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after the date of receipt of the 
application— 
‘‘(AA) 
determine 
whether the ballast water 
treatment system covered by 
the application meets the re-
quirements 
of 
this 
sub-
section, as appropriate; 
‘‘(BB) approve or dis-
approve the application; and 
‘‘(CC) provide the ap-
plicant written notice of ap-
proval or disapproval. 
‘‘(II) LIMITATIONS.—An applica-
tion approved under subclause (I) 
shall— 
‘‘(aa) be qualified with any 
limitations relating to voyage 
pattern, duration, or any other 
characteristic that may affect the 
effectiveness 
or 
environmental 
soundness of the ballast water 
treatment system covered by the 
application, as determined by the 
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H. R. 1343—3 
(iv) types of technical assistance and resources 
provided to community health centers that may facili-
tate the implementation of quality improvement inter-
ventions; 
(v) proposed or adopted methodologies for commu-
nity health center evaluations of quality improvement 
interventions, including any development of new meas-
ures that are tailored to safety-net, community-based 
providers; 
(vi) successful strategies for sustaining quality 
improvement interventions in the long-term; and 
(vii) partnerships with other Federal agencies and 
private organizations or networks as appropriate, to 
enhance health care quality in community health cen-
ters. 
(C) DISSEMINATION.—The Administrator of the Health 
Resources and Services Administration shall establish a 
formal mechanism or mechanisms for the ongoing dissemi-
nation of agency initiatives, best practices, and other 
information that may assist health care quality improve-
ment efforts in community health centers. 
(4) GAO STUDY ON INTEGRATED HEALTH SYSTEMS MODEL 
FOR THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO MEDICALLY 
UNDERSERVED AND UNINSURED POPULATIONS.— 
(A) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study on integrated health system 
models of at least 15 sites for the delivery of health care 
services to medically underserved and uninsured popu-
lations. The study shall include an examination of— 
(i) health care delivery models sponsored by public 
or private non-profit entities that— 
(I) integrate primary, specialty, and acute 
care; and 
(II) serve medically underserved and unin-
sured populations; and 
(ii) such models in rural and urban areas. 
(B) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall submit to Congress a report on 
the study conducted under subparagraph (A). The report 
shall include— 
(i) an evaluation of the models, as described in 
subparagraph (A), in— 
(I) expanding access to primary, preventive, 
and specialty services for medically underserved 
and uninsured populations; and 
(II) improving care coordination and health 
outcomes; 
(III) increasing efficiency in the delivery of 
quality health care; and 
(IV) conducting some combination of the fol-
lowing services— 
(aa) outreach activities; 
(bb) case management and patient naviga-
tion services; 
(cc) chronic care management;
Secretary in consultation with 
the Administrator; 
‘‘(bb) be applicable to a spe-
cific vessel or group of vessels, as 
determined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(cc) be valid for the least 
of— 
‘‘(AA) the expected use-
ful life of the ballast water 
treatment system; 
‘‘(BB) 10 years; or 
‘‘(CC) such period of 
time for which the Secretary 
or Administrator (as appro-
priate) 
determines 
that 
(based on available informa-
tion, including information 
developed pursuant to para-
graph (6)(B)(iii)) there ex-
ists a serious deficiency in 
performance 
or 
environ-
mental soundness of the sys-
tem relative to anticipated 
performance 
or 
environ-
mental soundness; and 
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‘‘(dd) be renewed if— 
‘‘(AA) the Secretary de-
termines that the ballast 
water treatment system re-
mains in compliance with 
applicable standards as of 
the date of application for 
renewal; or 
‘‘(BB) the remaining 
useful life of the vessel is 
less than 10 years. 
‘‘(6) EXPERIMENTAL APPROVAL FOR BALLAST 
WATER TREATMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The owner or operator 
of a vessel may submit to the Secretary an ap-
plication to test or evaluate a promising ballast 
water treatment technology that— 
‘‘(i) has the potential to achieve the 
standards required under paragraph (3); 
and 
‘‘(ii) is likely to achieve a minimum 
performance that is the same as or more 
stringent than a standard required under 
paragraph (3)(C)(ii), as applicable. 
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‘‘(B) APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall ap-
prove an application under subparagraph (A) 
if— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary and the Adminis-
trator determine that the treatment tech-
nologies have the potential to achieve the 
standards required under paragraph (3); 
and 
‘‘(ii) the Administrator determines, 
based on independent and peer-reviewed 
information provided to the Secretary by 
the owner or operator of the vessel or 
other applicable parties, that the treatment 
technologies— 
‘‘(I) comply with environmental 
requirements (including regulations); 
and 
‘‘(II) have the potential to meet 
environmental soundness criteria es-
tablished under paragraph (8)(A)(i). 
‘‘(C) WAIVER.—If the Secretary approves 
an application under subparagraph (B), the 
Secretary and the Administrator may waive the 
requirements under subsection (a)(4)(A) with 
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‘‘(D) provides paid release time for men-
tors; 
‘‘(E) provides mentoring to each mentee by 
a colleague who teaches in the same field, 
grade, or subject as the mentee; 
‘‘(F) promotes empirically based practice 
of, and scientifically valid research on, where 
applicable— 
‘‘(i) teaching and learning; 
‘‘(ii) assessment of student learning; 
‘‘(iii) the development of teaching 
skills through the use of instructional and 
behavioral interventions; and 
‘‘(iv) the improvement of the mentees’ 
capacity to measurably advance student 
learning; and 
‘‘(G) includes— 
‘‘(i) common planning time or regu-
larly scheduled collaboration for the men-
tor and mentee; and 
‘‘(ii) joint professional development 
opportunities. 
‘‘(5) TEACHING
RESIDENCY
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘teaching residency program’ means a school-
and the elimination of health disparities among their 
patients. 
(13) Congress established the health centers 
program as a unique public-private partnership, and 
has continued to provide direct funding to commu-
nity organizations for the development and operation 
of health centers systems that address pressing local 
health needs and meet national performance stand-
ards. 
(14) Federal grants assist participating commu-
nities in finding partners and recruiting doctors and 
other health professionals. 
(15) Federal grants constitute, on average, 24 
percent of the annual budget of such health centers, 
with the remainder provided by State and local gov-
ernments, Medicare, Medicaid, private contributions, 
private insurance, and patient fees. 
(16) Reauthorizing the health centers program 
for 5 years will strengthen and expand health cen-
ters in order to put them on a path to become the 
health care home for nearly 30 million patients 
served by the year 2015, creating further systemic 
savings and a healthier Nation. 
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SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR HEALTH CENTERS PROGRAM. 
Section 330(r) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 254b(r)) is amended by amending paragraph (1) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For the purpose of car-
rying out this section, in addition to the amounts 
authorized to be appropriated under subsection (d), 
there 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$2,188,745,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2008, 
$2,451,394,400 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2009, 
$2,757,818,700 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2010, 
$3,116,335,131 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2011, 
and 
$3,537,040,374 for fiscal year 2012.’’. 
Æ 
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respect to the vessel that is subject to the appli-
cation approved. 
‘‘(D) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) PERIOD OF TESTING.—Testing of 
the treatment system approved under this 
section may cease prior to the termination 
of the approval period described in clause 
(ii). 
‘‘(ii) PERIOD
OF
APPROVAL.—Ap-
proval granted under subparagraph (B) 
shall be for the least of— 
‘‘(I) the expected useful life of 
the ballast water treatment system; 
‘‘(II) a period of 10 years; or 
‘‘(III) a period ending on the 
date that the Secretary and Adminis-
trator (as appropriate) determines 
that there exists a serious deficiency 
in performance or human safety or 
environmental soundness of the sys-
tem relative to anticipated perform-
ance or environmental soundness. 
‘‘(iii) INFORMATION.—As a condition 
of receiving experimental approval for a 
treatment under subparagraph (B), the 
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mains of teaching, which may include the 
following: 
‘‘(I) Planning and preparation, 
including demonstrated knowledge of 
content, pedagogy, and assessment, 
including the use of formative assess-
ments to improve student learning. 
‘‘(II) 
Appropriate 
instruction 
that engages students with different 
learning styles, including students 
with disabilities. 
‘‘(III) Collaboration with col-
leagues to improve instruction. 
‘‘(IV) Analysis of gains in stu-
dent learning, based on multiple 
measures, that, when feasible, may in-
clude valid and reliable objective 
measures of the influence of teachers 
on the rate of student academic 
progress. 
‘‘(V) In the case of mentor can-
didates who will be mentoring current 
or future literacy and mathematics 
coaches or instructors, appropriate 
skills in the essential components of
owner or operator of a vessel shall agree to 
collect and report such information regard-
ing the operational and biological effective-
ness of the treatment through sampling of 
the intake and discharge ballast as the 
Secretary may request. 
‘‘(iv) 
RENEWAL.—An 
experimental 
approval may be renewed in accordance 
with paragraph (5)(F)(ii). 
‘‘(7) INCENTIVES FOR USE OF TREATMENT SYS-
TEMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, the 
Secretary of Transportation, and the Adminis-
trator shall assist owners or operators of vessels 
that seek to obtain experimental approval for 
installation of ballast water treatment systems, 
including through providing guidance on— 
‘‘(i) a sampling protocol and test pro-
gram for cost effective treatment evalua-
tion; 
‘‘(ii) sources of sampling equipment 
and field biological expertise; and 
‘‘(iii) examples of shipboard evalua-
tion studies. 
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‘‘(B) SELECTION OF TECHNOLOGIES AND 
PRACTICES.—In 
selecting 
technologies 
and 
practices for shipboard demonstration under 
section 1104(b), the Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of Commerce shall give pri-
ority consideration to technologies and practices 
that have received or are in the process of re-
ceiving certification under paragraph (5). 
‘‘(C) ANNUAL SUMMARIES.—The Secretary 
shall annually summarize, and make available 
to interested parties, all available information 
on the performance of technologies proposed for 
ballast treatment to facilitate the application 
process for experimental approval for ballast 
water treatment under paragraph (6). 
‘‘(8) ENVIRONMENTAL
SOUNDNESS
CRITERIA 
FOR BALLAST TREATMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
shall include in criteria promulgated under sec-
tion 1202(k)(1)(A) specific criteria— 
‘‘(i) to ensure environmental sound-
ness of ballast treatment systems; and 
‘‘(ii) to grant environmental sound-
ness exceptions under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.— 
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reading instruction, teacher training 
in literacy instructional strategies 
across core subject areas, and teacher 
training in mathematics instructional 
strategies, as appropriate. 
‘‘(v) Grouping of teaching residents in 
cohorts to facilitate professional collabora-
tion among such residents. 
‘‘(vi) The development of admissions 
goals and priorities aligned with the hiring 
objectives of the local educational agency 
partnering with the program, as well as 
the instructional initiatives and curriculum 
of the agency, in exchange for a commit-
ment by the agency to hire graduates from 
the teaching residency program. 
‘‘(vii) Support for residents, once the 
teaching residents are hired as teachers of 
record, through an induction program, pro-
fessional development, and networking op-
portunities 
to 
support 
the 
residents 
through not less than the residents’ first 2 
years of teaching. 
‘‘(viii) Admission goals and priorities 
which may include consideration of appli-
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6387 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 337 West Clark Street in Eureka, California, 
as the ‘‘Sam Sacco Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
application for the U.S. label drug be-
yond— 
‘‘(aa) the variations provided 
for in the application; and 
‘‘(bb) any difference in label-
ing (except ingredient labeling). 
‘‘(ii) INFORMATION
IN
NOTICE.—A 
notice under clause (i)(I) shall include the 
information that the Secretary may require 
under section 506A, any additional infor-
mation the Secretary may require (which 
may include data on bioequivalence if such 
data are not required under section 506A), 
and, with respect to the permitted country 
that approved the qualifying drug for com-
mercial distribution, or with respect to 
which such approval is sought, include the 
following: 
‘‘(I) The date on which the quali-
fying drug with such difference was, 
or will be, introduced for commercial 
distribution in the permitted country. 
‘‘(II) Information demonstrating 
that the person submitting the notice 
has also notified the government of 
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Union Calendar No. 293
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4246
[Report No. 103–526]
A BILL
To authorize expenditures for fiscal year 1995 for
the operation and maintenance of the Panama
Canal, and for other purposes.
MAY 24, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
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‘‘(iii) three-phase motors. 
‘‘(G) For all interior lights, use light sources 
with an efficacy of 40 lumens per watt or more, in-
cluding ballast losses (if any). Light sources with an 
efficacy of 40 lumens per watt or less, including bal-
last losses (if any), may be used in conjunction with 
a timer or device that turns off the lights within 15 
minutes of when the walk-in cooler or walk-in freez-
er is not occupied. 
‘‘(2) Each walk-in cooler or walk-in freezer with 
transparent reach-in doors manufactured on or after Jan-
uary 1, 2009, shall also meet the following specifications: 
‘‘(A) Transparent reach-in doors and windows 
in walk-in doors for walk-in freezers shall be of tri-
ple-pane glass with either heat-reflective treated 
glass or gas fill. 
‘‘(B) Transparent reach-in doors for walk-in 
coolers and windows in walk-in doors shall be ei-
ther— 
‘‘(i) double-pane glass with heat-reflective 
treated glass and gas fill; or 
‘‘(ii) triple pane glass with either heat-re-
flective treated glass or gas fill. 
‘‘(C) If the appliance has an antisweat heater 
without antisweat heat controls, then the appliance 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3985 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transpor-
tation to register a person providing transportation by an over-the- 
road bus as a motor carrier of passengers only if the person is willing 
and able to comply with certain accessibility requirements in addition 
to other existing requirements, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 29, 2007 
Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. MICA, and Mr. DUNCAN) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Transportation to register a person providing 
transportation by an over-the-road bus as a motor carrier 
of passengers only if the person is willing and able to 
comply with certain accessibility requirements in addition 
to other existing requirements, 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 ‘‘Over-the-Road Bus 
Transportation Accessibility Act of 2007’’. 
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consistent with the screening requirements pro-
mulgated under subsection (f), that the species 
has a high or moderate probability of undesir-
able impacts on areas within the boundaries of 
the United States and contiguous areas of 
neighboring countries to which the species may 
spread. 
‘‘(3) MULTIPLE JURISDICTION.—If more than 1 
agency has jurisdiction over the importation of a live 
organism, the agencies shall conduct only 1 screen-
ing process as determined by a memorandum of un-
derstanding consistent with subsection (f), except 
that the Secretary of Agriculture, shall conduct 
screening of organisms imported to be cultured. 
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS.—A Federal agency of jurisdic-
tion, or the Director, shall— 
‘‘(1) restrict or prohibit the importation into 
the United States from outside the United States of 
any species that is described in subsection (c)(1); 
‘‘(2) prohibit the importation of any species de-
scribed in subsection (c)(2), unless the importation 
is for the sole purpose of research that is conducted 
in accordance with section 1202(f)(2); and 
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‘‘(3) make a determination under this sub-
section not later than 60 days after receiving a re-
quest for permission to import a live aquatic species. 
‘‘(f) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall enter into a 
memorandum of understanding with the heads of 
the agencies of jurisdiction regarding the screening 
requirements contained in this section. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The memorandum of under-
standing shall contain, at a minimum— 
‘‘(A) a description of the relationship be-
tween and responsibilities of the agencies of ju-
risdiction, including a process designating a 
lead agency in cases in which multiple agencies 
may have jurisdiction over the screening of an 
aquatic species; 
‘‘(B) the process by which the Director will 
delegate screening duties to and receive delega-
tion from other agencies of jurisdiction; and 
‘‘(C) the process by which agencies of ju-
risdiction will coordinate and share information 
required for the screening process. 
‘‘(g) DELEGATION TO DIRECTOR.—Any agency with 
authority over the planned importation of a live aquatic 
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SEC. 2. REGISTRATION OF MOTOR CARRIERS OF PAS-
SENGERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13902(a)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B)(iii); 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (D); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) the accessibility requirements estab-
lished by the Secretary under subpart H of part 
37 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
such successor regulations to those accessibility 
requirements as the Secretary may issue, for 
transportation provided by an over-the-road 
bus; and’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Sections 
13902(a)(5) and 13905(d)(1)(A) of such title are each 
amended by inserting after ‘‘Board’’ the following: ‘‘(in-
cluding the accessibility requirements established by the 
Secretary under subpart H of part 37 of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations, or such successor regulations to 
those accessibility requirements as the Secretary may 
issue, for transportation provided by an over-the-road 
bus)’’. 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 279 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3985 
[Report No. 110–456] 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transpor-
tation to register a person providing transportation by an over-the- 
road bus as a motor carrier of passengers only if the person is willing 
and able to comply with certain accessibility requirements in addition 
to other existing requirements, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 29, 2007 
Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. MICA, and Mr. DUNCAN) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure 
NOVEMBER 15, 2007 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Transportation to register a person providing 
transportation by an over-the-road bus as a motor carrier 
of passengers only if the person is willing and able to 
comply with certain accessibility requirements in addition 
to other existing requirements, and for other purposes. 
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