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(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and 
weighs 2.268 grams’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and 
weighs 5 grams’’; and 
(E) by striking paragraph (6) and insert-
ing the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) A 1-cent coin that is 0.75 inch in diame-
ter.’’. 
(2) Section 5112(b) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) SPECIFICATIONS
FOR $1 COINS
AND GOLD 
COINS.—The $1 coin shall be golden in color, have a dis-
tinctive edge, have tactile and visual features that make 
the denomination of the coin readily discernible, be minted 
and fabricated in the United States, and have similar me-
tallic, anti-counterfeiting properties as United States coin-
age in circulation on the date of enactment of the United 
States $1 Coin Act of 1997. In minting gold coins, the 
Secretary shall use alloys that vary not more than 0.1 per-
cent from the percent of gold required. The specifications 
for alloys are by weight.’’. 
(3) Section 5113(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended— 
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(A) in the 1st sentence, by striking ‘‘and 
dime coins’’ and inserting ‘‘dime, 5-cent, and 1- 
cent coins.’’; and 
(B) by striking the second and third sen-
tences. 
SEC. 3. SUSPENSION OF REGULATORY AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The regulations prescribed by the 
Director of the United States Mint, pursuant to a delega-
tion by the Secretary of the Treasury of the Secretary’s 
authority under section 5111(d) of title 31, United States 
Code, as published in final form in the Federal Register 
on April 16, 2007 (Vol. 72, No. 72, page 18880, et seq.), 
and codified as part 82 of chapter 1 of subtitle B of title 
31, Code of Federal Regulations, shall cease to apply as 
of the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall have 
no force or effect after such date, with respect to 1-cent 
coins. 
(b) SUSPENSION OF PROSPECTIVE REGULATIONS.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall have no authority to 
prescribe any regulations under section 5111(d) of title 
31, United States Code, that would limit or prohibit the 
export, melting, or treatment of the 1-cent coin during the 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 
and ending on the date when the Secretary first issues 
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a 1-cent coin with a different metallic content than the 
1-cent coins issued as of such date of enactment. 
(c) NO EFFECT ON OTHER COINS.—No provision of 
this section shall be construed as affecting— 
(1) the applicability of the regulations referred 
to in subsection (a) to coins other than the 1-cent 
coin; or 
(2) the authority of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury to prescribe regulations under section 5111(d) of 
title 31, United States Code, with respect to coins 
other than the 1-cent coin. 
Æ 
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910 
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States executive director to each inter-
national financial institution to vote against any ex-
tension by the respective institution of any loans to 
the Government of Zimbabwe, except to meet basic 
human needs or to promote democracy, unless the 
Secretary of State determines and reports in writing 
to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule 
of law has been restored in Zimbabwe, including re-
spect for ownership and title to property, freedom of 
speech and association, and a transition government 
has been established that reflects the will of the peo-
ple as they voted in the March 2008 elections. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be made available for assistance for the central 
government of Zimbabwe unless the Secretary of 
State makes the determination pursuant to sub-
section (e)(1). 
ASIA 
SEC. 7071. (a) TIBET.— 
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury should in-
struct the United States executive director to each 
international financial institution to use the voice 
and vote of the United States to support projects in 
Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives for 
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the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into 
Tibet or facilitate the transfer of ownership of Ti-
betan land and natural resources to non-Tibetans; 
are based on a thorough needs-assessment; foster 
self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people and respect Ti-
betan culture and traditions; and are subject to ef-
fective monitoring. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not less than $7,300,000 of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ should be made available to nongovernmental 
organizations to support activities which preserve 
cultural traditions and promote sustainable develop-
ment and environmental conservation in Tibetan 
communities in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and 
in other Tibetan communities in China. 
(b) BURMA.— 
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States executive director to each appro-
priate international financial institution in which the 
United States participates, to oppose and vote 
against the extension by such institution any loan or 
financial or technical assistance or any other utiliza-
tion of funds of the respective bank to and for 
Burma. 
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higher income eligibility State as of April 
1 of 2010 and each subsequent year, 
whether the State meets the target rate of 
coverage of low-income children required 
under subparagraph (C) and shall notify 
the State in that month of such determina-
tion. 
‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION OF FAILURE.— 
If the Secretary determines in such month 
that a higher income eligibility State does 
not meet such target rate of coverage, sub-
ject to subparagraph (E), no payment shall 
be made as of October 1 of such year on 
or after October 1, 2010, under this sec-
tion for child health assistance provided for 
higher-income children (as defined in sub-
paragraph (D)) under the State child 
health plan unless and until the State es-
tablishes it is in compliance with such re-
quirement. 
‘‘(B) 
HIGHER
INCOME
ELIGIBILITY 
STATE.—A higher income eligibility State de-
scribed in this clause is a State that— 
‘‘(i) applies under its State child 
health plan an eligibility income standard
to complete a study of low impact and soft path 
strategies for management of water supply, waste-
water, and stormwater. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The study shall— 
(A) examine and compare the state of re-
search, technology development, and emerging 
practices in other developed and developing 
countries with those in the United States; 
(B) identify and evaluate relevant system 
approaches for comprehensive water manage-
ment, including the interrelationship of water 
systems with other major systems such as en-
ergy and transportation; 
(C) identify priority research and develop-
ment needs; and 
(D) assess implementation needs and bar-
riers. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency shall transmit to the Com-
mittee on Science and Technology of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
lic Works of the Senate a report on the key findings of 
the study conducted under subsection (a). The report shall 
evaluate challenges and opportunities and serve as a prac-
tical reference for water managers, planners, developers, 
scientists, engineers, non-governmental organizations, fed-
eral agencies, and regulators by recommending innovative 
and integrated solutions. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘low impact’’ means a strategy 
that manages rainfall at the source using uniformly 
distributed decentralized micro-scale controls to 
mimic a site’s predevelopment hydrology by using 
design techniques that infiltrate, filter, store, evapo-
rate, and detain runoff close to its source; and 
(2) the term ‘‘soft path’’ means a general 
framework that encompasses— 
(A) increased efficiency of water use; 
(B) integration of water supply, waste-
water treatment, and stormwater management 
systems; and 
(C) protection, restoration, and effective 
use of the natural capacities of ecosystems to 
provide clean water. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency for carrying out this 
section $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the As-
sistant 
Administrator 
for 
carrying 
out 
this 
Act 
$20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 
2013. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 30, 2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3957 
AN ACT 
To increase research, development, education, and 
technology transfer activities related to water use 
efficiency and conservation technologies and 
practices at the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy.
915 
this Act may be obligated or expended for processing 
licenses for the export of satellites of United States 
origin (including commercial satellites and satellite 
components) to the People’s Republic of China un-
less, at least 15 days in advance, the Committees on 
Appropriations are notified of such proposed action. 
(3) Not later than 180 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations detailing, to 
the extent practicable, the amount of assistance pro-
vided by the People’s Republic of China to govern-
ments and entities in Latin America and Africa dur-
ing the previous calendar year, and shall make such 
report publicly available in a timely manner on the 
website of the Department of State and the United 
States Agency for International Development in 
English and Mandarin. 
(4) Of the funds appropriated under the head-
ing ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ in this 
Act, $1,000,000 shall be made available to the Bu-
reau of International Information Programs to dis-
seminate information, in Mandarin, in the People’s 
Republic of China: Provided, That such information 
shall include issues of governance, transparency, cor-
ruption, rule of law, and the environment, and the 
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findings of the report required by paragraph (3) of 
this subsection, and shall be disseminated through 
the Internet, text messaging or other means, and di-
rected to economically depressed areas of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China: Provided further, That such 
funds are in addition to funds otherwise made avail-
able for such purposes: Provided further, That the 
Department of State shall consult with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations prior to the initial obligation 
of funds made available by this subsection. 
(5) The terms and requirements of section 
620(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 
apply to foreign assistance projects or activities of 
the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the People’s 
Republic of China, to include such projects or activi-
ties by any entity that is owned or controlled by, or 
an affiliate of, the PLA: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pur-
suant to this Act may be used to finance any grant, 
contract, or cooperative agreement with the PLA, or 
any entity that the Secretary of State has reason to 
believe is owned or controlled by, or an affiliate of, 
the PLA. 
(g) PHILIPPINES.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
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HR 3959 RFS
premium rate under section 1307(a)(1) for the 
area in which the property is located, the Direc-
tor of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall increase the chargeable premium 
rates for such property over time to such appli-
cable estimated risk premium rate under section 
1307(a)(1). 
(B) ANNUAL
INCREASE.—Such increase 
shall be made by increasing the chargeable pre-
mium rates for the property (after application 
of any increase in the premium rates otherwise 
applicable to such property), once during the 
12-month period that begins upon the effective 
date under paragraph (1) of this subsection, 
and once every 12 months thereafter until such 
increase is accomplished, by 15 percent (or such 
lesser amount as may be necessary so that the 
chargeable rate does not exceed such applicable 
estimated risk premium rate or to comply with 
subparagraph (C)). Any increase in chargeable 
premium rates for a property pursuant to this 
paragraph shall not be considered for purposes 
of the limitation under section 1308(e) of such 
Act. 
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gram’’, not to exceed $30,000,000 may be made available 
for assistance for the Philippines, of which $2,000,000 
may not be obligated until the Secretary of State reports 
in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that— 
(1) the Government of the Philippines is taking 
effective steps to implement the recommendations of 
the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extra-ju-
dicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, to include 
prosecutions and convictions for extrajudicial execu-
tions; sustaining the decline in the number of extra- 
judicial executions; addressing allegations of a death 
squad in Davao City; and strengthening government 
institutions working to eliminate extra-judicial exe-
cutions; 
(2) the Government of the Philippines is imple-
menting a policy of promoting military personnel 
who demonstrate professionalism and respect for 
internationally recognized human rights, and is in-
vestigating and prosecuting military personnel and 
others who have been credibly alleged to have vio-
lated such rights; and 
(3) the Philippine Armed Forces do not have a 
policy of, and are not engaging in, acts of intimida-
tion or violence against members of legal organiza-
tions who advocate for human rights. 
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(h) VIETNAM.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’ in this Act may be made available for 
programs and activities in the central highlands of Viet-
nam, and shall be made available for environmental reme-
diation and related health activities in Vietnam. 
SERBIA 
SEC. 7072. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for assistance for the central Govern-
ment of Serbia after May 31, 2009, if the President has 
made the determination and certification contained in sub-
section (c). 
(b) After May 31, 2009, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury should instruct the United States executive directors 
to the international financial institutions to support loans 
and assistance to the Government of Serbia subject to the 
conditions in subsection (c). 
(c) The determination and certification referred to in 
subsection (a) is a determination and a certification by 
the President to the Committees on Appropriations that 
the Government of Serbia is— 
(1) cooperating with the International Criminal 
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia including access 
for investigators, the provision of documents, timely 
information on the location, movement, and sources 
of financial support of indictees, and the surrender 
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H. Res. 1361 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
May 20, 2010. 
Whereas North Carolina Central University (NCCU) in Dur-
ham, North Carolina, was chartered in 1909 as a private 
institution and opened to students on July 5, 1910; 
Whereas the school was founded by Dr. James E. Shepard 
as the National Religious Training School and Chau-
tauqua for the Colored Race with the purpose of devel-
oping African-American men and women into citizens of 
fine character and sound academic training; 
Whereas the school’s name was changed to the National 
Training School in 1915, following its sale and reorga-
nization; 
Whereas the school became a publicly supported institution in 
1923 under the name of the Durham State Normal 
School, with funding from the North Carolina General 
Assembly; 
Whereas the General Assembly rededicated the institution as 
the North Carolina College for Negroes in 1925, making 
it the Nation’s first State-supported liberal arts college 
for African-American students; 
Whereas the college saw significant expansion between 1927 
and 1929 through additional funding from the General
premium rate under section 1307(a)(1) for the 
area in which the property is located, the Direc-
tor of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall increase the chargeable premium 
rates for such property over time to such appli-
cable estimated risk premium rate under section 
1307(a)(1). 
(B) ANNUAL
INCREASE.—Such increase 
shall be made by increasing the chargeable pre-
mium rates for the property (after application 
of any increase in the premium rates otherwise 
applicable to such property), once during the 
12-month period that begins upon the effective 
date under paragraph (1) of this subsection, 
and once every 12 months thereafter until such 
increase is accomplished, by 15 percent (or such 
lesser amount as may be necessary so that the 
chargeable rate does not exceed such applicable 
estimated risk premium rate or to comply with 
subparagraph (C)). Any increase in chargeable 
premium rates for a property pursuant to this 
paragraph shall not be considered for purposes 
of the limitation under section 1308(e) of such 
Act.
(C) FULL ACTUARIAL RATES.—The provi-
sions of paragraph (2) of such section 1308(c) 
shall apply to such a property upon the accom-
plishment of the increase under this paragraph 
and thereafter. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 23, 
2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3959 
AN ACT 
To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 to provide for the phase-in of actuarial 
rates for certain pre-FIRM properties.
opportunity that other materials are pro-
vided.’’. 
(b) PHSA.—Section 2702(a)(2)(B) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–1(a)(2)(B)) is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘so long as— 
‘‘(i) such limitations and restrictions 
are explicit and clear; 
‘‘(ii) in the case of such limitations 
and restrictions in health insurance cov-
erage offered in connection with the group 
health plan, such limitations and restric-
tions have been disclosed in writing to the 
plan sponsor in advance of the point of 
sale to the plan; 
‘‘(iii) the plan sponsor and the issuer 
of the group health insurance coverage 
make available, to participants and bene-
ficiaries in the plan in advance of the point 
of their enrollment under the plan, a de-
scription of such limitations and restric-
tions in a form that is easily understand-
able by such participants and beneficiaries; 
and 
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the United States is necessary to attend the United Na-
tions or to further United States law enforcement objec-
tives. 
(e) For the purpose of this section ‘‘assistance’’ shall 
include excess defense articles. 
AFGHANISTAN 
SEC. 7077. Of the funds appropriated under titles III 
and IV of this Act, not less than $1,041,950,000 should 
be made available for assistance for Afghanistan, of which 
not less than $100,000,000 shall be made available to sup-
port programs that directly address the needs of Afghan 
women and girls, including for the Afghan Independent 
Human Rights Commission, the Afghan Ministry of Wom-
en’s Affairs, and for women-led nonprofit organizations in 
Afghanistan. 
ENTERPRISE FUNDS 
SEC. 7078. (a) Prior to the distribution of any assets 
resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up 
of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in ac-
cordance with the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution 
of the assets of the Enterprise Fund. 
(b) Funds made available under titles III through VI 
of this Act for Enterprise Funds shall be expended at the 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3961 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide relief with respect 
to the children of members of the Armed Forces of the United States 
who die as a result of service in a combat zone. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 24, 2007 
Mr. MEEK of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
relief with respect to the children of members of the 
Armed Forces of the United States who die as a result 
of service in a combat zone. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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for targeted low-income children that ex-
ceeds 300 percent of the poverty line; or 
‘‘(ii) because of the application of a 
general exclusion of a block of income that 
is not determined by type of expense or 
type of income, applies an effective income 
standard under the State child health plan 
for such children that exceeds 300 percent 
of the poverty line. 
‘‘(C) REQUIREMENT FOR TARGET RATE OF 
COVERAGE OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The requirement 
of this subparagraph for a State is that 
the rate of health benefits coverage (both 
private and public) for low-income children 
in the State is not statistically significantly 
(at a p=0.05 level) less than the target 
rate of coverage specified in clause (ii). 
‘‘(ii) TARGET RATE.—The target rate 
of coverage specified in this clause is the 
average rate (determined by the Secretary) 
of health benefits coverage (both private 
and public) as of January 1, 2010, among 
the 10 of the 50 States and the District of 
Columbia with the highest percentage of