		II

		109th CONGRESS

		1st Session

		S. 1087

		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

			May 19, 2005

			Mr. Alexander (for

			 himself and Mr. Schumer) introduced the

			 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the

			 Committee on the

			 Judiciary

		A BILL

		To amend section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality

		  Act to prescribe the oath or affirmation of renunciation and allegiance

		  required to be naturalized as a citizen of the United States.

		1.Oath or affirmation of

			 renunciation and allegiance

			(a)Revision of

			 oathSection 337 of the

			 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448) is amended—

				(1)in subsection (a),

			 by striking under section 310(b) an oath and all that follows

			 through personal moral code. and inserting under section

			 310(b), the oath (or affirmation) of allegiance prescribed in subsection

			 (e).; and

				(2)by adding at the

			 end the following new subsection:

						(e)(1)Subject to paragraphs

				(2) and (3), the oath (or affirmation) of allegiance prescribed in this

				subsection is as follows: I take this oath solemnly, freely, and without

				any mental reservation. I entirely renounce all allegiance to any foreign state

				or power of which I have been a subject or citizen. My fidelity and allegiance

				from this day forward are to the United States of America. I will bear true

				faith and allegiance to the Constitution and laws of the United States, and

				will support and defend them against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I will

				bear arms, or perform noncombatant military or civilian service, on behalf of

				the United States when required by law. This I do solemnly swear, so help me

				God..

							(2)If a person, by reason of religious

				training and belief (or individual interpretation thereof) or for other reasons

				of good conscience, cannot take the oath prescribed in paragraph (1)—

								(A)with the term oath

				included, the term affirmation shall be substituted for the term

				oath; and

								(B)with the phrase so help me

				God included, the phrase so help me God shall be

				omitted.

								(3)If a person shows by clear and convincing

				evidence to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that such person, by

				reason of religious training and belief, cannot take the oath prescribed in

				paragraph (1)—

								(A)because such person is opposed to the

				bearing of arms in the Armed Forces of the United States, the words bear

				arms, or shall be omitted; and

								(B)because such person is opposed to any

				type of service in the Armed Forces of the United States, the words bear

				arms, or and noncombatant military or shall be

				omitted.

								(4)As used in this subsection, the term

				religious training and belief—

								(A)means a belief of an individual in

				relation to a Supreme Bring involving duties superior to those arising from any

				human relation; and

								(B)does not include essentially

				political, sociological, or philosophical views or a merely personal moral

				code.

								(5)Any reference in this title to

				oath or oath of allegiance under this section

				shall be deemed to refer to the oath (or affirmation) of allegiance prescribed

				under this

				subsection.

							.

				(b)Effective

			 dateThe amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on

			 the date that is 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.


		I
		112th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		H. R. 2923
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			September 14, 2011
			Mr. Donnelly of
			 Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
			 Committee on Armed
			 Services

		A BILL
		To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a Quality
		  Assurance Surveillance Plan for security contractors operating in Afghanistan
		  and in support of other contingency operations.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the
			 Josh Birchfield Security Contractor
			 Oversight Improvement Act.
		2.Quality Assurance
			 Surveillance Plan for security contractors operating in Afghanistan and in
			 support of other contingency operations
			(a)In
			 generalThe Secretary of
			 Defense shall establish a plan to be known as a Quality Assurance
			 Surveillance Plan setting standards that must be incorporated in
			 Department of Defense oversight plans governing all security contractors
			 operating in Afghanistan, and other future contingency operations, under a
			 contract or subcontract funded by the Department of Defense. The Secretary
			 shall designate a single appropriate official stationed in the country of
			 operations to review each security contract or subcontract involving security
			 contractors funded by the Department of Defense for compliance with the Quality
			 Assurance Surveillance Plan. Such official shall certify that the official has
			 reviewed the oversight plan for that contract, that the oversight plan is
			 appropriate for that contract, that there is an appropriate number of
			 appropriately trained personnel available to oversee that contract, and confirm
			 that any and all licenses and permits required by the security contractor and
			 its employees have been reviewed and verified as current and authentic.
			(b)Deadline for
			 implementationThese requirements under subsection (a) shall be
			 implemented by not later than six months after the date of enactment of this
			 Act.
			(c)Comptroller
			 General assessmentThe
			 Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an assessment the
			 Department of Defense’s compliance with this section and, not later than 6
			 months after the requirements of this section are implemented pursuant to
			 subsection (b), shall submit to Congress a report on such assessment.


116 HR 6589 : Department of Veterans Affairs Chief Financial Officer Authority and Collaboration Act of 2020
U.S. House of Representatives

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IIB116th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 6589IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESSeptember 23, 2020Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' AffairsAN ACTTo direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and submit to Congress a plan to address the material weakness of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Department of Veterans Affairs Chief Financial Officer Authority and Collaboration Act of 2020.2.Plans for addressing material weaknesses and providing sufficient authority to Chief Financial Officer of Department of Veterans AffairsNot later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for each of the three subsequent years, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, acting through the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees—(1)an action plan, including steps, related timelines, costs, progress, status of implementation, and any updates for fully addressing the material weaknesses of the Department discussed in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis section of the financial statements of the Department submitted to Congress under section 3515 of title 31, United States Code for the year preceding the year during which the report is submitted; and(2)a plan outlining the steps the Secretary plans to take to address the recommendations of auditors related to entity-level internal controls and to provide sufficient authority to the Chief Financial Officer of the Department to carry out the requirements of section 902 of title 31, United States Code.3.Chief Financial Officer attestationConcurrent with the submittal to Congress of the President’s budget request under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2022 and each of the next three subsequent fiscal years, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Veterans affairs shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees each of the following:(1)A certification of the responsibility of the Chief Financial Officer for internal financial controls of the Department.(2)An attestation that the Chief Financial Officer has collaborated sufficiently with the subordinate chief financial officers of the Department to be confident in the financial projections included the budget request and supporting materials.4.Chief Financial Officer responsibility for subordinate chief financial officers(a)In generalIn accordance with the responsibilities of the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the recruitment, selection, and training of personnel to carry out agency financial management functions pursuant to section 902(a)(5)(C) of title 31, United States Code, the Chief Financial Officer or the designee of the Chief Financial Officer within the Office of Management of the Department shall—(1)participate in the interview and selection panels of all subordinate chief financial officers; and(2)give input into the performance plans and performance evaluations of all subordinate chief financial officers.(b)TerminationThe requirements under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.5.DefinitionsIn this Act:(1)The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives.(2)The term subordinate chief financial officer—(A)includes—(i)the chief financial officer of the Veterans Health Administration, the chief financial officer of the Office of Community Care within the Veterans Health Administration, and all chief financial officers of Veterans Integrated Service Networks within the Veterans Health Administration;(ii)the chief financial officer of the Veterans Benefits Administration and all chief financial officers of organizational subdivisions representing business lines within the Veterans Benefits Administration;(iii)the chief financial officer of the National Cemetery Administration; and(iv)the chief financial officer of the Office of Information and Technology; and(B)does not include the Inspector General.Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 2020.Cheryl L. Johnson,Clerk.


116 HR 2805 IH: Protecting Officers of the Law In Civilian Establishments Act of 2019
U.S. House of Representatives
2019-05-16
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I116th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 2805IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMay 16, 2019Mr. Hollingsworth (for himself, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Budd, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Palazzo, and Mr. Kustoff of Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo amend title 18, United States Code, to permit uniformed law enforcement officers to carry
			 agency-issued firearms in certain Federal facilities, and for other
			 purposes.

 1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Protecting Officers of the Law In Civilian Establishments Act of 2019 or as the POLICE Act of 2019. 2.Permitting uniformed law enforcement officers to carry agency-issued firearmsSection 930 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
 (1)in subsection (d)— (A)in paragraph (2), by striking or at the end;
 (B)in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or; and (C)by adding at the end the following:

 (4)the lawful carrying of agency-issued firearms and other dangerous weapons in Facility Security Level I and II Federal civilian public access facilities by a uniformed officer, agent, or employee of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision thereof, who is authorized by law to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of law.; and
 (2)in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following:  (4)The term Facility Security Level means a security risk assessment level assigned to a Federal facility by the facility’s security agency in accordance with the biannually issued Interagency Security Committee Standard.
 (5)The term civilian public access facility means a facility open to the general public. (6)The term uniformed officer, agent, or employee means an officer, agent, or employee wearing a clearly identifiable agency standard-issued uniform with a clearly identifiable agency-issued identification badge..


117 S1843 IS: Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by Screening Against Fakes in E-commerce Act of 2021
U.S. Senate
2021-05-26
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II
117th CONGRESS1st Session
S. 1843
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 26, 2021
Mr. Coons (for himself and Mr. Tillis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL
To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide for contributory liability for certain electronic commerce platforms for use of a counterfeit mark by a third party on such platforms, and for other purposes.

1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by Screening Against Fakes in E-commerce Act of 2021 or the SHOP SAFE Act of 2021. 2.Contributory liability for electronic commerce platforms (a)Platform liabilitySection 32 of the Act entitled An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain international conventions, and for other purposes, approved July 5, 1946 (commonly known as the Trademark Act of 1946) (15 U.S.C. 1114), is amended by adding at the end the following:

(4)
(A)Subject to subparagraph (C), an electronic commerce platform shall be deemed contributorily liable in a civil action by the registrant for the remedies hereinafter provided for a case in which, without the consent of the registrant, a third-party seller uses in commerce a counterfeit mark in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of goods that implicate health and safety on the platform, unless the platform demonstrates that the platform took each of the following steps to prevent such use on the platform before any infringing act by the third-party seller: (i)Determined after a reasonable investigation, and reasonably periodically confirmed—
(I)that the third-party seller designated a registered agent in the United States for service of process; or (II)in the case of a third-party seller located in the United States, and if the seller has not designated a registered agent under subclause (I), that the third-party seller has designated a verified address for service of process in the United States.
(ii)Verified through governmental identification or other reliable documentation the identity, principal place of business, and contact information of the third-party seller. (iii)Required the third-party seller to—
(I)take reasonable steps to verify the authenticity of goods on or in connection with which a registered mark is used; and (II)attest to the platform that the third-party seller has taken reasonable steps to verify the authenticity of the goods under subclause (I).
(iv)Imposed on the third-party seller as a condition of participating on the platform contractual requirements that— (I)the third-party seller agrees not to use a counterfeit mark in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of goods on the platform;
(II)the third-party seller consents to the jurisdiction of United States courts with respect to claims related to the third-party seller’s participation on the platform; and (III)the third-party seller designates an agent for service of process in the United States, or, in the case of third-party seller located in the United States, the third-party seller designates a verified address for service of process in the United States.
(v)Displayed conspicuously on the platform the verified principal place of business, contact information, and identity of the third-party seller, and the country from which the goods will be shipped, except the platform shall not be required to display any such information that constitutes the personal identity of an individual, a home street address, or personal contact information of an individual, and in such cases shall instead provide alternative, verified means of contacting the third-party seller. (vi)Displayed conspicuously in each listing the country of origin and manufacture of the goods, unless such information was not reasonably available to the third-party seller and the third-party seller had identified to the platform the steps it undertook to identify the country of origin and manufacture of the goods and the reasons it was unable to identify the same.
(vii)Required each third-party seller to use images that the seller owns or has permission to use and that accurately depict the actual goods offered for sale on the platform. (viii)Implemented at no cost to the registrant reasonable proactive technological measures for screening goods before displaying the goods to the public to prevent any third-party seller’s use of a counterfeit mark in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of goods on the platform.
(ix)Implemented at no cost to the registrant a program to expeditiously disable or remove from the platform any listing for which a platform has reasonable awareness of use of a counterfeit mark in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of goods. Reasonable awareness of use of a counterfeit mark may be inferred based on information regarding the use of a counterfeit mark on the platform generally, general information about the third-party seller, identifying characteristics of a particular listing, or other circumstances as appropriate. A platform may reinstate a listing disabled or removed under this clause if, after an investigation, the platform reasonably determines that a counterfeit mark was not used in the listing. A reasonable decision to reinstate a listing shall not be a basis for finding that a platform failed to comply with this clause. (x)Implemented a policy that requires termination of a third-party seller that has reasonably been determined to have engaged in repeated use of a counterfeit mark in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of goods on the platform. Use of a counterfeit mark by a third-party seller in 3 separate listings within 1 year shall be considered repeated use, except when reasonable mitigating circumstances exist. A platform may reinstate a third-party seller if, after an investigation, the platform reasonably determines that the third-party seller did not engage in repeated use of a counterfeit mark or that reasonable mitigating circumstances existed. A reasonable decision to reinstate a third-party seller shall not be a basis for finding that a platform failed to comply with this clause.
(xi)Implemented at no cost to the registrant reasonable technological measures for screening third-party sellers to ensure that sellers who have been terminated do not rejoin or remain on the platform under a different seller identity or alias. (xii)Provided a verified basis to contact a third-party seller upon request by a registrant that has a bona fide belief that the seller has used a counterfeit mark in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of goods on the platform except that the platform is not required to provide information that constitutes the personal identity of an individual, a home street address, or personal contact information of an individual (in such case, the provider shall provide an alternative means of contacting the third-party seller).
(B)In this paragraph: (i)The term counterfeit mark has the meaning given that term in section 34(d)(1)(B).
(ii)The term electronic commerce platform means any electronically accessed platform that includes publicly interactive features that allow for arranging the sale, purchase, payment, or shipping of goods, or that enables a person other than an operator of the platform to sell or offer to sell physical goods to consumers located in the United States. (iii)The term goods that implicate health and safety means goods, the use of which can lead to illness, disease, injury, serious adverse event, allergic reaction, or death if produced without compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local health and safety regulations and industry-designated testing, safety, quality, certification, manufacturing, packaging, and labeling standards.
(iv)The term third-party seller means a person other than the electronic commerce platform that uses the platform to arrange for the sale, purchase, payment, or shipping of goods. (C)This paragraph shall apply—
(i)to an electronic commerce platform that has annual sales on the platform of not less than $500,000; or (ii)to an electronic commerce platform with less than $500,000 in annual sales 6 months after the platform has received 10 notices (in which there is a reference to this paragraph and an explicit notification to the platform of the 10-notice limit), in aggregate, identifying listings on the platform that reasonably could be determined to have used a counterfeit mark in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of goods that implicate health and safety.
(D)Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to limit liability in a context other than that outlined in this paragraph, including any cause of action available under other provisions of this Act, notwithstanding that the same facts may give rise to a claim under this paragraph.. (b)Effective dateThis Act, and the amendment made by this Act, shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.