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SEC. 225. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON DEPLOYING MISSILE 
DEFENSE SYSTEM IN EUROPE. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall enter into an agreement with one of the Federally 
Funded Research and Development Centers under which 
the Center will carry out a study on the political, technical, 
operational, force structure, and budgetary implications of 
deploying a long-range missile defense system in Europe. 
(b) ANALYSIS OF ADMINISTRATION PROPOSAL.—The 
study shall provide a full analysis of the Administration’s 
proposal to protect forward-deployed radars, Europe, and 
the United States by deploying, in Europe, interceptors 
and radars of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense 
(GMD) system. In providing the analysis, the study shall 
examine each of the following: 
(1) The technical capabilities of the GMD sys-
tem, as so deployed, to effectively protect forward- 
deployed radars, Europe, and the United States. 
(2) The political implications of such a deploy-
ment on the United States, the North Atlantic Trea-
ty Organization, and other interested parties. 
(3) The operational issues associated with such 
a deployment. 
(4) The force structure implications of such a 
deployment.
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(5) The budgetary implications of such a de-
ployment. 
(c) ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES.—The study shall 
also provide a full analysis of alternative systems that 
could be deployed to fulfill, in whole or in part, the protec-
tive purposes of the Administration’s proposal. The alter-
native systems shall include a range of feasible combina-
tions of other missile defense systems that are available 
or are expected to be available as of 2020. In providing 
the analysis, the study shall examine, for each alternative 
system included, the following: 
(1) The technical capabilities of the alternative 
system, as so deployed, to effectively protect for-
ward-deployed radars, Europe, and the United 
States. 
(2) The political implications of such a deploy-
ment on the United States, the North Atlantic Trea-
ty Organization, and other interested parties. 
(3) The operational issues associated with such 
a deployment. 
(4) The force structure implications of such a 
deployment. 
(5) The budgetary implications of such a de-
ployment.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 85 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), 
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010. 
(a) DECLARATION.—Congress declares that this reso-
lution is the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2010 and that this resolution sets forth the
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3459 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Director 
of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to publish a summary 
statement of the scientific basis for a decision concerning the listing 
or de-listing of an endangered species or the designation of critical 
habitat, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 4, 2007 
Mr. MARKEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require 
the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service to publish a summary statement of the scientific 
basis for a decision concerning the listing or de-listing 
of an endangered species or the designation of critical 
habitat, 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 ‘‘Transparent Reporting 
Under ESA Listing Act’’ or the ‘‘TRUE Listing Act’’. 
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(d) COOPERATION REQUIRED.—In carrying out the 
study, the Federally Funded Research and Development 
Center shall receive the cooperation of the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of State, the Director of National 
Intelligence, and any other United States Government of-
ficial in providing the Center with analyses, briefings, and 
other information necessary for the fulfillment of its re-
sponsibilities. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Federally Funded Re-
search and Development Center shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees and the Secretary of De-
fense a report on the results of the study. The report shall 
be in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(f) FUNDING.—Of the amounts appropriated or oth-
erwise made available pursuant to the authorization of ap-
propriations in section 201(4), $1,000,000 is available to 
carry out the study required by this section. 
SEC. 226. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING FULL SUP-
PORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND FIELDING OF 
A LAYERED BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the development and proliferation of bal-
listic missile and nuclear capabilities by rogue na-
tions continues to grow, posing a serious threat to
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the national security of the United States, United 
States military forces deployed, and United States 
national security interests more broadly, as dem-
onstrated by— 
(A) the July 2006 test by North Korea of 
six short-range missiles and one longer-range 
Taepo Dong–2 missile, and the October 2006 
test by North Korea of a nuclear device; 
(B) the November 2006 and January 2007 
test by Iran of nearly a dozen missiles and an 
ongoing effort by Iran to enrich uranium; 
(C) the reported proliferation of BM-25 in-
termediate range ballistic missiles from North 
Korea to Iran; and 
(D) the reported January 2007 test by 
Syria of Scud-D short-range ballistic missiles; 
(2) the United States must have the capability 
to defend its homeland and forward-deployed mili-
tary forces against the threats highlighted in para-
graph (1); 
(3) the United States is committed to working 
with its allies to obtain the capability to defend our 
broader national security interests against ballistic 
missile threats highlighted in paragraph (1);
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(4) as specified in the John Warner National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, ‘‘It 
is the policy of the United States that the Depart-
ment of Defense accord priority within the missile 
defense program to the development, testing, field-
ing, and improvement of effective near-term missile 
defense capabilities, including the ground-based mid-
course defense system, the Aegis ballistic missile de-
fense system, the Patriot PAC–3 system, the Ter-
minal High Altitude Area Defense system, and the 
sensors necessary to support such systems.’’; 
(5) the Congress fully supports efforts by the 
Department of Defense to continue development, 
testing, and fielding of an effective, integrated, ro-
bust, layered ballistic missile defense system that is 
capable of intercepting ballistic missiles as described 
in paragraph (1) in various phases of flight; 
(6) a layered defense requires fielding compo-
nents on land and sea, space-based and other sen-
sors, along with the command and control capability 
that ties the various components together; and 
(7) it is in the national security interest of the 
United States to continue development, testing, and 
operations of the United States ballistic missile de-
fense system to hedge against uncertainty in the de-
SEC. 2. TRANSPARENCY OF APPROVAL DECISIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13 of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 13. TRANSPARENCY OF APPROVAL DECISIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Concurrent with publication of 
any finding or final regulation pursuant to section 4(b) 
in relation to a determination as to whether a species is 
an endangered species or a threatened species or in rela-
tion to a designation or revision of critical habitat, the 
Secretary shall publish a summary statement of the sci-
entific basis for such determination, designation, or revi-
sion. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—A summary statement under sub-
section (a) shall be dated and shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) The scientific rationale for the final deter-
mination, designation, or revision. 
‘‘(2) Identification by name and title of each of-
ficer or employee of the executive branch who par-
ticipated in the determination, designation, or revi-
sion. 
‘‘(c) SUBSEQUENT CHANGES.—After publication of a 
summary statement under this section, the Secretary— 
‘‘(1) shall not alter the text of the summary 
statement; and 
‘‘(2) may prepare a description of changes to 
the summary statement in a separate document and 
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velopment, test, and fielding of ballistic missile capa-
bilities by rogue nations. 
SEC. 227. INCREASED FUNDS FOR X LAB BATTLESPACE 
LABORATORY. 
(a) INCREASE.—The amount in section 201(4), re-
search, development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, 
is hereby increased by $10,000,000, to be available for the 
X 
Lab 
battlespace 
laboratory, 
program 
element 
0603175C. 
(b) OFFSET.—The amount in section 201(2), re-
search, development, test, and evaluation, Navy, is hereby 
reduced by $10,000,000, to be derived from Littoral Com-
bat System Mission Modules. 
SEC. 228. EXPAND UNITED STATES BALLISTIC MISSILE DE-
FENSE SYSTEM INTEGRATION WITH ISRAEL. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
expand the ballistic missile defense system of the United 
States to better integrate with the defenses of Israel to 
provide robust, layered protection against ballistic missile 
attack. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State, shall submit to the appropriate con-
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gressional committees a progress report on the sta-
tus of integrating the ballistic missile defense system 
of the United States with the defenses of Israel in-
cluding the status of implementation of those pro-
grams identified in subsection (c). This report may 
be provided in classified form as necessary to protect 
United States national security interests. 
(2) CONTENT.—The report submitted under 
this subsection shall include the following: 
(A) A description of the capabilities needed 
to fully integrate the ballistic missile defense 
system of the United States with the ballistic 
missile defense system of Israel. 
(B) A description of systems and capabili-
ties currently providing ballistic missile defense 
of Israel and the United States, an assessment 
of the sufficiency of current capabilities; and 
identification of the Department’s actions for 
addressing any insufficiencies, if required. 
(C) A description of the policy, doctrine, 
operational concepts, tactics, techniques and 
procedures, exercises, and training that cur-
rently support the integrated ballistic missile 
defense of Israel and the United States, an as-
sessment of the sufficiency of current policy,
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programs, and processes; and identification of 
the Department’s actions for addressing any 
insufficiencies, if required. 
(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Appropriations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Appropriations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(c) INCREASE.—The amount in section 201(4), re-
search, development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, 
is hereby increased by $205,000,000, of which— 
(1) $25,000,000 is to be available to complete 
accelerated co-production of Arrow missiles and con-
tinue integration with the ballistic missile defense 
system of the United States; 
(2) $45,000,000 is to be available to continue 
system development of the Missile Defense Agency 
and Israel Missile Defense Organization joint pro-
gram to develop a short-range ballistic missile de-
fense capability, David’s Sling weapon system, and 
integrate the weapon system with the ballistic mis-
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sile defense system and force protection efforts of 
the United States; and 
(3) $135,000,000 is to be made available to 
begin acquisition of a Terminal High Altitude Area 
Defense (THAAD) fire unit, which would provide 
Israel with a follow-on missile defense system of 
greater performance than the current Arrow system 
and provide a capability which is already fully inte-
grated with the ballistic missile defense system of 
the United States. 
(d) OFFSET.—The amounts in title I and title II are 
hereby reduced by an aggregate of $205,000,000, to be 
derived from amounts other than amounts for ballistic 
missile defense, as determined by the Secretary of De-
fense. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
SEC. 231. RESPONSIBILITY FOR HUMAN SYSTEMS INTEGRA-
TION ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics, shall coordinate and manage 
human systems integration activities throughout the ac-
quisition programs of the Department of Defense. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall—
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(1) designate a senior official to be responsible 
for the effort; and 
(2) supervise the planning, management, and 
coordination of such activities. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary shall— 
(1) develop a Department of Defense Instruc-
tion, and as necessary a Department of Defense Di-
rective, specific to human systems integration activi-
ties; and 
(2) identify and recommend, as appropriate, re-
source requirements for human systems integration 
activities. 
(d) DESIGNATION.—The designation required by sub-
section (b)(2) shall be made not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 232. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY FOR ENCOURAGE-
MENT OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. 
Section 2514(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(3)(A) Under the Program, the defense laboratories 
and research centers may, through leases, contracts, or 
other appropriate arrangements, provide facilities, serv-
ices, and equipment to private industry in order to pro-
mote accelerated development of critical technologies and 
technology transfer initiatives that support the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
‘‘(B) The facilities, services, and equipment provided 
under this paragraph shall be provided on a non-inter-
ference basis. 
‘‘(C) The defense laboratory or research center— 
‘‘(i) shall charge, accept, and retain fees in 
amounts necessary to recover the full costs of the fa-
cilities, services, and equipment provided, including 
capital improvement costs, utility and service costs, 
and equipment depreciation costs; and 
‘‘(ii) may charge, accept, and retain fees for 
providing the facilities, services, and equipment. 
‘‘(D) The defense laboratory or research center may 
accept payment in cash or in kind for fees charged under 
subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(E) Fees accepted under subparagraph (C) shall be 
credited to the account that was used to cover the costs 
for which the payment was provided. Amounts so credited 
shall be merged with amounts in that account, and shall
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be available for the same purposes, and subject to the 
same conditions and limitations, as other amounts in that 
account.’’. 
SEC. 233. REDUCTION OF AMOUNTS FOR ARMY VENTURE 
CAPITAL FUND DEMONSTRATION. 
The amount in section 201(1), research, development, 
test, and evaluation, Army, is hereby reduced by 
$10,000,000, to be derived from the Army Venture Cap-
ital Fund demonstration. 
SEC. 234. INDEPENDENT TESTS FOR COMBAT HELMET PAD 
SUSPENSION SYSTEMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made available 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation, 
Defense-wide, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a 
test and evaluation of combat helmet pad suspension sys-
tems. The test and evaluation shall be carried out using 
verified product representative samples from the five pro-
ducers of combat helmet pad suspension systems that are 
qualified as of the date of the enactment of this Act. The 
test and evaluation shall include an operational assess-
ment of the pad suspension systems, including a field user 
evaluation. 
(b) INDEPENDENT LABORATORY.—The test and eval-
uation shall be carried out in an objective and transparent
110TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1538
AMENDMENT
September 5, 2007
Ordered to be printed as passed
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(2) Current and future military operations, and 
emergency management of natural and man-made 
disasters, do and will continue to involve operations 
in highly complex, urban environments. These envi-
ronments include complex geographical, communica-
tions, transportation, informational, social, political, 
and public support subsystems. The interdependence 
of these subsystems and the cascading effects of 
warfare or disasters imposed upon them should be 
modeled in a computer simulation environment. It is 
important for the security and safety of the Depart-
ment of Defense to study and understand the effects 
of warfare and disasters on the resiliency of urban 
environments and to develop a computer modeling 
and simulation decision-making tool for emergency 
consequence management of military, natural and 
man-made disasters in complex urban environments. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. 
Sec. 302. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 303. Other Department of Defense Programs. 
Subtitle B—Environmental Provisions 
Sec. 311. Reimbursement of Environmental Protection Agency for certain costs 
in connection with Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund Site, Moses 
Lake, Washington. 
Sec. 312. Reimbursement of Environmental Protection Agency for certain costs 
in connection with Arctic Surplus Superfund Site, Fairbanks, 
Alaska.
ity’ means 15 megawatts or a mechanical energy 
capacity of more than 20,000 horsepower or an 
equivalent combination of electrical and mechan-
ical energy capacities. 
‘‘(C) MAXIMUM CAPACITY.—The term ‘com-
bined heat and power system property’ shall not 
include any property comprising a system if 
such system has a capacity in excess of 50 
megawatts or a mechanical energy capacity in 
excess of 67,000 horsepower or an equivalent 
combination of electrical and mechanical energy 
capacities. 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULES.— 
‘‘(A) ENERGY EFFICIENCY PERCENTAGE.— 
For purposes of this subsection, the energy effi-
ciency percentage of a system is the fraction— 
‘‘(i) the numerator of which is the total 
useful electrical, thermal, and mechanical 
power produced by the system at normal 
operating rates, and expected to be con-
sumed in its normal application, and 
‘‘(ii) the denominator of which is the 
lower heating value of the fuel sources for 
the system. 
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or deduction is allowed under any other provision of this 
chapter with respect to such expenses. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For pur-
poses of this section— 
‘‘(1) QUALIFIED
TUITION
AND
RELATED
EX-
PENSES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 
tuition and related expenses’ means tuition and 
fees required for the enrollment or attendance 
of— 
‘‘(i) the taxpayer, 
‘‘(ii) the taxpayer’s spouse, or 
‘‘(iii) any dependent of the taxpayer 
with respect to whom the taxpayer is al-
lowed a deduction under section 151, 
at an eligible educational institution for courses 
of instruction of such individual at such institu-
tion. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR EDUCATION INVOLV-
ING SPORTS, ETC.—Such term does not include 
expenses with respect to any course or other 
education involving sports, games, or hobbies, 
unless such course or other education is part of 
the individual’s degree program. 
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‘‘(C) 
EXCEPTION
FOR
NONACADEMIC 
FEES.—Such term does not include student ac-
tivity fees, athletic fees, insurance expenses, or 
other expenses unrelated to an individual’s aca-
demic course of instruction. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.— 
The term ‘eligible educational institution’ means an 
institution— 
‘‘(A) which is described in section 481 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1088), as in effect on the date of the enactment 
of this section, and 
‘‘(B) which is eligible to participate in a 
program under title IV of such Act. 
‘‘(3) 
UNDERGRADUATE
EDUCATION
EX-
PENSES.—The term ‘undergraduate education ex-
penses’ means the qualified tuition and related ex-
penses paid by the taxpayer during a taxable year 
for an individual enrolled in an undergraduate 
course of study during such taxable year. 
‘‘(4) GRADUATE EDUCATION EXPENSES.—The 
term ‘graduate education expenses’ means the quali-
fied tuition and related expenses paid by the tax-
payer during a taxable year for an individual en-
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Sec. 313.
Payment to Environmental Protection Agency of stipulated penalty 
in connection with Jackson Park Housing Complex, Wash-
ington. 
Subtitle C—Workplace and Depot Issues 
Sec. 321. Increase in threshold amount for contracts for procurement of capital 
assets in advance of availability of working-capital funds for 
the procurement. 
Sec. 322. Authorization of availability of working-capital funds for certain prod-
uct improvements. 
Sec. 323. Authorization of use of working-capital funds for acquisition of cer-
tain items. 
Sec. 324. Modification to public-private competition requirements before conver-
sion to contractor performance. 
Sec. 325. Public-private competition at end of period specified in performance 
agreement not required. 
Sec. 326. Guidelines on insourcing new and contracted out functions. 
Sec. 327. Additional requirements for annual report on public-private competi-
tions. 
Sec. 328. Restriction on Office of Management and Budget influence over De-
partment of Defense public-private competitions. 
Sec. 329. Bid Protests by Federal Employees in actions under Office of Man-
agement Budget Circular A–76. 
Sec. 330. Public-private competition required before conversion to contractor 
performance. 
Sec. 331. Reauthorization and modification of multi-trades demonstration 
project. 
Subtitle D—Extension of Program Authorities 
Sec. 341. Extension of Arsenal Support Program Initiative. 
Sec. 342. Extension of period for reimbursement for helmet pads purchased by 
members of the Armed Forces deployed in contingency oper-
ations. 
Subtitle E—Reports 
Sec. 351. Inclusion of National Guard readiness for civil support missions in 
quarterly personnel and unit readiness report. 
Sec. 352. Plan to improve readiness of active and reserve component ground 
forces. 
Sec. 353. Plan for optimal use of strategic ports by commander of Surface Dis-
tribution and Deployment Command. 
Sec. 354. Independent assessment of Civil Reserve Air Fleet viability. 
Sec. 355. Annual report on prepositioned materiel and equipment. 
Sec. 356. Conditions on relocation of North American Aerospace Defense com-
mand center and related functions from Cheyenne Mountain to 
Peterson Air Force Base. 
Sec. 357. Report on public-private partnerships. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 361. Authority for Department of Defense to provide support for certain 
sporting events.