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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2926 
To authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through the use of 
nationwide testing, to increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives 
Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2007 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, 
Mr. HONDA, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. WATERS, Mr. LEWIS of 
Georgia, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, 
Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SIRES, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
PASTOR, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. MOORE of 
Wisconsin, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. CLAY, Mr. WATT, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of 
Florida, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
WALSH of New York, and Mr. COHEN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through 
the use of nationwide testing, to increase funds for the 
Fair Housing Initiatives Program, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Housing Fairness Act 
of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. TESTING FOR DISCRIMINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall conduct a nationwide program 
of testing to— 
(1) detect and document differences in the 
treatment of persons seeking to rent or purchase 
housing or obtain or refinance a home mortgage 
loan, and measure patterns of adverse treatment be-
cause of the race, color, religion, sex, familial status, 
disability status, or national origin of a renter, home 
buyer, or borrower; and 
(2) measure the prevalence of such discrimina-
tory practices across the housing and mortgage lend-
ing markets as a whole. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall enter into agreements with 
qualified fair housing enforcement organizations, as such 
organizations are defined under subsection (h) of section 
561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a(h)), for the purpose of conducting 
the testing required under subsection (a). 
(c) REPORT.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall report to Congress— 
(1) on a biennial basis, the results of each 
round of testing required under subsection (a) along 
with any recommendations or proposals for legisla-
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30 of the fiscal year, adjust the State’s allot-
ment (and the allotments of other subsection 
(b) States), as necessary (and, if applicable, 
subject to paragraph (3)), on the basis of infor-
mation submitted by the State in accordance 
with subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(6) SPECIAL RULES.— 
‘‘(A) DEADLINE AND DATA FOR DETER-
MINING
FISCAL
YEAR
2008
ALLOTMENTS.—In 
computing the amounts under paragraph (2)(A) 
and subsection (c)(5)(A) that determine the al-
lotments to subsection (b) States and territories 
for fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall use the 
most recent data available to the Secretary be-
fore the start of that fiscal year. The Secretary 
may adjust such amounts and allotments, as 
necessary, on the basis of the expenditure data 
for the prior year reported by States on CMS 
Form 64 or CMS Form 21 not later than No-
vember 30, 2007, but in no case shall the Sec-
retary adjust the allotments provided under 
paragraph (2)(A) or subsection (c)(5)(A) for 
fiscal year 2008 after December 31, 2007. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSION
OF
CERTAIN
EXPENDI-
TURES.— 
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tive or administrative action to address any issues 
raised by such testing; and 
(2) on an annual basis, a detailed summary of 
the calls received by the Fair Housing Administra-
tion’s 24-hour toll-free telephone hotline. 
(d) USE OF RESULTS.—The results of any testing re-
quired under subsection (a) may be used as the basis for 
the Secretary, or any State or local government or agency, 
public or private nonprofit organization or institution, or 
other public or private entity that the Secretary has en-
tered into a contract or cooperative agreement with under 
section 561 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a) to commence, undertake, 
or pursue any investigation or enforcement action to rem-
edy any discrimination uncovered as a result of such test-
ing. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
(1) DISABILITY STATUS.—The term ‘‘disability 
status’’ has the same meaning given the term 
‘‘handicap’’ in section 802 of the Civil Rights Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3602). 
(2) FAMILIAL STATUS.—The term ‘‘familial sta-
tus’’ has the same meaning given that term in sec-
tion 802 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3602). 
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‘‘(i) PROJECTED
EXPENDITURES
OF 
QUALIFYING STATES.—Payments made or 
projected to be made to a qualifying State 
described in paragraph (2) of section 
2105(g) for expenditures described in 
paragraph (1)(B)(ii) or (4)(B) of that sec-
tion shall be included for purposes of de-
termining the projected expenditures de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(B) with respect to 
the allotments determined for each of fiscal 
years 2009 through 2012 and for purposes 
of determining the amounts described in 
clauses (i) and (iv) of paragraph (2)(A) 
with respect to the allotments determined 
for fiscal year 2008. 
‘‘(ii) 
PROJECTED
EXPENDITURES 
UNDER
BLOCK
GRANT
SET-ASIDES
FOR 
NONPREGNANT
CHILDLESS
ADULTS
AND 
PARENTS.—Payments projected to be made 
to a State under subsection (a) or (b) of 
section 2111 shall be included for purposes 
of determining the projected expenditures 
described in paragraph (1)(B) with respect 
to the allotments determined for each of 
fiscal years 2009 through 2012 (to the ex-
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6198 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1700 Cleveland Avenue in Kansas City, Mis-
souri, as the ‘‘Reverend Earl Abel Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provi-
sions of this section $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and 
each fiscal year thereafter. 
SEC. 3. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR THE FAIR HOUSING INI-
TIATIVES PROGRAM. 
Section 561 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘quali-
fied’’ before ‘‘private nonprofit fair housing en-
forcement organizations,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘quali-
fied’’ before ‘‘private nonprofit fair housing en-
forcement organizations,’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the provisions of this sec-
tion $52,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2012, of which— 
‘‘(A) not less than 75 percent of such 
amounts shall be for private enforcement initia-
tives authorized under subsection (b); 
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‘‘(B) not more than 10 percent of such 
amounts shall be for education and outreach 
programs under subsection (d); and 
‘‘(C) any remaining amounts shall be used 
for program activities authorized under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Any amount appropriated 
under this section shall remain available until ex-
pended.’’; 
(3) in subsection (h), in the matter following 
subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘and meets the cri-
teria described in subparagraphs (A) and (C)’’ after 
‘‘subparagraph (B)’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding inserting after sub-
paragraph (D) the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(E) websites and other media outlets.’’; 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6198 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
1700 Cleveland Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, as the ‘‘Reverend 
Earl Abel Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 5, 2008 
Mr. CLEAVER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1700 Cleveland Avenue in Kansas City, Mis-
souri, as the ‘‘Reverend Earl Abel Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REVEREND EARL ABEL POST OFFICE BUILD-
ING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1700 Cleveland Avenue in Kan-
sas City, Missouri, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Reverend Earl Abel Post Office Building’’. 
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Sec. 108. Duties and authorities of Federal agencies. 
Sec. 109. Effect. 
TITLE II—MISSISSIPPI HILLS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA ACT OF 
2007 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Findings. 
Sec. 203. Definitions. 
Sec. 204. Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area. 
Sec. 205. Designation of Alliance as management entity. 
Sec. 206. Authorities and duties of Alliance. 
Sec. 207. Management of Heritage Area. 
Sec. 208. Duties and authorities of Federal agencies. 
Sec. 209. Effect of Act. 
Sec. 210. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE I—MISSISSIPPI DELTA NA-
TIONAL HERITAGE AREA ACT 
OF 2007 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Mississippi Delta Na-
tional Heritage Area Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 102. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the historic, cultural, and natural heritage 
legacies of the Mississippi Delta are— 
(A) nationally significant; and 
(B) in need of greater recognition; 
(2) in the alluvial floodplain that comprises the 
Mississippi Delta there are a variety of diverse herit-
age resources that demonstrate— 
(A) the labors and social activities of the 
earliest citizens of the United States, which are 
revealed in— 
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tent such payments are permitted under 
such section), including for purposes of al-
locating such expenditures for purposes of 
clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1)(D). 
‘‘(7) SUBSECTION
(b)
STATE.—In this para-
graph, the term ‘subsection (b) State’ means 1 of 
the 50 States or the District of Columbia.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2104 (42 
U.S.C. 1397dd) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (d), (h), and (i)’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (d), (h), and (i)’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (d), (h), and (i)’’. 
SEC. 103. ONE-TIME APPROPRIATION. 
There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$12,500,000,000 to accompany the allotment made for the 
period beginning on October 1, 2011, and ending on 
March 31, 2012, under section 2104(a)(15)(A) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a)(15)(A)) (as added 
by section 101), to remain available until expended. Such 
amount shall be used to provide allotments to States under 
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‘‘(aa) AMOUNTS IN EXCESS 
OF
THE
AGGREGATE
CAP.—On 
October 1 of each of fiscal years 
2010 through 2012, any amount 
in excess of the aggregate cap 
applicable to the CHIP Contin-
gency Fund for the fiscal year 
under subsection (k)(2)(B). 
‘‘(bb) UNEXPENDED
CHIP 
CONTINGENCY
FUND
PAY-
MENTS.—On October 1 of each 
of fiscal years 2010 through 
2012, any portion of a CHIP 
Contingency Fund payment made 
to a State that remains unex-
pended at the end of the period 
for which the payment is avail-
able for expenditure under sub-
section (e)(3). 
‘‘(VII) EXTENSION
OF
AVAIL-
ABILITY
FOR
PORTION
OF
UNEX-
PENDED
STATE
ALLOTMENTS.—The 
portion of the allotment made to a 
State for a fiscal year that is not 
transferred to the Incentive Pool 
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(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or other 
public or private entities’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
other public or private nonprofit entities’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or other 
public or private entities’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
other public or private nonprofit entities’’. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development should— 
(1) fully comply with the requirements of sec-
tion 561(d) of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a(d)) to establish, 
design, and maintain a national education and out-
reach program to provide a centralized, coordinated 
effort for the development and dissemination of the 
fair housing rights of individuals who seek to rent, 
purchase, sell, or facilitate the sale of a home; 
(2) utilize all amounts appropriated for such 
education and outreach program under section 
561(g) of such Act; and 
(3) promulgate regulations regarding the fair 
housing obligations of each recipient of Federal 
housing funds to affirmatively further fair housing, 
as that term is defined under title VIII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.). 
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SEC. 5. GRANTS TO PRIVATE ENTITIES TO STUDY HOUSING 
DISCRIMINATION. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall carry out a competitive 
matching grant program to assist private nonprofit orga-
nizations in— 
(1) conducting comprehensive studies that ex-
amine— 
(A) the causes of housing discrimination 
and segregation; and 
(B) the effects of housing discrimination 
and segregation on education, poverty, and eco-
nomic development; and 
(2) implementing pilot projects that test solu-
tions that will help prevent or alleviate housing dis-
crimination and segregation. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, a private nonprofit organization shall— 
(1) submit an application to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, containing such 
information as the Secretary shall require; and 
(2) agree to provide matching non-Federal 
funds for 25 percent of the total amount of the 
grant, which matching funds may include items do-
nated on an in-kind contribution basis. 
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later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act 
and subsequent reports every 2 years thereafter. Each re-
port shall include recommendations to the President and 
to the Congress on actions necessary to modernize the 
electricity grid. The Commission shall annually update 
and revise its report and as well as conduct ongoing moni-
toring and evaluation activities. 
(d) CONSULTATION AND PUBLIC INPUT.—The Com-
mission shall consult with the Secretary of Energy and 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on technical 
issues associated with advanced electricity grid tech-
nologies. The Commission shall to the extent feasible pro-
vide for broad and frequent input from stakeholders and 
the general public. 
(e) INTEROPERABILITY PROTOCOLS
AND MODEL 
STANDARDS FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Grid Modernization 
Commission shall work with the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, as well as with Smart 
Grid stakeholders, to develop protocols and model 
standards for information management to achieve 
interoperability of smart grid devices and systems. 
Such protocols and model standards shall be flexible, 
uniform, and technology-neutral, including but not 
limited to technologies for communication of Smart 
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Grid information. Such protocols and standards 
shall further align policy, business, and technology 
approaches in a manner that— 
(A) enables all electric resources, including 
demand-side resources, storage devices, renew-
able generation resources, other distributed gen-
eration resources, to be interconnected to and 
function compatibly with the grid, on an auto-
mated basis to the extent appropriate; 
(B) enables electricity-consuming equip-
ment to communicate with and contribute to an 
efficient, reliable electricity network, on an 
automated basis to the extent appropriate; 
(C) enhances two-way communication be-
tween Smart-Grid enabled devices connected to 
the electric power grid; 
(D) supports the ability of Smart-Grid en-
abled devices to exchange information, regard-
less of the operating system, programming lan-
guages, or media of communication utilized by 
such devices; 
(E) enables the operators of utilities and 
regional system operators of the grid to auto-
matically detect anomalies and respond to iso-
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6199 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 245 North Main Street in New City, New 
York, as the ‘‘Kenneth Peter Zebrowski Post Office 
Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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late areas affected in order to maintain reli-
ability; and 
(F) enables State regulators and individual 
utility managers to develop rate structures and 
regulations incorporating Smart Grid capabili-
ties for the benefit of consumers and the elec-
tricity system, accommodating increased de-
mand response and distributed generation. 
(2) MEETINGS AND WORKING GROUP FOR DE-
VELOPMENT OF INTEROPERABILITY PROTOCOLS AND 
MODEL STANDARDS.—Within 60 days after the en-
actment of this section, the Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology shall convene 
meetings of experts and stakeholders to discuss and 
achieve such standards, for the purpose of forming 
an ongoing voluntary working group. Upon the cre-
ation of the Grid Modernization Commission, the 
Commission shall assume the role of convening fur-
ther such meetings and collaborating with such a 
working group to continue progress towards such 
standards, with continued technical support from the 
Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology. The Gridwise Architecture Council, the 
International Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 
the National Electric Reliability Organization recog-
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(c) PREFERENCE.—In awarding any grant under this 
section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall give preference to any applicant who is— 
(1) a qualified fair housing enforcement organi-
zation, as such organization is defined under sub-
section (h) of section 561 of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 
3616a(h)); or 
(2) a partner of any such organization. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provi-
sions of this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2008 through 2012. 
Æ 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2927 
To increase the corporate average fuel economy standards for automobiles, 
to promote the domestic development and production of advanced tech-
nology vehicles, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2007 
Mr. HILL (for himself, Mr. TERRY, Mr. BARROW, Mr. BROWN of South Caro-
lina, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. ROSS, and Mr. TOWNS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce 
A BILL 
To increase the corporate average fuel economy standards 
for automobiles, to promote the domestic development 
and production of advanced technology vehicles, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS FOR 
AUTOMOBILES. 
(a) INCREASED STANDARDS.—Section 32902 of title 
49, United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) NON-PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES.—(1) Not later 
than 18 months before the beginning of each model year, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe by regula-
tion average fuel economy standards for non-passenger 
automobiles manufactured by a manufacturer in that 
model year. Each standard prescribed under this para-
graph shall be the maximum feasible average fuel economy 
level that the Secretary determines the manufacturers can 
achieve in that model year. 
‘‘(2) Each standard shall be expressed in terms of 
average miles per gallon of fuel and in terms of average 
grams per mile of carbon dioxide emissions, such that the 
specified average grams per mile of carbon dioxide emis-
sions is equivalent to the average miles per gallon of fuel 
specified in the standard for that model year. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may prescribe separate standards 
for different classes of automobiles under this subsection 
based on vehicle attributes pursuant to subsection (k).’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES.—(1) Not later than 
18 months before the beginning of each model year, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe by regulation 
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