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Union Calendar No. 398 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5803 
[Report No. 110–637] 
To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to 
make grants to participating States and units of local government which 
will administer the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office 
held in November 2008 for carrying out a program to make backup 
paper ballots available in the case of the failure of a voting system 
or voting equipment in the election or some other emergency situation, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2008 
Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on House Administration 
MAY 15, 2008 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish 
a program to make grants to participating States and 
units of local government which will administer the regu-
larly scheduled general election for Federal office held 
in November 2008 for carrying out a program to make 
backup paper ballots available in the case of the failure 
of a voting system or voting equipment in the election 
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SEC. 328. LIAISON WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EXAM-
INATION COUNCIL. 
Section 1007 of the Federal Financial Institutions Ex-
amination Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3306) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the section heading, by inserting after 
‘‘STATE’’ the following: ‘‘AND FEDERAL HOUSING FI-
NANCE AGENCY’’; and 
(2) by inserting after ‘‘financial institutions’’ the 
following: ‘‘, and one representative of the Federal 
Housing Finance Agency,’’. 
SEC. 329. GUARANTEE FEE STUDY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Federal Hous-
ing Finance Agency, in consultation with the heads of the 
federal banking agencies, shall, not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the 
Congress a study concerning the pricing, transparency and 
reporting of the Federal National Mortgage Association, the 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the Federal 
home loan banks with regard to guarantee fees and con-
cerning analogous practices, transparency and reporting 
requirements (including advances pricing practices by the 
Federal Home Loan Banks) of other participants in the 
business of mortgage purchases and securitization. 
(b) FACTORS.—The study required by this section shall 
examine various factors such as credit risk, counterparty
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(C) 
section 
307(c)(1) 
(12 
U.S.C. 
1456(c)(1)); 
(2) in sections 303(h)(1) and 307(f)(1) (12 
U.S.C. 1452(h)(1), 1456(f)(1)), by striking ‘‘Banking, 
Finance and Urban Affairs’’ each place such term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Financial Services’’; 
(3) in section 306(i) (12 U.S.C. 1455(i))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘1316(c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘306(c)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 106’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 1316’’; and 
(4) in section 307 (12 U.S.C. 1456))— 
(A) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary’’ the second place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘Director’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘Secretary’’ the second place such term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Director’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ each other 
place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Di-
rector of the Federal Housing Finance 
Agency’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary’’ each place such term appears and insert-
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 580
AN ACT 
To amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States Code, to 
provide for a 120-day limit to the term of a United 
States attorney appointed on an interim basis by the 
Attorney General, 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 ‘‘Director of the Federal Housing Finance 
Agency’’. 
CHAPTER 2—IMPROVEMENT OF MISSION 
SUPERVISION 
SEC. 331. TRANSFER OF PRODUCT APPROVAL AND HOUS-
ING GOAL OVERSIGHT. 
Part 2 of subtitle A of title XIII of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4541 et 
seq.) is amended— 
(1) by striking the designation and heading for 
the part and inserting the following: 
‘‘PART 2—PRODUCT APPROVAL BY DIRECTOR, 
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, AND ESTABLISH-
MENT OF HOUSING GOALS’’; 
and 
(2) by striking sections 1321 and 1322. 
SEC. 332. REVIEW OF ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part 2 of subtitle A of title XIII 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 
is amended by inserting before section 1323 (12 U.S.C. 
4543) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1321. PRIOR APPROVAL AUTHORITY FOR PRODUCTS 
OF ENTERPRISES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall require each 
enterprise to obtain the approval of the Director for any
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product of the enterprise before initially offering the prod-
uct. 
‘‘(b) STANDARD FOR APPROVAL.—In considering any 
request for approval of a product pursuant to subsection 
(a), the Director shall make a determination that— 
‘‘(1) in the case of a product of the Federal Na-
tional Mortgage Association, the Director determines 
that the product is authorized under paragraph (2), 
(3), (4), or (5) of section 302(b) or section 304 of the 
Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, 
(12 U.S.C. 1717(b), 1719); 
‘‘(2) in the case of a product of the Federal 
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Director deter-
mines that the product is authorized under paragraph 
(1), (4), or (5) of section 305(a) of the Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1454(a)); 
‘‘(3) the product is in the public interest; 
‘‘(4) the product is consistent with the safety and 
soundness of the enterprise or the mortgage finance 
system; and 
‘‘(5) the product does not materially impair the 
efficiency of the mortgage finance system. 
‘‘(c) PROCEDURE FOR APPROVAL.— 
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION OF REQUEST.—An enterprise 
shall submit to the Director a written request for ap-
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proval of a product that describes the product in such 
form as prescribed by order or regulation of the Di-
rector. 
‘‘(2) REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.—Imme-
diately upon receipt of a request for approval of a 
product, as required under paragraph (1), the Direc-
tor shall publish notice of such request and of the pe-
riod for public comment pursuant to paragraph (3) 
regarding the product, and a description of the prod-
uct proposed by the request. The Director shall give 
interested parties the opportunity to respond in writ-
ing to the proposed product. 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.—During the 30- 
day period beginning on the date of publication pur-
suant to paragraph (2) of a request for approval of 
a product, the Director shall receive public comments 
regarding the proposed product. 
‘‘(4) OFFERING OF PRODUCT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after the close of the public comment period de-
scribed in paragraph (3), the Director shall ap-
prove or deny the product, specifying the 
grounds for such decision in writing. 
‘‘(B) FAILURE
TO
ACT.—If the Director 
fails to act within the 30-day period described in
(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 ‘‘Corporal Stephen R. 
Bixler Post Office’’. 
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IV
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 77
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the efforts of people of
the United States of Korean ancestry to reunite with their family mem-
bers in North Korea.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 22, 2001
Mr. BECERRA (for himself and Mr. ROYCE) submitted the following concur-
rent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Re-
lations
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the efforts
of people of the United States of Korean ancestry to
reunite with their family members in North Korea.
Whereas on June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded South
Korea, thereby initiating the Korean War, leading to the
loss of countless lives, and further polarizing a world en-
gulfed by the Cold War;
Whereas in the aftermath of the Korean War, the division of
the Koreas at the 38th parallel separated millions of Ko-
reans from their families, tearing at the heart of every
mother, father, daughter, and son;
Whereas on June 13 and 14, 2000, in the first summit con-
ference ever held between leaders of North and South
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(i) by striking ‘‘an elective’’ each place 
that term appears and inserting ‘‘a’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘in any elective direc-
torship or elective directorships’’; 
(6) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2); 
(B) by striking ‘‘appointed or’’ each place 
that term appears; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(3) ELECTED BANK DI-
RECTORS.—’’ and inserting ‘‘(2) ELECTION 
PROCESS.—’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘elective’’ each place 
that term appears; 
(7) in subsection (i)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Subject 
to paragraph (2), each’’ and inserting ‘‘Each’’; 
and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Director shall in-
clude, in the annual report submitted to the Congress 
pursuant to section 1319B of the Federal Housing 
Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 
1992, information regarding the compensation and
III
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 79
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 22, 2001
Received
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater
Washington Soap Box Derby.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring),
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 87
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Authorizing the 2001 District of Columbia Special
Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run to be run
through the Capitol Grounds.
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expenses paid by the Federal Home Loan Banks to 
the directors on the boards of directors of the Banks.’’; 
and 
(8) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) TRANSITION RULE.—Any member of the board of 
directors of a Bank elected or appointed in accordance with 
this section prior to the date of enactment of this subsection 
may continue to serve as a member of that board of direc-
tors for the remainder of the existing term of service.’’. 
SEC. 1203. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 2 of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 
U.S.C. 1422) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (1), (10), and (11); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (9) 
as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (12) and (13) 
as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(11) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 
the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. 
‘‘(12) AGENCY.—The term ‘Agency’ means the 
Federal Housing Finance Agency, established under 
section 1311 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Fi-
nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992.’’.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5078 
To extend the suspension of duty on Desmodur BL XP 2468. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 18, 2008 
Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the suspension of duty on Desmodur BL XP 
2468. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DESMODUR BL XP 2468. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.12.12 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
Copolymer of methyl ethyl ketoxime and toluenediisocya-
nate) is amended by striking ‘‘12/31/2009’’ and inserting 
‘‘12/31/2011’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
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warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3800 
To advance the adoption of nationwide interoperable health information tech-
nology and to improve health care quality and reduce health care costs 
in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 10, 2007 
Ms. ESHOO (for herself and Mr. ROGERS of Michigan) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To advance the adoption of nationwide interoperable health 
information technology and to improve health care qual-
ity and reduce health care costs in the United 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 ‘‘Promoting Health In-
formation Technology Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
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‘‘(1) ensuring that key health information tech-
nology initiatives are coordinated across programs of 
the Department of Health and Human Services; 
‘‘(2) ensuring that health information tech-
nology policies and programs of the Department of 
Health and Human Services are coordinated with 
such policies and programs of other relevant Federal 
agencies (including Federal commissions and advi-
sory committees) with a goal of avoiding duplication 
of efforts and of helping to ensure that each agency 
undertakes activities primarily within the areas of its 
greatest expertise and technical capability; 
‘‘(3) reviewing Federal health information tech-
nology investments to ensure that Federal health in-
formation technology programs are meeting the ob-
jectives of the strategic plan published by the Office 
of the National Coordinator of Health Information 
Technology to establish a nationwide interoperable 
health information technology infrastructure; 
‘‘(4) providing comments and advice regarding 
specific Federal health information technology pro-
grams, at the request of Office of Management and 
Budget; and 
‘‘(5) enhancing the use of health information 
technology to improve the quality of health care in 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 507 
AN ACT 
To establish a grant program to provide vision care to 
children, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
the prevention and management of chronic disease 
and to address population health. 
‘‘(c) ROLE WITH COMMUNITY AND THE PARTNER-
SHIP.—The National Coordinator shall— 
‘‘(1) serve as an ex officio member of the Com-
munity, and act as a liaison between the Federal 
Government and the Community; 
‘‘(2) serve as an ex officio member of the Part-
nership and act as a liaison between the Federal 
Government and the Partnership; and 
‘‘(3) serve as a liaison between the Partnership 
and the Community. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS AND WEBSITE.—The National Coordi-
nator shall— 
‘‘(1) develop and publish a strategic plan for 
implementing a nationwide interoperable health in-
formation technology infrastructure; 
‘‘(2) maintain and frequently update an Inter-
net website that— 
‘‘(A) publishes the schedule for the assess-
ment of standards for significant use cases; 
‘‘(B) publishes the recommendations of the 
Community; 
‘‘(C) publishes the recommendations of the 
Partnership; 
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Federal Home Loan Bank who is an officer or 
director of a member institution that is located 
in the district in which the Federal Home Loan 
Bank is located, or the directorship held by such 
a person, respectively.’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘elective’’ each place that term 
appears, other than in subsections (d), (e), and (f), 
and inserting ‘‘member’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking the subsection heading and 
all that follows through ‘‘Each elective director-
ship’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) DIRECTORSHIPS.— 
‘‘(1) MEMBER
DIRECTORSHIPS.—Each member 
directorship’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) INDEPENDENT DIRECTORSHIPS.— 
‘‘(A) ELECTIONS.—Each independent direc-
tor— 
‘‘(i) shall be elected by the members en-
titled to vote, from among eligible persons 
nominated, after consultation with the Ad-
visory Council of the Bank, by the board of 
directors of the Bank; and
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‘‘(ii) shall be elected by a plurality of 
the votes of the members of the Bank at 
large, with each member having the number 
of votes for each such directorship as it has 
under paragraph (1) in an election to fill 
member directorships. 
‘‘(B) CRITERIA.—Nominees shall meet all 
applicable requirements prescribed in this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(C) NOMINATION
AND
ELECTION
PROCE-
DURES.—Procedures for nomination and election 
of independent directors shall be prescribed by 
the bylaws of each Federal Home Loan Bank, in 
a manner consistent with the rules and regula-
tions of the Agency.’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘elective’’ each place that 
term appears and inserting ‘‘member’’, except— 
(i) in the second sentence, the second 
place that term appears; and 
(ii) each place that term appears in 
the fifth sentence; and 
(B) in the second sentence—
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 491 
To modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in the State of New 
Mexico, to transfer certain Bureau of Land Management land for inclu-
sion in the national forest, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2011 
Mr. HEINRICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in the 
State of New Mexico, to transfer certain Bureau of Land 
Management land for inclusion in the national forest, 
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. BOUNDARY MODIFICATION AND TRANSFER OF 
ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION, CIBOLA NA-
TIONAL FOREST, NEW MEXICO. 
(a) BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.— 
(1) MODIFICATION.—The boundaries of Cibola 
National Forest in the State of New Mexico, are 
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‘‘(d) MODIFIED ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME.—For 
purposes of this chapter, the term ‘modified adjusted gross 
income’ means adjusted gross income increased by the ex-
cess of— 
‘‘(1) the amount excluded from gross income 
under section 911(a)(1), over 
‘‘(2) the amount of any deductions (taken into 
account in computing adjusted gross income) or ex-
clusions disallowed under section 911(d)(6) with re-
spect to the amounts described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(e) NONAPPLICATION OF SECTION.—This section 
shall not apply to— 
‘‘(1) a nonresident alien, or 
‘‘(2) a trust all of the unexpired interests in 
which are devoted to one or more of the purposes 
described in section 170(c)(2)(B).’’. 
(2) ESTIMATED TAXES.—Section 6654 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and the 
tax under chapter 2’’ and inserting ‘‘the tax 
under chapter 2, and the tax under chapter 
2A’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘minus’’ at the end of 
paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘plus’’; and
IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 586 
Commemorating the life, achievements, and contributions of Alan Reich. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 6, 2005 
Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. RAMSTAD, and Mr. OWENS) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Government 
Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Commemorating the life, achievements, and contributions of 
Alan Reich. 
Whereas Alan A. Reich was a well respected and loved mem-
ber of his family and an inspirational figure in the dis-
ability community, whose life was devoted to civic involve-
ment and efforts to improve the quality of life for individ-
uals with disabilities; 
Whereas Alan Reich was born in Pearl River, New York; 
Whereas Alan Reich graduated from Dartmouth College in 
1952, where he was an all-American track and field ath-
lete, received a Master’s degree in Russian literature 
from Middlebury College in 1953, along with a diploma 
in Slavic languages and Eastern European studies from 
the University of Oxford, and received an M.B.A. from 
Harvard University in 1959;
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self-certification satisfies the requirements for such 
process applicable under regulations promulgated by 
the Secretary or otherwise approved by the Sec-
retary. 
(d) OPTION FOR APPLICATION OF DATA FOR STATES 
IN FIRST APPLICATION CYCLE UNDER
THE INTERIM 
FINAL RULE.—After the final rule implementing the 
PERM requirements in accordance with the requirements 
of subsection (c) is in effect for all States, a State for 
which the PERM requirements were first in effect under 
an interim final rule for fiscal year 2007 may elect to ac-
cept any payment error rate determined in whole or in 
part for the State on the basis of data for that fiscal year 
or may elect to not have any payment error rate deter-
mined on the basis of such data and, instead, shall be 
treated as if fiscal year 2010 were the first fiscal year 
for which the PERM requirements apply to the State. 
(e) HARMONIZATION OF MEQC AND PERM.— 
(1) REDUCTION OF REDUNDANCIES.—The Sec-
retary shall review the Medicaid Eligibility Quality 
Control (in this subsection referred to as the 
‘‘MEQC’’) requirements with the PERM require-
ments and coordinate consistent implementation of 
both 
sets 
of 
requirements, 
while 
reducing 
redundancies.
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (4) and inserting after para-
graph (2) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) the taxes imposed by chapter 2A, minus’’. 
(3) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The table of 
chapters for subtitle A of chapter 1 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to chapter 2 the following new 
item: 
‘‘CHAPTER 2A—UNEARNED INCOME MEDICARE CONTRIBUTION’’. 
(4) 
EFFECTIVE
DATES.—The 
amendments 
made by this subsection shall apply to taxable years 
beginning after December 31, 2012. 
(b) EARNED INCOME.— 
(1) THRESHOLD.— 
(A) FICA.—Paragraph (2) of section 
3101(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
as added by section 9015 of the Patient Protec-
tion and Affordable Care Act and amended by 
section 10906 of such Act, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (A), by 
redesignating subparagraph (B) as subpara-
graph (C), and by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) in the case of a married taxpayer (as 
defined in section 7703) filing a separate re-