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Union Calendar No. 52 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1681 

[Report No. 110–87] 

To amend the Congressional Charter of The American National Red Cross 

to modernize its governance structure, to enhance the ability of the 

board of governors of The American National Red Cross to support 

the critical mission of The American National Red Cross in the 21st 

century, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2007 

Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. FLAKE, Ms. JACKSON-LEE

of Texas, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. SIRES, and Mr. SCOTT of 

Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

APRIL 16, 2007 

Additional sponsors: Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, 

and Mr. MCHUGH

APRIL 16, 2007 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 26, 2007] 

A BILL 

To amend the Congressional Charter of The American National Red Cross to modernize its governance structure, 

to enhance the ability of the board of governors of The 


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American National Red Cross to support the critical 

mission of The American National Red Cross in the 

21st century, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘The American National 

5 Red Cross Governance Modernization Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) Substantive changes to the Congressional 

9 Charter of The American National Red Cross have 

10 not been made since 1947. 

11 (2) In February 2006, the board of governors of 

12 The American National Red Cross (the ‘‘Board of 

13 Governors’’) commissioned an independent review 

14 and analysis of the Board of Governors’ role, composi15 tion, size, relationship with management, governance 

16 relationship with chartered units of The American 

17 National Red Cross, and whistleblower and audit 

18 functions. 

19 (3) In an October 2006 report of the Board of 

20 Governors, entitled ‘‘American Red Cross Governance 

21 for the 21st Century’’ (the ‘‘Governance Report’’), the 

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1 ments of The American National Red Cross to mod2 ernize and enhance the effectiveness of the Board of 

3 Governors and governance structure of The American 

4 National Red Cross. 

5 (4) It is in the national interest to create a more 

6 efficient governance structure of The American Na7 tional Red Cross and to enhance the Board of Gov8 ernors’ ability to support the critical mission of The 

9 American National Red Cross in the 21st century. 

10 (5) It is in the national interest to clarify the 

11 role of the Board of Governors as a governance and 

12 strategic oversight board and for The American Na13 tional Red Cross to amend its bylaws, consistent with 

14 the recommendations described in the Governance Re15 port, to clarify the role of the Board of Governors and 

16 to outline the areas of its responsibility, including— 

17 (A) reviewing and approving the mission 

18 statement for The American National Red Cross; 

19 (B) approving and overseeing the corpora20 tion’s strategic plan and maintaining strategic 

21 oversight of operational matters; 

22 (C) selecting, evaluating, and determining 

23 the level of compensation of the corporation’s 

24 chief executive officer; 


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1 (D) evaluating the performance and estab2 lishing the compensation of the senior leadership 

3 team and providing for management succession; 

4 (E) overseeing the financial reporting and 

5 audit process, internal controls, and legal com6 pliance; 

7 (F) holding management accountable for 

8 performance; 

9 (G) providing oversight of the financial sta10 bility of the corporation; 

11 (H) ensuring the inclusiveness and diversity 

12 of the corporation; 

13 (I) ensuring the chapters of the corporation 

14 are geographically and regionally diverse; 

15 (J) providing oversight of the protection of 

16 the brand of the corporation; and 

17 (K) assisting with fundraising on behalf of 

18 the corporation. 

19 (6)(A) The selection of members of the Board of 

20 Governors is a critical component of effective govern21 ance for The American National Red Cross, and, as 

22 such, it is in the national interest that The American 

23 National Red Cross amend its bylaws to provide a 

24 method of selection consistent with that described in 

25 the Governance Report. 


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1 (B) The new method of selection should replace 

2 the current process by which— 

3 (i) 30 chartered unit-elected members of the 

4 Board of Governors are selected by a non-Board 

5 committee which includes 2 members of the 

6 Board of Governors and other individuals elected 

7 by the chartered units themselves; 

8 (ii) 12 at-large members of the Board of 

9 Governors are nominated by a Board committee 

10 and elected by the Board of Governors; and 

11 (iii) 8 members of the Board of Governors 

12 are appointed by the President of the United 

13 States. 

14 (C) The new method of selection described in the 

15 Governance Report reflects the single category of 

16 members of the Board of Governors that will result 

17 from the implementation of this Act: 

18 (i) All Board members (except for the chair19 man of the Board of Governors) would be nomi20 nated by a single committee of the Board of Gov21 ernors taking into account the criteria outlined 

22 in the Governance Report to assure the expertise, 

23 skills, and experience of a governing board. 

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1 ernors and then submitted to The American Na2 tional Red Cross annual meeting of delegates for 

3 election, in keeping with the standard corporate 

4 practice whereby shareholders of a corporation 

5 elect members of a board of directors at its an6 nual meeting. 

7 (7) The United States Supreme Court held The 

8 American National Red Cross to be an instrumen9 tality of the United States, and it is in the national 

10 interest that the Congressional Charter confirm that 

11 status and that any changes to the Congressional 

12 Charter do not affect the rights and obligations of The 

13 American National Red Cross to carry out its pur14 poses. 

15 (8) Given the role of The American National Red 

16 Cross in carrying out its services, programs, and ac17 tivities, and meeting its various obligations, the effec18 tiveness of The American National Red Cross will be 

19 promoted by the creation of an organizational om20 budsman who— 

21 (A) will be a neutral or impartial dispute 

22 resolution practitioner whose major function will 

23 be to provide confidential and informal assist24 ance to the many internal and external stake25 holders of The American National Red Cross; 


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1 (B) will report to the chief executive officer 

2 and the audit committee of the Board of Gov3 ernors; and 

4 (C) will have access to anyone and any doc5 uments in The American National Red Cross. 

6 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

7 that— 

8 (1) charitable organizations are an indispensable 

9 part of American society, but these organizations can 

10 only fulfill their important roles by maintaining the 

11 trust of the American public; 

12 (2) trust is fostered by effective governance and 

13 transparency, which are the principal goals of the 

14 recommendations of the Board of Governors in the 

15 Governance Report and this Act; 

16 (3) Federal and State action play an important 

17 role in ensuring effective governance and trans18 parency by setting standards, rooting out violations, 

19 and informing the public; 

20 (4) while The American National Red Cross is 

21 and will remain a Federally chartered instrumen22 tality of the United States, and it has the rights and 

23 obligations consistent with that status, The American 

24 National Red Cross nevertheless should maintain ap25 propriate communications with State regulators of 


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1 charitable organizations and should cooperate with 

2 them as appropriate in specific matters as they arise 

3 from time to time; and 

4 (5) while The American National Red Cross is 

5 and will remain a Federally chartered instrumen6 tality of the United States, and it has the rights and 

7 obligations consistent with that status, The American 

8 National Red Cross nevertheless should maintain ap9 propriate communications and collaborations with 

10 local, community, and faith-based non-profit organi11 zations, including those organizations that work with12 in minority communities. 

13 SEC. 3. ORGANIZATION. 

14 Section 300101 of title 36, United States Code, is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘a Federally 

17 chartered instrumentality of the United States and’’ 

18 before ‘‘a body corporate and politic’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting at the end the 

20 following new sentence: ‘‘The corporation may con21 duct its business and affairs, and otherwise hold itself 

22 out, as the ‘American Red Cross’ in any jurisdic23 tion.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. PURPOSES. 

2 Section 300102 of title 36, United States Code, is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

5 (3); 

6 (2) by striking the period at the end of para7 graph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following para9 graph: 

10 ‘‘(5) to conduct other activities consistent with 

11 the foregoing purposes.’’. 

12 SEC. 5. MEMBERSHIP AND CHAPTERS. 

13 Section 300103 of title 36, United States Code, is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, or as other16 wise provided,’’ before ‘‘in the bylaws’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘board of governors’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘corporation’’; and 

20 (B) by inserting ‘‘policies and’’ before ‘‘reg21 ulations related’’; and 

22 (3) in subsection (b)(2)— 

23 (A) by inserting ‘‘policies and’’ before ‘‘reg24 ulations shall require’’; and 

25 (B) by striking ‘‘national convention’’ and 

26 inserting ‘‘annual meeting’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. BOARD OF GOVERNORS. 

2 Section 300104 of title 36, United States Code, is 

3 amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘§ 300104. Board of governors 

5 ‘‘(a) BOARD OF GOVERNORS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The board of governors is the 

7 governing body of the corporation with all powers of 

8 governing and directing, and of overseeing the man9 agement of the business and affairs of, the corpora10 tion. 

11 ‘‘(2) NUMBER.—The board of governors shall fix 

12 by resolution, from time to time, the number of mem13 bers constituting the entire board of governors, pro14 vided that— 

15 ‘‘(A) as of March 31, 2009, and thereafter, 

16 there shall be no fewer than 12 and no more 

17 than 25 members; and 

18 ‘‘(B) as of March 31, 2012, and thereafter, 

19 there shall be no fewer than 12 and no more 

20 than 20 members constituting the entire board. 

21 Procedures to implement the preceding sentence shall 

22 be provided in the bylaws. 

23 ‘‘(3) APPOINTMENT.—The governors shall be ap24 pointed or elected in the following manner: 

25 ‘‘(A) CHAIRMAN.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The board of gov2 ernors, in accordance with procedures pro3 vided in the bylaws, shall recommend to the 

4 President an individual to serve as chair5 man of the board of governors. If such rec6 ommendation is approved by the President, 

7 the President shall appoint such individual 

8 to serve as chairman of the board of gov9 ernors. 

10 ‘‘(ii) VACANCIES.—Vacancies in the of11 fice of the chairman, including vacancies re12 sulting from the resignation, death, or re13 moval by the President of the chairman, 

14 shall be filled in the same manner described 

15 in clause (i). 

16 ‘‘(iii) DUTIES.—The chairman shall be 

17 a member of the board of governors and, 

18 when present, shall preside at meetings of 

19 the board of governors and shall have such 

20 other duties and responsibilities as may be 

21 provided in the bylaws or a resolution of the 

22 board of governors. 

23 ‘‘(B) OTHER MEMBERS.— 

24 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Members of the 

25 board of governors other than the chairman 


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1 shall be elected at the annual meeting of the 

2 corporation in accordance with such proce3 dures as may be provided in the bylaws. 

4 ‘‘(ii) VACANCIES.—Vacancies in any 

5 such elected board position and in any 

6 newly created board position may be filled 

7 by a vote of the remaining members of the 

8 board of governors in accordance with such 

9 procedures as may be provided in the by10 laws. 

11 ‘‘(b) TERMS OF OFFICE.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term of office of each 

13 member of the board of governors shall be 3 years, ex14 cept that— 

15 ‘‘(A) the board of governors may provide 

16 under the bylaws that the terms of office of mem17 bers of the board of governors elected to the board 

18 of governors before March 31, 2012, may be less 

19 than 3 years in order to implement the provi20 sions of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection 

21 (a)(2); and 

22 ‘‘(B) any member of the board of governors 

23 elected by the board to fill a vacancy in a board 

24 position arising before the expiration of its term 

25 may, as determined by the board, serve for the 


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1 remainder of that term or until the next annual 

2 meeting of the corporation. 

3 ‘‘(2) STAGGERED TERMS.—The terms of office of 

4 members of the board of governors (other than the 

5 chairman) shall be staggered such that, by March 31, 

2012, and thereafter, 1 6 ⁄3 of the entire board (or as 

near to 1 7 ⁄3 as practicable) shall be elected at each suc8 cessive annual meeting of the corporation with the 

9 term of office of each member of the board of gov10 ernors elected at an annual meeting expiring at the 

11 third annual meeting following the annual meeting at 

12 which such member was elected. 

13 ‘‘(3) TERM LIMITS.—No person may serve as a 

14 member of the board of governors for more than such 

15 number of terms of office or years as may be provided 

16 in the bylaws. 

17 ‘‘(c) COMMITTEES AND OFFICERS.—The board— 

18 ‘‘(1) may appoint, from its own members, an ex19 ecutive committee to exercise such powers of the board 

20 when the board is not in session as may be provided 

21 in the bylaws; 

22 ‘‘(2) may appoint such other committees or advi23 sory councils with such powers as may be provided in 

24 the bylaws or a resolution of the board of governors; 


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1 ‘‘(3) shall appoint such officers of the corpora2 tion, including a chief executive officer, with such du3 ties, responsibilities, and terms of office as may be 

4 provided in the bylaws or a resolution of the board 

5 of governors; and 

6 ‘‘(4) may remove members of the board of gov7 ernors (other than the chairman), officers, and em8 ployees under such procedures as may be provided in 

9 the bylaws or a resolution of the board of governors. 

10 ‘‘(d) ADVISORY COUNCIL.— 

11 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be an advi12 sory council to the board of governors. 

13 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP; APPOINTMENT BY PRESI14 DENT.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The advisory council 

16 shall be composed of no fewer than 8 and no 

17 more than 10 members, each of whom shall be 

18 appointed by the President from principal offi19 cers of the executive departments and senior offi20 cers of the Armed Forces whose positions and in21 terests qualify them to contribute to carrying out 

22 the programs and purposes of the corporation. 

23 ‘‘(B) MEMBERS FROM THE ARMED

24 FORCES.—At least 1, but not more than 3, of the 


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1 members of the advisory council shall be selected 

2 from the Armed Forces. 

3 ‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The advisory council shall advise, 

4 report directly to, and meet, at least 1 time per year 

5 with the board of governors, and shall have such 

6 name, functions and be subject to such procedures as 

7 may be provided in the bylaws. 

8 ‘‘(e) ACTION WITHOUT MEETING.—Any action re9 quired or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board 

10 of governors or of any committee thereof may be taken with11 out a meeting if all members of the board or committee, 

12 as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, or by elec13 tronic transmission and the writing or writings or elec14 tronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the min15 utes of proceedings of the board or committee. Such filing 

16 shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in 

17 paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes 

18 are maintained in electronic form. 

19 ‘‘(f) VOTING BY PROXY.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Voting by proxy is not al21 lowed at any meeting of the board, at the annual 

22 meeting, or at any meeting of a chapter. 

23 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The board may allow the elec24 tion of governors by proxy during any emergency. 

25 ‘‘(g) BYLAWS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The board of governors 

2 may— 

3 ‘‘(A) at any time adopt bylaws; and 

4 ‘‘(B) at any time adopt bylaws to be effec5 tive only in an emergency. 

6 ‘‘(2) EMERGENCY BYLAWS.—Any bylaws adopted 

7 pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) may provide special 

8 procedures necessary for managing the corporation 

9 during the emergency. All provisions of the regular 

10 bylaws consistent with the emergency bylaws remain 

11 effective during the emergency. 

12 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 

13 ‘‘(1) the term ‘entire board’ means the total 

14 number of members of the board of governors that the 

15 corporation would have if there were no vacancies; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(2) the term ‘emergency’ shall have such mean18 ing as may be provided in the bylaws.’’. 

19 SEC. 7. POWERS. 

20 Subsection (a)(1) of section 300105 of title 36, United 

21 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘bylaws’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘policies’’. 

23 SEC. 8. ANNUAL MEETING. 

24 Section 300107 of title 36, United States Code, is 

25 amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘§ 300107. Annual meeting 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The annual meeting of the cor3 poration is the annual meeting of delegates of the chapters. 

4 ‘‘(b) TIME OF MEETING.—The annual meeting shall 

5 be held as determined by the board of governors. 

6 ‘‘(c) PLACE OF MEETING.—The board of governors is 

7 authorized to determine that the annual meeting shall not 

8 be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by 

9 means of remote communication subject to such procedures 

10 as are provided in the bylaws. 

11 ‘‘(d) VOTING.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In matters requiring a vote 

13 at the annual meeting, each chapter is entitled to at 

14 least 1 vote, and voting on all matters may be con15 ducted by mail, telephone, telegram, cablegram, elec16 tronic mail, or any other means of electronic or tele17 phone transmission, provided that the person voting 

18 shall state, or submit information from which it can 

19 be determined, that the method of voting chosen was 

20 authorized by such person. 

21 ‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF NUMBER OF VOTES.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The board of governors 

23 shall determine on an equitable basis the number 

24 of votes that each chapter is entitled to cast, tak25 ing into consideration the size of the membership 

26 of the chapters, the populations served by the 


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1 chapters, and such other factors as may be deter2 mined by the board. 

3 ‘‘(B) PERIODIC REVIEW.—The board of gov4 ernors shall review the allocation of votes at least 

5 every 5 years.’’. 

6 SEC. 9. ENDOWMENT FUND. 

7 Section 300109 of title 36, United States Code is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘nine’’ from the first sentence 

10 thereof; and 

11 (2) by striking the second sentence and inserting 

12 the following: ‘‘The corporation shall prescribe policies 

13 and regulations on terms and tenure of office, ac14 countability, and expenses of the board of trustees.’’. 

15 SEC. 10. ANNUAL REPORT AND AUDIT. 

16 Subsection (a) of section 300110 of title 36, United 

17 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(a) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—As soon as practicable 

19 after the end of the corporation’s fiscal year, which may 

20 be changed from time to time by the board of governors, 

21 the corporation shall submit a report to the Secretary of 

22 Defense on the activities of the corporation during such fis23 cal year, including a complete, itemized report of all re24 ceipts and expenditures.’’. 


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1 SEC. 11. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 

2 AND OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3001 of title 36, United 

4 States Code, is amended by redesignating section 300111 

5 as section 300113 and by inserting after section 300110 the 

6 following new sections: 

7 ‘‘§ 300111. Authority of the Comptroller General of the 

8 United States 

9 ‘‘The Comptroller General of the United States is au10 thorized to review the corporation’s involvement in any 

11 Federal program or activity the Government carries out 

12 under law. 

13 ‘‘§ 300112. Office of the Ombudsman 

14 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The corporation shall estab15 lish an Office of the Ombudsman with such duties and re16 sponsibilities as may be provided in the bylaws or a resolu17 tion of the board of governors. 

18 ‘‘(b) REPORT.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office of the Ombuds20 man shall submit annually to the appropriate Con21 gressional committees a report concerning any trends 

22 and systemic matters that the Office of the Ombuds23 man has identified as confronting the corporation. 

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1 priate Congressional committees are the following 

2 committees of Congress: 

3 ‘‘(A) SENATE COMMITTEES.—The appro4 priate Congressional committees of the Senate 

5 are— 

6 ‘‘(i) the Committee on Finance; 

7 ‘‘(ii) the Committee on Foreign Rela8 tions; 

9 ‘‘(iii) the Committee on Health, Edu10 cation, Labor, and Pensions; 

11 ‘‘(iv) the Committee on Homeland Se12 curity and Governmental Affairs; and 

13 ‘‘(v) the Committee on the Judiciary. 

14 ‘‘(B) HOUSE COMMITTEES.—The appro15 priate Congressional committees of the House of 

16 Representatives are— 

17 ‘‘(i) the Committee on Energy and 

18 Commerce; 

19 ‘‘(ii) the Committee on Foreign Affairs; 

20 ‘‘(iii) the Committee on Homeland Se21 curity; 

22 ‘‘(iv) the Committee on the Judiciary; 

23 and 

24 ‘‘(v) the Committee on Ways and 

25 Means.’’. 


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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 

2 chapter 3001 of title 36, United States Code, is amended 

3 by striking the item relating to section 300111 and insert4 ing the following: 

‘‘300111. Authority of the Comptroller General of the United States. 

‘‘300112. Office of the Ombudsman. 

‘‘300113. Reservation of right to amend or repeal.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 52 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1681 

[Report No. 110

–87] 

A BILL 

To amend the Congressional Charter of The Amertury, and for other purposes. American National Red Cross in the 21st cen- Red Cross to support the critical mission of The board of governors of The American National ance structure, to enhance the ability of the ican National Red Cross to modernize its governAPRIL 16, 2007 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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