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H. R. 3222—3 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Reserve on active 
duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while 
serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve 
training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and expenses 
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and 
for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
Fund, $1,790,136,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve 
on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, 
or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 
10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon leaders class, 
and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States 
Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 
Retirement Fund, $583,108,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on 
active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 8038 of title 10, 
United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 
12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with per-
forming duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 
drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized 
by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
$1,363,779,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard 
while on duty under section 10211, 10302, or 12402 of title 10 
or section 708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving 
on duty under section 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of 
title 32, United States Code, in connection with performing duty 
specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 
while undergoing training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of 
title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department 
of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $5,924,699,000.
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for travel and other expenses incurred by them in connec-
tion with their duties on behalf of such grantee. 
SEC. 5. AGREEMENT BETWEEN FOUNDATION AND SUC-
CESSOR OR RELATED ENTITY TO THE U.S. 
RUSSIA INVESTMENT FUND. 
(a) AGREEMENT REQUIRED.—The Foundation and 
any successor or related entity to the U.S. Russia Invest-
ment Fund shall enter into a memorandum of under-
standing for the purpose of coordinating activities carried 
out by the Foundation and the successor or related entity. 
The memorandum of understanding shall include language 
that prohibits the same entities from carrying out the 
same activities. 
(b) DEADLINE.—The memorandum of understanding 
described in subsection (a) shall be entered into between 
the Foundation and the successor or related entity de-
scribed in subsection (a) by not later than the later of 
the following: 
(1) If the successor or related entity is estab-
lished on or before the date of the enactment of this 
Act, 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) If the successor or related entity is estab-
lished after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
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90 days after the date on which the entity is estab-
lished. 
(c) SUBMISSION TO SECRETARY OF STATE AND CON-
GRESS.—The Foundation and the successor or related en-
tity described in subsection (a) shall submit to the Sec-
retary of State and Congress a copy of the memorandum 
of understanding described in subsection (a) not later than 
30 days after the date on which the parties enter into the 
memorandum of understanding. 
(d) LIMITATIONS.—For the period beginning on the 
date on which the successor or related entity described in 
subsection (a) is established, or the date of the enactment 
of this Act, whichever occurs later, and ending on the date 
on which the memorandum of understanding described in 
subsection (a) is entered into— 
(1) United States assistance may not be pro-
vided to the Foundation under any other provision 
of law; and 
(2) funds may not be transferred from the U.S. 
Russia Investment Fund to the successor or related 
entity or placed in a trust on behalf of the successor 
or related entity.
(e) SUCCESSOR OR RELATED ENTITY TO THE U.S. 
RUSSIA INVESTMENT FUND DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘successor or related entity to the U.S. Russia 
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IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1117 
Commending and congratulating the California State University system on 
the occasion of its 50th anniversary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2010 
Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California (for herself and Mr. HERGER) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Commending and congratulating the California State 
University system on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. 
Whereas the California State University system will be cele-
brating its 50th anniversary during 2010 and 2011; 
Whereas the individual California State Colleges were 
brought together as a system by the Donahoe Higher 
Education Act of 1960 of the State of California; 
Whereas, in 1972, the system became the California State 
University and Colleges, in 1982, the system became the 
California State University (CSU), and today the 23 
campuses of the CSU include comprehensive and poly-
technic universities and, since July 1995, the California 
Maritime Academy, a specialized campus; 
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Investment Fund’’ or ‘‘successor or related entity’’ means 
any organization, corporation, limited-liability partner-
ship, foundation, or other corporate structure that receives 
any or all of the remaining funds of the U.S. Russia In-
vestment Fund after liquidation of assets upon closure of 
the U.S. Russia Investment Fund.
SEC. 6. COUNTRIES OF EURASIA DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘countries of Eurasia’’ means 
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the 
Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, the Russian Federation, 
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $15,000,000 for fiscal year 
2008 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
2009. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pursuant 
to the authorization of appropriation under subsection (a) 
are authorized to remain available for 2 years from the 
end of the fiscal year for which the amount was appro-
priated. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 5, 
2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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pert resources from the Commission on Grid Mod-
ernization, the Office of Energy Distribution and 
Electricity Reliability, and the Office of Energy Effi-
ciency and Renewable Energy are fully available to 
advise on its administration and actions; 
(2) appoint a Senior Executive Service officer 
to direct the Office, together with such personnel as 
are required to administer the Smart Grid Invest-
ment Grant program; 
(3) establish and publish in the Federal Reg-
ister, within 180 days after the enactment of this 
Act procedures by which applicants who have made 
qualifying Smart Grid investments can seek and ob-
tain reimbursement of one-fourth of their docu-
mented expenditures; 
(4) establish procedures to assure that there is 
no duplication or multiple reimbursement for the 
same investment or costs, that the reimbursement 
goes to the party making the actual expenditures for 
Qualifying Smart Grid Investments, and that the 
grants made have significant effect in encouraging 
and facilitating the development of a smart grid.; 
(5) maintain public records of reimbursements 
made, recipients, and qualifying Smart Grid invest-
ments which have received reimbursements; 
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(6) establish procedures to provide, in cases 
deemed by the Secretary to be warranted, advance 
payment of moneys up to the full amount of the pro-
jected eventual reimbursement, to creditworthy ap-
plicants whose ability to make Qualifying Smart 
Grid Investments may be hindered by lack of initial 
capital, in lieu of any later reimbursement for which 
that applicant qualifies, and subject to full return of 
the advance payment in the event that the Quali-
fying Smart Grid investment is not made; 
(7) establish procedures to provide, in the event 
appropriated moneys in any year are insufficient to 
provide reimbursements for qualifying Smart Grid 
investments, that such reimbursement would be 
made in the next fiscal year or whenever funds are 
again sufficient, with the condition that the insuffi-
ciency of funds to reimburse Qualifying Smart Grid 
Investments from moneys appropriated for that pur-
pose does not create a Federal obligation to that ap-
plicant; and 
(8) have and exercise the discretion to deny 
grants for investments that do not qualify in the 
reasonable judgement of the Secretary. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2700 
To suspend implementation of an Absolute Priority issued by the Department 
of Education on July 3, 2006. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 13, 2007 
Ms. SHEA-PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To suspend implementation of an Absolute Priority issued 
by the Department of Education on July 3, 2006. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the Secretary of Education shall immediately sus-
pend enforcement of the Notice of Final Priority published 
at 71 Federal Register 55447 (Sept. 22, 2006), including 
the evaluation described therein, until that priority is ex-
pressly authorized by statute. 
Æ 
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(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. 
Æ 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Private Johnathon 
Millican Lula Post Office’’. 
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rived from any cellulose, hemicellulose, or lignin that 
is derived from renewable biomass. 
(3) CONVENTIONAL BIOFUEL.—The term ‘‘con-
ventional biofuel’’ means ethanol derived from corn 
starch. 
(4) RENEWABLE BIOMASS.—The term ‘‘renew-
able biomass’’ means— 
(A) 
nonmerchantable 
materials 
or 
precommercial thinnings that— 
(i) are byproducts of preventive treat-
ments, 
such 
as 
trees, 
wood, 
brush, 
thinnings, chips, and slash, that are re-
moved— 
(I) to reduce hazardous fuels; 
(II) to reduce or contain disease 
or insect infestation; or 
(III) to restore forest health; 
(ii) would not otherwise be used for 
higher-value products; and 
(iii) are harvested from National For-
est System land or public land (as defined 
in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1702))— 
(I) where permitted by law; and 
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‘‘(5) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
paragraph (1) shall be construed as preventing an 
authorized employer from making an employment 
decision, with respect to a covered employee, based 
on any lawful reason not described in such sub-
section, including the reason that the results of a 
criminal history records check conducted under sub-
section (c)(1) (or any other information made avail-
able to the employer) on such employee indicate that 
the employment of the employee would violate any 
applicable State law.’’. 
Æ 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2704 
To give the consent of Congress to an agreement or compact between Ala-
bama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas for the purpose of 
establishing an all-hazard mitigation, readiness, response, and recovery 
plan, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 13, 2007 
Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself and Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To give the consent of Congress to an agreement or compact 
between Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and 
Texas for the purpose of establishing an all-hazard miti-
gation, readiness, response, and recovery plan, 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 ‘‘Gulf Coast All-Hazard 
Readiness Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONSENT OF CONGRESS. 
(a) CONSENT.—The consent of Congress is given to 
any number of the Gulf Coast States to negotiate and 
enter into an agreement or compact that meets the fol-
lowing requirements: 
(1) The agreement or compact is consented to 
by the legislatures of each of the participating Gulf 
Coast States through legislation enacted not later 
than December 31, 2010. 
(2) The agreement or compact is entered into 
primarily for the purpose of establishing a plan for 
all-hazard mitigation, readiness, response, and recov-
ery. 
(3) The agreement or compact establishes a 
multi-state all-hazard fund generated by partici-
pating Gulf Coast States to be utilized when a dis-
aster affects those States. 
(4) The agreement or compact requires each of 
the participating Gulf Coast States to appoint a 
commissioner to organize the operation, manage-
ment, and disbursement of the multi-state all-hazard 
fund in coordination with the other commissioners. 
(5) The agreement or compact prohibits partici-
pating Gulf Coast States from taking an action pro-
hibited by Federal law at the time of such action. 
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(b) GULF COAST STATES DEFINED.—As used in this 
section, the term ‘‘Gulf Coast States’’ means Alabama, 
Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. 
Æ 
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Calendar No. 683 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3532 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 5815 McLeod Street in 
Lula, Georgia, as the ‘‘Private Johnathon 
Millican Lula Post Office’’. 
APRIL 10, 2008 
Reported without amendment 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2707 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the Underground Railroad Educational and 
Cultural Program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. UNDERGROUND RAILROAD EDUCATIONAL AND 
CULTURAL PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM
ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary of 
Education, in consultation and cooperation with the Sec-
retary of the Interior, is authorized to make grants to one 
or more nonprofit educational organizations that are es-
tablished to research, display, interpret, and collect arti-
facts relating to the history of the Underground Railroad. 
(b) GRANT
AGREEMENT.—Each nonprofit edu-
cational organization awarded a grant under this section 
shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Edu-
cation. Each such agreement shall require the organiza-
tion— 
(1) to establish a facility to house, display, and 
interpret the artifacts related to the history of the 
Underground Railroad, and to make the interpretive 
efforts available to institutions of higher education 
that award a baccalaureate or graduate degree; 
(2) to demonstrate substantial private support 
for the facility through the implementation of a pub-
lic-private partnership between a State or local pub-
lic entity and a private entity for the support of the 
facility, which private entity shall provide matching 
funds for the support of the facility in an amount 
equal to 4 times the amount of the contribution of 
the State or local public entity, except that not more
than 20 percent of the matching funds may be pro-
vided by the Federal Government; 
(3) to create an endowment to fund any and all 
shortfalls in the costs of the on-going operations of 
the facility; 
(4) to establish a network of satellite centers 
throughout the United States to help disseminate in-
formation regarding the Underground Railroad 
throughout the United States, if such satellite cen-
ters raise 80 percent of the funds required to estab-
lish the satellite centers from non-Federal public and 
private sources; 
(5) to establish the capability to electronically 
link the facility with other local and regional facili-
ties that have collections and programs which inter-
pret the history of the Underground Railroad; and 
(6) to submit, for each fiscal year for which the 
organization receives funding under this section, a 
report to the Secretary of Education that contains— 
(A) a description of the programs and ac-
tivities supported by the funding; 
(B) the audited financial statement of the 
organization for the preceding fiscal year;
(C) a plan for the programs and activities 
to be supported by the funding as the Secretary 
may require; and 
(D) an evaluation of the programs and ac-
tivities supported by the funding as the Sec-
retary may require. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 
2012. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 30, 2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2707 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the Underground Railroad 
Educational and Cultural Program.
(2) PETITIONS BASED ON DISPROPORTIONATE 
ECONOMIC HARDSHIP.— 
(A) EXTENSION OF EXEMPTION.—A small 
refinery may at any time petition the President 
for an extension of the exemption under para-
graph (1) for the reason of disproportionate 
economic hardship. 
(B) EVALUATION OF PETITIONS.—In eval-
uating a petition under subparagraph (A), the 
President, in consultation with the Secretary, 
shall consider the findings of the study under 
paragraph (1)(B) and other economic factors. 
(C) DEADLINE
FOR
ACTION
ON
PETI-
TIONS.—The President shall act on any petition 
submitted by a small refinery for a hardship ex-
emption not later than 90 days after the date 
of receipt of the petition. 
(3) OPT-IN FOR SMALL REFINERIES.—A small 
refinery shall be subject to the requirements of sub-
section (a) if the small refinery notifies the Presi-
dent that the small refinery waives the exemption 
under paragraph (1). 
(h) PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) CIVIL PENALTIES.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Any person that vio-
lates a regulation promulgated under subsection 
(a), or that fails to furnish any information re-
quired under such a regulation, shall be liable 
to the United States for a civil penalty of not 
more than the total of— 
(i) $25,000 for each day of the viola-
tion; and 
(ii) the amount of economic benefit or 
savings received by the person resulting 
from the violation, as determined by the 
President. 
(B) COLLECTION.—Civil penalties under 
subparagraph (A) shall be assessed by, and col-
lected in a civil action brought by, the Secretary 
or such other officer of the United States as is 
designated by the President. 
(2) INJUNCTIVE AUTHORITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The district courts of 
the United States shall have jurisdiction to— 
(i) restrain a violation of a regulation 
promulgated under subsection (a); 
(ii) award other appropriate relief; 
and 
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(iii) compel the furnishing of informa-
tion required under the regulation. 
(B) ACTIONS.—An action to restrain such 
violations and compel such actions shall be 
brought by and in the name of the United 
States. 
(C) SUBPOENAS.—In the action, a sub-
poena for a witness who is required to attend 
a district court in any district may apply in any 
other district. 
(i) VOLUNTARY LABELING PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish 
criteria for a system of voluntary labeling of renew-
able fuels based on life cycle greenhouse gas emis-
sions. 
(2) CONSUMER
EDUCATION.—The President 
shall ensure that the labeling system under this sub-
section provides useful information to consumers 
making fuel purchases. 
(3) FLEXIBILITY.—In carrying out this sub-
section, the President may establish more than 1 
label, as appropriate. 
(j) STUDY OF IMPACT OF RENEWABLE FUEL STAND-
ARD.— 
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