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tion or after selection pursuant to subsection (f), but 
only if— 
‘‘(A) such preference is consistent with 
paragraph (2) of this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) the owner demonstrates that the sup-
portive services identified pursuant to sub-
section (e)(4), or additional supportive services 
to be made available upon implementation of 
the preference, will meet the needs of the home-
less elderly, maintain safety and security for all 
tenants, and be provided on a consistent, long- 
term, and economical basis.’’. 
SEC. 107. NONMETROPOLITAN ALLOCATION. 
Paragraph (3) of section 202(l) of the Housing Act 
of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(l)(3)) is amended by inserting 
after the period at the end the following: ‘‘In complying 
with this paragraph, the Secretary shall either operate a 
national competition for the nonmetropolitan funds or 
make allocations to regional offices of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development.’’. 
TITLE II—REFINANCING 
SEC. 201. APPROVAL OF PREPAYMENT OF DEBT. 
Subsection (a) of section 811 of the American Home-
ownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 
U.S.C. 1701q note) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘, for which the Secretary’s consent to pre-
payment is required’’ after ‘‘Act)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘project-based’’ before 
‘‘rental assistance payments contract’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘project-based’’ before 
‘‘rental housing assistance programs’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘, or any successor 
project-based rental assistance program,’’ after 
‘‘1701s))’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘a lower’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ‘‘, or (B) a transaction in 
which the project owner will address the phys-
ical needs of the project, but only if, as a result 
of the refinancing (i) the rent charges for unas-
sisted families residing in the project do not in-
crease or such families are provided rental as-
sistance under a senior preservation rental as-
sistance contract for the project pursuant to 
subsection (e), and (ii) the overall cost for pro-
viding rental assistance under section 8 for the 
project (if any) does not increase’’. 
SEC. 202. SOURCES OF REFINANCING. 
The last sentence of section 811(b) of the American 
Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 
(12 U.S.C. 1701q note) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after ‘‘National Housing Act,’’ 
the following: ‘‘or approving the standards used by 
authorized lenders to underwrite a loan refinanced 
with risk sharing as provided by section 542 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 
(12 U.S.C. 1701 note),’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’. 
SEC. 203. USE OF UNEXPENDED AMOUNTS. 
Subsection (c) of section 811 of the American Home-
ownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 
U.S.C. 1701q note) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting after ‘‘tenants,’’ the following: ‘‘or is used 
in the provision of affordable rental housing and re-
lated social services for elderly persons by the pri-
vate nonprofit organization project owner, private 
nonprofit organization project sponsor, or private 
nonprofit organization project developer,’’;
‘‘(ii) notwithstanding the terms and 
conditions of an applicable existing waiver, 
the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) 
shall apply for purposes of any fiscal year 
beginning on or after October 1, 2009, in 
determining the period to which the waiver 
applies, the individuals eligible to be cov-
ered by the waiver, and the amount of the 
Federal payment under this title. 
‘‘(B) 
EXTENSION
UPON
STATE
RE-
QUEST.—If an applicable existing waiver de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) would otherwise 
expire before October 1, 2009, and the State 
requests an extension of such waiver, the Sec-
retary shall grant such an extension, but only, 
subject to paragraph (2)(A), through Sep-
tember 30, 2009. 
‘‘(C) APPLICATION OF ENHANCED FMAP.— 
The enhanced FMAP determined under section 
2105(b) shall apply to expenditures under an 
applicable existing waiver for the provision of 
child health assistance or other health benefits 
coverage to a parent of a targeted low-income 
child during fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1057
AN ACT
To repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief
Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the expansion
of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘not more 
than 15 percent of’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the 
semicolon the following; ‘‘, including reducing the 
number of units and reconfiguring units that are 
functionally obsolete, unmarketable, or not economi-
cally viable’’; 
(4) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(5) in paragraph (4) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(5) the payment to the project owner, sponsor, 
or third party developer of a developer’s fee in an 
amount not to exceed— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a project refinanced 
through a State low income housing tax credit 
program, the fee permitted by the low income 
housing tax credit program as calculated by the 
State program as a percentage of acceptable de-
velopment cost as defined by that State pro-
gram; or
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3527 
To extend for two months the authorities of the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2007 
Mr. SHERMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To extend for two months the authorities of the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF OPIC PROGRAMS. 
Section 235(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2195(a)(2)) is amended by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘November 30, 
2007’’. 
Æ 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3528 
AN ACT 
To provide authority to the Peace Corps to provide separa-
tion pay for host country resident personal services con-
tractors of the Peace Corps. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1084
AN ACT
To provide liability protection to nonprofit volun-
teer pilot organizations flying for public benefit
and to the pilots and staff of such organizations.
(E) the Mississippi University for Women, 
the first public college for women in the United 
States; 
(F) Rust College, founded before 1867, 
which stands as 1 of the 5 remaining histori-
cally black colleges in the United States; 
(G) birthplaces of literary and musical 
icons, including— 
(i) Elvis Aaron Presley, popularly 
known as the ‘‘King of Rock and Roll’’, 
born in Tupelo; 
(ii) Nobel-Laureate William Faulkner, 
born in New Albany; 
(iii) 
Tammy 
Wynette, 
popularly 
known as the ‘‘The First Lady of Country 
Music’’, born in Tremont; 
(iv) Tennessee Williams, 1 of the lead-
ing playwrights of the United States, born 
in Columbus; 
(v) Chester A. Burnett, otherwise 
known as the legendary bluesman ‘‘Howlin’ 
Wolf’’, born in White Station; 
(vi) opera diva Ruby Elzy, born in 
Pontotoc; and 
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1084
AN ACT
To provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot
organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots
and staff of such organizations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2470 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 19190 Cochran Boulevard FRNT in Port 
Charlotte, Florida, as the ‘‘Lieutenant Commander Roy 
H. Boehm Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(vii) Mississippi Hills blues musicians 
David ‘‘Junior’’ Kimbrough and R.L. 
Burnside, born in Marshall and Lafayette 
counties, respectively; 
(H) birthplaces of Civil Rights pioneers, 
including— 
(i) Ida B. Wells-Barnett, a formidable 
figure in the anti-lynching movement, born 
in Holly Springs; and 
(ii) James Meredith, who became the 
first African American to enroll at the 
University of Mississippi, born in Kos-
ciusko; and 
(I) birthplaces or residences of other cul-
tural icons and historical figures, including— 
(i) barnstorming legend Roscoe Turn-
er, born in Corinth; 
(ii) railroad engineer Casey Jones, 
who lived in Water Valley; 
(iii) Civil War cavalryman Nathan 
Bedford Forrest, who lived in Salem; 
(iv) Hiram Revels, the first African 
American to serve in the Senate, who lived 
in Holly Springs; 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4459 
To amend section 404 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 to allow public institutions of higher education 
to use the employment eligibility confirmation system established under 
that section to verify immigration status for purposes of determining 
eligibility for in-State tuition. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2007 
Mr. SHADEGG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education 
and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend section 404 of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to allow public 
institutions of higher education to use the employment 
eligibility confirmation system established under that sec-
tion to verify immigration status for purposes of deter-
mining eligibility for in-State tuition. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR PEACE CORPS TO PRO-
VIDE SEPARATION PAY FOR HOST COUNTRY 
RESIDENT PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRAC-
TORS OF THE PEACE CORPS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF FUND.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States a fund for 
the Peace Corps to provide separation pay for host country 
resident personal services contractors of the Peace Corps. 
(b) FUNDING.—The Director of the Peace Corps may 
deposit in the fund established under subsection (a)— 
(1) amounts previously obligated and not can-
celed to provide the separation pay described in such 
subsection; and 
(2) amounts obligated for fiscal years after fis-
cal year 2006 for current and future costs of pro-
viding such separation pay. 
(c) AVAILABILITY.—Beginning in fiscal year 2007, 
amounts deposited in the fund established under sub-
section (a) shall be available without fiscal year limitation 
for severance, retirement, or other separation payments to 
host country resident personal services contractors of the
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2472 
To prevent the fraudulent use of social security account numbers by allowing 
the sharing of social security data among agencies of the United States 
for identity theft prevention and immigration enforcement purposes, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2009 
Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado (for himself, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. 
BURTON of Indiana, Mr. POE of Texas, and Mr. LAMBORN) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prevent the fraudulent use of social security account 
numbers by allowing the sharing of social security data 
among agencies of the United States for identity theft 
prevention and immigration enforcement purposes, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Social Security Num-
ber Fraud and Identity Theft Prevention Act’’. 
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‘‘(B) in the case of a project refinanced 
through any other source of refinancing, 15 
percent of the acceptable development cost; or 
‘‘(6) the payment of equity, if any, to— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a sale, to the seller or 
the sponsor of the seller, in an amount equal to 
the lesser of the purchase price or the appraised 
value of the property, as each is reduced by the 
cost of prepaying any outstanding indebtedness 
on the property and transaction costs of the 
sale; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of a refinancing without 
the transfer of the property, to the project 
owner or the project sponsor, in an amount 
equal to the difference between the appraised 
value of the property less the outstanding in-
debtedness and total acceptable development 
cost. 
For purposes of paragraphs (5)(B) and (6)(B), the term 
‘‘acceptable development cost’’ shall include, as applicable, 
the cost of acquisition, rehabilitation, loan prepayment, 
initial reserve deposits, and transaction costs.’’.
SEC. 204. USE OF PROJECT RESIDUAL RECEIPTS. 
Paragraph (1) of section 811(d) of the American 
Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 
(12 U.S.C. 1701q note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘not more than 15 percent of’’; 
and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘or other purposes approved by the Sec-
retary’’. 
SEC. 205. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. 
Section 811 of the American Homeownership and 
Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q 
note) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsections: 
‘‘(e) SENIOR PRESERVATION RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
CONTRACTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in connection with a prepayment plan for a project 
approved under subsection (a) by the Secretary or as oth-
erwise approved by the Secretary, to prevent displacement 
of elderly residents of the project in the case of refinancing 
or recapitalization and to further preservation and afford-
ability of such project, at the election of the private non-
profit organization owner of the project, the Secretary 
shall provide project-based rental assistance for the 
project under a senior preservation rental assistance con-
tract, as follows:
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2480 
AN ACT 
To improve the accuracy of fur product labeling, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(1) Assistance under the contract shall be 
made available to the private nonprofit organization 
owner— 
‘‘(A) for a term of at least 20 years, sub-
ject to annual appropriations, and 
‘‘(B) under the same rules governing 
project-based rental assistance made available 
under section 8 of the Housing Act of 1937. 
‘‘(2) Any projects for which a senior preserva-
tion rental assistance contract is provided shall be 
subject to a use agreement to ensure continued 
project affordability having a term of the longer of 
(A) the term of the senior preservation rental assist-
ance contract, or (B) such term as is required by the 
new financing. 
‘‘(f) FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY DEBT.—The Secretary shall 
waive the requirement that debt for a project pursuant 
to the flexible subsidy program under section 201 of the 
Housing and Community Development Amendments of 
1978 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1a) be prepaid in connection with 
a prepayment, refinancing, or transfer under this section 
of a project if such waiver is necessary for the financial 
feasibility of the transaction and is consistent with the 
long-term preservation of the project as affordable hous-
ing.
IB 
Union Calendar No. 63 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1086 
[Report No. 108–125] 
To encourage the development and promulgation of voluntary consensus 
standards by providing relief under the antitrust laws to standards devel-
opment organizations with respect to conduct engaged in for the purpose 
of developing voluntary consensus standards, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2003 
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. HALL, 
Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. COBLE, Mr. 
ISSA, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. HART, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. KELLER, Mr. MEE-
HAN, Mr. FORBES, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. FEENEY, and Mr. 
WEINER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
MAY 22, 2003 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To encourage the development and promulgation of voluntary 
consensus standards by providing relief under the anti-
trust laws to standards development organizations with 
respect to conduct engaged in for the purpose of devel-
oping voluntary consensus standards, and for other pur-
poses.
108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 108
AN ACT
To amend the Education Land Grant Act to re-
quire the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the
costs of environmental reviews with respect to
conveyances under that Act.
H. R. 3528 
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 provide authority to the Peace Corps to provide separation pay for host country 
resident personal services contractors of the Peace Corps. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR PEACE CORPS TO PROVIDE SEPARA-
TION PAY FOR HOST COUNTRY RESIDENT PERSONAL 
SERVICES CONTRACTORS OF THE PEACE CORPS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF FUND.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States a fund for the Peace Corps to provide 
separation pay for host country resident personal services contrac-
tors of the Peace Corps. 
(b) FUNDING.—The Director of the Peace Corps may deposit 
in the fund established under subsection (a)— 
(1) amounts previously obligated and not canceled to pro-
vide the separation pay described in such subsection; and 
(2) amounts obligated for fiscal years after fiscal year 2006 
for current and future costs of providing such separation pay. 
(c) AVAILABILITY.—Beginning in fiscal year 2007, amounts 
deposited in the fund established under subsection (a) shall be 
available without fiscal year limitation for severance, retirement, 
or other separation payments to host country resident personal 
services contractors of the Peace Corps in countries where such 
payments are legally authorized. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
‘‘(g) PREPAYMENT WHEN SECRETARY’S CONSENT 
NOT REQUIRED.—In connection with the prepayment 
under this section of a loan for which the Secretary’s con-
sent to prepayment is not required, at the project owner’s 
election— 
‘‘(1) all tenants of the project shall be eligible 
for enhanced vouchers in accordance with section 
8(t) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f(t)); or 
‘‘(2) if the project will continue to be owned by 
a private nonprofit organization owner, such private 
nonprofit organization owner may enter into a senior 
preservation rental assistance contract with the Sec-
retary in accordance with subsection (e). 
‘‘(h) DEFINITION OF PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANI-
ZATION.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘private 
nonprofit organization’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 202(k) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q(k)).’’. 
SEC. 206. STUDY OF MORTGAGE SALE DEMONSTRATION. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall conduct a study to evaluate the esti-
mated costs and potential benefits of carrying out a pro-
gram under which the Secretary may sell mortgages asso-
ciated with loans made under section 202 of the Housing
108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 108
AN ACT
To amend the Education Land Grant Act to require the
Secretary of Agriculture to pay the costs of environ-
mental reviews with respect to conveyances under that
Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Act of 1959 (as in effect before the enactment of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act) in ac-
cordance with the terms for sales of subsidized loans on 
multifamily housing projects under section 203 of the 
Housing and Community Development Amendments of 
1978 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–11), and of carrying out a dem-
onstration program for sales of portfolios of such mort-
gages to housing finance agencies in three States. In con-
ducting such study, the Secretary shall place particular 
emphasis on determining whether the asset management 
functions and activities related to such loans and prop-
erties could be accomplished pursuant to such sales in a 
timely, effective, and efficient manner, including an anal-
ysis of the potential impacts on approvals of refinancings 
and preservation transactions, rent increase requests, and 
withdrawals from reserves or residual receipts (in cases 
in which there is no contract administrator). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than the expiration of the 
12-month period beginning upon the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate on the findings of the study 
and any recommendations for implementing such a pro-
gram and such a demonstration.
108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1092
AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to sell cer-
tain parcels of Federal land in Carson City and
Douglas County, Nevada.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2486 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for support of funeral 
ceremonies for veterans provided by details that consist solely of members 
of veterans organizations and other organizations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2009 
Mr. GOHMERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for sup-
port of funeral ceremonies for veterans provided by de-
tails that consist solely of members of veterans organiza-
tions and other organizations, 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. SUPPORT OF FUNERAL CEREMONIES FOR VET-
ERANS PROVIDED BY DETAILS CONSISTING 
SOLELY OF MEMBERS OF VETERANS ORGANI-
ZATIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) SUPPORT OF FUNERAL CEREMONIES.—Section 
1491 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
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