SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may cited as the ``District of Columbia Full Self-
Government Act''.

              TITLE I--STATUS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

SEC. 101. STATUS OF THE DISTRICT.

    (a) In General.--All of the territory constituting the permanent
seat of the Government of the United States shall continue to be
designated as the District of Columbia. The District of Columbia shall
remain and continue a body corporate, as provided in section 2 of the
Revised Statutes relating to the District (sec. 1-102, D.C. Official
Code).
    (b) No Effect on Existing Laws.--No law or regulation which is in
force on the effective date of this Act shall be deemed amended or
repealed by this Act except to the extent specifically provided herein
or to the extent that such law or regulation is inconsistent with this
Act, but any such law or regulation may be amended or repealed by act
or resolution as authorized in this Act, or by Act of Congress.
    (c) No Effect on Boundary Line.--Nothing contained in this section
shall affect the boundary line between the District of Columbia and the
Commonwealth of Virginia as the same was established or may be
subsequently established under the provisions of title I of the Act of
October 31, 1945 (59 Stat. 552).

SEC. 102. LEGISLATIVE POWER OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

    Except as provided in section 202, the legislative power of the
District of Columbia shall extend to all rightful subjects of
legislation within the District consistent with the Constitution of the
United States and the provisions of this Act subject to all the
restrictions and limitations imposed upon the States by the tenth
section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States.

                      TITLE II--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COUNCIL.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a Council of the District
of Columbia (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ``Council''), and
the members of the Council shall be elected by the registered qualified
electors of the District.
    (b) Powers, Organization, and Procedure.--The powers, organization,
and procedure of the Council shall be set forth under such laws as may
be enacted by the District of Columbia consistent with the provisions
of this Act.

SEC. 202. LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORITY.

    The Council shall have no authority to pass any act contrary to the
provisions of this Act except as specifically provided in this Act, or
to--
            (1) impose any tax on property of the United States or any
        of the several States;
            (2) lend the public credit for support of any private
        undertaking;
            (3) enact any act, or enact any act to amend or repeal any
        Act of Congress, which concerns the functions or property of
        the United States or which is not restricted in its application
        exclusively in or to the District of Columbia;
            (4) enact any act, resolution, or rule with respect to any
        provision of title 11 of the District of Columbia Official Code
        (relating to organization and jurisdiction of the District of
        Columbia courts);
            (5) impose any tax on the whole or any portion of the
        personal income, either directly or at the source thereof, of
        any individual not a resident of the District (the terms
        ``individual'' and ``resident'' in this paragraph to have the
        meaning given such terms in section 47-1801.04, D.C. Official
        Code);
            (6) enact any act, resolution, or rule which permits the
        building of any structure within the District of Columbia in
        excess of the height limitations contained in section 5 of the
        Act of June 1, 1910 (sec. 5-405, D.C. Official Code), and in
        effect on the effective date of this Act;
            (7) enact any act, resolution, or regulation with respect
        to the Commission of Mental Health;
            (8) enact any act or regulation relating to the United
        States District Court for the District of Columbia or any other
        court of the United States in the District other than the
        District courts, or relating to the duties or powers of the
        United States attorney or the United States Marshal for the
        District of Columbia; or
            (9) enact any act, resolution, or rule with respect to the
        District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management
        Assistance Authority established under section 101(a) of the
        District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management
        Assistance Act of 1995.

                      TITLE III--EXECUTIVE BRANCH

SEC. 301. OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Office of the Mayor of
the District of Columbia, and the Mayor shall be elected by the
registered qualified electors of the District.
    (b) Powers and Duties.--The powers and duties of the Mayor of the
District of Columbia, and the organization of the Office of the Mayor
of the District of Columbia, shall be set forth under such laws as may
be enacted by the District of Columbia consistent with the provisions
of this Act.

SEC. 302. TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES FORMERLY COVERED BY FEDERAL CIVIL
              SERVICE SYSTEM.

    In the case of persons employed by the District government
immediately preceding the effective date of the personnel system
established by the District government pursuant to section 422(3) of
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, the personnel system of the
District government may provide for continued participation in all or
part of the Federal Civil Service System and shall provide for
benefits, including but not limited to pay, tenure, leave, residence,
retirement, health and life insurance, and employee disability and
death benefits, all at least equal to those provided by legislation
enacted by Congress, or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, and
applicable to such officers and employees immediately prior to such
date, except that nothing in this Act shall prohibit the District from
separating an officer or employee subject to such system in the
implementation of a financial plan and budget for the District
government approved under subtitle A of title II of the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of
1995.

SEC. 303. RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN MUNICIPAL PLANNING ACTIVITIES.

    The Mayor's planning responsibility shall not extend to Federal and
international projects and developments in the District, as determined
by the National Capital Planning Commission, or to the United States
Capitol buildings and grounds as defined in chapter 51 of title 40,
United States Code, or to any extension thereof or addition thereto, or
to buildings and grounds under the care of the Architect of the
Capitol.

SEC. 304. EMERGENCY CONTROL OF METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

    (a) Authority of President To Exercise Control in Emergencies.--
            (1) Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
        whenever the President of the United States determines that
        special conditions of an emergency nature exist which require
        the use of the Metropolitan Police force for Federal purposes,
        he may direct the Mayor to provide him, and the Mayor shall
        provide, such services of the Metropolitan Police force as the
        President may deem necessary and appropriate.
            (2) Limitation of duration of authority.--In no case shall
        services made available pursuant to any direction of the
        President under this subsection extend--
                    (A) for a period in excess of 48 hours unless the
                President has, prior to the expiration of such period,
                notified the chairman and ranking minority member of
                the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the
                House of Representatives and the chairman and ranking
                minority member of the Committee on Homeland Security
                and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, in writing, as
                to the reason for such direction and the period of time
                during which the need for such services is likely to
                continue; or
                    (B) for any period in excess of 30 days, unless the
                Senate and the House of Representatives enact into law
                a joint resolution authorizing such an extension.
    (b) Termination.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the services
        made available in accordance with subsection (a) shall
        terminate upon the end of such emergency, the expiration of a
        period of 30 days following the date on which such services are
        first made available, or the enactment into law of a joint
        resolution by the Congress providing for such termination,
        whichever first occurs.
            (2) Special rule in case of adjournment of congress sine
        die.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in any case in which
        services are made available in accordance with subsection (a)
        during any period of an adjournment of the Congress sine die,
        such services shall terminate upon the end of the emergency,
        the expiration of the 30-day period following the date on which
        Congress first convenes following such adjournment, or the
        enactment into law of a joint resolution by the Congress
        providing for such termination, whichever first occurs.

                       TITLE IV--JUDICIAL BRANCH

SEC. 401. JUDICIAL BRANCH.

    The judicial powers of the District of Columbia, and the provisions
of the charter of the District of Columbia government which are
applicable to the judges and courts of the District of Columbia, shall
be those set forth in part C of title IV of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act (sec. 1-204.31 et seq., D.C. Official Code), as in effect
on the effective date of this Act.

                TITLE V--BUDGET AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

SEC. 501. APPLICATION OF LAWS ESTABLISHED BY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

    (a) Budget and Financial Management.--Subject to this Act, the
process by which the District of Columbia develops and enacts the
budget for the District government for a fiscal year, and the
activities carried out with respect to the financial management of the
District government for a fiscal year, shall be established under such
laws as may be enacted by the District.
    (b) Borrowing.--Subject to this Act, the process and rules by which
the District of Columbia issues bonds or otherwise borrows money shall
be established under such laws as may be enacted by the District.

SEC. 502. FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF UNITED STATES NOT PLEDGED.

    The full faith and credit of the United States is not pledged for
the payment of any principal of or interest on any bond, note, or other
obligation issued by the District of Columbia, and the United States is
not responsible or liable for the payment of any principal of or
interest on any bond, note, or other obligation issued by the District.

SEC. 503. FEDERAL TAX EXEMPTION.

    Bonds and notes issued by the District of Columbia and the interest
thereon shall be exempt from all Federal taxation except estate,
inheritance, and gift taxes.

SEC. 504. LEGAL INVESTMENT IN BONDS AND NOTES ISSUED BY DISTRICT OF
              COLUMBIA.

    Notwithstanding any restriction on the investment of funds by
fiduciaries contained in any other law, all domestic insurance
companies, domestic insurance associations, executors, administrators,
guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries within the District of
Columbia may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, trust funds, or
other funds belonging to them or under or within their control in any
bonds issued by the District of Columbia. National banking associations
are authorized to deal in, underwrite, purchase and sell, for their own
accounts or for the accounts of customers, bonds and notes issued by
the District to the same extent as national banking associations are
authorized by paragraph seven of section 5136 of the Revised Statutes
(12 U.S.C. 24), to deal in, underwrite, purchase and sell obligations
of the United States, States, or political subdivision thereof. All
Federal building and loan associations and Federal savings and loan
associations, and banks, trust companies, building and loan
associations, and savings and loan associations, domiciled in the
District may purchase, sell, underwrite, and deal in, for their own
account or for the account of others, all bonds or notes issued by the
District of Columbia. Nothing contained in this section shall be
construed as relieving any person, firm, association, or corporation
from any duty of exercising due and reasonable care in selecting
securities for purchase or investment.

               TITLE VI--RETENTION OF FEDERAL AUTHORITIES

SEC. 601. RETENTION OF CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, Congress reserves
the right, at any time, to exercise its constitutional authority as
legislature for the District of Columbia, by enacting legislation for
the District on any subject, whether within or without the scope of
legislative power granted to the Council by this Act, including
legislation to amend or repeal any law in force in the District prior
to or after the effective date of this Act and any act passed by the
Council.

SEC. 602. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF DISTRICT OVER CERTAIN AGENCIES.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed as vesting in the District
of Columbia government any greater authority over the National
Zoological Park, the National Guard of the District of Columbia, the
Washington Aqueduct, the National Capital Planning Commission, or over
any Federal agency, than was vested in the Commissioner of the District
of Columbia established under Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1967
prior to January 2, 1975.

         TITLE VII--TERMINATION OF EXISTING CHARTER; TRANSITION

SEC. 701. TERMINATION OF EXISTING CHARTER.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in section 401 and subsection
(b), the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1-201.01 et seq.,
D.C. Official Code) is repealed.
    (b) No Effect on Amendatory Provisions.--Nothing in subsection (a)
shall be construed to affect any provision of law which is amended or
repealed by the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.

SEC. 702. NO EFFECT ON EXISTING OBLIGATIONS.

    (a) Budgets.--Nothing in this Act or in the amendment made by
section 701 may be construed to relieve the District of Columbia of any
contractual or other financial obligations incurred by the District
under a budget enacted for a fiscal year prior to the effective date of
this Act.
    (b) Borrowing.--Nothing in this Act or in the amendment made by
section 701 may be construed--
            (1) to relieve the District of Columbia of any obligation
        incurred with respect to bonds or other forms of borrowing
        issued prior to the effective date of this Act; or
            (2) to waive the application to the District of Columbia of
        any other Federal law governing the borrowing of funds by
        States or units of local government, including the Internal
        Revenue Code of 1986.

SEC. 703. NO EFFECT ON INDIVIDUALS HOLDING POSITIONS WITHIN DISTRICT
              GOVERNMENT.

    Nothing in this Act or in the amendment made by section 701 may be
construed to affect the status of any individual who holds elective or
appointed office in, or is an officer or employee of, the government of
the District of Columbia as of the effective date of this Act.

SEC. 704. NO EFFECT ON PENDING ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS.

    No suit, action, or other judicial proceeding lawfully commenced by
or against any officer or agency in his or its official capacity or in
relation to the exercise of his or its official functions, and no
administrative action or proceeding lawfully commenced, shall abate by
reason of this Act or the amendment made by section 701.

                       TITLE VIII--EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 801. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on
the effective date of legislation enacted by the District of Columbia
after the date of the enactment of this Act which establishes--
            (1) the powers, organization, and procedure of the Council
        of the District of Columbia; and
            (2) the powers and duties of the Mayor of the District of
        Columbia, and the organization of the Office of the Mayor of
        the District of Columbia.

District of Columbia Full Self-Government Act - Declares that: (1) this Act shall have no effect on existing law or regulation unless otherwise repealed or amended by this Act or an Act of Congress; and (2) the legislative power of the District shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation within the District consistent with the U.S. Constitution and the provisions of this Act, subject to all the restrictions and limitations imposed upon the states by the Constitution.

Establishes a Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of the Mayor.

Prescribes requirements for treatment of District employees formerly covered by the Federal Civil Service System.

Prohibits the Mayor's planning responsibility from extending to federal and District international projects and developments.

Prescribes requirements granting the President emergency control of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Declares that the District's judicial powers and the provisions of the District charter applicable to District judges and courts shall be those set forth in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act as in effect on the enactment of this Act.

Subjects the process by which the District develops and enacts its fiscal year budget and related financial management activities to such laws as the District may enact.

Declares that the full faith and credit of the United States is not pledged for any District obligations, nor is the United States responsible or liable for them.

Exempts all District bonds and notes (and interest) from federal taxation, except estate, inheritance, and gift taxes. Authorizes certain entities to invest in District bonds and notes.

Reserves Congress the right to exercise constitutional authority as legislature for the District.

Repeals the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (establishing the existing District charter), but not any provision of law amended or repealed by such Act.

To establish the charter for the government of the District of Columbia.


C ongressional employees are retained to perform public duties that include assisting Members in official responsibilities in personal, committee, leadership, or administrative office settings. The roles, duties, and activities of congressional staff are matters of ongoing interest to Members of Congress, congressional staff, groups, and individuals, including those who raise concerns about congressional operations. Most observers recognize that Congress does not function without staff, but there is little systematic attention to what staff do, or what Members expect of them. In congressional offices, there may be interest in identifying Member expectations of congressional staff duties by position from multiple perspectives, including assessment of staffing needs in Member offices; guidance in setting position expectations, qualifications, and experience when offices choose to hire staff; and informing current and potential congressional employees of position expectations. Members of the House and Senate generally establish their own employment policies and practices for their personal offices. It is arguably the case that within Member offices, a common group of activities is executed for which staff with relevant skillsets and other qualifications are necessary. A body of publicly available job advertisements for staff positions from a number of different offices can shed light on the expectations Members have for position duties, as well as staff skills, characteristics, experience, and other expectations. For 33 commonly used congressional staff position titles, this report describes the most frequently listed job duties, applicant skills, characteristics, prior experiences, and other expectations found in a sample of job advertisements placed by Members of Congress between approximately December 2014 and September 2019 seeking staff in their offices. Table 1 lists the position titles and the frequency with which advertisements for them appeared in the sample. Identifying Job Advertisements for Congressional Staff Positions Data used in developing sample position expectations were taken from several publicly available sources, including the following, over the periods specified: The House Employment Bulletin, published weekly by the House Vacancy Announcement and Placement Service (HVAPS) in the Human Resources Office of the House Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). Data were collected from ads published between approximately January 2015 and September 2019. The Employment Bulletin, published online by the Senate "as a service to Senate offices choosing to advertise staff vacancies." Data were collected from ads, which were not dated, appearing from approximately July 2016 to July 2019. The House GOP Job and Resume Bank, which posts ads on behalf of the House Republican Conference on Facebook. Ads were collected between approximately January and June 2017. Other ads were collected from the period between approximately December 2014 and January 2017 from the House GOP Job Bank web page on the website of Representative Virginia Foxx during part of her tenure as the House Republican Conference Secretary. The Job Announcements Board hosted by Representative Steny Hoyer during part of his tenure as House Minority Whip. Data were collected from ads posted between approximately January 2016 and December 2017. Categorizing and Coding Job Advertisements More than 1,800 ads were collected from all sources. Duplicate ads resulting from posts to more than one source, and ads that appear to have been frequently reposted, were removed, as were ads for positions in congressional settings other than personal offices, yielding 880 ads for positions in Member personal offices. Substantially similar position titles (e.g., deputy scheduler and state deputy scheduler) for which there were five or more ads were identified and grouped together, as were related job titles (e.g., positions designated as district, field, or regional representative that had essentially similar job duties and expectations) for which there were five or more substantially similar ads, yielding a total of 704 ads. Ads for the 33 identified position titles were further categorized if there were five or more ads that specified the advertised position as "not entry level" or other signifier of presumptive advanced status. The 704 ads were coded against a variety of variables within eight categories, including ad tracking information; ad details; position responsibilities and responsibility areas; expected job skills, qualifications, and credentials; application materials; and office type. The distribution of ads by job title and level is provided in Table 1 . Solicitations of applicants for congressional staff appear to originate in a highly decentralized manner. Means of identifying appropriate candidates might potentially include reassigning staff within offices, placing ads in services that make them available by subscription, word of mouth, and other nonpublic means of identifying potential applicants for congressional staff positions. Consequently, it cannot be determined whether the dataset of ads analyzed in this report is representative of all congressional employment solicitations. In addition, the process by which candidates for some Member office senior staff positions are identified may not be public-facing. Based on information specified within the ads, most position titles were identified by one of the following four primary responsibility areas (some positions were identified by up to three responsibility areas): Legislative, Policy, and Oversight, Media, Messaging, and Speeches, Constituent Communications, Outreach, and Service, and Office Administration and Support. For each position, at least one sample position description was created based on the coded data. Information includes the most frequently occurring of the following: primary responsibility areas; widely expected duties, typically up to six of the most frequently occurring duties specified in all ads for that position; other potential duties, typically up to six other duties mentioned in more than one ad; applicant information, including characteristics, skills, and knowledge and prior experience; and other expectations. Concluding Observations Categorizing congressional staff positions by position title relies on an assumption that similarly titled positions in House and Senate personal offices carry out the same tasks under essentially similar circumstances. While personal offices may carry out similar activities, the assumption might be questionable given the differences in staff resources in House and Senate offices, as well as potential differences within offices of each chamber. Generalizations about staff roles and duties may also be limited in some ways due to the broad discretion Members have with regard to running their office activities. Variations from office to office, which might include differences in job duties, work schedules, office emphases, and other factors, may limit the extent to which sample position expectations provided here match operational practices in all congressional offices. Sample Position Expectations Caseworker18 Communications Director19 Communications Director, "Senior Level" or "Not Entry Level"20 Constituent Services Representative21 Correspondence Manager22 Deputy Press Secretary23 Deputy Scheduler24 Deputy Scheduler/Assistant to Chief of Staff25 Digital Director/Press Assistant26 Digital Media Director27 District Director28 Executive Assistant29 Executive Assistant/Scheduler30 Executive Assistant/Scheduler, "Not Entry Level"31 Field, District, or Regional Representative32 Field Representative/Caseworker33 Legislative Aide34 Legislative Assistant35 Legislative Assistant, "Not Entry Level"36 Legislative Correspondent37 Legislative Correspondent/Press Assistant38 Legislative Correspondent/Staff Assistant39 Legislative Counsel40 Legislative Director, House41 Legislative Director "Senior Level," or "Not Entry Level"42 Legislative Director, Senate43 Military Legislative Assistant44 Press Assistant45 Press Secretary46 Regional Coordinator47 Scheduler48 Scheduler, "Not Entry Level"49 Scheduler/Office Manager50 Senior Legislative Assistant51 Speechwriter52 Staff Assistant53 Staff Assistant/Driver54 Staff Assistant/Press Assistant55 Systems Administrator56

The roles, duties, and activities of congressional staff are matters of ongoing interest to Members of Congress, congressional staff, and observers of Congress. Members of the House and Senate establish their own employment policies and practices for their personal offices. It is arguably the case that within Member offices, a common group of activities is executed for which staff are necessary. Accordingly, a group of job advertisements for those positions from a number of different offices can shed light on the expectations Members have for position duties, as well as staff skills, characteristics, experience, and other expectations. This report provides a set of 39 widely expected job duties, applicant skills, characteristics, prior experiences, and other expectations based on a sample of ads placed by Members of Congress between approximately December 2014 and September 2019 seeking staff in their offices for 33 position titles: Sample position expectations might assist Congress from multiple perspectives, including assessment of staffing needs in Member offices; guidance in setting position expectations, qualifications, and experience when offices need to hire staff; and informing current and potential congressional employees of position expectations. At the same time, categorizing congressional staff positions by position title relies on an assumption that similarly titled positions in House and Senate personal offices carry out the same tasks under essentially similar circumstances. Although personal offices may carry out similar activities, the assumption might be questionable given the differences in staff resources in House and Senate offices, as well as potential differences among offices of each chamber, particularly the Senate. Genera lizations about staff roles and duties may also be limited in some ways due to the broad discretion Members have with regard to running their office activities. Variations from office to office, which might include differences in job duties, work schedules, office emphases, and other factors, may limit the extent to which sample position expectations might match operational practices in all congressional offices. This is one of several CRS products on congressional staff. To access those products, see CRS Report R44688, Congressional Staff: CRS Products on Size, Pay, and Job Tenure .


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And the peaches and the mangos
That you could sell for me
What do you think my brain is made for
Is it just a container for the mind?
This great grey matter
Sensei replied, What is your woman?
Is she just a container for the child?
That soft pink matter
Cotton candy, Majin Buu, oh, oh, ohh
Close my eyes and fall into you, you, you
My God, shes giving me pleasure
What if the sky and the stars are for show
And the aliens are watching live
From the purple matter?
Sensei went quiet then violent
And we sparred until we both grew tired
Nothing mattered
Cotton candy, Majin Buu, oh, oh, oh, oh
Dim the lights and fall into you, you, you
My God, giving me pleasure
Pleasure, pleasure, pleasure
Pleasure over matter
Hey, hey
Since you been gone, I been having withdrawals
You were such a habit to call
I aint myself at all, had to tell myself, Naw
She better with some fella with a regular job
I didnt wanna get her involved
By dinner Mr. Benjamin was sitting in awe
Hopped into my car; drove far
Fars too close and I remember my memorys no sharp
Butter knife, what a life, anyway
Im building yall a clock, stop, what am I, Hemingway?
She had the kind of body that would probably intimidate
Any of em that were un-southern, not me, cousin
If models are made for modelin
Thick girls are made for cuddlin
Switch worlds and we can huddle then
Who needs another friend? I need to hold your hand
Youd need no other man, wed flee to other lands
Grey matter
Blue used to be my favorite color
Now I aint got no choice
Blue matter
Youre good at being bad, youre bad at being good
For heavens sakes, go to hell, nah, knock on wood, hey
Youre good at being bad
For heavens sakes, go to hell
For heavens sakes, go to hell
Knock, knock, knock, knock on wood
Well, frankly, when that ocean so mufucking good
Make her swab the mufucking wood
Make her walk the mufucking plank
Make her rob a mufucking bank
With no mask on and a rusty revolver


People around you should really have nothing to say
Me, Im just proud of the fact that youve done it your way
And the weekends here, started it right
Even if you only get part of it right
Live for today, plan for tomorrow
Party tonight, party tonight
Dying to meet your girlfriends that you said you might bring
If theyre the ones that tell you that you do the right thing, ooh
Houston girls, love the way it goes down
Atlanta girls love the way it goes down
Vegas girls love the way it goes down
But I gotta say, Oh, baby, oh baby, why is this so familiar?
Just met her, already feel like I know the real her
You must of done this before, this cant be your first time
We must of been here before, its still fresh on my mind
You got that shit that somebody would look for but wont find
You must of done this before, this cant be your first time
They keep telling me dont save you
If I ignore all that advice, then something isnt right
Then who will I complain to?
But the weekends here, started it right
Even if I only get part of it right
Live for today, plan for tomorrow
Party tonight, party tonight
You got your guards up, I do too
Theres things we might discover
Cause you got a past and I do too
Were perfect for each other
Houston girls love the way it goes down
Atlanta girls love the way it goes down
Vegas girls love the way it goes down
But I gotta say, Oh, baby, oh baby, why is this so familiar?
Just met her, already feel like I know the real her
You must of done this before, this cant be your first time
We must of been here before, its still fresh on my mind
You got that shit that somebody would look for but wont find
You must of done this before, this cant be your first time
Cause to her Im just a rapper and soon shell have met another
So if tonights an accident, tomorrow well recover
And I know Im not supposed to judge a book by its cover
I dont wanna be in the blind but sometimes I Stevie Wonder
About her, and she with it
If Im with it, and Im with it
I know what makes her smile but I wan know what makes her different
Or should I just be realistic? Lipstick on the glass
I know this aint your first but its better than your last; Tunechi
You must of done this before, this cant be your first time
We must of been here before, its still fresh on my mind
You got that shit that somebody would look for but wont find
You must of done this before, this cant be your first time
Shower her with dollar tips, shawty went and bought a whip
Guarantee the city remember your whole name
You throw the ho a scholarship, all of them aint all equipped
And this saddens me, I see the pecking order
Quote on quote, bad bitches work the whole floor
Those that get laughed at sit off in the corner
Like a lab rat, nobody want her
Niggas that are married dont wanna go home
But we look up to them, they wish they were us
They want some new trim, we lust for some trust
Now the both of us are colorblind
Cause the other side looks greener
Which leaves your turf in the Boise state
Cant see her play or the team, cause
Everybody has an addiction; mine happens to be you
And those who say they dont
Souls will later on say to them, That aint true
All of them will have an opinion
But yall know what yall can do with them
But if you unsure, Ill take you on tour
To a place you can stick that in
Well, sitting here sad as hell
Listening to Adele, I feel you baby
Someone Like You, more like someone unlike you
Or something thats familiar maybe
And I can tell that she wants a baby
And I can yell, girl, that youre crazy
Oh, what the hell? Nope, cant be lazy
Please be careful, bitches got the rabies


I found the truth beneath your lies
And true love never has to hide
True love never has to hide
Ill trade your broken wings for mine
Trade your broken wings for mine
Ive seen your scars and kissed your crime, oh
Seen your scars and kissed your crime
So many people that I know, theyre just tryna touch ya
Kiss up and rub up and feel up
Kiss up and rub up and feel up on you
Give you some time to prove that I can trust you again
Im gonna kiss up and rub up and feel up
Kiss up and rub up and feel up on you
All night long
Love all night long
Sweet love all night long
Sweet love all night long
All I wanna, aint no other
We together, I remember
Sweet love all night long
Our love was stronger than your pride
Beyond your darkness, Im your light, oh
If you get deep, you touch my mind
If you get deep, you touch my mind
Baptize your tears and dry your eyes, oh
Baptize your tears and dry your eyes
So many people, I know that theyre just tryna touch ya
Kiss up and rub up and feel up
Kiss up and rub up and feel up on you
Give you some time to prove that I can trust you again
Im gonna kiss up and rub up and feel up
Kiss up and rub up and feel up on you
All night long
Love all night long
Sweet love all night long
Sweet love all night long
All I wanna, aint no other
We together, I remember
Sweet love all night long
They say true loves the greatest weapon
To win the war caused by pain, pain
But every diamond has imperfections
But my loves too pure to watch it chip away
Boy, nothing real can be threatened
True love breathes salvation back into me
With every tear came redemption
And my torturer became my remedy
So many people, I know that theyre just tryna touch ya
Kiss up and rub up and feel up
Kiss up and rub up and feel up on you
Give you some time to prove that I can trust you again
Im gonna kiss up and rub up and feel up
Kiss up and rub up and feel up on you
All night long
Love all night long
Sweet love all night long
Sweet love all night long
All I wanna, aint no other
We together, I remember
Sweet love all night long
How I missed you, my love


I am a sinner whos probably gonna sin again
Lord forgive me, Lord forgive me
Things I dont understand
Sometimes I need to be alone
Bitch dont kill my vibe, bitch dont kill my vibe
I can feel your energy from two planets away
I got my drink, I got my music
I would share it but today Im yelling
Bitch, dont kill my vibe; bitch, dont kill my vibe
Bitch, dont kill my vibe; bitch, dont kill my vibe
Look inside of my soul
And you can find gold and maybe get rich
Hol up
Trinidad Jame$ in four weeks
But now my album platinum and shit, so what?
Yall keep the numbers
Im more than another statistic, my nigga
This courtesy of Compton
Brooklyn go hard, motherfucker
Love me on the East like Im Chuck D
Dominicans wish that I was born there
Im lookin to be the god MC
You look at my hat and see thorns there
I look at the game and see porn there
Im fuckin this industry hard
Im bagging this money, tea-bagging your honey
You thought I was fresh out the yard
Dont cry to me dummy, youre a lightweight
They tell me you nice and Im like wait
Go get me a knife, youre looking like steak
And when the stakes are high, I stake out for days
And when the water reside, youre Bobby Boucher
But we aint thirsty nigga, never alert me, nigga
I got a P89 in a suitcase
I know you heard me, nigga, this is a burpee, nigga
Lyrical exercise, right now, homie, Im in the extra vibe
Pipe down, on the curb, when you heard that I got these words
To the upper echelon, thats excellent
I am a sinner whos probably gonna sin again
Lord forgive me, Lord forgive me
Things I dont understand
Sometimes I need to be alone
Bitch dont kill my vibe, bitch dont kill my vibe
I can feel your energy from two planets away
I got my drink, I got my music
I would share it but today Im yelling
Bitch, dont kill my vibe; bitch, dont kill my vibe
Bitch, dont kill my vibe; bitch, dont kill my vibe
Up in the clouds, me and my spouse
Rumors on the ground gettin too loud
Please turn them shits down, cant hear myself think
Turbulence, shit, almost spilled my drink
In the White House with a mink
Running through that bitch like its my house
All up in the hall like a mall
Told you motherfuckers, all I do is ball
No, I dont member you, I dont intend to
Empty my memory bank
Its a million dollars in it, baby, Hilary Swank
Sittin next to Hillary smellin like dank
Presidential pardon, name one nigga out there harder than him
Ill wait
Ive been in my wave like 20 years straight
Ive been on my vibe like 20 years straight
Dont fuck up my high, fuck up my high
Nights like this, I could fuck up a pie
An still be straight
Fall back, bitch, I got a lot on my plate
Dont waste my breath
I dont know how many moons a nigga got left
Back to this joint, smokin this shit like Im tryna prove a point
Im the highest, the highest title, numero uno
Kill my vibe, thats your motherfuckin funeral
Between you and me, turn eulogy to urinals, niggas pissed off
I ministered this generation by far
Leader of the new school
On my toes like a ballerina, who knew Id be Black Swan?
World in my palms, ironically
I am the Globetrotters best cause I didnt drop the ball
Told niggas when I was 16
That Id write a 16 to put a nigga right on the big screen
In the paddy wagon with six teens
Should have been in the pen
But now my pen write with morphine
I heal niggas, touch down with more fiends
I kill niggas, audio crack, khakis to meal ticket
Cardio lap, was running for dear life
But now Im running the map, bitch, Im here nigga
Picture lil ole me giving a fuck for what a fuck nigga gotta say
Nigga, you never be Jay, never be Nas, never be Snoop nor Dre
You aint get killed in Vegas or in a Suburban
Nigga, Puff Daddy wasnt your favorite
So many washed up with detergent
But I dont dry tears, I just aim at them on purpose
Like blah, Mini-14 like blah
Empty out another magazine like blah
Let a young nigga get by
I kill em all when they try to kill my vibe
I am the bad, the good god, the last the hood got
The last that would try to pass a good job
If Shawns a black Beatle then I need a 10 second drum solo
Bitch see you at Woodstock, ah!


Caroline , see, Caroline
All the guys would say shes mighty fine
But mighty fine only got you somewhere half the time
And the other half either got you
Cussed out or coming up short
Yeah, now dig this, now even though
Youd need a golden calculator to divide
The time it took to look inside and realize
That real guys go for real down to Mars girls, haha, yeah
I know youd like to think your shit dont stank, but
Lean a little bit closer, see
Roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Yeah, roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
I know youd like to think your shit dont stank, but
Lean a little bit closer, see
Roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Yeah, roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Caroline, , see
Shes the reason for the word bitch
I hope shes speedin on the way to the club
Tryna hurry up to get to a baller or singer or somebody like that
And try to put on her make up in the mirror and crash, crash
Crash into a ditch
She needs a golden calculator to divide
The time it takes to look inside and realize
That real guys go for real down to Mars girls, yeah
I know youd like to think your shit dont stank, but
Lean a little bit closer, see
Roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Yeah, roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
I know youd like to think your shit dont stank, but
Lean a little bit closer, see
Roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Yeah, roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Well, shes got a hotties body but her attitude is potty
When I met her at a party, she was hardly acting naughty
I said, Shorty, would you call me?
She said, Pardon me, are you balling?
I said Darling, you sound like a prostitute pausing
Oh, so youre one them freaks
Get geeked at the sight of an ATM receipt
But game been peeped, droppin names, shes weak
Trickin off this bitch is lost, must take me for a geek
A quick way to eat, a neat place to sleep
A rent-a-car for a week, a trick for a treat
No go on the raw sex, my AIDS test is flawless
Regardless, we dont want to get involved with all them lawyers
And judges just to hold grudges in a courtroom
I wanna see your support bra, not support you
I know youd like to think your shit dont stank, but
Lean a little bit closer, see
Roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Yeah, roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
I know youd like to think your shit dont stank, but
Lean a little bit closer, see
Roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Yeah, roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Yeah, I
I know youd like to think your shit dont stank, but
Lean a little bit closer, see
Roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Yeah, roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
I know youd like to think your shit dont stank, but
Lean a little bit closer, see
Roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Yeah, roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
I know youd like to think your shit dont stank, but
Lean a little bit closer, see
Roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Yeah, roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
I know youd like to think your shit dont stank, but
Lean a little bit closer, see
Roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Yeah, roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
I know youd like to think your shit dont stank, but
Lean a little bit closer, see
Roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Yeah, roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
I know youd like to think your shit dont stank, but
Lean a little bit closer, see
Roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Yeah, roses really smell like poo-poo-ooh
Better come back down to Mars
Girl, quit chasing cars
What happens when the dough gets low
Bitch, you aint that fine, no way, no way, no way
Better come back down to Mars
Girl, quit chasing cars
What happens when the dough gets low
Bitch, you aint that fine, no way, no way, no way
Crazy bitch
Crazy bitch
Crazy bitch
Crazy bitch
Crazy bitch
Crazy bitch
Crazy bitch
 Crazy bitch
 Crazy bitch
 Crazy bitch
 Crazy bitch
 Crazy bitch
 Crazy bitch
 Crazy bitch
 Crazy bitch
 Crazy bitch
 Crazy bitch


So, I typed a text to a girl I used to see
Saying that I chose this cutie pie with whom I wanna be
And I apologize if this message gets you down
Then I CCed every girl that Id see-see round town
And hate to see yall frown but Id rather see her smilin
Wetness all around me, true, but Im no island
Peninsula maybe, it makes no sense, I know crazy
Give up all this pussy cat thats in my lap, no looking back
Spaceships dont come equipped with rearview mirrors
They dip as quick as they can, the atmosphere is now ripped
Im so like a pimp, Im glad its night
So the light from the sun would not burn me on my bum
When I shoot the moon, high jump the broom
Like a preemie out the womb, my partner yelling, Too soon!
Dont do it! Reconsider, read some liter-
Ature on the subject; you sure? Fuck it
You know we got your back like chiroprac-tic
If that bitch do you dirty, well wipe her ass out as in detergent
Now hurry, hurry, go on to the altar
I know you aint a pimp, but pimp, remember what I taught ya:
Keep your heart, Three Stacks, keep your heart
Ayy, keep your heart, Three Stacks, keep your heart
Man, these girls is smart, Three Stacks, these girls is smart
Play your part, play your part
My bitch a choosy lover, never fuck without a rubber
Never in the sheets, like it on top of the cover
Money on the dresser, drive a Kompressor
Top notch hoes get the most, not the lesser
Trash like to fuck with forty dollars in the club
Fuckin up the game, bitch, it gets no love
She be cross country, givin all that she got
A thousand a pop, Im pullin Bentleys off the lot
I smashed up the gray one, bought me a red
Every time we hit the parkin lot we turn heads
Some hoes wanna choose but them bitches too scary
Your bitch chose me, you aint a pimp, you a fairy
Ohh, ohh, I choose you girl, yeah
Baby, you been rollin solo, time to get down with the team
The grass is greener on that other side if you know what I mean
Ill show you shit you never seen, the Seven Wonders of the World
And I can make you the eighth if you wanna be my girl
When I say my girl, I dont mean my woman, that aint my style
Need a real street stalker to walk a green mile
We piling up the paper on the dining room table
Cause you able to realize Im the truth and not a fable
We rocking Russian sable, keep that chilla on the rack
What I look like with some thousand dollar shit up on my back?
Im a million dollar mack that need a billion dollar bitch
Put my pimpin in your life, watch ya daddy get rich
Easy as A-B-C, simple as 1-2-3
Get down with U-G-K, Pimp C, B-U-N B
Cause whats a ho with no pimp, and whats a pimp with no hoes?
Dont be a lame, you know the game and how it goes
We tryna get chose
Ohh, ohh, I choose you girl, yeah
Eeny meeny decisions, with precision I pick, or
Make my selection on who I choose to be wit, girl
Dont touch my protection, I know you want it to slip
But slippin is somethin I dont do, tippin for life
Thats like makin it rain every month on schedule
Let me tell you, get your parasol umbrella
Cause its gonna get wetter, better prepare ya for the C support
She supposed to spend it on that baby, but we see she dont
Ask-ask Paul McCartney, the lawyers couldnt stop it
Slaughter-slaughter of them pockets, had to tie her to a rocket
Send her in to outer space, I know he wish he could
Cause he payin 20K a day, that bitch is eating good
Like an infant on a double D titty, just getting plump
Cause you miscalculated the next to the-the last pump
Dump-dump in the gut, raw from the giddy up
Better choose that right one or pick-pick the kiddies up
Ohh, ohh, I choose you girl, yeah
Ahh, I choose you baby...


Las Vegas police confirmed the man they believe to be responsible for killing more than 58 people is Stephen Paddock. Here's what we know about him. - Stephen Paddock is a 64-year-old white male. - Paddock was not known to the federal authorities, but was known to local law enforcement. - He lived in Mesquite, Nevada with Marilou Danley on Babbling Brook Ct. Police are searching his house. NBC reporting #LasVegas shooter as Stephen C Paddock who looks to be living at this address with Marilou Danley who Police are searching for pic.twitter.com/Ib1FQMhDBC - Police said that Ms Danley was seen sitting with the suspected shooter in a car before the incident and they are searching for her. She is described as an Asian female who is 4'11". - He was found on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Casino. Police said he had numerous weapons with him. - Police believe he killed himself in a hotel room before they found him. Marilou Danley who #LasVegas police are searching for in connection to the #mandalaybay shooting has previously been to events at hotel: pic.twitter.com/djBDEmHKU0 - Police believe this was a "lone wolf" attack and he was the only shooter. Over 58 people died and more than 500 were injured after a gunman opened fire at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival which was taking place across the road from Mandalay Bay on the famous Las Vegas Strip. This makes it the biggest mass shooting in US history.


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Monday, December 20, 2004

Success in spite of the AF of M.

The Dallas Bach Society performed its annual Messiah concerts this week in spite of pickets and strikes by the American Federation of Musicians, who, in Dallas are amongst our community's most myopic and ridiculous people.

The spirit of the performances was brilliant and the music making was of the first order.

What a pleasure it was to see, for once, the orchestra brimming with the joy of playing together and of making so profound a musical testament as Handel's masterpiece warrants.

It was particularly amusing to me to go to the men's room and see stickers and signs plastered all over the walls which read: "DALLAS BACH SOCIETY-SCABS GO HOME!"

First of all, the union members who placed these items defaced public property.

This is a misdemeanor offence by city statutes.

Secondly, it proved just how childish these people are.

Really now, posting your protests in the pisser.

Just so you know, I aimed up and hit the poster squarely with the ole garden hose.

Oh yes, and for the brilliant persons of letter who posted the signs: you need a comma after scabs.

If you're going to post notices, at least do us the courtesy of knowing English grammar.

And the six of you with your placards and signs outside the venue...you looked like the asses you are.


Q:

Uploading several files

For example I have a model - Case.

This case can contain no one or several pictures and no one or several documents.

User should be able to add some pictures to this 'case'.

Quantity of this files for every case is unknown.

As I understand I should create a new model with case_id which will store these files - for example 'Picture'.

As I understand the paperclip gem doesn't suitable for this task, because it works with exact quantity of files.

In addition, there is yet another problem - in the time of creating a new case, this case is doesn't exist in database and I don't know how to create a new pictures in the time of missing of case (its id = null)
Can anyone give me some idea - about better way to solve this?

Which plug-in or gem should to use or give me a references on some articles.

A:

IMHO, use polymorphism and forms nested attributes.

class Case < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :pictures, :as => :imageable
  accepts_nested_attributes_for :pictures
end

Picture < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :pictures
  belongs_to :imageable, :polymorphic => true
end

Read :
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/association_basics.html#polymorphic-associations
http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/NestedAttributes/ClassMethods.html


Method based on GC-MS to study the influence of tricarboxylic acid cycle metabolites on cardiovascular risk factors.

Metabolites involved in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle have previously been proposed as cardiovascular biomarkers.

This cycle plays a key role in cell metabolism and the levels of the involved metabolites can also be affected by other physiological factors.

The influence of three cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and smoking habit on serum levels of TCA-cycle metabolites has been studied in patients diagnosed with significant coronary lesion.

For this purpose, a method based on GC-MS for determination of the target metabolites (viz.

citric/isocitric, pyruvic, aconitic, oxaloacetic, malic, fumaric and succinic acids) in serum has been developed.

The high accuracy and throughput analysis featuring the method have allowed application to a cohort of 223 patients, 172 of them with significant coronary lesion.

Multifactor analysis of variance has revealed interactions between the occurrence or not of a coronary lesion and the risk factors considered in this study.

These interactions were crucial to explain the levels of target TCA metabolites.

Statistical evaluation by ROC curves allowed discrimination of the capability of significant metabolites with the occurrence of coronary lesions.


Peter M. Bentler

Peter M. Bentler is an American psychologist, statistician, and distinguished professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

In multivariate analysis and psychometrics, Bentler is the developer of the structural equation modeling software EQS.

His publications have over 190,000 citations .

In 2014, he was awarded the Psychometric Society Career Award.

In 2015, he was elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association.

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[Comparative study of the spectral characteristics of ursolic acid between laser Raman spectra and IR spectrum].

In this article, HRD2 double-beam grating monochromator was used to record the laser Raman spectra of the ursolic acid and get the Raman spectral characteristics of the ursolic acid; Philips 100 double-beam grating monochronmator was used to record the IR spectra of the ursolic acid and get the IR spectral characteristics of the ursolic acid; the relationship of the wave peaks and the structural characteristics between the Raman spectra and IR spectra was analyzed, the attribution of the functional groups in the structural characteristics of ursolic acid was basically defined, providing two basic spectra areas (area A: 1,386, 1,370, 1,363 cm-1, and area B: 1,304, 1,269, 1,237 cm-1), which identify the matter of ursolic acid; the comparison was made between the Raman spectra and the IR spectra, and showed that Raman spectra are much more informative in structural characteristics than the IR spectra, and the main characteristic peaks of the IR spectra can be found, which correspond to peaks in the Raman spectra; the peaks in the Raman spectra are clear and distinguishable and are used to assign the functional groups easily.

In addition to IR spectra, Raman spectra are used as an effective method to analyze natural herbs.


Italian multicenter study on a single lead VDD pacing system using a narrow atrial dipole spacing.

Since November 1988, 514 patients with advanced atrioventricular (AV) block and normal sinoatrial function have received the single lead VDD pacing system Twinal 30 Lem/CCS in 30 Italian centers.

At implantation, particular attention was paid to the correct positioning of the atrial dipole in the mid- to mid-high right atrium and to the atrial electrogram characteristics.

The follow-up included a chest X ray, to be performed before discharge of the patient from the hospital, telemetric evaluations of the endoatrial potential, provocative tests for interferences by myopotentials, 24-hour ambulatory EGG recordings, and where possible, exercise stress tests.

The mean follow-up duration was 15.2 months, ranging from 1 to 42 months.

A very low percentage of chronic atrial fibrillation, loss of atrial sensing, and system replacement was reported, most of the patients (93.5%) being paced in VDD mode.

All investigations indicated an excellent overall system performance, stable AV synchrony, and infrequent myopotential interference, and a low complication rate throughout the follow-up period.


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He is the eternal God, the maker of heaven and earth.

Dio eterno, creatore del Cielo e della Terra.


Disinfecting a House

Disinfectare una casa


If you want to visit all the ruins, we recommend going early in the morning.

Se vogliono visitare tutte le ruine, rimasciamo di venire prima della giornata.


It felt wrong immediately.

Se sentito immediatamente errato.


Try to remember the first time you felt that way.

Essaye di ricordare la prima volta in questo modo.


Alonzo feels angry.


Alonzo feels furious.


Alonzo feels irritated.


Alonzo feels enraged.


Alonzo feels annoyed.


Alonzo feels sad.


Alonzo feels depressed.


Alonzo feels devastated.


Alonzo feels miserable.


Alonzo feels disappointed.


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Context: Provided is a universal Ku band LNB (9.75/10.600 GHz) which is fitted at the end of the dish and pointed at the correct satellite constellation; most digital receivers will receive the free to air channels. Some broadcasts are free-to-air and unencrypted, some are encrypted but do not require a monthly subscription (known as free-to-view), some are encrypted and require a monthly subscription, and some are pay-per-view services. To view the encrypted content a VideoGuard UK equipped receiver (all of which are dedicated to the Sky service, and cannot be used to decrypt other services) needs to be used. Unofficial CAMs are now available to view the service, although use of them breaks the user's contract with Sky and invalidates the user's rights to use the card.

Question: What is the universal band that digital recievers will receive free to air channels on?

9.75/10.600 GHz
universal Ku band
Ku band


Context: At the beginning of the 20th century, important advancement in geological science was facilitated by the ability to obtain accurate absolute dates to geologic events using radioactive isotopes and other methods. This changed the understanding of geologic time. Previously, geologists could only use fossils and stratigraphic correlation to date sections of rock relative to one another. With isotopic dates it became possible to assign absolute ages to rock units, and these absolute dates could be applied to fossil sequences in which there was datable material, converting the old relative ages into new absolute ages.

Question: What did using fossils help change for scientists?


Context: Packet mode communication may be implemented with or without intermediate forwarding nodes (packet switches or routers). Packets are normally forwarded by intermediate network nodes asynchronously using first-in, first-out buffering, but may be forwarded according to some scheduling discipline for fair queuing, traffic shaping, or for differentiated or guaranteed quality of service, such as weighted fair queuing or leaky bucket. In case of a shared physical medium (such as radio or 10BASE5), the packets may be delivered according to a multiple access scheme.

Question: If there is no radio or 10BASE5, how are the packets delivered?


Context: Many complexity classes are defined using the concept of a reduction. A reduction is a transformation of one problem into another problem. It captures the informal notion of a problem being at least as difficult as another problem. For instance, if a problem X can be solved using an algorithm for Y, X is no more difficult than Y, and we say that X reduces to Y. There are many different types of reductions, based on the method of reduction, such as Cook reductions, Karp reductions and Levin reductions, and the bound on the complexity of reductions, such as polynomial-time reductions or log-space reductions.

Question: What are two examples of different types of reduction?

Karp reductions and Levin reductions
Cook reductions, Karp reductions


Context: In 1096, Crusaders passing by the siege of Amalfi were joined by Bohemond of Taranto and his nephew Tancred with an army of Italo-Normans. Bohemond was the de facto leader of the Crusade during its passage through Asia Minor. After the successful Siege of Antioch in 1097, Bohemond began carving out an independent principality around that city. Tancred was instrumental in the conquest of Jerusalem and he worked for the expansion of the Crusader kingdom in Transjordan and the region of Galilee.[citation needed]

Question: When did Tancred lay siege to Antioch?


Context: In October 2010, the open-access scientific journal PLoS Pathogens published a paper by a multinational team who undertook a new investigation into the role of Yersinia pestis in the Black Death following the disputed identification by Drancourt and Raoult in 1998. They assessed the presence of DNA/RNA with Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) techniques for Y. pestis from the tooth sockets in human skeletons from mass graves in northern, central and southern Europe that were associated archaeologically with the Black Death and subsequent resurgences. The authors concluded that this new research, together with prior analyses from the south of France and Germany, ". . . ends the debate about the etiology of the Black Death, and unambiguously demonstrates that Y. pestis was the causative agent of the epidemic plague that devastated Europe during the Middle Ages".

Question: What scientific journal in France published a prior analysis of the Black Death?


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Using D2 and D2-Gpnmb mice, we assessed whether RGCs expressed JNK signaling pathway genes during the window of ocular hypertension in D2 mice. By 9 months of age (mos), most D2 eyes have ongoing periods of elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), but typically no optic nerve damage or RGC death. At this age, many eyes have gene expression differences compared with age-matched D2-Gpnmb eyes that do not develop high IOP and glaucoma. Previously, RNA-seq-based transcriptomes of RGCs purified from D2 and D2-Gpnmb eyes at 9 mos of age were assembled. In ocular hypertensive eyes, RGCs express a number of JNK signaling pathway genes previously implicated in the axon injury-induced RGC death pathway (Fig. 1a). A significant difference in the expression of Jnk2 and Jun exists between D2 and D2-Gpnmb RGCs (false discovery rate (FDR) < 0.05).


To further examine JNK signaling in glaucoma, we determined if JNK and JUN were phosphorylated in the retina using immunohistochemistry (pJNK and pJUN, respectively, phosphorylation induces an activated state). At 9 mos of age, pJNK was present in the nerve fiber layer and optic nerve head (ONH, Fig. 1b) in D2 eyes, but was undetectable in control D2.Gpnmb eyes. pJUN-positive cells were detectable throughout the ganglion cell layer at 10 mos in D2 eyes, but not in D2.Gpnmb eyes (Fig. 1c). These data are consistent with recent findings, which showed pJUN in TUJ1 + RGCs in glaucomatous DBA/2J mice. Together, these data indicate that the JNK signaling pathway responds to elevated IOP with changes in both expression level and activation state of key molecules.


Key degenerative features of glaucoma include selective loss of RGCs, cupping of the optic disc, and degeneration of the optic nerve. Elevated IOP in wild-type D2 mice (D2. Jnk2Jnk3) leads to a well-characterized glaucoma with these key features. To determine whether D2.Jnk2 and D2.Jnk3 mice developed glaucoma, the gross anatomy of their retinas and optic nerves were examined. At 6 mos of age, retina and ONH anatomy was normal in D2.Jnk2 and D2.Jnk3 eyes (n = 6 eyes/genotype, Fig. 4a). At 12 mos, D2.Jnk2 and D2.Jnk3 eyes with optic nerve degeneration all exhibited the hallmark features of glaucomatous degeneration with no obvious differences to those observed in D2 mice (n = 6 eyes/genotype, Fig. 4b).


Eyes of D2.Jnk2Jnk3 mice developed ocular hypertension and optic nerve damage consistent with glaucoma as for other genotypes (Fig. 6). IOP levels in D2.Jnk2 and D2.Jnk23 mice were closely matched until 12 mos, when IOP in more D2.Jnk2 eyes had decreased (see above). IOPs profiles of D2.Jnk23 eyes closely resembled those of wild-type, heterozygous, and D2.Jnk3 mice (compare with Fig. 3c). The natural decline in IOP starting at 12 mos was not affected by combined Jnk2 and Jnk3 deficiency. The combination of Jnk2 and Jnk3 deficiencies had a small effect on optic nerve damage compared with Jnk2 deficiency alone. In aggregate, between 9 and 13 mos in these age- and sex-matched groups, more D2.Jnk2Jnk3 eyes had a severely damaged optic nerve than D2.Jnk2 eyes (107 Jnk23 compared with 89 Jnk2 eyes; n = 185 eyes/genotype, P = 0.007). Based on these data, both Jnk2 and Jnk3 appear to influence glaucoma pathogenesis in D2 mice.


Jnk3 genotypes was due to the IOP decrease observed in Jnk2 only deficient mice (P = 0.042). The IOP levels in mice with combined Jnk2 and 3 deficiencies closely resembled those of wild-type, heterozygous, and Jnk3-deficient mice (compare with Fig. 3c). Thus, the greater decrease in IOP in the Jnk2


mice may be due to chance, as it is hard to reconcile why the additional deficiency of Jnk3 in Jnk2


Jnk3 mutant mice would prevent it. d-f The severity of optic nerve damage was determined using PPD stained cross-sections (see Materials and methods for details). Data for D2.Jnk2 mice are the same data as in Fig. 5 as mice of all genotypes were produced in the same litters and examined at the same time


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SECTION 1. MODIFICATIONS OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN STATE
              AND LOCAL POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Notification.--Paragraph (5) of section 527(i) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to organizations must notify Secretary
that they are section 527 organizations) is amended by striking ``or''
at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (B) and inserting ``, or'', and by adding at the end the
following:
                    ``(C) which is a political committee of a State or
                local candidate, or a local committee of a political
                party, as defined by State law.''.
    (b) Exemption for Certain State and Local Political Committees From
Reporting Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (5) of section 527(j) of such
        Code (relating to required disclosures of expenditures and
        contributions) is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (C),
        (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F), respectively,
        and by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new
        subparagraph:
                    ``(C) to any organization which is an exempt State
                or local political organization,''.
            (2) Exempt state or local political organization.--
        Subsection (e) of section 527 of such Code (relating to other
        definitions) is amended by adding at the end the following new
        paragraph:
            ``(5) Exempt state or local political organization.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `exempt State or local
                political organization' means a political
                organization--
                            ``(i) which does not engage in any exempt
                        function other than to influence or to attempt
                        to influence the selection, nomination,
                        election, or appointment of any individual to
                        any State or local public office or office in a
                        State or local political organization,
                            ``(ii) which is subject to State or local
                        requirements to submit reports containing
                        information--
                                    ``(I) regarding individual
                                expenditures from and contributions to
                                such organization, and
                                    ``(II) regarding the person who
                                makes such contributions or receives
                                such expenditures,
                        which is substantially similar to the
                        information which would otherwise be required
                        to be reported under this section, and
                            ``(iii) with respect to which the reports
                        referred to in clause (ii) are made public by
                        the agency with which such reports are filed
                        and are publicly available for inspection in a
                        manner similar to that required by section
                        6104(d)(1).
                    ``(B) Participation of federal candidate or office
                holder.--The term `exempt State or local political
                organization' shall not include any organization
                otherwise described in subparagraph (A) if a candidate
                for nomination or election to Federal elective office
                or an individual who holds such office--
                            ``(i) controls or materially participates
                        in the direction of the organization, or
                            ``(ii) directs, in whole or in part,
                        expenditures or fundraising activities of the
                        organization.''.
    (c) Annual Return Requirements.--
            (1) Income tax returns required only where political
        organization taxable income.--Paragraph (6) of section 6012(a)
        of such Code (relating to general rule of persons required to
        make returns of income) is amended by striking ``or which has
        gross receipts of $25,000 or more for the taxable year (other
        than an organization to which section 527 applies solely by
        reason of subsection (f)(1) of such section)''.
            (2) Information returns.--Subsection (g) of section 6033 of
        such Code (relating to returns required by political
        organizations) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) Returns Required by Political Organizations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Every political organization (within the
        meaning of section 527(e)(1)), and every fund treated under
        section 527(g) as if it constituted a political organization,
        which has gross receipts of $25,000 or more for the taxable
        year shall file a return--
                    ``(A) containing the information required, and
                complying with the other requirements, under subsection
                (a)(1) for organizations exempt from taxation under
                section 501(a), and
                    ``(B) containing such other information as the
                Secretary deems necessary to carry out the provisions
                of this subsection.
            ``(2) Exceptions from filing.--
                    ``(A) Mandatory exceptions.--Paragraph (1) shall
                not apply to an organization--
                            ``(i) which is an exempt State or local
                        political organization (as defined in section
                        527(e)(5)),
                            ``(ii) which is a State or local committee
                        of a political party, or political committee of
                        a State or local candidate, as defined by State
                        law,
                            ``(iii) which is a caucus or association of
                        State or local elected officials,
                            ``(iv) which is a national association of
                        State or local officials,
                            ``(v) which is an authorized committee (as
                        defined in section 301(6) of the Federal
                        Election Campaign Act of 1971) of a candidate
                        for Federal office,
                            ``(vi) which is a national committee (as
                        defined in section 301(14) of the Federal
                        Election Campaign Act of 1971) of a political
                        party, or
                            ``(vii) to which section 527 applies for
                        the taxable year solely by reason of subsection
                        (f)(1) of such section.
                    ``(B) Discretionary exception.--The Secretary may
                relieve any organization required under paragraph (1)
                to file an information return from filing such a return
                where he determines that such filing is not necessary
                to the efficient administration of the internal revenue
                laws.''.
    (d) Waiver of Penalties.--Section 527 of such Code is amended by
adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Authority To Waive.--The Secretary may waive all or any
portion of the--
            ``(1) tax assessed on an organization by reason of the
        failure of the organization to give notice under subsection
        (i), or
            ``(2) penalty imposed under subsection (j) for a failure to
        file a report,
on a showing that such failure was due to reasonable cause and not due
to willful neglect.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the amendments made by Public Law 106-230.

SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION OF INTERACTION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Federal Election Commission, shall publicize information on--
            (1) the effect of the amendments made by this Act, and
            (2) the interaction of requirements to file a notification
        or report under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of
        1986 and reports under the Federal Election Campaign Act of
        1971.
    (b) Information.--Information provided under subsection (a) shall
be included in any appropriate form, instruction, notice, or other
guidance issued to the public by the Secretary of the Treasury or the
Federal Election Commission regarding reporting requirements of
political organizations (as defined in section 527 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986) or reporting requirements under the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO SECTION 527 ORGANIZATION DISCLOSURE
              PROVISIONS.

    (a) Unsegregated Funds Not To Avoid Tax.--Paragraph (4) of section
527(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to failure to
notify) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:
``For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term `exempt function
income' means any amount described in a subparagraph of subsection
(c)(3), whether or not segregated for use for an exempt function.''.
    (b) Procedures for Assessment and Collection of Penalty.--Paragraph
(1) of section 527(j) of such Code (relating to required disclosure of
expenditures and contributions) is amended by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ``For purposes of subtitle F, the penalty
imposed by this paragraph shall be assessed and collected in the same
manner as penalties imposed by section 6652(c).''.
    (c) Application of Fraud Penalty.--Section 7207 of such Code
(relating to fraudulent returns, statements, and other documents) is
amended by striking ``pursuant to subsection (b) of section 6047 or
pursuant to subsection (d) of section 6104'' and inserting ``pursuant
to section 6047(b), section 6104(d), or subsection (i) or (j) of
section 527''.
    (d) Duplicate Electronic and Written Filings Not Required.--
            (1) Subparagraph (A) of section 527(i)(1) of such Code is
        amended by striking ``, electronically and in writing,''.
            (2) Subsection (i) of section 527 of such Code is amended
        by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Electronic filing.--The Secretary shall develop
        procedures for submission in electronic form of notices
        required to be filed under this subsection and reports required
        to be filed under subsection (j).''.
    (e) Effective Dates.--
            (1) Subsections (a) and (b).--The amendments made by
        subsections (a) and (b) shall apply to failures occurring on or
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Subsections (c) and (d).--The amendments made by
        subsections (c) and (d) shall take effect as if included in the
        amendments made by Public Law 106-230.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt State and local candidate committees, as well as local committees of political parties, from specified notification requirements; (2) exempt certain State and local political organizations from specified reporting requirements; (3) remove language dictating that certain political organizations with gross receipts of $25,000 or more for a taxable year and specified political newsletter funds with such receipts shall file income tax returns; (4) mandate that, with certain designated exceptions, every political organization with gross receipts of $25,000 or more for a taxable year and specified political newsletter funds with such receipts file information returns with specified information including income, receipts and disbursements, as well as facts deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury; (5) authorize the Secretary to waive certain related penalties; and (6) amend related penalty provisions.

To amend section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate reporting and return requirements for State and local candidate committees and to avoid duplicate reporting of campaign-related information.


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Temporary Emergency Unemployment
Compensation Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL-STATE AGREEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Any State which desires to do so may enter into
and participate in an agreement under this title with the Secretary of
Labor (in this title referred to as the ``Secretary''). Any State which
is a party to an agreement under this title may, upon providing 30 days
written notice to the Secretary, terminate such agreement.
    (b) Provisions of Agreement.--Any agreement under subsection (a)
shall provide that the State agency of the State will make payments of
temporary emergency unemployment compensation to individuals who--
            (1) have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under
        the State law;
            (2) have no rights to compensation (including both regular
        compensation and extended compensation) with respect to a week
        under such law or any other State unemployment compensation law
        or to compensation under any other Federal law (and are not
        paid or entitled to be paid any additional compensation under
        any State or Federal law); and
            (3) are not receiving compensation with respect to such
        week under the unemployment compensation law of Canada.
    (c) Exhaustion of Benefits.--For purposes of subsection (b)(1), an
individual shall be deemed to have exhausted such individual's rights
to regular compensation under a State law when--
            (1) no payments of regular compensation can be made under
        such law because such individual has received all regular
        compensation available to such individual based on employment
        or wages during such individual's base period; or
            (2) such individual's rights to such compensation have been
        terminated by reason of the expiration of the benefit year with
        respect to which such rights existed.
    (d) Weekly Benefit Amount.--For purposes of any agreement under
this title--
            (1) the amount of temporary emergency unemployment
        compensation which shall be payable to any individual for any
        week of total unemployment shall be equal to the amount of the
        regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable
        to such individual during such individual's benefit year under
        the State law for a week of total unemployment;
            (2) the terms and conditions of the State law which apply
        to claims for regular compensation and to the payment thereof
        shall apply to claims for temporary emergency unemployment
        compensation and the payment thereof, except where inconsistent
        with the provisions of this title or with the regulations or
        operating instructions of the Secretary promulgated to carry
        out this title; and
            (3) the maximum amount of temporary emergency unemployment
        compensation payable to any individual for whom a temporary
        emergency unemployment compensation account is established
        under section 3 shall not exceed the amount established in such
        account for such individual.
    (e) Election by States.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
Federal law (and if State law permits), the Governor of a State is
authorized and may elect to trigger off an extended compensation period
in order to provide payment of temporary emergency unemployment
compensation to individuals who have exhausted their rights to regular
compensation under State law.

SEC. 3. TEMPORARY EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACCOUNT.

    (a) In General.--Any agreement under this title shall provide that
the State will establish, for each eligible individual who files an
application for temporary emergency unemployment compensation, a
temporary emergency unemployment compensation account with respect to
such individual's benefit year.
    (b) Amount in Account.--
            (1) In general.--The amount established in an account under
        subsection (a) shall be equal to 13 times the individual's
        average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year.
            (2) Reduction for extended benefits.--The amount in an
        account under paragraph (1) shall be reduced (but not below
        zero) by the aggregate amount of extended compensation (if any)
        received by such individual relating to the same benefit year
        under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act
        of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note).
            (3) Weekly benefit amount.--For purposes of this
        subsection, an individual's weekly benefit amount for any week
        is the amount of regular compensation (including dependents'
        allowances) under the State law payable to such individual for
        such week for total unemployment.

SEC. 4. PAYMENTS TO STATES HAVING AGREEMENTS FOR THE PAYMENT OF
              TEMPORARY EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

    (a) General Rule.--There shall be paid to each State that has
entered into an agreement under this title an amount equal to 100
percent of the temporary emergency unemployment compensation paid to
individuals by the State pursuant to such agreement.
    (b) Treatment of Reimbursable Compensation.--No payment shall be
made to any State under this section in respect of any compensation to
the extent the State is entitled to reimbursement in respect of such
compensation under the provisions of any Federal law other than this
title or chapter 85 of title 5, United States Code. A State shall not
be entitled to any reimbursement under such chapter 85 in respect of
any compensation to the extent the State is entitled to reimbursement
under this title in respect of such compensation.
    (c) Determination of Amount.--Sums payable to any State by reason
of such State having an agreement under this title shall be payable,
either in advance or by way of reimbursement (as may be determined by
the Secretary), in such amounts as the Secretary estimates the State
will be entitled to receive under this title for each calendar month,
reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any amount by which the
Secretary finds that the Secretary's estimates for any prior calendar
month were greater or less than the amounts which should have been paid
to the State. Such estimates may be made on the basis of such
statistical, sampling, or other method as may be agreed upon by the
Secretary and the State agency of the State involved.

SEC. 5. FINANCING PROVISIONS.

    (a) In General.--Funds in the extended unemployment compensation
account (as established by section 905(a) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1105(a)) of the Unemployment Trust Fund (as established by
section 904(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1104(a)) shall be used for the
making of payments to States having agreements entered into under this
title.
    (b) Certification.--The Secretary shall from time to time certify
to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State the sums
payable to such State under this title. The Secretary of the Treasury,
prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, shall
make payments to the State in accordance with such certification, by
transfers from the extended unemployment compensation account (as so
established) to the account of such State in the Unemployment Trust
Fund (as so established).
    (c) Assistance to States.--There are appropriated, without fiscal
year limitation, such funds as may be necessary for purposes of
assisting States (as provided in title III of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 501 et seq.) in meeting the costs of administration of
agreements under this title.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations for Certain Payments.--There
are appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury, without fiscal
year limitation, to the extended unemployment compensation account (as
so established) of the Unemployment Trust Fund (as so established) such
sums as the Secretary estimates to be necessary to make the payments
under this section in respect of--
            (1) compensation payable under chapter 85 of title 5,
        United States Code; and
            (2) compensation payable on the basis of services to which
        section 3309(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
        applies.
Amounts appropriated pursuant to the preceding sentence shall not be
required to be repaid.

SEC. 6. FRAUD AND OVERPAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--If an individual knowingly has made, or caused to
be made by another, a false statement or representation of a material
fact, or knowingly has failed, or caused another to fail, to disclose a
material fact, and as a result of such false statement or
representation or of such nondisclosure such individual has received an
amount of temporary emergency unemployment compensation under this
title to which he was not entitled, such individual--
            (1) shall be ineligible for further temporary emergency
        unemployment compensation under this title in accordance with
        the provisions of the applicable State unemployment
        compensation law relating to fraud in connection with a claim
        for unemployment compensation; and
            (2) shall be subject to prosecution under section 1001 of
        title 18, United States Code.
    (b) Repayment.--In the case of individuals who have received
amounts of temporary emergency unemployment compensation under this
title to which they were not entitled, the State shall require such
individuals to repay the amounts of such emergency unemployment
compensation to the State agency, except that the State agency may
waive such repayment if it determines that--
            (1) the payment of such emergency unemployment compensation
        was without fault on the part of any such individual; and
            (2) such repayment would be contrary to equity and good
        conscience.
    (c) Recovery by State Agency.--
            (1) In general.--The State agency may recover the amount to
        be repaid, or any part thereof, by deductions from any
        temporary emergency unemployment compensation payable to such
        individual under this title or from any unemployment
        compensation payable to such individual under any Federal
        unemployment compensation law administered by the State agency
        or under any other Federal law administered by the State agency
        which provides for the payment of any assistance or allowance
        with respect to any week of unemployment, during the 3-year
        period after the date such individuals received the payment of
        the temporary emergency unemployment compensation to which they
        were not entitled, except that no single deduction may exceed
        50 percent of the weekly benefit amount from which such
        deduction is made.
            (2) Opportunity for hearing.--No repayment shall be
        required, and no deduction shall be made, until a determination
        has been made, notice thereof and an opportunity for a fair
        hearing has been given to the individual, and the determination
        has become final.
    (d) Review.--Any determination by a State agency under this section
shall be subject to review in the same manner and to the same extent as
determinations under the State unemployment compensation law, and only
in that manner and to that extent.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title, the terms ``compensation'', ``regular
compensation'', ``extended compensation'', ``additional compensation'',
``benefit year'', ``base period'', ``State'', ``State agency'', ``State
law'', and ``week'' have the respective meanings given such terms under
section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act
of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note).

SEC. 8. APPLICABILITY.

    An agreement entered into under this Act shall apply to weeks of
unemployment--
            (1) beginning no earlier than the first day of the first
        week beginning after the date on which such agreement is
        entered into; and
            (2) ending before the date that is 18 months after the date
        of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 9. TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN INTEREST RATE APPLICABLE TO REPAYMENTS
              OF ADVANCES TO STATE UNEMPLOYMENT FUNDS.

    With respect to advances made to a State under section 1201 of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1321) during the period beginning on the
date of enactment of this Act and ending on the date that is 18 months
after such date of enactment, the rate of interest paid by a State on
such an advance shall be determined under section 1202(b)(4) of the
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1322(b)(4)) by substituting ``5 percent'' for ``10
percent'' in the matter preceding subparagraph (A).

Temporary Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2001 - Provides for a program of temporary emergency unemployment compensation (TEUC).Sets forth TEUC program requirements for Federal-State agreements, formulas for determining amounts in individual TEUC accounts and weekly benefits, payments to States, and financing. Includes among eligibility requirements an individual's not having rights, with respect to a week, to other compensation (including both regular and extended compensation). Reduces an individual TEUC account by the aggregate amount of any extended compensation for the same benefit year.Applies TEUC agreements to weeks of unemployment: (1) beginning on or after the first day of the first week after the date on which such agreement is entered into; and (2) ending before the date that is 18 months after enactment of this Act.Provides for a temporary reduction in the interest rate applicable to repayments of advances to State unemployment funds.

A bill to provide for a program of temporary enhanced unemployment benefits.