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ferred to the Office upon the appointment of the 
first Inspector General under this section. 
(2) NO REDUCTION IN PAY OR BENEFITS.—The 
transfer of the functions of an office or entity to the 
Office under paragraph (1) may not result in a re-
duction in the pay or benefits of any employee of the 
office or entity, except to the extent required under 
subsection (d)(2)(A). 
SEC. 1007. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 
days after the last day of each semiannual period, the 
Chief of the Capitol Police shall submit to Congress, with 
respect to that period, a detailed, itemized report of the 
disbursements for the operations of the United States 
Capitol Police. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include— 
(1) the name of each person or entity who re-
ceives a payment from the Capitol Police; 
(2) the cost of any item furnished to the Cap-
itol Police; 
(3) a description of any service rendered to the 
Capitol Police, together with service dates; 
(4) a statement of all amounts appropriated to, 
or received or expended by, the Capitol Police and
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2010
AN ACT
To amend the National and Community Service Act
of 1990 to establish a Corporation for National
Service, enhance opportunities for national serv-
ice, and provide national service educational
awards to persons participating in such service,
and for other purposes.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1555
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of
the United States Government, the Community
Management Account, and the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Retirement and Disability Sys-
tem, and for other purposes.
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2978 
To allow the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reserva-
tion to enter into a lease or other temporary conveyance of water rights 
recognized under the Fort Peck-Montana Compact for the purpose of 
meeting the water needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, 
Incorporated, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2005 
Mr. REHBERG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To allow the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck 
Indian Reservation to enter into a lease or other tem-
porary conveyance of water rights recognized under the 
Fort Peck-Montana Compact for the purpose of meeting 
the water needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Associa-
tion, Incorporated, 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. MONTANA INDIAN TRIBES; AGREEMENT WITH 
DRY PRAIRIE RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION, 
INCORPORATED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes 
of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘Tribes’’) may, with the approval of the 
Secretary of the Interior, enter into a lease or other tem-
porary conveyance of water rights recognized under the 
Fort Peck-Montana Compact (Montana Code Annotated 
85–20–201) for the purpose of meeting the water needs 
of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Incorporated 
(or any successor entity), in accordance with section 5 of 
the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 
2000 (Public Law 106–382; 114 Stat. 1454). 
(b) CONDITIONS OF LEASE.—With respect to a lease 
or other temporary conveyance described in subsection 
(a)— 
(1) the term of the lease or conveyance shall 
not exceed 100 years; 
(2) the lease or conveyance may be approved by 
the Secretary of the Interior without monetary com-
pensation to the Tribes; and 
(3) the Secretary of the Interior shall not be 
subject to liability for any claim or cause of action 
relating to the compensation or consideration re-
ceived by the Tribes under the lease or conveyance.
(c) NO PERMANENT ALIENATION OF WATER.—Noth-
ing in this section authorizes any permanent alienation of 
any water by the Tribes. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5541 
To provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland 
fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National 
Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management 
strategy, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2008 
Mr. RAHALL (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. DICKS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture and Budget, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic 
emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Depart-
ment of the Interior and National Forest System lands, 
to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire man-
agement strategy, 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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(2) CONTENTS.—The Flame Fund shall consist 
of the following amounts: 
(A) Amounts appropriated to the Flame 
Fund pursuant to the authorization of appro-
priations in subsection (c). 
(B) Amounts transferred to the Flame 
Fund pursuant to subsection (d). 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Subject to subsection (e), 
amounts in the Flame Fund shall be available to the 
Secretaries to pay the costs of catastrophic emer-
gency wildland fire suppression activities that are 
separate from amounts annually appropriated to the 
Secretaries for the predicted annual workload for 
wildland fire suppression activities, based on anal-
yses of historical workloads and anticipated in-
creased workloads due to changing environmental or 
demographic conditions. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Flame 
Fund such funds as may be necessary to carry out 
this section. It is the intent of Congress that the 
amount appropriated to the Flame Fund for fiscal 
year 2009 and each subsequent fiscal year equal the 
average amount expended by the Secretaries for 
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riod specified by the Secretary before the begin-
ning of any calendar year (and during the 60- 
day period or other period specified by the Sec-
retary before the first day the employee is eligi-
ble to participate), to participate in the ar-
rangement, or to modify the employee’s election 
under the arrangement (including the amounts 
subject to the arrangement and the manner in 
which such amounts are invested), for such 
year, 
‘‘(D) the employer provides— 
‘‘(i) immediately before the beginning 
of each period described in subparagraph 
(C), a notice to each employee of the em-
ployee’s opportunity to make the election 
and the maximum amount which may be 
contributed to an individual retirement 
plan on an annual basis, and 
‘‘(ii) if the arrangement includes an 
automatic enrollment arrangement, the no-
tices required under subsection (h) with re-
spect to the automatic enrollment arrange-
ment, 
‘‘(E) subject to subsection (f), the arrange-
ment provides that an employee may elect to 
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IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2978 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 17, 2006 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To allow the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck 
Indian Reservation to enter into a lease or other tem-
porary conveyance of water rights recognized under the 
Fort Peck-Montana Compact for the purpose of meeting 
the water needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Associa-
tion, Incorporated, and for other purposes. 
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HR 2978 RFS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MONTANA INDIAN TRIBES; AGREEMENT WITH 
DRY PRAIRIE RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION, 
INCORPORATED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes 
of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘Tribes’’) may, with the approval of the 
Secretary of the Interior, enter into a lease or other tem-
porary conveyance of water rights recognized under the 
Fort Peck-Montana Compact (Montana Code Annotated 
85–20–201) for the purpose of meeting the water needs 
of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Incorporated 
(or any successor entity), in accordance with section 5 of 
the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 
2000 (Public Law 106–382; 114 Stat. 1454). 
(b) CONDITIONS OF LEASE.—With respect to a lease 
or other temporary conveyance described in subsection 
(a)— 
(1) the term of the lease or conveyance shall 
not exceed 100 years; 
(2) the lease or conveyance may be approved by 
the Secretary of the Interior without monetary com-
pensation to the Tribes; and 
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1555
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for intel-
ligence and intelligence-related activities of the United
States Government, the Community Management Ac-
count, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement
and Disability System, and for other purposes.
Calendar No. 254
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1568
[Report No. 106–136]
AN ACT
To provide technical, financial, and procurement as-
sistance to veteran owned small businesses, and
for other purposes.
AUGUST 4, 1999
Reported with an amendment
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2302 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to notify Congress of con-
ferences sponsored by the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1569
AN ACT
To prohibit the use of funds appropriated to the
Department of Defense from being used for the
deployment of ground elements of the United
States Armed Forces in the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia unless that deployment is specifically
authorized by law.
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Judie Hammerstad 
Post Office Building’’. 
Æ 
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have contributions made to any individual re-
tirement plan specified by the employee, and 
‘‘(F) if the arrangement does not include 
an automatic enrollment arrangement— 
‘‘(i) the arrangement requires the em-
ployer to take all reasonable actions to so-
licit from all employees eligible to partici-
pate in the arrangement an explicit elec-
tion to either participate or not to partici-
pate in the arrangement, and 
‘‘(ii) the arrangement provides that if 
an employee fails to make an explicit elec-
tion under clause (i) within the time pre-
scribed under the arrangement, the em-
ployee will be treated as having made an 
election to participate in the arrangement 
(and amounts shall be invested on behalf 
of the participant) in the same manner as 
if the arrangement had included an auto-
matic enrollment arrangement under sub-
section (g). 
‘‘(c) APPLICABLE EMPLOYEE DEFINED; RELATED 
DEFINITIONS AND RULES.—For purposes of this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(1) APPLICABLE EMPLOYEE.— 
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(14) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Energy. 
(15) ZERO-NET-ENERGY
COMMERCIAL
BUILD-
ING.—The term ‘‘zero-net-energy commercial build-
ing’’ means a commercial building that is designed, 
constructed, and operated to— 
(A) require a greatly reduced quantity of 
energy to operate; 
(B) meet the balance of energy needs from 
sources of energy that do not produce green-
house gases; 
(C) therefore result in no net emissions of 
greenhouse gases; and 
(D) be economically viable. 
SEC. 9042. HIGH-PERFORMANCE GREEN FEDERAL BUILD-
INGS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall establish within the General Services Adminis-
tration an Office of Federal High-Performance Green 
Buildings, and appoint an individual to serve as Federal 
Director in, a position in the career-reserved Senior Exec-
utive service, to— 
(1) establish and manage the Office of Com-
mercial High-Performance Green Buildings; and
646 
(2) carry out other duties as required under 
this part. 
(b) COMPENSATION.—The compensation of the Fed-
eral 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 author-
ized under section 5304(h)(2)(C) of that title. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Federal Director shall— 
(1) coordinate the activities of the Office of 
Federal High-Performance Green Buildings with the 
activities of the Office of Commercial High-Perform-
ance Green Buildings; 
(2) ensure full coordination of high-performance 
green building information and activities within the 
General Services Administration and all relevant 
agencies, including, at a minimum— 
(A) the Environmental Protection Agency; 
(B) the Office of the Federal Environ-
mental Executive; 
(C) the Office of Federal Procurement Pol-
icy; 
(D) the Department of Energy; 
(E) the Department of Health and Human 
Services; and
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6493 
AN ACT 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to enhance aviation 
safety. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1569
AN ACT
To prohibit the use of funds appropriated to the Department
of Defense from being used for the deployment of ground
elements of the United States Armed Forces in the Fed-
eral Republic of Yugoslavia unless that deployment is
specifically authorized by law.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 158
AN ACT
To designate the United States courthouse located
at 316 North 26th Street in Billings, Montana,
as the ‘‘James F. Battin United States Court-
house’’.
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(F) the Department of Defense; 
(3) establish a senior-level Federal Green Build-
ing Advisory Committee, which shall provide advice 
and recommendations in accordance with subsection 
(d); 
(4) identify and biennially reassess improved or 
higher rating standards recommended by the Advi-
sory Committee; 
(5) ensure full coordination of research and de-
velopment information relating to Federal high-per-
formance green building initiatives; 
(6) identify and develop Federal high-perform-
ance green building standards that could be used for 
all types of Federal facilities; 
(7) establish green practices that can be used 
throughout the life of a Federal facility; and 
(8) review and analyze current Federal budget 
practices and life-cycle costing issues, and make rec-
ommendations to Congress, in accordance with sub-
section (d). 
(d) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.—The Federal Director, in 
coordination with the Commercial Director and the Advi-
sory Committee, shall— 
(1) identify, review, and analyze current budget 
and contracting practices that affect achievement of
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3030
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 757 Warren Road in Ithaca,
New York, as the ‘‘Matthew F. McHugh Post
Office’’.
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1653
AN ACT
To complete the orderly withdrawal of the NOAA from the
civil administration of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, and
to assist in the conservation of coral reefs, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1654
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration for fiscal years
2000, 2001, and 2002, and for other purposes.
fied conservation plan and any change thereto, 
and 
(F) upon dissolution, is required to dedi-
cate its assets to— 
(i) an organization described in sec-
tion 501(c)(3) of such Code which is orga-
nized and operated for conservation pur-
poses, or 
(ii) a governmental unit described in 
section 170(c)(1) of such Code. 
(4) UNRELATED
PERSON.—The term ‘‘unre-
lated person’’ means a person who is not a related 
person. 
(5) RELATED
PERSON.—A person shall be 
treated as related to another person if— 
(A) such person bears a relationship to 
such other person described in section 267(b) 
(determined without regard to paragraph (9) 
thereof), or 707(b)(1), of such Code, deter-
mined by substituting ‘‘25 percent’’ for ‘‘50 
percent’’ each place it appears therein, and 
(B) in the case such other person is a non-
profit organization, if such person controls di-
rectly or indirectly more than 25 percent of the 
governing body of such organization.
title V of the Clean Air Act and corresponding require-
ments under State laws, particularly with regard to States 
that have more stringent requirements than the Federal 
Government in this area. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall re-
port to Congress the results of the study made under sub-
section (a), together with recommendations on how to 
streamline those paperwork requirements. 
SEC. 111. RESPONSE TO BIOMASS DEBRIS EMERGENCY. 
(a) USE OF BIOMASS DEBRIS AS FUEL.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of En-
ergy may authorize any facility to use as fuel biomass de-
bris if—
(1) the debris results from a major disaster de-
clared in accordance with section 401 of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170); 
(2) the debris is located in the area for which 
the major disaster is declared; and 
(3) the requirements of subsection (b) are met. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—A facility described in sub-
section (a)—
(1) shall certify to the State in which the facil-
ity is located that no significant impact on meeting
SEC. 8. DELINEATION OF PRIMITIVE AREAS ON EASTERN 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS. 
(a) DELINEATION REQUIRED; TIMETABLE.—In the 
case of units of the National Forest System located east 
of the 104th meridian in the contiguous 48 States, the 
Secretary shall delineate primitive areas around core wil-
derness areas as soon as practicable, but in no case more 
than three years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, as an amendment to the applicable land and resource 
management plan. 
(b) CONTENT.—The primitive areas delineated under 
this section shall include all areas from the wilderness 
boundary out to the nearest improved roads on all sides 
of the wilderness area and enough additional acreage to 
result in an Ecosystem Protection Area that is at least 
50,000 acres and at least twice as large as the core wilder-
ness area. In all cases, the primitive area shall be as com-
pact as possible and designed to include as many natural 
communities as possible, including mountains, valleys, and 
other natural areas. 
(c) SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS.—In delineating the 
primitive areas, the Secretary shall exclude as many resi-
dential areas as possible. Along national or State des-
ignated trails, such as the Appalachian Trail, or natural 
biological corridors, the Secretary shall extend the primi-
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3923 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment 
of certain foreign nonqualified deferred compensation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 22, 2007 
Mr. EMANUEL (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Mr. DOGGETT) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
for the treatment of certain foreign nonqualified deferred 
compensation. 
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 ‘‘Offshore Deferred 
Compensation Reform Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN NON-
QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart B of part II of sub-
chapter E of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (relating to taxable year for which items of gross 
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tive areas further in each direction from the core wilder-
ness area. 
(d) ROADS.—The Secretary shall begin closing 
unmapped roads, temporary roads, and unimproved cher-
ry-stemmed roads in a primitive area as soon as prac-
ticable after the primitive area has been delineated, unless 
such roads provide access to private property. 
SEC. 9. DELINEATION OF PRIMITIVE AREAS ON WESTERN 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS. 
In the case of an Ecosystem Protection Areas located 
west of the 104th meridian, the Secretary shall identify 
every grazing allotment that is partially within a core wil-
derness area, and the portions of those allotments located 
outside of the core wilderness area shall be the primitive 
areas for that Ecosystem Protection Area. 
SEC. 10. COMPATIBLE MANAGEMENT OF ADJACENT DE-
PARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LANDS. 
Federal lands administered by the Secretary of the 
Interior that are adjacent to the Ecosystem Protection 
Areas shall be managed in a manner compatible with the 
management of the Ecosystem Protection Areas. 
SEC. 11. DEVELOPMENT OF STATE ECOSYSTEM PROTEC-
TION AREAS. 
(a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall 
provide technical and financial assistance to enable the
States specified in subsection (b) to acquire Ecosystem 
Protection Areas since these States are without a National 
Forest or Grassland of 50,000 or more acres. A State Eco-
system Protection Area shall be based on one of the larg-
est State-owned Wilderness Areas, State Parks, State 
Forests, or State Wildlife Management Areas in the State, 
as described in subsection (b). 
(b) STATE ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION AREAS.—The 
State Ecosystem Protection Areas and the State-owned 
lands forming their cores are as follows: 
(1) Connecticut: Housatonic Highlands, includ-
ing Housatonic State Forest and Mt. Washington 
State Forest (also in Massachusetts and New York). 
(2) Delaware: Bay to Bay, including Redden 
State Forest and Nanticoke Wildlife Area (also in 
Maryland). 
(3) Hawaii: Kau/South Kona, including Kau 
Forest Reserve. 
(4) Iowa: Fox River, including Stephens State 
Forest and Shimek State Forest. 
(5) Maryland: Maryland Mountains, including 
Savage River State Forest. 
(6) Massachusetts: Berkshire Hills, including 
Mount Greylock State Reservation and Pittsfield 
State Forest (also in New York).