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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6491 
To authorize appropriations for the purpose of establishing an office within 
the Internal Revenue Service to focus on violations of the internal rev-
enue laws by persons who are under investigation for conduct relating 
to the promotion of commercial sex acts and trafficking in persons 
crimes, and to increase the criminal monetary penalty limitations for 
the underpayment or overpayment of tax due to fraud. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2010 
Mrs. MALONEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for the purpose of establishing 
an office within the Internal Revenue Service to focus 
on violations of the internal revenue laws by persons 
who are under investigation for conduct relating to the 
promotion of commercial sex acts and trafficking in per-
sons crimes, and to increase the criminal monetary pen-
alty limitations for the underpayment or overpayment 
of tax due to fraud. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1384 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 118 Minner Avenue in Bakersfield, California, 
as the ‘‘Buck Owens Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. BUCK OWENS POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 118 Minner Avenue in Bakers-
field, California, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Buck Owens Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Buck Owens Post 
Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 30, 2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1384 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 118 Minner Avenue in Ba-
kersfield, California, as the ‘‘Buck Owens Post 
Office’’.
H. R. 1384 
One Hundred Tenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 118 Minner 
Avenue in Bakersfield, California, as the ‘‘Buck Owens Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. BUCK OWENS POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 118 Minner Avenue in Bakersfield, California, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Buck Owens Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Buck Owens Post Office’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4708
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey
certain facilities to the Fremont-Madison Irriga-
tion District, and for other purposes.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1384 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
118 Minner Street in Bakersfield, California, as the ‘‘Buck Owens Post 
Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2007 
Mr. MCCARTHY of California 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 118 Minner Street in Bakersfield, California, 
as the ‘‘Buck Owens Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. BUCK OWENS POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 118 Minner Street in Bakers-
field, California, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Buck Owens Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
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States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Buck Owens Post 
Office’’. 
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Calendar No. 314 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1384 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 31, 2007 
Received 
AUGUST 1, 2007 
Read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 118 Minner Avenue in Bakersfield, California, 
as the ‘‘Buck Owens Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. BUCK OWENS POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 118 Minner Avenue in Bakers-
field, California, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Buck Owens Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
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States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Buck Owens Post 
Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 30, 2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 314 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1384 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 118 Minner Avenue in Ba-
kersfield, California, as the ‘‘Buck Owens Post 
Office’’. 
AUGUST 1, 2007 
Read twice and placed on the calendar 
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to payments under this section commenced on or before 
that date.’’. 
SEC. 604. PARTICIPATION OF MEMBERS OF THE UNI-
FORMED 
SERVICES 
IN 
THRIFT 
SAVINGS 
PLAN. 
(a) SEMI-MONTHLY DEPOSIT OF MEMBER’S CON-
TRIBUTIONS.—Section 1014 of title 37, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), in the case of 
a member of the uniformed services who has elected to 
participate in the Thrift Savings Plan under section 211 
of this title, one-half of the monthly contribution of the 
member to the Plan shall be made in midmonth.’’. 
(b) SEMI-MONTHLY REPAYMENT
OF BORROWED 
AMOUNTS.—Section 211 of such title is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) REPAYMENT OF AMOUNTS BORROWED FROM 
MEMBER ACCOUNT.—If a loan is issued to a member 
under section 8433(g) of title 5 from funds in the mem-
ber’s account in the Thrift Savings Plan, repayment of 
the loan shall be required on the same semi-monthly basis 
as authorized for contributions to the Fund under section 
1014(c) of this title.’’.
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SEC. 605. ENHANCEMENT OF REFERRAL BONUS TO EN-
COURAGE SERVICE IN THE ARMY. 
(a) INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE
FOR BONUS.—Section 
645 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3310) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘enlists’’ 
and inserting ‘‘enlists, or is appointed as an officer 
to serve in a health profession designated by the 
Secretary,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘or appoint-
ment’’ after ‘‘enlisting’’ both places it appears. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to bonuses payable 
under section 645 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2006 on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 606. GUARANTEED PAY INCREASE FOR MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES OF ONE-HALF OF ONE 
PERCENTAGE POINT HIGHER THAN EMPLOY-
MENT COST INDEX. 
Section 1009(c)(2) of title 37, United States Code, 
is amended ‘‘fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 2006’’ and in-
serting ‘‘fiscal years 2009 through 2012’’.
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6494 
AN ACT 
To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2010 to improve the Littoral Combat Ship program 
of the Navy. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(D) digital manometers. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The qualified certifi-
cation equipment expenditures taken into ac-
count under subsection (a)(2) with respect to 
any taxpayer for any taxable year shall not ex-
ceed $1,000. 
‘‘(B) 
LIMITATION
ON
INDIVIDUAL 
ITEMS.—The qualified certification equipment 
expenditures taken into account under sub-
section (a)(2) shall not exceed— 
‘‘(i) $500 with respect to any blower 
door or duct leakage testing equipment, 
and 
‘‘(ii) $100 with respect to any flue gas 
combustion equipment or digital manom-
eter. 
‘‘(3) YEAR
EXPENDITURES
TAKEN
INTO
AC-
COUNT.—The qualified certification equipment ex-
penditures of any taxpayer shall not be taken into 
account under subsection (a)(2) before the taxable 
year in which the taxpayer has performed 25 certifi-
cations 
under 
sections 
25E(d)(2)(A) 
and 
179F(d)(2)(A). 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULES.— 
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‘‘(1) AGGREGATION RULES.—For purposes of 
this section, all persons treated as a single employer 
under subsections (a) and (b) of section 52 shall be 
treated as 1 person. 
‘‘(2) BASIS
REDUCTION.—The basis of any 
property shall be reduced by the portion of the cost 
of such property taken into account under sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(3) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No deduction shall be 
allowed for that portion of the expenses other-
wise allowable as a deduction for the taxable 
year which is equal to the amount taken into 
account under subsection (a) for such taxable 
year. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT PREVIOUSLY DEDUCTED.— 
No credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) 
with respect to any amount for which a deduc-
tion has been allowed in any preceding taxable 
year.’’. 
(b) CREDIT TREATED AS PART OF GENERAL BUSI-
NESS CREDIT.—Section 38(b) is amended by striking 
‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph (30), by striking the period 
at the end of paragraph (31) and inserting ‘‘plus’’, and 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(32) the energy savings certification credit de-
termined under section 45O(a).’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 1016(a), as amended by this Act, is 
amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(39), by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
(40) and inserting ‘‘and’’, and by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(41) to the extent provided in section 
45O(d)(2).’’. 
(2) The table of sections for subpart D of part 
IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 45N the 
following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 45O. Energy savings certification credit.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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(1) The current plans of the Secretaries with re-
spect to—
(A) replacing the monument at the Tomb of
the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery,
Virginia; and
(B) disposing of the current monument at
the Tomb of the Unknowns, if it were removed
and replaced.
(2) An assessment of the feasibility and advis-
ability of repairing the monument at the Tomb of the
Unknowns rather than replacing it.
(3) A description of the current efforts of the Sec-
retaries to maintain and preserve the monument at
the Tomb of the Unknowns.
(4) An explanation of why no attempt has been
made since 1989 to repair the monument at the Tomb
of the Unknowns.
(5) A comprehensive estimate of the cost of re-
placement of the monument at the Tomb of the Un-
knowns and the cost of repairing such monument.
(6) An assessment of the structural integrity of
the monument at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
(b) LIMITATION ON ACTION.—The Secretary of the
Army and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not take
any action to replace the monument at the Tomb of the
†
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Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, until
180 days after the date of the receipt by Congress of the
report required by subsection (a).
(c) EXCEPTION.—The limitation in subsection (b)
shall not prevent the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs from repairing the current monument
at the Tomb of the Unknowns or from acquiring any blocks
of marble for uses related to such monument, subject to the
availability of appropriations for that purposes.
SEC. 1049. REPORT ON SIZE AND MIX OF AIR FORCE INTER-
THEATER AIRLIFT FORCE.
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall
conduct a study on various alternatives for the size
and mix of assets for the Air Force intertheater airlift
force, with a particular focus on current and planned
capabilities and costs of the C–5 aircraft and C–17
aircraft fleets.
(2) CONDUCT OF STUDY.—
(A) USE OF FFRDC.—The Secretary shall
select to conduct the study required by subsection
(a) a federally funded research and development
center (FFRDC) that has experience and exper-
tise in conducting studies similar to the study
required by subsection (a).
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(B) DEVELOPMENT
OF
STUDY
METHOD-
OLOGY.—Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the federally funded re-
search and development center selected for the
conduct of the study shall—
(i) develop the methodology for the
study; and
(ii) submit the methodology to the
Comptroller General of the United States
for review.
(C) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—Not
later than 30 days after receipt of the method-
ology under subparagraph (B), the Comptroller
General shall—
(i) review the methodology for purposes
of identifying any flaws or weaknesses in
the methodology; and
(ii) submit to the federally funded re-
search and development center a report
that—
(I) sets forth any flaws or weak-
nesses in the methodology identified by
the Comptroller General in the review;
and
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1386 
To repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending 
of child support incentive payments. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2007 
Mr. MCDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. STARK, Mr. 
LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Ms. CASTOR, Mr. 
KAGEN, Mr. HALL of New York, and Mr. ELLISON) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of 
State spending of child support incentive payments. 
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 ‘‘Child Support Protec-
tion Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PROVISION ENACTED TO END FEDERAL 
MATCHING OF STATE SPENDING OF CHILD 
SUPPORT INCENTIVE PAYMENTS. 
Section 7309 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 
is repealed. 
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‘‘(II) may offset against any such 
payments any damages which accrue 
after such date due to the nonperform-
ance (after such date) of any obligation 
of the regulated entity under the con-
tract; and 
‘‘(ii) the conservator or receiver shall— 
‘‘(I) not be liable to the purchaser 
for any damages arising after such 
date as a result of the repudiation 
other than the amount of any offset al-
lowed under clause (i)(II); 
‘‘(II) deliver title to the purchaser 
in accordance with the provisions of 
the contract; and 
‘‘(III) have no obligation under 
the contract other than the performance 
required under subclause (II). 
‘‘(C) ASSIGNMENT AND SALE ALLOWED.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—No provision of 
this paragraph shall be construed as lim-
iting the right of the conservator or receiver 
to assign the contract described under sub-
paragraph (A), and sell the property subject
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to the contract and the provisions of this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(ii) NO LIABILITY AFTER ASSIGNMENT 
AND SALE.—If an assignment and sale de-
scribed under clause (i) is consummated, the 
conservator or receiver shall have no further 
liability under the contract described under 
subparagraph (A), or with respect to the 
real property which was the subject of such 
contract. 
‘‘(7) PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SERVICE CON-
TRACTS.— 
‘‘(A) SERVICES
PERFORMED
BEFORE
AP-
POINTMENT.—In the case of any contract for 
services between any person and any regulated 
entity for which the Agency has been appointed 
conservator or receiver, any claim of such person 
for services performed before the appointment of 
the conservator or the receiver shall be— 
‘‘(i) a claim to be paid in accordance 
with subsections (b) and (e); and 
‘‘(ii) deemed to have arisen as of the 
date the conservator or receiver was ap-
pointed.
(1) to the Barataria Marsh Unit shall be con-
sidered to be a reference to the Barataria Preserve 
Unit; or 
(2) to the Jean Lafitte National Historical 
Park shall be considered to be a reference to the 
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title IX of the 
National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
230 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Barataria Marsh Unit’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Barataria Preserve 
Unit’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Jean Lafitte National Histor-
ical Park’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Jean 
Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve’’. 
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‘‘(B) SERVICES
PERFORMED
AFTER
AP-
POINTMENT AND PRIOR TO REPUDIATION.—If, in 
the case of any contract for services described 
under subparagraph (A), the conservator or re-
ceiver accepts performance by the other person 
before the conservator or receiver makes any de-
termination to exercise the right of repudiation 
of such contract under this section— 
‘‘(i) the other party shall be paid 
under the terms of the contract for the serv-
ices performed; and 
‘‘(ii) the amount of such payment shall 
be treated as an administrative expense of 
the conservatorship or receivership. 
‘‘(C) ACCEPTANCE
OF
PERFORMANCE
NO 
BAR
TO
SUBSEQUENT
REPUDIATION.—The ac-
ceptance by any conservator or receiver of serv-
ices referred to under subparagraph (B) in con-
nection with a contract described in such sub-
paragraph shall not affect the right of the conser-
vator or receiver to repudiate such contract 
under this section at any time after such per-
formance. 
‘‘(8) 
CERTAIN
QUALIFIED
FINANCIAL
CON-
TRACTS.—
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1388 
AN ACT 
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
Star-Spangled Banner Trail in the States of Maryland 
and Virginia and the District of Columbia as a National 
Historic Trail. 
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 ‘‘Star-Spangled Banner 
National Historic Trail Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF TRAIL. 
Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 
U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ll) STAR-SPANGLED
BANNER
NATIONAL 
HISTORIC TRAIL.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Star-Spangled 
Banner National Historic Trail, a trail con-
sisting of water and overland routes totaling ap-
proximately 290 miles, extending from Tangier 
Island, Virginia, through southern Maryland, 
the District of Columbia, and northern Virginia, 
in the Chesapeake Bay, Patuxent River, Poto-
mac River, and north to the Patapsco River, 
and Baltimore, Maryland, commemorating the 
Chesapeake Campaign of the War of 1812 (in-
cluding the British invasion of Washington, 
District of Columbia, and its associated feints, 
and the Battle of Baltimore in summer 1814), 
as generally depicted on the map titled ‘Star- 
Spangled Banner National Historic Trail’, 
numbered T02/80,000, and dated June 2007.
‘‘(B) MAP.—The map referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) shall be maintained on file and 
available for public inspection in the appro-
priate offices of the National Park Service. 
‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to sub-
paragraph (E)(ii), the trail shall be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of the Interior. 
‘‘(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—No land or in-
terest in land outside the exterior boundaries of 
any federally administered area may be ac-
quired by the United States for the trail except 
with the consent of the owner of the land or in-
terest in land. 
‘‘(E) PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall— 
‘‘(i) encourage communities, owners of 
land along the trail, and volunteer trail 
groups to participate in the planning, de-
velopment, and maintenance of the trail; 
and 
‘‘(ii) consult with other affected land-
owners and Federal, State, and local agen-
cies in the administration of the trail. 
‘‘(F) 
INTERPRETATION
AND
ASSIST-
ANCE.—Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, the Secretary of the Interior may provide, 
to State and local governments and nonprofit 
organizations, interpretive programs and serv-
ices and technical assistance for use in— 
‘‘(i) carrying out preservation and de-
velopment of the trail; and 
‘‘(ii) providing education relating to 
the War of 1812 along the trail.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1388 
AN ACT 
To amend the National Trails System Act to des-
ignate the Star-Spangled Banner Trail in the 
States of Maryland and Virginia and the District 
of Columbia as a National Historic Trail.