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‘‘(2) COMMISSION AUTHORITY.—If the Commis-
sion identifies a defense critical electric infrastructure 
vulnerability that the Commission, in consultation 
with owners and operators of any facility or facilities 
designated by the President pursuant to paragraph 
(1), determines has not adequately been addressed 
through measures undertaken by owners or operators 
of defense critical electric infrastructure, the Commis-
sion shall, after notice and an opportunity for com-
ment and after consultation with the Secretary and 
other appropriate Federal agencies, promulgate a rule 
or issue an order requiring implementation, by any 
owner or operator of defense critical electric infra-
structure, of measures to protect the defense critical 
electric infrastructure against such vulnerability. The 
Commission shall exempt from any such rule or order 
any specific defense critical electric infrastructure 
that the Commission determines already has been ade-
quately protected against the identified vulnerability. 
The Commission shall make any such determination 
in consultation with the owner or operator of the fa-
cility designated by the President pursuant to para-
graph (1) that relies upon such defense critical elec-
tric infrastructure. 
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‘‘(3) COST RECOVERY.—An owner or operator of 
defense critical electric infrastructure shall be re-
quired to take measures under paragraph (2) only to 
the extent that the owners or operators of a facility 
or facilities designated by the President pursuant to 
paragraph (1) that rely upon such infrastructure 
agree to bear the full incremental costs of compliance 
with a rule promulgated or order issued under para-
graph (2). 
‘‘(e) PROTECTION OF INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION OF PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF 
PROTECTED INFORMATION.—Protected information— 
‘‘(A) shall be exempt from disclosure under 
section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code; 
and 
‘‘(B) shall not be made available pursuant 
to any State, local, or tribal law requiring dis-
closure of information or records. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION SHARING.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Consistent with the 
Controlled Unclassified Information framework 
established by the President, the Commission 
shall promulgate such regulations and issue such 
orders as necessary to designate protected infor-
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118 
(e) 215 LEASE SALE.—The Secretary shall offer the 
Western Gulf of Mexico Program Area for oil and gas leas-
ing pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) in 2010 as established in the 
2007–2012 Lease Sale Schedule. 
(f) 216 LEASE SALE.—The Secretary shall offer the 
Central Gulf of Mexico Program Area for oil and gas leas-
ing pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) in 2011 as established in the 
2007–2012 Lease Sale Schedule. 
(g) 217 LEASE SALE.—The Secretary shall offer the 
Beaufort Sea Program Area for oil and gas leasing pursu-
ant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331 et seq.) in 2011 as established in the 2007–2012 
Lease Sale Schedule. 
(h) 214 LEASE SALE.—The Secretary shall offer the 
North Aleutian Basin Program Area for oil and gas leas-
ing pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) in 2011 as established in the 
2007–2012 Lease Sale Schedule. 
(i) 218 LEASE SALE.—The Secretary shall offer the 
Western Gulf of Mexico Program Area for oil and gas leas-
ing pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) in 2011 as established in the 
2007–2012 Lease Sale Schedule. 
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and employees about comprehensive drug-free work-
place programs and substance abuse prevention and 
treatment resources;’’. 
SEC. 5. YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN PREVENTION STRATE-
GIES. 
Section 515(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 290bb–21(b)), as amended by section 4, is further 
amended by inserting after paragraph (11) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(12) support the involvement of youth in the 
development and implementation of prevention strat-
egies focused on youth, with regard to methamphet-
amine and other drugs; and’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 30 
(legislative day September 29), 2010. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2818 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide 
for the establishment of a drug-free workplace in-
formation clearinghouse, to support residential 
methamphetamine treatment programs for preg-
nant and parenting women, to improve the pre-
vention and treatment of methamphetamine ad-
diction, and for other purposes.
‘‘§ 3300. Corruption offenses 
‘‘No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished 
for a violation of, or a conspiracy or an attempt to vio-
late— 
‘‘(1) section 201 or 666; 
‘‘(2) section 1341 or 1343, when charged in 
conjunction with section 1346 and where the offense 
involves a scheme or artifice to deprive another of 
the intangible right of honest services of a public of-
ficial; 
‘‘(3) section 1951, if the offense involves extor-
tion under color of official right; 
‘‘(4) section 1952, to the extent that the unlaw-
ful activity involves bribery; or 
‘‘(5) section 1962 to the extent that the racket-
eering activity involves— 
‘‘(A) bribery chargeable under State law; 
or 
‘‘(B) a violation of— 
‘‘(i) section 201 or 666; 
‘‘(ii) section 1341 or 1343, when 
charged in conjunction with section 1346 
and where the offense involves a scheme or 
artifice to deprive another of the intangible 
right of honest services of a public official; 
or 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2821 
To direct the Secretary of the Army to assist entities adversely affected 
by a Corps of Engineers rehabilitation project relating to the Wolf 
Creek Dam, Kentucky, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2009 
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky (for himself and Mr. WHITFIELD) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Army to assist entities ad-
versely affected by a Corps of Engineers rehabilitation 
project relating to the Wolf Creek Dam, Kentucky, 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. WOLF CREEK DAM, KENTUCKY. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF LEASE AGREEMENTS.—The 
Secretary of the Army shall modify the terms of lease 
agreements entered into by the Secretary with owners and 
operators of marinas at Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, who 
have been adversely affected by low lake levels resulting 
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from a rehabilitation project of the Corps of Engineers 
at Wolf Creek Dam, Kentucky. The modifications shall 
suspend lease payments that would otherwise be required 
under the agreements until such date as the Secretary de-
termines that the ordinary high water mark at Lake Cum-
berland has been restored. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT OF COUNTIES.—The Secretary 
shall reimburse counties in the State of Kentucky for in-
come lost as a result of the suspension of lease payments 
under subsection (a). 
(c) REIMBURSEMENT OF MARINAS.—The Secretary 
shall reimburse marinas referred to in subsection (a) for 
expenses determined by the Secretary to be the result of 
the rehabilitation project referred to in subsection (a), in-
cluding for losses in revenue, structural modifications to 
facilities, the cost of relocating (including infrastructure 
costs), and interest payments relating to loans undertaken 
as a result of such project. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2822 
To help Federal prosecutors and investigators combat public corruption by 
strengthening and clarifying the law. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2009 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, and Mr. 
GRAYSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To help Federal prosecutors and investigators combat public 
corruption by strengthening and clarifying the law. 
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 ‘‘Public Corruption 
Prosecution Improvements Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR SE-
RIOUS PUBLIC CORRUPTION OFFENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 213 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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† HR 2847 EAS2 
SAFETEA–LU (49 U.S.C. 5310 note) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2010’’. 
(d) OBLIGATION
CEILING.—Section 3040 of the 
SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1639) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) $10,507,752,000 for fiscal year 2010, of 
which not more than $8,360,565,000 shall be from the 
Mass Transit Account; and 
‘‘(7) $2,626,938,000 for the period beginning Oc-
tober 1, 2010, and ending December 31, 2010, of 
which not more than $2,090,141,250 shall be from the 
Mass Transit Account.’’. 
(e) PROJECT
AUTHORIZATIONS
FOR
NEW
FIXED 
GUIDEWAY
CAPITAL
PROJECTS.—Section 3043 of the 
SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1640) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2823 
To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to 
enhance and improve certain procedures relating to voting by absent 
members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2009 
Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado (for himself, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. ROONEY, and Mr. 
HARPER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee 
Voting Act to enhance and improve certain procedures 
relating to voting by absent members of the uniformed 
services, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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ing ‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph (34), by striking the 
period at the end of paragraph (35) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, 
and by adding at the end of following new paragraph: 
‘‘(36) in the case of an employer, the tele-
working credit determined under section 45R(a).’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
of such Code is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 45R. Teleworking equipment credit.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service, and 
expenses paid or incurred, after the date of the enactment 
of this Act in taxable years ending after such date. 
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SECTION 1. ENHANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF CER-
TAIN PROCEDURES RELATING TO VOTING BY 
ABSENT 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
UNIFORMED 
SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102(a) of the Uniformed 
and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 
1973ff–1(a)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and 
(5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) accept and process, with respect to any 
election for Federal office, any otherwise valid voter 
registration application, absentee ballot application, 
and absentee ballot that is submitted by an absent 
uniformed services voter described in section 107(1) 
without any requirement for notarization of such 
document;’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by para-
graph (1), by inserting before the semicolon the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and permit the submittal of the official post 
card form by electronic means (including by fax 
transmission and electronic mail transmission)’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 104(a) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–3(a)) is amended by striking 
‘‘section 102(a)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 102(a)(5)’’. 
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SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
Congress— 
(1) encourages States to permit members of the 
Armed Forces to apply for, receive, and submit ab-
sentee ballots for election for Federal office by elec-
tronic means; and 
(2) encourages the Department of Defense to 
facilitate the implementation and maintenance of 
programs that permit the secure submittal by mem-
bers of the Armed Forces of absentee ballots for 
election for Federal office by electronic means. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2827 
To amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 
to provide for a coupon program for television antennas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2009 
Mr. BUTTERFIELD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safe-
ty Act of 2005 to provide for a coupon program for 
television antennas. 
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 ‘‘DTV Transition As-
sistance Act’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
MODIFICATION 
OF 
DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG 
CON-
VERTER BOX PROGRAM. 
Section 3005 of the Digital Television Transition and 
Public Safety Act of 2005 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 
in paragraph (1); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) implement and administer a program 
through which households in the United States may 
obtain coupons that can be applied toward the pur-
chase of a television antenna; and’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the heading for paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘LIMITATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘LIMITA-
TIONS ON CONVERTER BOX COUPON PROGRAM’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS
ON
TELEVISION
ANTENNA 
COUPON PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) ONE-PER-HOUSEHOLD MAXIMUM.—A 
household may obtain a coupon by making a re-
quest as required by the Assistant Secretary 
under this section between June 13, 2009, and 
September 15, 2009, inclusive. The Assistant 
Secretary shall ensure that each requesting 
household receives, by first class mail via the 
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United States Postal Service, no more than one 
coupon. 
‘‘(B) DURATION.—All coupons shall expire 
on September 30, 2009. 
‘‘(C) FUNDING.—The Assistant Secretary 
shall expend only funds made available from ex-
pired digital-to-analog converter box coupons.’’. 
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115 
interest rates and amortization schedules, for 
the repayment of such loan within the full term 
of the agreement, subject to the following limi-
tations: 
‘‘(i) If in any calendar quarter during 
the primary term of the agreement the 
market price is less than the cap price, the 
project may elect to defer some or all of its 
repayment obligations due in that quarter. 
Any unpaid obligations will continue to ac-
crue interest. 
‘‘(ii) If in any calendar quarter during 
the primary term of the agreement the 
market price is greater than the cap price, 
the project shall meet its scheduled repay-
ment obligation plus deferred repayment 
obligations, but shall not be required to 
pay in that quarter an amount that is 
more than the excess of the market price 
over the cap price, times the output of the 
project. 
‘‘(iii) At the end of the primary term 
of the agreement, the cumulative amount 
of any deferred repayment obligations, to-
gether with accrued interest, shall be am-
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‘‘(II) if the request is filed before the individual 
is discharged or released from a jail, prison, deten-
tion center, or correctional facility, the individual is 
so discharged or released. 
‘‘(ii)(I) Subject to subclause (II), the amount of ben-
efit payable for any month pursuant to the reinstatement 
of eligibility under this paragraph shall be determined in 
accordance with the provisions of this title. 
‘‘(II) The benefit under this title payable for any 
month pursuant to a request for reinstatement filed in ac-
cordance with subparagraph (B) shall be reduced by the 
amount of any provisional benefit paid to the individual 
for the month under subparagraph (G). 
‘‘(E) Whenever an individual’s eligibility for benefits 
under this title is reinstated under this paragraph, eligi-
bility for the benefits shall be reinstated with respect to 
the individual’s spouse if the spouse was previously an eli-
gible spouse of the individual under this title and the Com-
missioner determines that the spouse satisfies all the re-
quirements for eligibility for the benefits except require-
ments related to the filing of an application. The provi-
sions of subparagraph (D) shall apply to the reinstated 
eligibility of the spouse to the same extent that they apply 
to the reinstated eligibility of the individual. 
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SEC. 2. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. 
(a) SCHEDULE.—Marijuana is moved from schedule 
I of the Controlled Substances Act to schedule II of such 
Act. 
(b) PRESCRIPTION OR RECOMMENDATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—No provision of the Con-
trolled Substances Act shall prohibit or otherwise re-
strict in a State in which marijuana may be pre-
scribed or recommended by a physician for medical 
use under applicable State law— 
(A) the prescription or recommendation of 
marijuana by a physician for medical use; 
(B) an individual from obtaining, pos-
sessing, or transporting within their State, 
manufacturing or using marijuana in accord-
ance with a prescription or recommendation of 
marijuana by a physician for medical use by 
such individual hereinafter in this section re-
ferred to as ‘‘an authorized patient’’; 
(C) an individual authorized under State 
law to obtain, possess, transport within their 
State, or manufacture marijuana from obtain-
ing, possessing, transporting within their State, 
or manufacturing marijuana on an authorized 
patient’s behalf; or 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2835 
To provide for the medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws 
of the various States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2009 
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. FARR, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. PAUL, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of Cali-
fornia, Mr. STARK, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. OLVER, and Ms. BALDWIN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide for the medical use of marijuana in accordance 
with the laws of the various States. 
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 ‘‘Medical Marijuana Pa-
tient Protection Act’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 282 
To prevent Members of Congress from receiving any automatic pay 
adjustment in 2010. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2009 
Mr. SESTAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prevent Members of Congress from receiving any 
automatic pay adjustment in 2010. 
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 ‘‘Delay Congressional 
Pay Raise Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NO AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR MEMBERS 
OF CONGRESS IN 2010. 
For purposes of the provision of law amended by sec-
tion 704(a)(2)(B) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (5 
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U.S.C. 5318 note), no adjustment under section 5303 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall be considered to have 
taken effect in fiscal year 2010 in the rates of pay under 
the General Schedule. 
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SEC. 2. PRIORITY FOR UNEMPLOYED VETERANS IN FUR-
NISHING HOSPITAL CARE, MEDICAL SERV-
ICES, AND NURSING HOME CARE TO CERTAIN 
VETERANS. 
(a) PRIORITY.—Section 1710(a)(3) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘In the case’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) 
In the case’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) In furnishing hospital care, medical services, 
and nursing home care pursuant to this paragraph, the 
Secretary shall give priority to a veteran who the Sec-
retary determines has become unemployed during the 12- 
month period immediately preceding the date on which the 
veteran receives such care or services.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
1710(a)(3) of title 38, United States Code, shall apply 
with respect to hospital care, medical services, and nursing 
home care furnished on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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