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HR 1106 RFS 
‘‘(y) AUCTIONS.—The Secretary, with the concur-
rence of the Board, shall, if feasible, establish a structure 
and organize procedures for an auction to refinance eligi-
ble mortgages on a wholesale or bulk basis.’’. 
(b) REDUCING TARP FUNDS TO OFFSET COSTS OF 
PROGRAM CHANGES.—Paragraph (3) of section 115(a) of 
the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 
U.S.C. 5225) is amended by inserting ‘‘, as such amount 
is 
reduced 
by 
$2,316,000,000,’’ 
after 
‘‘$700,000,000,000’’. 
SEC. 203. REQUIREMENTS FOR FHA-APPROVED MORTGA-
GEES. 
(a) MORTGAGEE REVIEW BOARD.—Paragraph (2) of 
section 202(c) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1708(c)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(3) by striking subparagraph (G). 
(b) LIMITATIONS
ON PARTICIPATION
AND MORT-
GAGEE APPROVAL AND USE OF NAME.—Section 202 of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1708) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and 
(f) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS ON PARTICIPATION IN ORIGINA-
TION AND MORTGAGEE APPROVAL.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Any person or entity 
that is not approved by the Secretary to serve as a 
mortgagee, as such term is defined in subsection 
(c)(7), shall not participate in the origination of an 
FHA-insured loan except as authorized by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY FOR APPROVAL.—In order to 
be eligible for approval by the Secretary, an appli-
cant mortgagee shall not be, and shall not have any 
officer, partner, director, principal, manager, super-
visor, loan processor, loan underwriter, or loan origi-
nator of the applicant mortgagee who is— 
‘‘(A) currently suspended, debarred, under 
a limited denial of participation (LDP), or oth-
erwise restricted under part 24 or 25 of title 24 
of the Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc-
cessor regulations to such parts, or under simi-
lar provisions of any other Federal agency; 
‘‘(B) under indictment for, or has been 
convicted of, an offense that reflects adversely 
upon the applicant’s integrity, competence or 
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SEC. 2. GRANTS TO EDUCATE AMERICANS ABOUT THE 
PRINCIPLES OF NONVIOLENCE. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Attorney General, may make 
grants to eligible entities to prevent or alleviate the effects 
of community violence by providing education, mentoring, 
counseling to youth regarding the principles and applica-
tion of nonviolence in conflict resolution. 
(b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that 
agree to use the grant in 1 or more eligible urban, rural, 
Tribal, and suburban communities that can certify— 
(1) an increase in community, especially youth 
violence; and 
(2) lack the monetary or other resources to ad-
dress violence prevention. 
(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not make a 
grant to an eligible entity under this section unless the 
entity agrees to use not more than 40 percent of such 
grant for nonviolence-prevention education and program 
development. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a State or 
local government entity, educational institution, non-
profit, or faith-based organization. 
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services. 
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(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years from 2009 through 
2014. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5638 
To amend title 35, United States Code, to create an exception from infringe-
ment for certain component parts used to repair another article of 
manufacture. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 13, 2008 
Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 35, United States Code, to create an excep-
tion from infringement for certain component parts used 
to repair another article of manufacture. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXCEPTION FROM INFRINGEMENT FOR CER-
TAIN COMPONENT PARTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 271 of title 35, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(j) It shall not be an act of infringement to make, 
use, offer to sell, or sell within the United States or import 
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into the United States any article of manufacture that 
itself constitutes a component part of another article of 
manufacture, if the sole purpose of the component part 
is for the repair of the article of manufacture of which 
it is a part so as to restore its original appearance.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) applies to acts done on or after March 13, 
2008. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5641 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit hardship loans 
from certain individual retirement plans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2008 
Mr. MCCOTTER (for himself and Mr. PAUL) 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 permit 
hardship loans from certain individual retirement plans. 
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 ‘‘IRA Assistance Act 
of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. HARDSHIP LOANS FROM CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL RE-
TIREMENT PLANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 72(t) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
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‘‘(H) HARDSHIP LOANS FROM CERTAIN IN-
DIVIDUAL RETIREMENT PLANS.— 
‘‘(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—Any 
qualified 
hardship loan. 
‘‘(ii) QUALIFIED
HARDSHIP
LOAN.— 
For purposes of this subparagraph, the 
term ‘qualified hardship loan’ means any 
distribution to an individual from a quali-
fied individual retirement plan of such in-
dividual upon hardship of such individual 
(within 
the 
meaning 
of 
section 
401(k)(2)(B)(i)(IV)) if one or more con-
tributions to a qualified individual retire-
ment plan of such individual in an aggre-
gate amount equal to such distribution are 
made during the 5-year period beginning 
on the date of such distribution. 
‘‘(iii) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL RETIRE-
MENT PLAN.—For purposes of this sub-
paragraph, the term ‘qualified individual 
retirement plan’ means an individual re-
tirement plan other than a Roth IRA. 
‘‘(iv) LIMITATION
ON
AMOUNT
OF 
LOAN.—Such term shall not include any 
loan unless the amount of such loan (when 
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for purposes of this chapter as an American em-
ployer with respect to such services performed by 
such employee. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) The term ‘domestically controlled 
group of entities’ means a controlled group of 
entities the common parent of which is a do-
mestic corporation. 
‘‘(ii) The term ‘controlled group of entities’ 
means a controlled group of corporations as de-
fined in section 1563(a)(1) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986, except that— 
‘‘(I) ‘more than 50 percent’ shall be 
substituted for ‘at least 80 percent’ each 
place it appears therein, and 
‘‘(II) the determination shall be made 
without regard to subsections (a)(4) and 
(b)(2) of section 1563 of such Code. 
A partnership or any other entity (other than a 
corporation) shall be treated as a member of a 
controlled group of entities if such entity is con-
trolled (within the meaning of section 954(d)(3) 
of such Code) by members of such group (in-
cluding any entity treated as a member of such 
group by reason of this sentence).’’. 
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added to the outstanding balance of all 
other hardship loans from Qualified indi-
vidual retirement plans of such individual) 
does not exceed $50,000. 
‘‘(v) TREATMENT
OF
RECONTRIBU-
TIONS.—In the case of any contribution to 
a qualified individual retirement plan taken 
into account under clause (ii)— 
‘‘(I) the dollar limitations other-
wise applicable to contributions to 
qualified individual retirement plans 
shall not apply to such contribution, 
and 
‘‘(II) no deduction shall be al-
lowed for such contribution. 
‘‘(vi) FAILURE
TO
REPAY.—In the 
case of a failure to make the aggregate 
amount of contributions described in clause 
(ii) during the 5-year period described 
therein, the penalty determined under 
paragraph (1) shall be imposed for the tax-
able year in which such 5-year period ends 
in lieu of the taxable year in which the dis-
tribution was made.’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to distributions made after the 6- 
month period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
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SEC. 2. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN NUMERICAL LIMITA-
TION. 
Notwithstanding section 214(g)(1)(A)(vii) of the Im-
migration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1184(g)(1)(A)(vii)), the total number of aliens who may 
be issued visas or otherwise provided nonimmigrant status 
under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)) during fiscal years 2008 and 2009 
is 195,000. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2762 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the exception 
from the treatment of publicly traded partnerships as corporations for 
partnerships with passive-type income shall not apply to partnerships 
directly or indirectly deriving income from providing investment adviser 
and related asset management services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2009 
Mr. WELCH 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 
that the exception from the treatment of publicly traded 
partnerships as corporations for partnerships with pas-
sive-type income shall not apply to partnerships directly 
or indirectly deriving income from providing investment 
adviser and related asset management services. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SEC. 3. HUNTING ON FEDERAL LAND. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to re-
quire that hunting activities be a land use in all manage-
ment plans for Federal land to the extent that such use 
is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the 
Federal land is managed. 
(b) HUNTING ALLOWED UNLESS INCOMPATIBLE.— 
When developing or considering approval of a manage-
ment plan (or any amendment to such a management 
plan) for any Federal land, the head of the agency with 
jurisdiction over such Federal land shall ensure that hunt-
ing activities are allowed as a use of such land to the ex-
tent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the pur-
poses for which the Federal land is managed. 
(c) PUBLICATION OF REASONS FOR NOT ALLOWING 
HUNTING.—If hunting activities are not allowed or are re-
stricted on Federal land, the head of the agency with juris-
diction over such Federal land shall include in the man-
agement plan for that Federal land the specific reason 
that hunting activities are not allowed or are restricted. 
Allowing contract or quota thinning of wildlife shall not 
constitute allowing unrestricted hunting. For the purposes 
of this subsection, a fee charged by any entity related to 
hunting activities on Federal land under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary that is in excess of that needed to recoup 
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costs of management of the Federal land shall be deemed 
to be a restriction on hunting. 
(d) FEES.—Fees charged related to hunting activities 
on Federal land shall be— 
(1) retained by the head of the agency with ju-
risdiction over such Federal land to offset costs di-
rectly related to management of hunting on the Fed-
eral land upon which hunting activities related to the 
fee are conducted; and 
(2) limited to what the Secretary reasonably es-
timates to be necessary to offset costs directly re-
lated to management of hunting on the Federal land 
upon which hunting activities related to the fee are 
conducted. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) HUNTING.—The term ‘‘hunting’’ includes 
hunting, trapping, netting, and fishing. 
(2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ shall include a management plan, man-
agement contract, or other comprehensive plan for 
the management or use of Federal land. 
(f) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply to all 
management plans developed, approved, or amended after 
the date of the enactment of this section. 
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Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(b)(3)(E)(ii)) is amended by striking 
‘‘5-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘8-year period’’. 
(c) FDIC AND NCUA BORROWING AUTHORITY.— 
(1) FDIC.—Section 14(a) of the Federal De-
posit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1824(a)) is amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$30,000,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$100,000,000,000’’. 
(2) NCUA.—Section 203(d)(1) of the Federal 
Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1783(d)(1)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘$100,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$6,000,000,000’’. 
(d) EXPANDING SYSTEMIC RISK SPECIAL ASSESS-
MENTS.—Section 13(c)(4)(G)(ii) of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1823(c)(4)(G)(ii)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) REPAYMENT OF LOSS.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Corpora-
tion shall recover the loss to the De-
posit Insurance Fund arising from 
any action taken or assistance pro-
vided with respect to an insured de-
pository institution under clause (i) 
from 1 or more special assessments on 
insured depository institutions, deposi-
tory institution holding companies 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5652 
To direct the United States Sentencing Commission to make certain changes 
in the Sentencing Guidelines as they affect certain human trafficking offenses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2008 
Mr. PEARCE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the United States Sentencing Commission to make 
certain changes in the Sentencing Guidelines as they 
affect certain human trafficking offenses. 
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 ‘‘Child Sexual Slavery 
Prevention Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. DIRECTION TO SENTENCING COMMISSION. 
The United States Sentencing Commission shall, pur-
suant to its authority under section 994 of title 28, United 
States Code, amend the Federal sentencing guidelines and 
policy statements so as to achieve the following: 
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(1) In section 2H4.1— 
(A) so as to increase the base levels in 
each of subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) by 4 lev-
els; 
(B) so as to add a special offense char-
acteristic based on the age of the victim if that 
age is under 18 years, and increase the base 
levels by 6 for that characteristic; and 
(C) so as to add a special offense char-
acteristic increasing the penalties by 4 levels if 
the intent of the defendant was to enslave the 
victim for the purpose of sexual acts. 
(2) In section 2L1.1— 
(A) so as to increase the base level in sub-
section (a)(3) by 8 levels; 
(B) so as to add a special offense char-
acteristic based on the age of the victim if that 
age is under 18 years, and increase the base 
levels by 6 for that characteristic; and 
(C) so as to add a special offense char-
acteristic increasing the penalties by 6 levels if 
the intent of the defendant was to enslave the 
victim for the purpose of sexual acts. 
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(3) In section 2G1.3, so as to increase all the 
base levels in subsection (a) by 3 levels. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5653 
To reduce temporarily the duty on certain isotopic separation machinery 
and apparatus, and parts thereof, for use in the construction of an 
isotopic separation facility in southern New Mexico. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2008 
Mr. PEARCE (for himself, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, and Mrs. WILSON of 
New Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To reduce temporarily the duty on certain isotopic separation 
machinery and apparatus, and parts thereof, for use 
in the construction of an isotopic separation facility in 
southern New Mexico. 
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. CERTAIN ISOTOPIC MACHINERY AND APPA-
RATUS, AND PARTS THEREOF, FOR USE IN 
THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ISOTROPIC SEPA-
RATION FACILITY IN SOUTHERN NEW MEX-
ICO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading: 
‘‘ 
9902.84.05 
Isotopic separation machinery 
and apparatus, and parts 
thereof, for use in the con-
struction of an isotopic sepa-
ration facility located in 
southern New Mexico known 
as the ‘‘National Enrichment 
Facility’’ (provided for in 
subheading 8401.20.00) ........
2.2% 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2011
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5656 
To repeal a requirement with respect to the procurement and acquisition 
of alternative fuels. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2008 
Mr. HENSARLING (for himself and Mr. CONAWAY) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform 
A BILL 
To repeal a requirement with respect to the procurement 
and acquisition of alternative fuels. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPEAL. 
Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17142) is repealed. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5657 
To clarify the authority of States to use funds as the non-Federal share 
of Medicaid expenditures for certain regional medical centers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2008 
Mr. COHEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To clarify the authority of States to use funds as the non- 
Federal share of Medicaid expenditures for certain re-
gional medical centers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF STATE AU-
THORITY TO USE FUNDS AS THE NON-FED-
ERAL SHARE OF MEDICAID EXPENDITURES 
FOR CERTAIN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in section 1903(w) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(w)) shall be con-
strued by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
as prohibiting a State’s use of funds as the non-Federal 
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share of expenditures under title XIX of such Act where 
such funds are transferred from or certified by a publicly- 
owned regional medical center located in another State 
and described in subsection (b), so long as the Secretary 
determines that such use of funds is proper and in the 
interest of the program under title XIX. 
(b) CENTER DESCRIBED.—A center described in this 
subsection is a publicly-owned regional medical center 
that— 
(1) provides level 1 trauma and burn care serv-
ices; 
(2) provides level 3 neonatal care services; 
(3) is obligated to serve all patients, regardless 
of ability to pay; 
(4) is located within a Standard Metropolitan 
Statistical Area (SMSA) that includes at least 3 
States; 
(5) provides services as a tertiary care provider 
for patients residing within a 125-mile radius; and 
(6) meets the criteria for a disproportionate 
share hospital under section 1923 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396r–4) in at least one State other than the 
State in which the center is located. 
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