average debt of $4,925.
			(8)Young adults
			 between 20 and 24 represent the fastest growing segment of bankruptcy filings;
			 in fact, more people filed for bankruptcy in 2004 than graduated from
			 college.
			(9)Credit card debt
			 among young adults between the ages of 25 and 34 has increased 55 percent,
			 while credit card debt among the youngest adults, between 18 and 24, has
			 skyrocketed 104 percent since 1982.
			(10)In April of 2009, the Comptroller General
			 testified to the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the
			 Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, of the Committee on Homeland
			 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate that In 2006, we
			 reported that the [Financial Literacy and Education] Commission’s National
			 Strategy for Financial Literacy was a useful first step in focusing attention
			 on financial literacy but largely was descriptive rather than strategic. …
			 However, to date the Commission has not incorporated the other elements we
			 recommended. … For the most part, these revisions have consisted of newly
			 developed calls to action and have not represented a fundamental
			 shift in approach that incorporates specific recommendations on roles, funding,
			 and activities..
			3.Grant program to
			 fund the establishment of Centers of Excellence in Financial Literacy
			 Education
			(a)In
			 generalThe Secretary of the
			 Treasury, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions and
			 the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Education and in consultation with
			 the Secretary of Education and the Financial Literacy and Education Commission
			 established under the Financial Literacy and Education Improvement Act, may
			 make competitive grants to and enter into contracts with eligible institutions
			 to establish centers of excellence to support research, development and
			 planning, implementation, and evaluation of effective programs in financial
			 literacy education for young adults and families ages 15–24 years old.
			(b)Authorized
			 activitiesActivities authorized to be funded by grants made
			 under subsection (a) shall include the following:
				(1)Developing and implementing comprehensive
			 research based financial literacy education programs for young adults ages
			 15–24 which can be incorporated into educational settings through existing
			 academic content areas.
				(2)Targeting programs
			 based on a set of educational expectations, pre- and post-education assessment
			 tools, effective training programs for educators, and materials that
			 appropriately serve various segments of young adult and family populations,
			 particularly minority and disadvantaged individuals.
				(3)Aligning financial
			 literacy education programs to a set of core competencies and concepts,
			 including goal setting; planning; budgeting; managing money or transactions;
			 tools and structures; behaviors; consequences; saving, both long- and
			 short-term; managing debt and earning.
				(4)Designing
			 instructional materials using evidence-based content for young families and
			 related outreach activities to address unique life situations and financial
			 pitfalls such as bankruptcy, foreclosure, credit card misuse, and predatory
			 lending.
				(5)Developing and
			 supporting the delivery of professional development programs in financial
			 literacy education that are research-based, on-going and collaborative to
			 assure competence and accountability in the delivery system, including
			 recognition of achievement and competence within existing systems for educators
			 and instructors.
				(6)Improving access
			 to financial literacy education programs for young adults and families by
			 collaborating with financial institutions to disseminate information and
			 awareness of the importance of financial literacy education.
				(7)Reducing student loan default rates by
			 developing programs to help individuals better understand how to manage
			 educational debt through sustained educational programs for college students in
			 partnership with non-profit associations.
				(8)Conducting
			 on-going research and evaluation to assure learning of defined skills and
			 knowledge, and retention of learning.
				(9)Developing
			 research-based assessment and accountability of the appropriate applications of
			 learning over short and long terms.
				(c)Priority for
			 certain applicationsThe
			 Secretary shall give a priority to applications that—
				(1)provide clear
			 definitions of financial literacy and financially literate to clarify
			 educational outcomes;
				(2)establish
			 parameters for identifying the types of programs that most effectively reach
			 young adults and families in unique life situations, specifically individuals
			 in ages 15–24 years old;
				(3)include content
			 that is appropriate to age and socioeconomic levels;
				(4)develop programs
			 based on educational standards, definitions, and research;
				(5)include individual
			 goals of financial independence and stability; and
				(6)establish
			 professional development and delivery systems using evidence-based
			 practices.
				(d)Application and
			 evaluation standards and procedures, distribution criteriaThe Secretary shall, by regulation and
			 order, establish application and evaluation standards and procedures,
			 distribution criteria, and such other forms, standards, definitions, and
			 procedures as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
			(e)Minimum and
			 maximum amount of any grantNo grant under this section may be
			 for an amount less than $2,000,000 or more than $5,000,000.
			(f)DefinitionsFor
			 purposes of this Act the following definitions shall apply:
				(1)Eligible
			 institutionThe term
			 eligible institution means any partnership consisting of an
			 institution of higher education and any of the following which meets such
			 requirements for eligibility as the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary
			 of Education may jointly prescribe by regulation:
					(A)One or more local
			 educational agencies.
					(B)A nonprofit
			 agency, organization, or association.
					(C)A community-based
			 organization.
					(D)A financial
			 institution.
					(2)Institution of
			 higher educationThe term
			 institution of higher education has the meaning given such term in
			 section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)).
				(3)SecretaryThe
			 term Secretary means the Secretary of the Treasury, unless the
			 context specifically refers to the Secretary of Education.
				4.Authorization of
			 appropriationsThere is
			 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $55,000,000 for each of fiscal
			 years 2012 through 2016 for carrying out this Act.
		5.RegulationsIn addition to regulations prescribed under
			 section 3(d), the Secretary may prescribe such regulations as may be necessary
			 to carry out this Act.


		II
		109th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		S. 3362
		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

			June 5, 2006
			Mr. Chambliss introduced
			 the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
			 Committee on
			 Finance

		A BILL
		To exempt woven fiberglass mesh fabric from certain
		  quotas.

		1.Woven fiberglass mesh
			 fabric
			(a)In
			 generalNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the quota
			 imposed under category 622 established pursuant to the Committee for the
			 Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) with respect to certain textile and
			 apparel articles shall not apply to woven fiberglass mesh fabric provided for
			 in subheading 7019.40.40 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
			 States.
			(b)Effective
			 DateThe provision in subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or
			 withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after the
			 date of the enactment of this Act.


116 SRES 206 RS: Marking the 70th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, expressing concern about significant violations of international humanitarian law on contemporary battlefields, and encouraging United States leadership in ensuring greater respect for international humanitarian law in current conflicts, particularly with its security partners.
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IIICalendar No. 146116th CONGRESS1st SessionS. RES. 206IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMay 14, 2019Mr. Booker (for himself and Mr. Young) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign RelationsJuly 15, 2019Reported by Mr. Risch, with an amendment and an amendment to the preamble and an amendment to the titleStrike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italicStrike the preamble and insert the part printed in italicRESOLUTIONMarking the 70th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, expressing concern about
			 significant violations of international humanitarian law on
			 contemporary battlefields, and encouraging United States leadership in
			 ensuring greater respect for international humanitarian law in current
			 conflicts, particularly with
			 its security partners.

 Whereas the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, along with their Additional Protocols, are the foundation of international humanitarian law (IHL), also known as the law of armed conflict, the body of law that seeks to ensure wars have limits;
 Whereas 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and serves as a reminder of the importance and continued relevance of IHL in a world with proliferating and protracted armed conflicts, unprecedented displacement, and immense suffering;
 Whereas the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 reflect more than just law; they reflect the universal recognition that wars must be fought humanely;
 Whereas, at its core, IHL sets out a fundamental obligation that people, even in times of armed conflict, must be treated with humanity;
 Whereas IHL requires all parties to armed conflicts, whether states or non-state armed groups, to comply with rules and basic principles that seek to preserve the lives and dignity of human beings, such as that: civilians and civilian objects must not be targeted; hospitals and medical personnel must be respected and must not be attacked; no one shall be subjected to torture or other forms of ill treatment; and rape and other forms of sexual violence are prohibited;
 Whereas today’s conflicts are marred by significant violations of IHL, the effects of which are apparent across armed conflicts, from restrictions on humanitarian access contributing to the world’s worst cholera outbreak in Yemen, to the use of chemical weapons in Syria, in addition to attacks against civilians, and attacks on medical personnel and health facilities; to the Islamic State’s use of civilians as human shields; to widespread killings, sexual violence, and forced displacement in countries such as Nigeria, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, and elsewhere;
 Whereas people detained in armed conflict, including prisoners of war (POWs), often suffer torture, abuse, and inhumane living conditions, such as insufficient food, water, and health services;
 Whereas, while many states have taken significant steps to ensure humane treatment of detainees, and adequate living conditions, many others still fail to comply with basic standards of treatment and care as required by IHL;
 Whereas, as mandated by the Geneva Conventions, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plays a vital role in visiting detainees in situations of armed conflict with a view to preventing torture and other forms of ill-treatment, preventing disappearances, improving overall detention conditions, maintaining family contacts, and promoting judicial guarantees;
 Whereas the United States has an expressed preference for pursuing its military objectives by, with, and through its security partners in some parts of the world, but state militaries and non-state armed groups with which the United States partners may lack sufficient commitment to IHL principles or capabilities to conduct their operations in a manner that effectively minimizes civilian harm;
 Whereas it is essential, as a critical component of its policies and diplomatic relations, that the United States affirms its commitment to not only respect the rules of IHL but to ensure respect by its partners and adopt policies conditioning its security assistance in this regard;
 Whereas, as the nature of warfare changes, IHL remains relevant to ensure wars are fought with limits;
 Whereas IHL was created to respond to new developments and domains in warfare, such as cyber operations, and new challenges do not undermine the importance or relevance of IHL, but rather call for affirming, applying, and ensuring compliance with IHL;
 Whereas sweeping counterterrorism measures and country-based sanctions have sometimes impeded neutral, impartial lifesaving humanitarian action in countries like Somalia and Syria;
 Whereas the United States has a long tradition of implementing and upholding IHL, not just as a matter of legal obligation but also because respect for human life and protecting the vulnerable reflects the best traditions of a professional military force;
 Whereas United States senior military leadership often publicly recognizes that minimizing civilian harm is central to mission effectiveness and therefore serves the United States national security interests; and
 Whereas, as long as armed conflict remains a reality, there must also be a limit to suffering, and IHL, as outlined 70 years ago in the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, sets out these limits: Now, therefore, be it
 Whereas the United States has ratified the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, along with Protocol III of 2005 (the Geneva Conventions);
 Whereas 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, which form a pillar of the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law and serves as a reminder of the importance and continued relevance of these conventions in a world with proliferating and protracted armed conflicts, unprecedented displacement, and immense suffering;
 Whereas the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 reflect more than just law; they reflect the universal recognition that wars must be fought humanely;
 Whereas, at their core, the Geneva Conventions set out a fundamental obligation that people, even in times of armed conflict, must be treated with humanity;
 Whereas the Geneva Conventions require all parties to armed conflicts, whether states or non-state armed groups, to comply with rules and basic principles that seek to preserve the lives and dignity of human beings, such as that: civilians and civilian objects must not be targeted; hospitals and medical personnel must be respected and must not be attacked; no one shall be subjected to torture or other forms of ill treatment; and rape and other forms of sexual violence are prohibited;
 Whereas today’s conflicts are marred by significant violations of the Geneva Conventions, the effects of which are apparent across armed conflicts, from restrictions on humanitarian access contributing to the world’s worst cholera outbreak in Yemen, to the use of chemical weapons in Syria, in addition to attacks against civilians, and medical personnel and health facilities; to the Islamic State’s use of civilians as human shields; to widespread killings, sexual violence, and forced displacement in countries such as Nigeria, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, and elsewhere;
 Whereas people detained in armed conflict, including prisoners of war (POWs), often suffer torture, abuse, and inhumane living conditions, such as insufficient food, water, and health services;
 Whereas, while many states have taken significant steps to ensure humane treatment of detainees, and adequate living conditions, many others still fail to comply with basic standards of treatment and care as required by the Geneva Conventions;
 Whereas, as mandated by the Geneva Conventions, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plays a vital role in visiting detainees in situations of armed conflict with a view to preventing torture and other forms of ill-treatment, preventing disappearances, improving overall detention conditions, maintaining family contacts, and promoting judicial guarantees;
 Whereas it is essential, as a critical component of its policies and diplomatic relations, that the United States affirms its commitment to not only respect the rules of the law of armed conflict and the Geneva Conventions but also to promote respect by its security partners in this regard;
 Whereas, as the nature of warfare changes, the Geneva Conventions remain relevant to ensure wars are fought with limits;
 Whereas the Geneva Conventions were intended to be adaptive to respond to new developments and domains in warfare, such as cyber operations, and, as such, new challenges do not undermine the importance or relevance of the Geneva Conventions or the law of armed conflict, but rather call for reaffirming, applying, and ensuring compliance with the Geneva Conventions and the law of armed conflict;
 Whereas the United States Government should strive to ensure that our counterterrorism measures do not hinder the delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance;
 Whereas the United States has a long tradition of implementing and upholding the Geneva Conventions, not just as a matter of legal obligation but also because demonstrating respect for human life and protecting the vulnerable reflects the best traditions of a professional military force;
 Whereas senior leaders in the United States Armed Forces often publicly recognize that minimizing civilian harm is central to mission effectiveness and therefore serves the national security interests of the United States; and
 Whereas, as long as armed conflict remains a reality, there must also be a limit to human suffering, as outlined 70 years ago in the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, which set out these limits: Now, therefore, be it

 That it is the sense of the Senate that— (1)upon the 70th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) remains critical to upholding humanity in war, protecting people affected by war, and preventing suffering;
 (2)the Executive branch and Congress must ensure that the United States Government, as the largest donor of lifesaving humanitarian aid—
 (A)does not employ counterterrorism measures or other sanctions that unduly impede lifesaving humanitarian action and thereby jeopardize vulnerable people’s access to resources critical to their survival; and
 (B)upholds the longstanding United States commitment to supporting principled humanitarian action; and
 (3)the United States must continue to be a global leader in promoting and ensuring compliance with IHL by upholding high standards of conduct within the United States Armed Forces, taking stronger measures to ensure compliance with IHL by United States security partners, holding perpetrators of violations of IHL accountable, and seeking compliance with IHL by all parties to armed conflict.

 That it is the sense of the Senate that— (1)upon the 70th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, demonstrating continuing respect for such conventions remains critical to upholding humanity in war, protecting people affected by war, and preventing human suffering;
 (2)the Executive branch and Congress must ensure that the United States Government, as the largest donor of lifesaving humanitarian aid—
 (A)works to overcome policies and actions that unduly impede lifesaving humanitarian access and thereby jeopardize vulnerable people’s access to resources critical to their survival; and
 (B)upholds the longstanding United States commitment to supporting principled humanitarian action; and
 (3)the United States must continue to be a global leader in promoting and ensuring compliance with the Geneva Conventions by upholding high standards of conduct within the United States Armed Forces, taking strong measures to ensure compliance with the Geneva Conventions by United States security partners, holding perpetrators of violations of the Geneva Conventions accountable, and seeking compliance with the Geneva Conventions by all parties to armed conflict.Amend the title so as to read: A resolution marking the 70th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, which form a
			 pillar of the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law and
			 serves as a reminder of the importance and continued relevance of these
			 conventions in a world with proliferating and protracted armed conflicts,
			 unprecedented displacement, and immense suffering..July 15, 2019Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the preamble and an amendment to the title


116 SRES 651 IS: Expressing the sense of the Senate that, while the United States finds value and usefulness in the World Trade Organization in fulfilling the needs of the United States and other free and open economies in the 21st century, significant reforms at the World Trade Organization are needed and the United States must therefore continue to demonstrate leadership to achieve those reforms.
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III116th CONGRESS2d SessionS. RES. 651IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJuly 2, 2020Mr. Portman (for himself and Mr. Cardin) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on FinanceRESOLUTIONExpressing the sense of the Senate that, while the United States finds value and usefulness in the World Trade Organization in fulfilling the needs of the United States and other free and open economies in the 21st century, significant reforms at the World Trade Organization are needed and the United States must therefore continue to demonstrate leadership to achieve those reforms.Whereas the United States had led the formation, as well as reform, of rules governing the multilateral trading system since World War II;Whereas the United States is a founding member of the World Trade Organization (in this preamble referred to as the WTO) and a key architect of the organization;Whereas the United States secured important commitments in the WTO to facilitate trade in goods and services, to prevent the application of non-scientific restrictions on United States agriculture, and to protect United States intellectual property;Whereas the United States uses the rules of the WTO to benefit workers, farmers, and businesses in the United States by facilitating access to the 90 percent of the world’s consumers who live outside the borders of the United States;Whereas the fundamental purpose of the WTO is to create space for members to negotiate with each other, and the WTO reserves to those members exclusively the right to negotiate and adopt rules that reduce and eliminate trade barriers and discriminatory treatment;Whereas the prompt settlement of disputes in which a member of the WTO considers that its rights are being impaired by the actions of another member is essential to the functioning of the WTO and the maintenance of a proper balance between the rights and obligations of members;Whereas the WTO’s dispute settlement function, including in particular the Appellate Body, has increasingly failed to enforce the rules of the WTO in a timely manner, and has usurped the negotiating prerogative of members by creating new obligations and rights that are inconsistent with the rules negotiated by members;Whereas the creation of those obligations and rights undermines—(1)the WTO’s negotiating function by discouraging members from making concessions; and (2)the WTO's dispute settlement function by encouraging overuse of the process and undermining its legitimacy, including by preventing free market economies from responding to globally trade distortive practices by nonmarket economies;Whereas the WTO does not have sufficient rules to discipline the distortive economic policies of nonmarket economies, such as policies relating to excess capacity and forced technology transfer, the special treatment those economies afford to state-owned enterprises, and their massive and opaque industrial subsidies;Whereas there is long-standing bipartisan support in the United States Congress to reform the WTO to address those failings;Whereas the current presidential administration, as well as prior administrations, raised concerns about the failings described in this preamble and have made reform of the WTO a top priority of United States trade policy;Whereas the United States urges WTO members to work constructively with the United States to assess the reasons why the existing WTO rules have proven inadequate in order to create an atmosphere within the WTO that is conducive to the development of new rules less subject to jurisprudential drift;Whereas the guiding principle for reform of the WTO, and the lens through which WTO members should consider specific reform proposals, is the restoration of the WTO’s capability and capacity for negotiation between members; andWhereas, given that the United States has achieved its trade policy objectives through active leadership at the WTO, and that an absence of that leadership would be filled by nonmarket economies that are hostile to a host of United States interests: Now, therefore, be it That it is the sense of the Senate that—(1)while the United States finds value and usefulness in the World Trade Organization (in this resolution referred to as the WTO) in order to fulfill the needs of the United States and other free and open economies in the 21st century, significant reforms are needed;(2)the United States must therefore continue to demonstrate leadership to achieve reforms that restore the effectiveness of the WTO's—(A)negotiating function; (B)dispute settlement function so that it transparently, efficiently, and fully enforces outcomes negotiated by members rather than usurping their primacy by creating new rights or obligations; and (C)rules for special and differential treatment to ensure those rules promote development for truly disadvantaged countries, rather than becoming tools for globally competitive countries to engage in protectionism and market distortions;(3)the efforts to reform the negotiating function of the WTO should revitalize the negotiating function by providing confidence to members that the WTO operates according to the rules as negotiated and adopted by members;(4)a revitalized negotiating function must include new rules that reflect the 21st century economy, further combat anticompetitive and protectionist barriers, and ensure disputes are efficiently resolved;(5)the United States Trade Representative should continue to lead efforts to work with WTO members to pursue reforms at the WTO that—(A)ensure the dispute settlement mechanism faithfully applies the rules adopted by members, including by undertaking measures to ensure the WTO’s Appellate Body does not create new rights and obligations;(B)improve public confidence in dispute settlement by promoting greater transparency and efficiency in the conduct of proceedings;(C)redress the consistent failure by certain members to satisfy their notification obligations under various WTO agreements, including through measures that strengthen accountability;(D)ensures rules for special and differential treatment are appropriately reserved for countries whose state of development and global competitiveness actually warrants such flexibility; (E)create new rules and structures that can serve the interests of the United States while promoting peace, prosperity, good governance, transparency, effective operation of legal regimes, the rule of law, and free enterprise; and(F)expand upon the trilateral negotiations currently underway with Japan and the European Union; and(6)the United States Trade Representative should explore and assess specific reform proposals, including—(A)pursuing plurilateral agreements that further the interests of the United States while limiting the benefits accruing to countries that are not parties to those agreements;(B)efforts to ensure that incorrect interpretations by the Appellate Body, including with respect to the Agreement on Safeguards, the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, and the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, are corrected, and not to be deemed precedential;(C)new rules and norms to address practices of nonmarket economies, such as practices relating to state-owned enterprises, which certain countries often utilize for objectives that cause severe trade distortions; and(D)better implementation of existing rules, such as the prohibition in paragraph 4 of Article XIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade on currency manipulation, to ensure that those rules are effective to preserve the rights of free market economies.


116 SRES 678 ATS: Designating September 2020 as “National Child Awareness Month” to promote awareness of charities that benefit children and youth-serving organizations throughout the United States and recognizing the efforts made by those charities and organizations on behalf of children and youth as critical contributions to the future of the United States.
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III116th CONGRESS2d SessionS. RES. 678IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESAugust 6, 2020Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Braun, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Harris, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Jones, Mr. Peters, and Ms. Rosen) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed toRESOLUTIONDesignating September 2020 as National Child Awareness Month to promote awareness of charities that benefit children and youth-serving organizations throughout the United States and recognizing the efforts made by those charities and organizations on behalf of children and youth as critical contributions to the future of the United States.Whereas millions of children and youth in the United States represent the hopes and the future of the United States;Whereas numerous individuals, charities benefitting children, and youth-serving organizations that work with children and youth collaborate to provide invaluable services to enrich and better the lives of children and youth throughout the United States;Whereas raising awareness of, and increasing support for, organizations that provide access to health care, social services, education, the arts, sports, and other services will result in the development of character in, and the future success of, the children and youth of the United States;Whereas the month of September, as the school year begins, is a time when parents, families, teachers, school administrators, and communities increase the focus on children and youth throughout the United States;Whereas the month of September is a time for the people of the United States to highlight, and be mindful of, the needs of children and youth;Whereas private corporations and businesses have joined with hundreds of national and local charitable organizations throughout the United States in support of a month-long focus on children and youth; andWhereas designating September 2020 as National Child Awareness Month would recognize that a long-term commitment to children and youth is in the public interest and will encourage widespread support for charities and organizations that seek to provide a better future for the children and youth of the United States: Now, therefore, be itThat the Senate designates September 2020 as National Child Awareness Month—(1)to promote awareness of charities that benefit children and youth-serving organizations throughout the United States;(2)to recognize the efforts made by those charities and organizations on behalf of children and youth as critical contributions to the future of the United States; and(3)to recognize the importance of meeting the needs of at-risk children and youth, including children and youth who—(A)have experienced homelessness;(B)are in the foster care system;(C)have been victims, or are at risk of becoming victims, of child sex trafficking;(D)have been impacted by violence;(E)have experienced trauma; and(F)have serious physical and mental health needs.


		IV
		112th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		H. RES. 374
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			July 26, 2011
			Mr. Shuster (for
			 himself and Ms. Schwartz) submitted
			 the following resolution; which was referred to the
			 Committee on Ways and
			 Means

		RESOLUTION
		Expressing the sense of the House of
		  Representatives that the United States should initiate negotiations to enter
		  into a free trade agreement with Georgia.

		Whereas Georgia has been developing its democratic and
			 market-economy institutions for over a decade;
		Whereas the democratically elected Government of Georgia
			 has worked aggressively to combat corruption and increase transparency and
			 accountability in government institutions, and should continue to do so;
		Whereas Georgia has implemented a number of economic
			 reforms, particularly in its tax and regulatory regimes;
		Whereas such reforms were designed to encourage
			 entrepreneurship and small business development;
		Whereas Georgia's economic reforms have spurred strong
			 economic growth and foreign direct investment;
		Whereas the August 2008 war with Russia nearly halted
			 Georgia's economic growth, depleted public resources, drove up unemployment,
			 and left a severe humanitarian crisis in its wake;
		Whereas the global financial crisis has further hindered
			 growth and investment in Georgia;
		Whereas strong economic growth and investment would
			 provide the necessary resources for Georgia to recover from the devastation of
			 the August 2008 conflict, as well as to further strengthen democratic
			 institutions and solidify public support for democratic governance;
		Whereas a vibrant, stable democracy in the Caucasus region
			 is in the interest of the United States;
		Whereas Georgia's position along energy transit routes is
			 of strategic importance to the United States;
		Whereas Georgia has aggressively sought integration into
			 Euro-Atlantic institutions;
		Whereas closer engagement with Georgia through trade
			 negotiations would encourage even greater reform in Georgia and build its
			 capacity to further modernize and liberalize its economy;
		Whereas Georgia is a member of the World Trade
			 Organization; and
		Whereas pursuant to an agreement between Congress and the
			 Bush Administration reached on May 10, 2007, the United States is committed to
			 assisting its trading partners in efforts to improve standards of environmental
			 and labor protections: Now, therefore, be it

		That it is the sense of the House of
			 Representatives that the United States should initiate negotiations to enter
			 into a free trade agreement with Georgia.


116 S3400 IS: Ending Passenger Rail Forced Arbitration Act
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II116th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 3400IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMarch 5, 2020Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Harris, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Peters, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Brown, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Leahy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationA BILLTo amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit Amtrak from including mandatory arbitration clauses in contracts of carriage, and for other purposes.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Ending Passenger Rail Forced Arbitration Act.2.No validity or enforceability of arbitration agreements for consumer and civil rights disputes(a)In generalChapter 243 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:24323.Prohibition on mandatory arbitration(a)PurposesThe purposes of this section are—(1)to prohibit predispute arbitration agreements that force arbitration of consumer and civil rights disputes between Amtrak and customers of Amtrak; and(2)to prohibit agreements and practices that interfere with the right of customers to participate in a joint, class, or collective action related to consumer and civil rights disputes between Amtrak and customers of Amtrak.(b)DefinitionsIn this section:(1)AmtrakThe term Amtrak refers to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.(2)Civil rights disputeThe term civil rights dispute means a dispute—(A)arising from an alleged violation of—(i)the Constitution of the United States or the constitution of a State; or(ii)any Federal, State, or local law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of—(I)race, sex, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or national origin; or(II)any legally protected status in education, employment, credit, housing, public accommodations and facilities, voting, veterans and servicemembers, health care, or a program funded or conducted by the Federal Government or a State government, including any law referred to or described in section 62(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including parts of such law not explicitly referenced in such section that relate to protecting individuals on any such basis; and(B)in which at least 1 party alleging a violation described in subparagraph (A) consists of 1 or more customers (or their authorized representative), including 1 or more individuals seeking certification as a class under rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or a comparable rule or provision of State law.(3)Consumer disputeThe term consumer dispute means any dispute, including all claims related to personal injuries, between Amtrak and 1 or more customers who seek or acquire—(A)services and accommodations provided by Amtrak; or(B)carriage on Amtrak trains and equipment.(4)CustomerThe term customer means any individual, except for an employee of Amtrak and without regard to whether the individual is a minor or paid for the transportation, who seeks or acquires—(A)services and accommodations provided by Amtrak; or(B)carriage on Amtrak trains and equipment.(5)Predispute arbitration agreementThe term predispute arbitration agreement means an agreement to arbitrate a dispute that has not yet arisen at the time of the making of the agreement.(6)Predispute joint-action waiverThe term predispute joint-action waiver means an agreement, whether or not part of a predispute arbitration agreement, that would prohibit, or waive the right of, one of the parties to the agreement to participate in a joint, class, or collective action in a judicial, arbitral, administrative, or other forum, concerning a dispute that has not yet arisen at the time of the making of the agreement.(7)Rail passenger carrierThe term rail passenger carrier means a rail carrier providing—(A)interstate intercity rail passenger transportation (as such term is defined in section 24102); or(B)interstate or intrastate high-speed rail (as such term is defined in section 26105) transportation, except that such term does not include a tourist, historic, scenic, or excursion rail carrier.(c)In general(1)In generalAll predispute arbitration agreements and predispute joint-action waivers shall be invalid and unenforceable with respect to a consumer or civil rights dispute between Amtrak (in its capacity as a rail passenger carrier) and a customer of Amtrak.(2)Applicability(A)In generalA determination of whether this section applies to a particular dispute shall be made in accordance with Federal law. (B)Authority of courtThe applicability of this section to an agreement to arbitrate and the validity and enforceability of an agreement to which this section applies shall be determined by a court, rather than by an arbitrator, regardless of whether—(i)the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement; and(ii)the agreement purports to delegate such determinations to an arbitrator.(C)ExclusionNothing in this section shall apply to a predispute arbitration agreement or joint action waiver invoked in connection with any dispute subject to the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.)..(b)Effective dateThe amendments made by subsection (a)—(1)shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2)shall apply with respect to any dispute or claim that arises or accrues on or after such date.(c)Clerical amendmentThe analysis for chapter 243 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:24323. Prohibition on mandatory arbitration..


		I
		111th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		H. R. 2322
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			May 7, 2009
			Mr. Braley of Iowa
			 (for himself, Mr. Courtney,
			 Mr. Loebsack, and
			 Mr. Hare) introduced the following
			 bill; which was referred to the Committee
			 on Education and Labor

		A BILL
		To amend section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National
		  School Lunch Act to establish a pilot program that requires schools to post
		  nutritional content information regarding foods served at schools and to teach
		  students how to make healthy food selections, and for other
		  purposes.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Healthy
			 Food Choices for Kids Act.
		2.School lunch
			 Labeling and Nutritional Awareness Pilot ProgramSection 18 of the Richard B. Russell
			 National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended by adding at the end the
			 following—

				(j)School lunch
				Labeling and Nutritional Awareness Pilot Program
					(1)In
				generalSubject to the
				availability of funds under paragraph (7), the Secretary shall award grants to
				not more than 10 States to assist not more than 10 schools in each of such
				States in carrying out a pilot program in accordance with paragraph (5) that
				requires schools—
						(A)to post nutritional content information in
				school cafeterias regarding the food items served in the cafeterias; and
						(B)to teach students
				about how to make healthy food selections.
						(2)Grant
				amountsThe Secretary shall
				ensure that each grant awarded is of sufficient size and scope to carry out the
				pilot program described in this subsection.
					(3)Duration of
				GrantsThe Secretary may award grants for multiple years to
				States that meet the grant requirements described in paragraph (4).
					(4)Grant
				RequirementsTo qualify to
				receive a grant under this subsection, a State shall submit an application to
				the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information and
				assurances as the Secretary may require, including—
						(A)an assurance that
				the State will ensure that each school awarded a subgrant under this subsection
				meets the pilot program requirements described in paragraph (5) within 1 year
				of such subgrant award;
						(B)a plan to inform
				all the schools within the State about the pilot program and the school
				application requirements described in paragraph (5);
						(C)an assurance that the State will use not
				less than 95 percent of the grant funds to award subgrants to schools in
				accordance with this subsection;
						(D)an assurance that the State will award such
				subgrants to at least 3, but not more than 5, schools in such State that have
				in effect at the date of the enactment of this subsection a program to provide
				nutritional content information regarding food items served in the cafeterias
				of such schools to students attending such schools; and
						(E)an assurance that the State will award such
				subgrants to at least 3, but not more than 5, schools that are located in the
				rural areas of such State.
						(5)Subgrant
				RequirementsTo qualify to
				receive a subgrant under this subsection, a school shall submit an application
				to a State receiving a grant under this subsection at such time, in such
				manner, and containing such information and assurances as the Secretary may
				require, including—
						(A)a plan for
				implementing the pilot program, including—
							(i)efforts to ensure that nutritional content
				information, including caloric information, regarding the food items served in
				the school’s cafeteria is posted in a visible location at the point of decision
				in the cafeteria and that such information is readable and appropriate for the
				students who attend the school and the parents or legal guardians of such
				students;
							(ii)efforts to
				develop and implement, or expand a school wellness program or other nutritional
				awareness program in effect at the date of enactment of this subsection to
				include an educational program to teach students at the school about making
				healthy food selections; and
							(iii)efforts to
				consult with a licensed nutritionist, registered dietitian, school nutrition
				specialist, or professional with similar qualifications at least once a year
				regarding the pilot program requirements described in clauses (i) and (ii) and
				any related nutritional matters;
							(B)a certification of
				support for participation in the pilot program signed by the school food
				manager, school nurse, school principal, and district superintendent (or
				equivalent positions, as determined by the school); and
						(C)whether the school plans to post the
				nutritional content information described in subparagraph (A)(i) on the
				school’s website.
						(6)Guidance;
				Encouragement
						(A)GuidanceThe Secretary shall provide guidance to the
				States and schools receiving grants or subgrants under this subsection to
				assist such States and schools in meeting the requirements of this
				subsection.
						(B)EncouragementThe Secretary shall encourage schools
				receiving subgrants under this subsection to post the nutritional content
				information, including caloric information, regarding food items served at the
				school on the school’s website.
						(7)Reports
						(A)Each State
				receiving grant funds under this subsection shall submit a report at such time,
				in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may
				require.
						(B)Not later than 1 year after the effective
				date of this subsection and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall
				submit a report to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of
				Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry of the
				Senate that contains—
							(i)the number of
				schools receiving subgrants under this subsection; and
							(ii)a
				detailed description of the status of the pilot program carried out by each
				school under this subsection, including a list of program accomplishments and
				challenges, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the program, in each
				school.
							(8)Authorization of
				AppropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated such funds
				as necessary to carry out this subsection.
					(9)DefinitionsIn
				this subsection:
						(A)Licensed
				nutritionistThe term
				licensed nutritionist means any person who meets the educational
				and training requirements under applicable State law and the credentialing
				requirements of the applicable professional association, if any, to become a
				licensed nutritionist.
						(B)Registered
				dietitianThe term
				registered dietitian means any person who meets the educational
				and training requirements to become credentialed as a registered dietitian by
				the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
						(C)School nutrition
				specialistThe term
				school nutrition specialist means any person who meets the
				educational and training requirements to become credentialed as a school
				nutrition specialist by the School Nutrition
				Association.
						.
		3.Effective
			 dateThis Act and the
			 amendments made by this Act shall take effect not later than 180 days after the
			 date of the enactment of this Act.


116 S3940 IS: Territorial Economic Recovery Act
U.S. Senate
2020-06-11
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II116th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 3940IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJune 11, 2020Mr. Wicker introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on FinanceA BILLTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain amounts from the tested income of controlled foreign corporations, and for other purposes.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Territorial Economic Recovery Act.2.Income of certain qualified possession corporations excluded from tested income(a)In generalSection 951A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—(1)in subsection (c)(2)(A)(i), by striking and at the end of subclause (IV), by striking over at the end of subclause (V) and inserting and, and by adding at the end the following new subclause: (VI)any income of a qualified possession corporation that is effectively connected with the active conduct of a trade or business within a possession of the United States, over; and (2)by adding at the end the following new subsections: (g)Possession of the United StatesFor purposes of this section, the term possession of the United States means Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and any specified possession described in section 931(c).(h)Qualified possession corporationFor purposes of this section, the term qualified possession corporation means any controlled foreign corporation for any taxable year, if, for the 3-year period (or the period during which the controlled foreign corporation has been in existence, if shorter) ending in the taxable year preceding the taxable year in which the determination is made—(1)80 percent or more of the gross income of such corporation was derived from sources within a possession of the United States, and(2)75 percent or more of the gross income of such corporation was effectively connected with the active conduct of a trade or business within a possession of the United States..(b)Effective dateThe amendments made by this section shall apply taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after December 31, 2019, and to taxable years of United States shareholders in which or with which such taxable years of foreign corporations end.


115 HR 4879 IH: Protect Interstate Commerce Act of 2018
U.S. House of Representatives
2018-01-25
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I115th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 4879IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 25, 2018Mr. King of Iowa (for himself, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Pittenger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 concernedA BILLTo prevent States and local jurisdictions from interfering with the production and distribution of
			 agricultural products in interstate or foreign commerce, and for other
			 purposes.

 1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Protect Interstate Commerce Act of 2018. 2.Prohibition against interference by State and local governments with production or manufacture of items in other States (a)In generalConsistent with article I, section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States, the government of a State or locality therein shall not impose a standard or condition on the production or manufacture of any agricultural product sold or offered for sale in interstate commerce if—
 (1)such production or manufacture occurs in another State; and (2)the standard or condition is in addition to the standards and conditions applicable to such production or manufacture pursuant to—
 (A)Federal law; and (B)the laws of the State and locality in which such production or manufacture occurs.
 (b)Agricultural product definedIn this section, the term agricultural product has the meaning given such term in section 207 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1626).
			3.Federal cause of action to challenge State regulation of interstate commerce
 (a)Private right of actionA person, including, but not limited to, a producer, transporter, distributer, consumer, laborer, trade association, the Federal Government, a State government, or a unit of local government, which is affected by a regulation of a State or unit of local government which regulates any aspect of an agriculture good, including any aspect of the method of production, which is sold in interstate commerce, or any means or instrumentality through which such an agriculture good is sold in interstate commerce, may bring an action in the appropriate court to invalidate such a regulation and seek damages for economic loss resulting from such regulation.
 (b)Preliminary injunctionUpon a motion of the plaintiff, the court shall issue a preliminary injunction to preclude the State or unit of local government from enforcing the regulation at issue until such time as the court enters a final judgment in the case, unless the State or unit of local government proves by clear and convincing evidence that—
 (1)the State or unit of local government is likely to prevail on the merits at trial; and (2)the injunction would cause irreparable harm to the State or unit of local government.
 (c)Statute of limitationsNo action shall be maintained under this section unless it is commenced within 10 years after the cause of action arose.


		III
		111th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		S. RES. 574
		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED
		  STATES

			June 29, 2010
			Mr. Reid (for himself
			 and Mr. McConnell) submitted the
			 following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

		RESOLUTION
		Relative to the memorial observances of the
		  Honorable Robert C. Byrd, late a Senator from the State of West
		  Virginia.

		Whereas, The Senate has heard with profound
			 sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Robert C.
			 Byrd, late a Senator from the State of West Virginia: Now, therefore, be
			 it

		That the memorial observances of the
			 Honorable Robert C. Byrd, late a Senator from the State of West Virginia be
			 held in the Senate Chamber on Thursday, July 1, 2010, beginning at 10:00 a.m.,
			 and that the Senate attend the same.
		That paragraph 1 of Rule IV of the Rules
			 for the Regulation of the Senate Wing of the United States Capitol (prohibiting
			 the taking of pictures in the Senate Chamber) be temporarily suspended for the
			 sole and specific purpose of permitting the Senate Photographic Studio to
			 photograph this memorial observance.
		That the Sergeant at Arms be directed to
			 make necessary and appropriate arrangements in connection with the memorial
			 observances in the Senate Chamber.
		That the Secretary of the Senate
			 communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives, transmit an
			 enrolled copy thereof to the family of the deceased, and invite the House of
			 Representatives and the family of the deceased to attend the memorial
			 observances in the Senate Chamber.
		That invitations be extended to the
			 President of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, and
			 the members of the Cabinet, the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the
			 Supreme Court of the United States, the Diplomatic Corps (through the Secretary
			 of State), the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations of the
			 Navy, the Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps, the Chief of Staff of
			 the Air Force, and the Commandant of the Coast Guard to attend the memorial
			 observances in the Senate Chamber.