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clude provisions for financial or other assistance from the 
United States. 
(f) RELATION TO NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.—Not-
withstanding section 10(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1281(c), the Eightmile River shall not be 
administered as part of the National Park System or be 
subject to regulations which govern the National Park 
System. 
(g) LAND MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) ZONING ORDINANCES.—For the purposes of 
the Eightmile River, the zoning ordinances adopted 
by the towns of Salem, East Haddam, and Lyme, 
Connecticut, in effect as of December 8, 2005, in-
cluding provisions for conservation of floodplains, 
wetlands and watercourses associated with the seg-
ments, are deemed to satisfy the standards and re-
quirements of section 6(c) of the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1277(c)). 
(2) ACQUISITION OF LANDS.—The provisions of 
section 6(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act that 
prohibit Federal acquisition of lands by condemna-
tion shall apply to the Eightmile River. The author-
ity of the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands 
for the purpose of managing the Eightmile River as 
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a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
System shall be— 
(A) limited to acquisition by donation or 
acquisition with the consent of the owner of the 
lands; and 
(B) subject to the additional criteria set 
forth in the Eightmile River Watershed Man-
agement Plan. 
(h) WATERSHED APPROACH.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the water-
shed approach to resource preservation and enhance-
ment articulated in the Eightmile River Watershed 
Management Plan, the tributaries of the Eightmile 
River watershed specified in paragraph (2) are rec-
ognized as integral to the protection and enhance-
ment of the Eightmile River and its watershed. 
(2) COVERED
TRIBUTARIES.—Paragraph (1) 
applies with respect to Beaver Brook, Big Brook, 
Burnhams Brook, Cedar Pond Brook, Cranberry 
Meadow Brook, Early Brook, Falls Brook, Fraser 
Brook, Harris Brook, Hedge Brook, Lake Hayward 
Brook, Malt House Brook, Muddy Brook, Ransom 
Brook, Rattlesnake Ledge Brook, Shingle Mill 
Brook, Strongs Brook, Tisdale Brook, Witch Mead-
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ow Brook, and all other perennial streams within the 
Eightmile River watershed. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section and the amendment made 
by subsection (b). 
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that has no local educational agency meeting 
the requirements of clause (i); or 
‘‘(iii) with a total of less than 600 students 
in average daily attendance at the schools that 
are served by the agency and all of whose 
schools are designated with a school locale code 
of 7, as determined by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B)(i) for which there is a high percent-
age of teachers not teaching in the academic 
subjects or grade levels that the teachers were 
trained to teach; or 
‘‘(ii) for which there is a high percentage 
of teachers with emergency, provisional, or tem-
porary certification or licensing. 
‘‘(5) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘poverty line’ 
means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of 
Management and Budget, and revised annually in 
accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) ap-
plicable to a family of the size involved. 
‘‘(6) 
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT.—The 
term ‘professional development’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 9101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801).
‘‘(7) SCIENTIFICALLY
BASED
READING
RE-
SEARCH.—The term ‘scientifically based reading re-
search’ has the meaning given such term in section 
1208 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6368). 
‘‘(8) SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH.—The 
term ‘scientifically based research’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 9101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801). 
‘‘(9) TEACHING
SKILLS.—The term ‘teaching 
skills’ means skills that—
‘‘(A) are based on scientifically based re-
search; 
‘‘(B) enable teachers to effectively convey 
and explain subject matter content; 
‘‘(C) lead to increased student academic 
achievement; and 
‘‘(D) use strategies that—
‘‘(i) are specific to subject matter; 
‘‘(ii) include ongoing assessment of 
student learning; 
‘‘(iii) focus on identification and tai-
loring of academic instruction to students’s 
specific learning needs; and
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4508 
AN ACT 
To provide for an additional temporary extension of pro-
grams under the Small Business Act and the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(iv) focus on classroom management. 
‘‘SEC. 202. STATE GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made available 
under section 210(1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary is 
authorized to award grants under this section, on a com-
petitive basis, to eligible States to enable the eligible 
States to carry out the activities described in subsection 
(d). 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE STATE.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this part, the term ‘eligi-
ble State’ means—
‘‘(A) the Governor of a State; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of a State for which the 
constitution or law of such State designates an-
other individual, entity, or agency in the State 
to be responsible for teacher certification and 
preparation activity, such individual, entity, or 
agency. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—The Governor or the in-
dividual, entity, or agency designated under para-
graph (1)(B) shall consult with the Governor, State 
board of education, State educational agency, State 
agency for higher education, or State agency respon-
sible for early childhood education and programs, as
appropriate, with respect to the activities assisted 
under this section. 
‘‘(3) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed to negate or supersede the 
legal authority under State law of any State agency, 
State entity, or State public official over programs 
that are under the jurisdiction of the agency, entity, 
or official. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an eligible State shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary that—
‘‘(1) meets the requirement of this section; 
‘‘(2) demonstrates that the State is in full com-
pliance with sections 207 and 208; 
‘‘(3) includes a description of how the eligible 
State intends to use funds provided under this sec-
tion; 
‘‘(4) includes measurable objectives for the use 
of the funds provided under the grant; 
‘‘(5) demonstrates the State has submitted and 
is actively implementing a plan that meets the re-
quirements of sections 1111(h)(1)(C)(viii) and 1119 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(1)(C)(viii) and 6319); and
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5057 
To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2008 
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. CONYERS, and Mr. SMITH of 
Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant 
Program. 
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 ‘‘Debbie Smith Reau-
thorization Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE DEBBIE SMITH DNA 
BACKLOG GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination 
Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(3)— 
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‘‘SEC. 2147. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this subtitle: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘advisory council’ means the ad-
visory council established pursuant to section 2145. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘Agency’ means the Agency for 
Vaccine Safety Evaluation. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘assets’ includes contracts, facili-
ties, property, records, unobligated or unexpended 
balances of appropriations, and other funds or re-
sources (other than personnel). 
‘‘(4) The term ‘functions’ includes authorities, 
powers, rights, privileges, immunities, programs, 
projects, activities, duties, and responsibilities. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘licensed vaccine’ means a vac-
cine with a biologics license in effect under section 
351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
262). 
‘‘(6) The term ‘personnel’ means officers and 
employees. 
‘‘(7) The term ‘Project’ means the Vaccine 
Safety Datalink Project. 
‘‘SEC. 2148. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated— 
‘‘(1) for conducting and supporting research 
under this subtitle, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 
2007; and 
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‘‘(2) for carrying out responsibilities under this 
subtitle other than the conduct or support of re-
search, such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2007.’’. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5888 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that an individual 
may file an orphan petition for at least 2 years after approval of an 
advanced processing application. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2006 
Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure 
that an individual may file an orphan petition for at 
least 2 years after approval of an advanced processing 
application. 
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 ‘‘Helping Families 
Adopt Orphans Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE ORPHAN PETITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall ensure that any covered individual may file an 
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orphan petition for at least 2 years after the approval of 
the individual’s advanced processing application. 
(b) FEES AND REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall not require a covered individual 
who timely files an orphan petition to pay any fees or com-
plete any requirements that— 
(1) the individual has already paid or completed 
in conjunction with the advanced processing applica-
tion; or 
(2) are contingent on the amount of time that 
elapses between the approval of the advanced proc-
essing application and the filing of the orphan peti-
tion. 
(c) ADDITIONAL FEES.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall not require any person who was a covered 
individual on the date of enactment of this Act to pay any 
fee for the timely filing of an orphan petition, unless that 
fee was required at the time the advanced processing ap-
plication was approved. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered individual’’ means any 
individual whose advanced processing application 
was approved on or after January 1, 2005. 
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(2) The term ‘‘orphan petition’’ means the Peti-
tion to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative or 
such form that is a successor to that form. 
(3) The term ‘‘advanced processing application’’ 
means the Application for Advance Processing of 
Orphan Petition or such form that is a successor to 
that form. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5889 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt from the harbor 
maintenance tax certain commercial cargo loaded or unloaded at United 
States ports in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2006 
Mrs. JONES of Ohio (for herself and Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt 
from the harbor maintenance tax certain commercial 
cargo loaded or unloaded at United States ports in the 
Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System. 
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 ‘‘Great Lakes Short 
Sea Shipping Enhancement Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN COMMERCIAL CARGO 
FROM THE HARBOR MAINTENANCE TAX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4462 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection 
(i) as subsection (j) and by inserting after subsection (h) 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) EXEMPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
CARGO
TRANS-
PORTED ON THE GREAT LAKES SAINT LAWRENCE SEA-
WAY SYSTEM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No tax shall be imposed 
under section 4461(a) with respect to— 
‘‘(A) commercial cargo (other than bulk 
cargo) loaded at a port in the United States lo-
cated in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Sea-
way System and unloaded at another port in 
the United States located in such system, and 
‘‘(B) commercial cargo (other than bulk 
cargo) unloaded at a port in the United States 
located in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Sea-
way System which was loaded at a port in Can-
ada located in such system. 
‘‘(2) BULK CARGO.—For the purpose of para-
graph (1), the term ‘bulk cargo’ shall have the 
meaning given such term by section 53101(1) of 
title 46, United States Code (as in effect on the date 
of the enactment of this section). 
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‘‘(3) GREAT LAKES SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY 
SYSTEM.—For purposes of this subsection, the term 
‘Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System’ 
means the waterway between Duluth, Minnesota and 
Sept. Iles, Quebec, encompassing the five Great 
Lakes, their connecting channels, and the Saint 
Lawrence River.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
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‘‘(A) the teacher’s annual contribution to 
improving student academic achievement, as 
measured by State academic assessments re-
quired under section 1111(b)(3) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6311(b)(3)); and 
‘‘(B) teacher mastery of the academic sub-
jects they teach, as measured by pre- and post-
participation tests of teacher knowledge, as ap-
propriate. 
‘‘(2) USE OF EVALUATION SYSTEM.—Such eval-
uation system shall be used by the State to evalu-
ate—
‘‘(A) activities carried out using funds pro-
vided under this section; and 
‘‘(B) the quality of its teacher education 
programs. 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC
REPORTING.—The State shall 
make the information described in paragraph (1) 
widely available through public means, such as post-
ing on the Internet, distribution to the media, and 
distribution through public agencies. 
‘‘SEC. 203. PARTNERSHIP GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—From amounts made available under 
section 210(2) for a fiscal year, the Secretary is author-
ized to award grants under this section, on a competitive 
basis, to eligible partnerships to enable the eligible part-
nerships to carry out the activities described in subsections 
(d) and (e). 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIPS.—In this part, 
the term ‘eligible partnership’ means an entity 
that—
‘‘(A) shall include—
‘‘(i) a partner institution; 
‘‘(ii) a school of arts and sciences; 
‘‘(iii) a high-need local educational 
agency; and 
‘‘(iv) a public or private educational 
organization; and 
‘‘(B) may include a Governor, State edu-
cational agency, the State board of education, 
the State agency for higher education, an insti-
tution of higher education not described in sub-
paragraph (A), a public charter school, a public 
or private elementary school or secondary 
school, a public or private educational organiza-
tion, a business, a science-, mathematics-, or 
technology-oriented entity, a faith-based or 
community organization, a prekindergarten pro-
gram, a teacher organization, an education 
service agency, a consortia of local educational 
agencies, or a nonprofit telecommunications en-
tity. 
‘‘(2) PARTNER INSTITUTION.—In this section, 
the term ‘partner institution’ means an institution of 
higher education, the teacher training program of 
which demonstrates that—
‘‘(A) graduates from the teacher training 
program exhibit strong performance on State-
determined qualifying assessments for new 
teachers through—
‘‘(i) demonstrating that the graduates 
of the program who intend to enter the 
field of teaching have passed all of the ap-
plicable State qualification assessments for 
new teachers, which shall include an as-
sessment of each prospective teacher’s sub-
ject matter knowledge in the content area 
or areas in which the teacher intends to 
teach; or 
‘‘(ii) being ranked among the highest-
performing teacher preparation programs 
in the State as determined by the State—
(A) by striking subparagraphs (A) through 
(D); 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 
subparagraph (A); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
(as so redesignated) the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(B) For each of the fiscal years 2010 
through 2014, not less than 40 percent of the 
grant amounts shall be awarded for purposes 
under subsection (a)(2) of this section.’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (j) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 
for grants under subsection (a) of this section 
$151,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 
2014.’’. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 588
To take certain steps toward recognition by the United States of Jerusalem 
as the capital of Israel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2005
Mr. REYNOLDS (for himself, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of 
Florida, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 
HOLDEN, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. KIRK, Mr. LINDER, Mrs. 
MCCARTHY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. 
PALLONE, Mr. PORTER, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 
SHADEGG, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. TERRY, and Mr. 
WAMP) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on International Relations 
A BILL 
To take certain steps toward recognition by the United 
States of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING JERU-
SALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL. 
(a) LIMITATION ON OPERATION OF CONSULATE IN 
JERUSALEM.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the United States shall not operate a United States
consulate or diplomatic facility in Jerusalem, Israel, unless 
such consulate or diplomatic facility is under the super-
vision of the United States Ambassador to Israel. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION OF JERUSALEM AS THE CAP-
ITAL
OF ISRAEL
IN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT DOCU-
MENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
official document of the United States Government which 
lists countries and their capital cities shall identify Jeru-
salem as the capital of Israel. 
(c) RECORD OF PLACE OF BIRTH AS ISRAEL FOR 
PASSPORT PURPOSES.—For purposes of the registration 
of birth, certification of nationality, or issuance of a pass-
port of a United States citizen born in the city of Jeru-
salem, the Secretary of State shall, upon the request of 
the citizen or the citizen’s legal guardian, record the place 
of birth as Israel.
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‘‘(I) using criteria consistent with 
the requirements for the State report 
card under section 207(a); and 
‘‘(II) using the State report card 
on teacher preparation required under 
section 207(a); or 
‘‘(B) the teacher training program requires 
all the students of the program to participate in 
intensive clinical experience, to meet high aca-
demic standards, and—
‘‘(i) in the case of secondary school 
candidates, to successfully complete an 
academic major in the subject area in 
which the candidate intends to teach or to 
demonstrate competence through a high 
level of performance in relevant content 
areas; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of elementary school 
candidates, to successfully complete an 
academic major in the arts and sciences or 
to demonstrate competence through a high 
level of performance in core academic sub-
ject areas. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—Each eligible partnership desir-
ing a grant under this section shall submit an application
to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accom-
panied by such information as the Secretary may require. 
Each such application shall—
‘‘(1) contain a needs assessment of all the part-
ners with respect to teaching and learning and a de-
scription of how the partnership will coordinate with 
other teacher training or professional development 
programs, and how the activities of the partnership 
will be consistent with State, local, and other edu-
cation reform activities that promote student aca-
demic achievement; 
‘‘(2) contain a resource assessment that de-
scribes the resources available to the partnership, 
the intended use of the grant funds, including a de-
scription of how the grant funds will be used in ac-
cordance with subsection (f), and the commitment of 
the resources of the partnership to the activities as-
sisted under this part, including financial support, 
faculty participation, time commitments, and con-
tinuation of the activities when the grant ends; 
‘‘(3) contain a description of—
‘‘(A) how the partnership will meet the 
purposes of this part;
‘‘(B) how the partnership will carry out 
the activities required under subsection (d) and 
any permissible activities under subsection (e); 
‘‘(C) the partnership’s evaluation plan pur-
suant to section 206(b); 
‘‘(D) how faculty of the teacher prepara-
tion program at the partner institution will 
serve, over the term of the grant, with highly 
qualified teachers in the classrooms of the high-
need local educational agency included in the 
partnership; 
‘‘(E) how the partnership will ensure that 
teachers, principals, and superintendents in pri-
vate elementary and secondary schools located 
in the geographic areas served by an eligible 
partnership under this section will participate 
equitably in accordance with section 9501 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7881); 
‘‘(F) how the partnership will design and 
implement a clinical program component that 
includes close supervision of student teachers by 
faculty of the teacher preparation program at 
the partner institution and mentor teachers;