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(g) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the Com-
mission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employ-
ees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 
5, United States Code, while away from their homes or 
regular places of business in the performance of services 
for the Commission. 
(h) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at the 
call of the Chairman. Commission meetings shall be open 
to the public, but as many as three Commissioners may 
meet in private without constituting a meeting requiring 
public access. 
(i) APPLICABILITY
OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.) shall not apply to the Commission. 
(j) OFFICES AND STAFF.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall provide the Commission with offices in the Depart-
ment of Energy and shall make available to the Commis-
sion the expertise and staff resources of both the Office 
of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability and the Of-
fice of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 
(k) DETAIL
OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—Any 
Federal Government employee may be detailed to the 
Commission without reimbursement, and such detail shall
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be without interruption or loss of civil service status or 
privilege. 
(l) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The Secretary of En-
ergy shall appoint an officer of the Senior Executive Serv-
ice to serve as Executive Director to the Commission. 
(m) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTERMIT-
TENT SERVICES.—The Chairman of the Commission may 
procure temporary and intermittent services under section 
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates for individ-
uals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of such title. 
(n) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The 
Commission may secure directly from any Federal depart-
ment or agency such information as the Commission con-
siders necessary to carry out this part. Upon request of 
the Chairman of the Commission, the head of such depart-
ment or agency shall furnish such information to the Com-
mission. The Commission shall maintain the same level of 
confidentiality for such information made available under 
this subsection as is required of the head of the depart-
ment or agency from which the information was obtained. 
(o) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may use 
the United States mails in the same manner and under
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the same conditions as other departments and agencies of 
the Federal Government. 
SEC. 9113. GRID ASSESSMENT AND REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Grid Modernization Commis-
sion shall undertake, and update on a biannual basis, an 
assessment of the progress toward modernizing the elec-
tric system from generation to ultimate electricity con-
sumption, including implementation of ‘‘smart grid’’ tech-
nologies. The Commission shall prepare this assessment 
with input from stakeholders including but not limited to 
electric utilities, other Federal offices, States, companies 
involved in developing related technologies, the National 
Electric Reliability Organization recognized by the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, electricity customers, and 
persons with special related expertise. The assessment 
shall include each of the following: 
(1) An updated inventory of existing smart grid 
systems. 
(2) A description of the condition of existing 
grid infrastructure and procedures for determining 
the need for new infrastructure; 
(3) A description of any plans of States, utili-
ties, or others to introduce smart grid systems and 
technologies.
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(4) An assessment of constraints to deployment 
of smart grid technology and most important oppor-
tunities for doing so, including the readiness or lack 
thereof of enabling technologies. 
(5) An assessment of remaining potential bene-
fits resulting from introduction of smart grid sys-
tems, including benefits related to demand-side effi-
ciencies, improved reliability, improved security, re-
duced prices, and improved integration of renewable 
resources. 
(6) Recommendations for legislative or regu-
latory changes to remove barriers to and create in-
centives for smart grid system implementation and 
to meet the policy goals of this title. 
(7) An estimate of the potential costs required 
for modernization of the electricity grid, with speci-
ficity relative to geographic areas and components of 
the grid, together with an assessment of whether the 
necessary funds would be available to meet such 
costs, and the sources of such funds. 
(8) An assessment of ancillary benefits to other 
economic sectors or activities beyond the electricity 
sector, such as potential broadband service over 
power lines.
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(9) An assessment of technologies, activities or 
opportunities in energy end use devices, customer 
premises, buildings, and power generation and stor-
age devices that could accelerate or expand the im-
pact and effectiveness of smart grid advances. 
(10) An assessment of potential risks to per-
sonal privacy, corporate confidentiality, and grid se-
curity from the spread of smart grid technologies, 
and if so what additional measures and policies are 
needed to assure privacy and information protection 
for electric customers and grid partners, and cyber- 
security protection for extended grid systems. 
(11) An assessment of the readiness of market 
forces to drive further implementation and evolution 
of ‘‘smart grid’’ technologies in the absence of gov-
ernment leadership. 
(12) Recommendations to the Secretary of En-
ergy and other Federal officers on actions they 
should take to assist. 
The Commission may request electric utilities to provide 
information relating to deployment and planned deploy-
ment of smart grid systems and technologies. At the re-
quest of the utility, the Commission shall maintain the 
confidentiality of utility-specific or specific security-related 
information. The Commission shall provide opportunities
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for input and comment by interested persons, including 
representatives of electricity consumers, Smart Grid tech-
nology service providers, the electric utility industry, and 
State and local government. 
(b) STATE AND REGIONAL ASSESSMENT AND RE-
PORT.—States or groups of States are encouraged to par-
ticipate in the development of State or region-specific com-
ponents of the assessment and report under subsection 
(a). Such State-specific components may address the as-
sessment and reporting criteria above but also may include 
but not be limited to any of the following: 
(1) Assessment of types of security threats to 
electricity delivery. 
(2) Energy assurance and response plans to ad-
dress security threats. 
(3) Plans for introduction of smart grid sys-
tems and technologies over 3, 5, and 10 year plan-
ning horizons. 
The Commission may make grants to States that begin 
development of a State or Regional Plan within 180 days 
after the enactment of this Act to offset up to one-half 
of the costs required to develop such plans. 
(c) SMART GRID REPORT.—Based on its completed 
initial assessment under subsection (a), the Commission 
shall submit a report to Congress and the President not
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later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act 
and subsequent reports every 2 years thereafter. Each re-
port shall include recommendations to the President and 
to the Congress on actions necessary to modernize the 
electricity grid. The Commission shall annually update 
and revise its report and as well as conduct ongoing moni-
toring and evaluation activities. 
(d) CONSULTATION AND PUBLIC INPUT.—The Com-
mission shall consult with the Secretary of Energy and 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on technical 
issues associated with advanced electricity grid tech-
nologies. The Commission shall to the extent feasible pro-
vide for broad and frequent input from stakeholders and 
the general public. 
(e) INTEROPERABILITY PROTOCOLS
AND MODEL 
STANDARDS FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Grid Modernization 
Commission shall work with the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, as well as with Smart 
Grid stakeholders, to develop protocols and model 
standards for information management to achieve 
interoperability of smart grid devices and systems. 
Such protocols and model standards shall be flexible, 
uniform, and technology-neutral, including but not 
limited to technologies for communication of Smart
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Grid information. Such protocols and standards 
shall further align policy, business, and technology 
approaches in a manner that— 
(A) enables all electric resources, including 
demand-side resources, storage devices, renew-
able generation resources, other distributed gen-
eration resources, to be interconnected to and 
function compatibly with the grid, on an auto-
mated basis to the extent appropriate; 
(B) enables electricity-consuming equip-
ment to communicate with and contribute to an 
efficient, reliable electricity network, on an 
automated basis to the extent appropriate; 
(C) enhances two-way communication be-
tween Smart-Grid enabled devices connected to 
the electric power grid; 
(D) supports the ability of Smart-Grid en-
abled devices to exchange information, regard-
less of the operating system, programming lan-
guages, or media of communication utilized by 
such devices; 
(E) enables the operators of utilities and 
regional system operators of the grid to auto-
matically detect anomalies and respond to iso-
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late areas affected in order to maintain reli-
ability; and 
(F) enables State regulators and individual 
utility managers to develop rate structures and 
regulations incorporating Smart Grid capabili-
ties for the benefit of consumers and the elec-
tricity system, accommodating increased de-
mand response and distributed generation. 
(2) MEETINGS AND WORKING GROUP FOR DE-
VELOPMENT OF INTEROPERABILITY PROTOCOLS AND 
MODEL STANDARDS.—Within 60 days after the en-
actment of this section, the Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology shall convene 
meetings of experts and stakeholders to discuss and 
achieve such standards, for the purpose of forming 
an ongoing voluntary working group. Upon the cre-
ation of the Grid Modernization Commission, the 
Commission shall assume the role of convening fur-
ther such meetings and collaborating with such a 
working group to continue progress towards such 
standards, with continued technical support from the 
Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology. The Gridwise Architecture Council, the 
International Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 
the National Electric Reliability Organization recog-
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nized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis-
sion, and National Electrical Manufacturer’s Asso-
ciation shall be among stakeholders invited to such 
meetings, together with other groups of manufactur-
ers of equipment that could usefully be Smart-Grid 
capable, groups of customers, State and Federal reg-
ulators, electric utility groups, communications and 
computer experts, and other Federal offices and 
agencies that have roles related to security, commu-
nications, computerization, and reliability of the elec-
tricity system. 
(3) REPORTING AND ADOPTION OF PROTOCOLS 
AND MODEL STANDARDS.— 
(A) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Di-
rector of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology and the Grid Modernization 
Commission, after it is created, shall report an-
nually to Congress on the progress of creating 
such protocols and model standards. 
(B) ADOPTION.—The Commission shall re-
view such protocols and standards as are rec-
ommended by the working group and, upon 
finding that they meet the goals stated in para-
graph (1), shall publish such finding, and shall
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encourage utilities, regulators, and other stake-
holders to adopt to such standards. 
(C) PUBLICATION.—Except to the extent 
they may allow or create threats to grid reli-
ability and security, such standards and proto-
cols shall be made publicly available for general 
use by manufacturers, utilities, regulators, and 
others. 
(D) GOAL.—The intent of Congress is that 
such protocols and model standards will be ini-
tially developed, reviewed, and approved for 
general adoption, subject to further improve-
ments, within 3 years of the enactment of this 
section. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated for the purposes of this section— 
(1) $5,000,000 to the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology for each of fiscal years 
2009 through 2012, and such sums as may there-
after be necessary to support the purposes of this 
section; and 
(2) $20,000,000 to the Secretary of Energy to 
support the operations of the Grid Modernization 
Commission for each of fiscal years 2009 through 
2020.
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SEC. 9114. FEDERAL MATCHING FUND FOR SMART GRID IN-
VESTMENT COSTS. 
(a) MATCHING FUND.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall establish a Smart Grid Investment Matching Grant 
Program to provide reimbursement of one-fourth of quali-
fying Smart Grid investments. 
(b) QUALIFYING INVESTMENTS.—Qualifying Smart 
Grid investments may include any of the following made 
on or after the date of enactment of this Act: 
(1) In the case of appliances covered for pur-
poses of establishing energy conservation standards 
under part B of title III of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6291 et seq.), 
the documented expenditures incurred by a manu-
facturer of such appliances associated with pur-
chasing or designing, creating the ability to manu-
facture, and manufacturing and installing for one 
calendar year, internal devices that allow the appli-
ance to engage in Smart Grid functions. 
(2) In the case of specialized electricity-using 
equipment, including motors and drivers, installed in 
industrial or commercial applications, the docu-
mented expenditures incurred by its owner or its 
manufacturer of installing devices or modifying that 
equipment to engage in Smart Grid functions.
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(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of En-
ergy the sums of— 
(1) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2012 to provide for administration of the 
Smart Grid Investment Matching Fund; and 
(2) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and 
$500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 
2012 to provide reimbursements of one-fourth of 
Qualifying Smart Grid Investments. 
SEC. 9115. SMART GRID TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT. 
(a) POWER GRID DIGITAL INFORMATION TECH-
NOLOGY.—The Secretary of Energy shall conduct pro-
grams to— 
(1) deploy advanced techniques for measuring 
peak load reductions and energy efficiency savings 
on customer premises from smart metering, demand 
response, distributed generation and electricity stor-
age systems; 
(2) implement means for demand response, dis-
tributed generation, and storage to provide ancillary 
services; 
(3) advance the use of wide-area measurement 
networks including data mining, visualization, ad-
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vanced computing, and secure and dependable com-
munications in a highly distributed environment; and 
(4) implement reliability technologies in a grid 
control room environment against a representative 
set of local outage and wide area blackout scenarios. 
(b) SMART GRID REGIONAL DEMONSTRATION PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary of Energy shall establish a program of dem-
onstration projects specifically focused on advanced 
technologies for power grid sensing, communications, 
analysis, and power flow control, including the inte-
gration of demand-side resources into grid manage-
ment. The goals of this program shall be to— 
(A) demonstrate the potential benefits of 
concentrated investments in advanced grid tech-
nologies on a regional grid; 
(B) facilitate the commercial transition 
from the current power transmission and dis-
tribution system technologies to advanced tech-
nologies; and 
(C) facilitate the integration of advanced 
technologies in existing electric networks to im-
prove system performance, power flow control 
and reliability.
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3749 
To establish a national commission to address the rebirth and renewal of 
neighborhoods and communities affected by Hurricane Katrina. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2005 
Mr. LEACH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To establish a national commission to address the rebirth 
and renewal of neighborhoods and communities affected 
by Hurricane Katrina. 
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 State Community 
Renewal Commission Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Whereas Hurricane Katrina’s devastation is colossal 
in scope; 
Whereas it poses a massive national redevelopment 
obligation; and
Whereas the expertise of America’s professionals in 
the fields of city and regional planning, architecture, home 
building, and finance is required. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 
There is established the Gulf State Community Re-
newal Commission (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Com-
mission’’). 
SEC. 4. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of the Commission are to— 
(1) examine, evaluate, and report on the re-
building of communities in both urban and rural 
areas that were affected by Hurrican Katrina; 
(2) identify actions necessary for rebuilding 
such communities, and neighborhoods and town cen-
ters in such communities; 
(3) identify professions and resources available 
to such communities to assist in such rebuilding; 
and 
(4) create models and plans for such rebuilding 
that address— 
(A) transportation needs; 
(B) economic development and job cre-
ation; 
(C) the tourism industry; 
(D) housing needs;
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(2) DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.—The Sec-
retary shall establish Smart Grid demonstration 
projects for not more than 5 electric utility systems 
of various types and sizes under this subsection. 
Such demonstration projects shall be undertaken in 
cooperation with the electric utility. Under such 
demonstration projects, financial assistance shall be 
available to cover not more than one-half of the 
qualifying Smart Grid technology investments made 
by the electric utility. Any project receiving financial 
assistance under this section shall not be eligible to 
receive financial assistance (including loan guaran-
tees) under any other Federal program. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION.— 
(1) POWER GRID DIGITAL INFORMATION TECH-
NOLOGY PROGRAMS.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out subsection (a) such sums as 
are necessary for each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2012. 
(2) SMART
GRID
REGIONAL
DEMONSTRATION 
PROGRAM.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out subsection (b) $20,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2197 
To assist the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to deter-
mine whether a franchisee is affiliated with a franchisor in the temporary 
employee services industry, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2009 
Ms. BEAN (for herself and Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To assist the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration to determine whether a franchisee is affiliated 
with a franchisor in the temporary employee services 
industry, 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 ‘‘Temporary Employees 
Franchise Improvement Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE SERVICES FRANCHISES. 
In determining whether a franchisee is affiliated with 
a franchisor in the temporary employee services industry, 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2200 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Transportation Security Administration’s 
programs relating to the provision of transportation secu-
rity, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(E) agriculture development; 
(F) environmental concerns; 
(G) natural disaster mitigation; and 
(H) any other areas of the public and pri-
vate sectors determined relevant by the Com-
mission. 
SEC. 5. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION. 
(a) MEMBERS.—Subject to the requirements of sub-
section (b), the Commission shall be composed of 21 mem-
bers, appointed by the President, who shall include— 
(1) not less than 11 members who are experts 
in city or regional planning issues; 
(2) not less than 3 members who are historians 
or otherwise employed in academic institutions; 
(3) not less than 3 members who are 
hombuilders, architects, or contractors; 
(4) not less than 2 members who are experts in 
mortgage finance; and 
(5) not less than 2 members who are experts in 
small business issues. 
(b) QUALIFICATIONS.— 
(1) STATE
REPRESENTATION.—The Commis-
sion shall include a total of 14 members from the 
States of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, and 
7 members representative of other States.
Union Calendar No. 55
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2128
[Report No. 103–107]
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to
authorize appropriations for refugee assistance
for fiscal years 1993 and 1994.
MAY 25, 1993
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 21 
To honor and recognize the achievements of Craig Webre for his 15 years 
of dedicated service as Sheriff of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Mr. JINDAL submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
To honor and recognize the achievements of Craig Webre 
for his 15 years of dedicated service as Sheriff of 
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. 
Whereas Craig Webre, a lifelong resident of Lafourche Par-
ish, Louisiana, continues 15 years of service as Sheriff of 
Lafourche Parish; 
Whereas Craig Webre, elected as Sheriff of Lafourche Parish 
on July 1, 1992, ushered in a new era of accountable, re-
sponsible, and professional law enforcement in Lafourche 
Parish; 
Whereas in the past 15 years, Sheriff Webre enhanced first 
responder morale, equipment, and communication capa-
bility, and initiated or improved over 40 public service 
programs including Crimestoppers, Crisis Management 
Unit Team, and Police Social Services, a one-of-a-kind 
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IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 220 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 511) to pledge the faithful 
support of Congress to members of the United States Armed Forces 
serving in harm’s way. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2007 
Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 511) to pledge 
the faithful support of Congress to members of the 
United States Armed Forces serving in harm’s way. 
Resolved, That immediately after the adoption of this 
resolution the Speaker shall, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 511) to pledge the faithful support 
of Congress to members of the United States Armed 
Forces serving in harm’s way. The first reading of the 
bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against 
consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall 
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