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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4451 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a competitive grant 
program for research on preventing, treating, and finding the cure for 
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2007 
Mr. STEARNS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a com-
petitive grant program for research on preventing, treat-
ing, and finding the cure for Methicillin Resistant Staph-
ylococcus Aureus. 
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 ‘‘MRSA Research and 
Study Act of 2007’’. 
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the analysis of the Department and pro-
vide opportunity for written comment. 
‘‘(iii) FINAL RULE.—Not later than 3 
years after a positive determination under 
clause (i), the Secretary shall publish a 
final rule amending the standard for the 
product.’’. 
(d) TEST PROCEDURES.—Section 343(a) of the En-
ergy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6313(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘(a)’’ and all that follows through 
the end of paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) PRESCRIPTION
BY
SECRETARY; REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) TEST PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(A) AMENDMENT.—At least once every 7 
years, the Secretary shall conduct an evaluation 
of each class of covered equipment and— 
‘‘(i) if the Secretary determines that 
amended test procedures would more accu-
rately or fully comply with the require-
ments of paragraphs (2) and (3), shall pre-
scribe test procedures for the class in ac-
cordance with this section; or 
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(b) DIRECTOR.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary shall ap-
point an individual to serve as Director, a position 
in the career-reserved Senior Executive service, to 
carry out duties as required under this subtitle. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—The compensation of the 
Director shall not exceed the maximum rate of basic 
pay for the Senior Executive Service under section 
5382 of title 5, United States Code, including any 
applicable locality-based comparability payment that 
may be authorized under section 5304(h)(2)(C) of 
that title. 
(3) DUTIES.—The Director shall, with respect 
to Federal facilities— 
(A) identify and biennially reassess im-
proved or higher rating standards; 
(B) identify and develop green building 
standards that could be used for all types of 
Federal facilities; 
(C) establish green practices that can be 
used throughout the life of a Federal facility; 
(D) review and analyze current Federal 
budget practices and life-cycle costing issues, 
and make recommendations to Congress, in ac-
cordance with section 145; 
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4842
AN ACT
To specify the terms of contracts entered into by
the United States and Indian tribal organizations
under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act and to provide for tribal
Self-Governance, and for other purposes.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4452 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore State authority 
to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals under 
the Medicare Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2007 
Mr. THORNBERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore 
State authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating 
critical access hospitals under the Medicare 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 ‘‘CAH Designation 
Waiver Authority Act of 2007’’. 
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In the Senate of the United States, 
September 26 (legislative day, September 17), 2008. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 5350) entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the Secretary 
of Commerce to sell or exchange certain National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration property located in Norfolk, 
Virginia, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
On page 4, after line 20, insert: 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Commerce, through the Under Secretary 
and Administrator of the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration (NOAA), is authorized to 
enter into a land lease with Mobile County, Alabama 
for a period of not less than 40 years, on such terms 
and conditions as NOAA deems appropriate, for pur-
poses of construction of a Gulf of Mexico Disaster Re-
sponse Center facility, provided that the lease is at no 
cost to the government. NOAA may enter into agree-
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4453 
To establish a grant to increase enforcement of laws to prohibit underage 
drinking through social sources, to improve reporting of Federal underage 
drinking data, to establish grants to increase parental involvement in 
school-based efforts to reduce underage drinking, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2007 
Mr. TOWNS (for himself, Mr. WHITFIELD, Ms. BERKLEY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE 
of Texas, Mr. PORTER, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. WYNN, and Mr. GOR-
DON of Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a grant to increase enforcement of laws to 
prohibit underage drinking through social sources, to 
improve reporting of Federal underage drinking data, 
to establish grants to increase parental involvement in 
school-based efforts to reduce underage drinking, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5350 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell or exchange 
certain National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion property located in Norfolk, Virginia, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5351 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
tax incentives for the production of renewable energy 
and energy conservation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4454 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 3050 Hunsinger Lane in Louisville, Kentucky, 
as the ‘‘Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Military Heroes 
of Louisville Memorial Post Office Building’’, in honor 
of the servicemen and women from Louisville, Kentucky, 
who died in service during Operation Enduring Freedom 
and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
cuniary losses of any kind or nature, to the extent 
permitted under State law. 
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary. Amounts appropriated 
pursuant to this subsection shall remain available until ex-
pended.’’. 
Æ 
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ing in the program, which shall be made 
available widely and publicly by the State; 
‘‘(iv) the average scaled score for all 
students who took each such assessment; 
‘‘(v) a comparison of the program’s 
pass rates with the average pass rates for 
programs in the State; and 
‘‘(vi) a comparison of the program’s 
average scaled scores with the average 
scaled scores for programs in the State. 
‘‘(B) PROGRAM
INFORMATION.—The cri-
teria for admission into the program, the num-
ber of students in the program (disaggregated 
by race, ethnicity, and gender), the average 
number of hours of supervised clinical experi-
ence required for those in the program, the 
number of full-time equivalent faculty and stu-
dents in the supervised clinical experience, and 
the total number of students who have been 
certified or licensed as teachers, disaggregated 
by subject and area of certification or licensure. 
‘‘(C) STATEMENT.—In States that require 
approval or accreditation of teacher preparation 
programs, a statement of whether the institu-
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2498 
To provide for a study regarding development of a comprehensive integrated 
regional water management plan that would address four general areas 
of regional water planning in both the San Joaquin River Hydrologic 
Region and the Tulare Lake Hydrologic Region, inclusive of Kern, 
Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin 
Counties, California, and to provide that such plan be the guide by 
which those counties use as a mechanism to address and solve long- 
term water needs in a sustainable and equitable manner. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 24, 2007 
Mr. COSTA (for himself, Mr. NUNES, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. RADANOVICH, and 
Mr. MCCARTHY of California) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for a study regarding development of a com-
prehensive integrated regional water management plan 
that would address four general areas of regional water 
planning in both the San Joaquin River Hydrologic Re-
gion and the Tulare Lake Hydrologic Region, inclusive 
of Kern, Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Madera, Merced, 
Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Counties, California, and 
to provide that such plan be the guide by which those 
counties use as a mechanism to address and solve long- 
term water needs in a sustainable and equitable manner. 
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termined to be eligible by the State under paragraph 
(3), the State shall— 
‘‘(A) issue the student a preliminary access 
and persistence grant award certificate with 
tentative award amounts; and 
‘‘(B) inform the student that payment of 
the 
access 
and 
persistence 
grant 
award 
amounts is subject to certification of enrollment 
and award eligibility by the institution of higher 
education. 
‘‘(5) DURATION OF AWARD.—An eligible stu-
dent that receives an access and persistence grant 
under this section shall receive such grant award for 
each year of such student’s undergraduate education 
in which the student remains eligible for assistance 
under this title, including pursuant to section 
484(c), and remains financially eligible as deter-
mined by the State, except that the State may im-
pose reasonable time limits to baccalaureate degree 
completion. 
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE COST ALLOWANCE.—A State 
that receives an allotment under this section may reserve 
not more than 3.5 percent of the funds made available 
annually through the allotment for State administrative 
functions required to carry out this section. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. STUDY TO DEVELOP WATER PLAN; REPORT. 
(a) PLAN.— 
(1) GRANT.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclama-
tion, shall award a grant to the California Water In-
stitute, located at California State University, Fres-
no, California, to conduct a study coordinating and 
integrating sub-regional interated regional water 
management plans into a unified Integrated Re-
gional Water Management Plan for the subject 8 
counties in the hydrologic basins that would address 
issues related to— 
(A) water quality; 
(B) water supply (both surface, ground-
water banking and brackish water desalination); 
(C) water conveyance; 
(D) water reliability; 
(E) flood control; 
(F) water resource-related environmental 
enhancement; and 
(G) population growth. 
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(2) STUDY AREA.—The study area referred to 
in paragraph (1) is the proposed study area of the 
San Joaquin River Hydrologic Region and Tulare 
Lake Hydrologic Region, as defined by California 
Department of Water Resources Bulletin 160-05, 
Volume 3, Chapters 7 and 8, including Kern, 
Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, 
and San Joaquin counties in California. 
(b) USE OF PLAN.—The Integrated Regional Water 
Management Plan developed for the 2 hydrologic basins 
under subsection (a) shall serve as a guide for the 8 coun-
ties in the study area described in subsection (a)(2) to use 
as a mechanism to address and solve long-term water 
needs in a sustainable and equitable manner. 
(c) REPORT.—The Secretary shall ensure that a re-
port containing the results of the Integrated Regional 
Water Management Plan for the 2 hydrologic regions is 
submitted to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate not later than 24 
months after the grant is awarded under subsection 
(a)(1). 
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(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Inte-
rior $1,000,000 to carry out this section. 
Æ 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2340 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand coverage of 
bone mass measurements under part B of the Medicare Program to 
all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2007 
Mr. BURGESS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand 
coverage of bone mass measurements under part B of 
the Medicare Program to all individuals at clinical risk 
for osteoporosis. 
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 ‘‘Medicare Osteoporosis 
Measurement Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF BONE MASS MEASUREMENTS FOR 
ALL INDIVIDUALS AT CLINICAL RISK FOR 
OSTEOPOROSIS. 
(a) COVERAGE.—Section 1861(rr)(2)(A) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(rr)(2)(A)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(A) an individual, including an estrogen- 
deficient 
woman, 
at 
clinical 
risk 
for 
osteoporosis;’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies with respect to items and services 
furnished on or after October 1, 2007. 
Æ 
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ment of compensation of students for employment by em-
ployers under arrangements pursuant to this part. 
‘‘SEC. 813. GRANTS FOR COOPERATIVE EDUCATION. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is author-
ized, from the amount available to carry out this 
part under section 800 in each fiscal year and in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this part— 
‘‘(A) to make grants to institutions of 
higher education or combinations of such insti-
tutions that have not received a grant under 
this paragraph in the 10-year period preceding 
the date for which a grant under this section is 
requested to pay the Federal share of the cost 
of planning, establishing, expanding, or car-
rying out programs of cooperative education by 
such institutions or combinations of institu-
tions; and 
‘‘(B) to make grants to institutions of 
higher education that are operating an existing 
cooperative education program as determined 
by the Secretary to pay the cost of planning, es-
tablishing, expanding, or carrying out programs 
of cooperative education by such institutions. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 985
AN ACT 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclo-
sures of information are protected from prohibited per-
sonnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure 
policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that such 
policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with cer-
tain disclosure protections, and for other purposes.
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any applicant in an 
eligible State that is funded by the Administra-
tion as a Small Business Development Center 
may apply for an additional grant to be used 
solely to provide services described in subsection 
(c)(3) to assist with outreach, development, and 
enhancement of small business startups and ex-
pansions within Colonias. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE STATES.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A), an eligible State is a State 
along the United States-Mexico border that has 
individuals residing in Colonias. 
‘‘(C) GRANT APPLICATIONS.—An applicant 
for a grant under subparagraph (A) shall sub-
mit to the Administration an application that is 
in such form as the Administration may re-
quire. The application shall include information 
regarding the applicant’s goals and objectives 
for the services to be provided using the grant, 
including— 
‘‘(i) the capability of the applicant to 
provide training and services to individuals 
residing in Colonias; 
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(9) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting after ‘‘lob-
bying contacts’’ the following: ‘‘or political intel-
ligence contacts’’; 
(10) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘lobbying contact’’ 
the following: ‘‘or political intelligence contact’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘lobbying contacts’’ 
the following: ‘‘and political intelligence con-
tacts’’; and 
(11) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting after 
‘‘lobbying activities’’ both places such term appears 
the following: ‘‘or political intelligence activities’’. 
(c) REPORTS
BY REGISTERED POLITICAL INTEL-
LIGENCE CONSULTANTS.—Section 5 of the Lobbying Dis-
closure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘lob-
bying activities’’ the following: ‘‘and political intel-
ligence activities’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting after ‘‘lobbying activities’’ the 
following: ‘‘or political intelligence activities’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A)— 
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(i) by inserting after ‘‘lobbyist’’ the 
following: ‘‘or political intelligence consult-
ant’’; and 
(ii) by inserting after ‘‘lobbying activi-
ties’’ the following: ‘‘or political intelligence 
activities’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after 
‘‘lobbyists’’ the following: ‘‘or political intel-
ligence consultants’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 
after ‘‘lobbyists’’ the following: ‘‘or political in-
telligence consultants’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(3)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘lobbying firm’’ the 
following: ‘‘or political intelligence firm’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘lobbying activities’’ 
both places such term appears the following: 
‘‘or political intelligence activities’’; and 
(4) in subsection (b)(4), by inserting after ‘‘lob-
bying activities’’ both places such term appears the 
following: ‘‘or political intelligence activities’’. 
(d) DISCLOSURE AND ENFORCEMENT.—Section 6 of 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605) is 
amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting after ‘‘lob-
bying firms’’ the following: ‘‘, political intelligence 
consultants, political intelligence firms,’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7), by inserting after ‘‘lob-
bying firm’’ the following: ‘‘, or political intelligence 
consultant or political intelligence firm,’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (8), by inserting after ‘‘lob-
bying firm’’ the following: ‘‘, or political intelligence 
consultant or political intelligence firm,’’. 
(e) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Section 8 of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1607) is 
amended in subsection (b) by inserting after ‘‘lobbying 
contacts’’ the following: ‘‘, or political intelligence activi-
ties or political intelligence contacts,’’. 
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