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H. Res. 567 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
July 27, 2007. 
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall 
be in order to consider the conference report to accompany 
the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for the implementation of the rec-
ommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist At-
tacks Upon the United States. All points of order against the 
conference report and against its consideration are waived. 
The conference report shall be considered as read. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
IV 
House Calendar No. 91 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 567 
[Report No. 110–260] 
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill 
(H.R. 1) to provide for the implementation of the recommendations 
of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United 
States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2007 
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, from the Committee on Rules, reported the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered 
to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the conference report to ac-
company the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for the implementa-
tion of the recommendations of the National Commission 
on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. 
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it 
shall be in order to consider the conference report to ac-
company the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for the implementa-
tion of the recommendations of the National Commission 
on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. All points 
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of order against the conference report and against its con-
sideration are waived. The conference report shall be con-
sidered as read. 
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House Calendar No. 91 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 567 
[Report No. 110–260] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the conference report 
to accompany the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for the 
implementation of the recommendations of the 
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon 
the United States. 
JULY 25, 2007 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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H. Res. 568 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
July 30, 2007. 
Whereas 476 members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry 
of the Iowa National Guard were mobilized for active 
duty in September and October of 2005; 
Whereas 80 members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry 
have been providing essential support to the Battalion 
from Iowa National Guard installations in Waterloo, 
Iowa, and Dubuque, Iowa, and at least 490 members of 
the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry were deployed to Iraq 
in April and May of 2006; 
Whereas the members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry 
have been serving bravely and honorably since those 
dates in the al-Anbar Province of Iraq, one of the most 
dangerous parts of the country; 
Whereas the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry deployed as part 
of the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 34th Infantry 
Division, which has completed the longest continuous de-
ployment of any Army National Guard unit during Oper-
ation Iraqi Freedom; 
Whereas the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry is the longest- 
serving Iowa Army National Guard unit since World War 
II;
•HRES 568 EH 
Whereas the CBS program ‘‘60 Minutes’’ devoted an entire 
hour to telling the story of the 1st Battalion, 133rd In-
fantry on May 27, 2007; 
Whereas the members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry 
have completed over 500 missions providing security for 
convoys operating in the al-Anbar Province; 
Whereas the members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry 
have logged over 4 million mission miles, and have deliv-
ered over one-third of the fuel needed to sustain coalition 
forces in Iraq; 
Whereas the members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry 
have detained over 60 insurgents; 
Whereas the members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry 
were scheduled to return home in April 2007, but had 
their tours of duty extended until July 2007; 
Whereas the members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry 
left behind civilian jobs, friends, and families in order to 
serve the United States; 
Whereas 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry members Sergeant 1st 
Class Scott E. Nisely and Sergeant Kampha B. 
Sourivong gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country 
when they were tragically killed during combat operations 
near Al Asad, Iraq, on September 30, 2006; and 
Whereas the United States will be forever indebted to the sol-
diers and families of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry 
for their sacrifices and their contributions to the United 
States mission in Iraq: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors and 
expresses gratitude for the service and sacrifices of the mem-
bers and families of the 1st Battalion of the 133rd Infantry
•HRES 568 EH 
of the Iowa National Guard upon their return home from 
their deployment in Iraq. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
★
H. Res. 56
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 12, 2007.
Resolved, That the following named Members and Dele-
gates be, and are hereby, elected to the following standing 
committees of the House of Representatives: 
COMMITTEE ON RULES: Mr. McGovern, Mr. Hastings of 
Florida, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Welch of Vermont, 
Ms. Castor, Mr. Arcuri, and Ms. Sutton. 
COMMITTEE
ON
FINANCIAL
SERVICES: Mr. Frank, 
Chairman; Mr. Kanjorski, Ms. Waters, Ms. Maloney of New 
York, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Watt, Mr. Acker-
man, Ms. Carson, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Meeks of New York, 
Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Clay, 
Ms. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Baca, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Miller 
of North Carolina, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Al Green of 
Texas, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Bean, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. 
Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Sires, Mr. Hodes, Mr. Ellison, Mr. 
Klein of Florida, Mr. Mahoney, Mr. Wilson of Ohio, Mr. 
Perlmutter, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. Donnelly, and 
Mr. Marshall of Georgia.
•HRES 56 EH1S 
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE: Mr. Peterson, Chairman; 
Mr. Holden, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Boswell, Mr. 
Baca, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Marshall of 
Georgia, Ms. Herseth, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Costa, Mr. Salazar, 
Mr. Ellsworth, Ms. Boyda, Mr. Space, Mr. Walz, Ms. 
Gillibrand, Mr. Kagen, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Davis of Ten-
nessee, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Donnelly, and Mr. 
Mahoney of Florida. 
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Mr. Lantos, Chair-
man; Mr. Berman, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. 
Payne, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Engel, Mr. Delahunt, 
Mr. Meeks, Ms. Watson, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. 
Carnahan, Mr. Tanner, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Jackson-Lee, Mr. 
Hinojosa, Mr. Wu, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Ms. Linda 
Sanchez of California, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Costa, Mr. 
Sires, Ms. Giffords, and Mr. Klein of Florida. 
COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY: Mr. Thompson 
of Mississippi, Chairman; Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, 
Mr. Markey, Mr. Dicks of Washington, Ms. Harmon, Mr. 
DeFazio, Ms. Lowey, Ms. Norton, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Jackson-
Lee, Ms. Christensen, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Langevin, Mr. 
Cuellar, Mr. Carney of Pennsylvania, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Al 
Green of Texas, and Mr. Perlmutter. 
COMMITTEE
ON OVERSIGHT
AND GOVERNMENT RE-
FORM: Mr. Waxman, Chairman; Mr. Lantos, Mr. Towns, Mr.
•HRES 56 EH1S 
Kanjorski, Ms. Maloney of New York, Mr. Cummings, Mr. 
Kucinich, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Clay, Ms. 
Watson, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Braley, 
Ms. Norton, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Cooper of Tennessee, Mr. 
Van Hollen, Mr. Hodes, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. 
Sarbanes, and Mr. Welch of Vermont. 
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS: Mr. Filner, Chair-
man; Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Michaud, Ms. 
Herseth, Mr. Mitchell of Arizona, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. 
Hare, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Donnelly, 
Mr. McNerney, and Mr. Space. 
Attest:
Clerk.
H. Res. 439 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
July 12, 2017. 
Resolved, That the following named Member be, and is 
hereby, elected to the following standing committee of the 
House of Representatives: 
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES: Mr. Panetta. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
•HRES 570 IH 
Whereas enrollment rates at school health centers of 65 to 
85 percent are important evidence of overwhelming pa-
rental support for these centers; 
Whereas school-based health centers improve the lives of the 
Nation’s youth and their families by offering affordable 
and accessible high-quality health care and health edu-
cation; 
Whereas high-quality physical and mental health care is nec-
essary for the Nation’s students to attain high levels of 
academic achievement; 
Whereas school-based health centers offer this necessary com-
bination by providing medical care in addition to preven-
tive and mental services; 
Whereas school-based health centers are supported by a di-
verse range of members of the community, including par-
ents, teachers, school administrators, and other con-
cerned citizens; and 
Whereas school-based health centers serve as a vital link in 
the Nation’s health care network: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) there should be established a ‘‘School-Based 
Health Center Awareness Month’’ to raise awareness 
of the health services provided by schools and the ex-
tent to which these services improve the health and 
well-being of the Nation’s youth; and 
(2) the President should issue a proclamation 
calling on the people of the United States and inter-
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•HRES 570 IH 
ested organizations to observe such a month with 
appropriate programs and activities. 
Æ 
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IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 572 
Encouraging employers and online dating sites to use sex offender registries 
for background checks. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2007 
Mr. KING of New York submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Encouraging employers and online dating sites to use sex 
offender registries for background checks. 
Whereas registries tracking sex offenders are important tools 
in protecting against recidivism among sex offenders; 
Whereas the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and 
Sexually 
Violent 
Offender 
Registration 
Act 
(the 
‘‘Wetterling Act’’, 42 U.S.C. 14071), established guide-
lines for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and ter-
ritories to require sex offenders to register where they re-
side, work, and attend school, as applicable; 
Whereas the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act 
(the ‘‘Walsh Act’’, Public Law 109–248), expanded the 
range of offenses that require registration in the 
Wetterling Act, as well as extended the requirement to 
register to juveniles convicted of serious sex offenses; 
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•HRES 572 IH 
Whereas the Walsh Act requires all jurisdictions to imple-
ment at least the registration requirements described in 
title I of the Walsh Act by July 27, 2009; and 
Whereas section 120 of the Walsh Act established the Dru 
Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website to enable 
the public to obtain relevant information for each sex of-
fender by a single query for any given zip code or geo-
graphical radius: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives encour-
ages— 
(1) employers to check the names of potential 
employees with the Federal and State sex offender 
registries when hiring for positions that involve 
teaching, supervising, interacting with, or working in 
the general vicinity of children; 
(2) online dating sites to check the names of 
site members and individuals seeking site member-
ship with the Federal and State sex offender reg-
istries, and take appropriate measures to prevent in-
appropriate use of such sites, including prohibiting 
access to individuals that are listed on such reg-
istries; and 
(3) all States and jurisdictions to expeditiously 
implement at least the registration requirements de-
scribed in title I of the Walsh Act before July 27, 
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•HRES 572 IH 
2009, and to the greatest extent possible implement 
stricter requirements than those so described. 
Æ 
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•HRES 59 EH 
Whereas the National Society of Professional Engineers 
through National Engineers Week and other activities is 
raising public awareness of engineers’ significant, positive 
contributions to societal needs; 
Whereas National Engineers Week activities at engineering 
schools and in other forums are encouraging our young 
math and science students to see themselves as possible 
future engineers and to realize the practical power of 
their knowledge; 
Whereas National Engineers Week has grown into a formal 
coalition of more than 70 engineering, education, and cul-
tural societies, and more than 50 major corporations and 
government agencies; 
Whereas National Engineers Week is celebrated during the 
week of George Washington’s birthday to honor the con-
tributions that our first President, a military engineer 
and land surveyor, made to engineering; and 
Whereas February 18 to 24, 2007, has been designated by 
the President as National Engineers Week: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) supports the goals and ideals of National Engi-
neers Week and its aims to increase understanding of 
and interest in engineering and technology careers and 
to promote literacy in math and science; and 
(2) will work with the engineering community to 
make sure that the creativity and contribution of that
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tion 5382 of title 5, United States Code, for each day 
(including travel time) they are so engaged; and while 
so serving away from their homes or regular places of 
business each member may be allowed travel expenses, 
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as author-
ized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for 
persons in the Government service employed intermit-
tently. 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The Secretary 
shall furnish the Advisory Committee clerical and 
other assistance. 
‘‘(3) NONAPPLICATION OF FACA.—Section 14 of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act does not apply 
to the Advisory Committee. 
‘‘(e) PROCEEDINGS OF ADVISORY PANELS AND COM-
MITTEES.—The Advisory Committee shall make and main-
tain a transcript of any proceeding of the panel or com-
mittee. Each such panel and committee shall delete from 
any transcript made under this subsection information 
which is exempt from disclosure under section 552(b) of title 
5, United States Code. 
‘‘SEC. 918. DRUG PRODUCTS USED TO TREAT TOBACCO DE-
PENDENCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall—
(f) INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.—The Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, in consultation with the 
Administrator, may make such determinations as may be 
necessary with regard to the functions transferred by section 
105, and may make such additional incidental dispositions 
of personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, property, 
records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, au-
thorizations, allocations, and other funds held, used, arising 
from, available to, or to be made available in connection 
with such functions, as may be necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this title. The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall provide for the termination of the 
affairs of all entities terminated by this title and for such 
further measures and dispositions as may be necessary to 
effectuate the purposes of this title. 
(g) EFFECT ON PERSONNEL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided 
by this title, the transfer pursuant to this title of full- 
time personnel (except special Government employees) 
and part-time personnel holding permanent positions 
shall not cause any such employee to be separated or 
reduced in grade or compensation for one year after 
the date of transfer of such employee under this title. 
(2) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE POSITIONS.—Except 
as otherwise provided in this title, any person who, 
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on the day preceding the date of the transfers of func-
tions under section 105, held a position compensated 
in accordance with the Executive Schedule prescribed 
in chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, and who, 
without a break in service, is appointed in the Agency 
to a position having duties comparable to the duties 
performed immediately preceding such appointment 
shall continue to be compensated in such new position 
at not less than the rate provided for such previous 
position, for the duration of the service of such person 
in such new position. 
SEC. 107. SAVINGS PROVISIONS. 
(a) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.— 
(1) CONTINUING
EFFECT
OF
LEGAL
DOCU-
MENTS.—All orders, determinations, rules, regula-
tions, permits, agreements, grants, contracts, certifi-
cates, licenses, registrations, privileges, and other ad-
ministrative actions— 
(A) which have been issued, made, granted, 
or allowed to become effective by the President, 
any Federal agency or official thereof, or by a 
court of competent jurisdiction, in the perform-
ance of functions that are transferred under sec-
tion 105; and 
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it does not advantage foreign-grown tobacco 
over domestically grown tobacco; and 
‘‘(D) invite the Secretary of Agriculture to 
provide any information or analysis which the 
Secretary of Agriculture believes is relevant to 
the proposed tobacco product standard. 
‘‘(3) FINDING.—A notice of proposed rule-
making for the revocation of a tobacco product 
standard shall set forth a finding with supporting 
justification that the tobacco product standard is no 
longer appropriate for the protection of the public 
health. 
‘‘(4) COMMENT.—The Secretary shall provide 
for a comment period of not less than 60 days. 
‘‘(d) PROMULGATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After the expiration of the 
period for comment on a notice of proposed rule-
making published under subsection (c) respecting a 
tobacco product standard and after consideration of 
comments submitted under subsections (b) and (c) 
and any report from the Tobacco Products Scientific 
Advisory Committee, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) if the Secretary determines that the 
standard would be appropriate for the protec-
tion of the public health, promulgate a regula-
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(B) which are in effect on the date of the 
transfers of functions under section 105, or were 
final before such date and are to become effective 
on or after such date, shall continue in effect ac-
cording to their terms until modified, termi-
nated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in ac-
cordance with law by the President, the Admin-
istrator, or other authorized official, a court of 
competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. 
(2) PROCEEDINGS NOT AFFECTED.—The provi-
sions of this title shall not affect any proceedings, in-
cluding notices of proposed rulemaking, or any appli-
cation for any license, permit, certificate, or financial 
assistance pending before the Agency on the date of 
the transfers of functions under section 105, with re-
spect to functions transferred by section 105, but such 
proceedings and applications shall continue. Orders 
shall be issued in such proceedings, appeals shall be 
taken therefrom, and payments shall be made pursu-
ant to such orders, as if this title had not been en-
acted, and orders issued in any such proceedings shall 
continue in effect until modified, terminated, super-
seded, or revoked by a duly authorized official, by a 
court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of 
law. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to 
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prohibit the discontinuance or modification of any 
such proceeding under the same terms and conditions 
and to the same extent that such proceeding could 
have been discontinued or modified if this title had 
not been enacted. 
(3) SUITS
NOT
AFFECTED.—The provisions of 
this title shall not affect suits commenced before the 
date of the transfers of functions under section 105, 
and in all such suits, proceedings shall be had, ap-
peals taken, and judgments rendered in the same 
manner and with the same effect as if this title had 
not been enacted. 
(4) NONABATEMENT OF ACTIONS.—No suit, ac-
tion, or other proceeding commenced by or against the 
Agency, or by or against any individual in the offi-
cial capacity of such individual as an officer of the 
Agency, shall abate by reason of the enactment of this 
title. 
(5) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS RELATING TO PRO-
MULGATION
OF
REGULATIONS.—Any administrative 
action relating to the preparation or promulgation of 
a regulation by the Agency relating to a function 
transferred under section 105 may be continued by 
the Agency with the same effect as if this title had not 
been enacted. 
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•HRES 575 EH 
Whereas the people and the Government of Jordan are com-
mitted to continuing this progress; 
Whereas His Majesty King Abdullah II recently emphasized 
the importance of building a thriving civil society when 
he declared, ‘‘We in Jordan—and many others, through-
out the Middle East—are working hard to create a civic 
environment in which our people will thrive. The basic re-
quirement is an inclusive, democratic civil society—one 
that guarantees rights, delegates responsibilities, honors 
merit and rewards achievement. The foundation stones 
on which we build are peace and stability, basic civil and 
political rights, essential services, freedom of expression 
and the rule of law.’’; and 
Whereas Jordan continues to invest in reforming its edu-
cational system to incorporate democratic values and 
principles: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the people, the Government of the 
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , and His Majesty King 
Abdullah II for their decision to conduct municipal and 
parliamentary elections in 2007; 
(2) expresses its desire that Jordan’s progress to-
ward democratization continue and flourish as a model 
for other Arab countries; 
(3) commends His Majesty King Abdullah II and 
the Jordanian people for striving to uphold women’s 
rights and enhance women’s participation in the political 
process;
•HRES 575 EH 
(4) reaffirms the special relationship that exists be-
tween the people of the United States and the people of 
Jordan; and 
(5) remains committed to assist Jordan , should it 
so desire, in promoting democratic reform. 
Attest: 
Clerk.