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(3) The energy conservation standards estab-
lished under this subsection shall be updated within 
one year after the date of enactment of this Act and 
within one year after any revision to the Inter-
national Energy Conservation Code. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT.—Any manufacturer of manufac-
tured housing that violates a provision of the regulations 
under subsection (a) is liable to the United States for a 
civil penalty in an amount not exceeding 1 percent of the 
manufacturer’s retail list price of the manufactured hous-
ing. 
SEC. 9033. BASELINE BUILDING DESIGNS. 
Section 327(f)(3)(D) of the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6297(f)(3)(D)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(D) If the code uses one or more baseline 
building designs against which all submitted building 
designs are to be evaluated and such baseline build-
ing designs contain a covered product subject to an 
energy conservation standard established in or pre-
scribed under section 325, the baseline building de-
signs are based on the efficiency level for such cov-
ered product which— 
‘‘(i) meets but does not exceed such stand-
ard; 
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 189
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the
wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice known as
shark finning.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 190
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Urging the United States to seek a global con-
sensus supporting a moratorium on tariffs and
on special, multiple, and discriminatory taxation
of electronic commerce.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 191
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the
Brooklyn Museum of Art should not receive Fed-
eral funds unless it closes its exhibit featuring
works of a sacrilegious nature.
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year is an amount equal to 20 percent of the qualified 
investment for such taxable year. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFIED INVESTMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 
(a), the qualified investment for any taxable year is 
the basis of property placed in service by the tax-
payer during such taxable year which is part of a 
qualifying coal-to-liquid fuels project— 
‘‘(A)(i) the construction, reconstruction, or 
erection of which is completed by the taxpayer, 
or 
‘‘(ii) which is acquired by the taxpayer if 
the original use of such property commences 
with the taxpayer, and 
‘‘(B) with respect to which depreciation (or 
amortization in lieu of depreciation) is allow-
able. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE RULES.—For purposes of this 
section, rules similar to the rules of subsection 
(a)(4) and (b) of section 48 shall apply. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) 
QUALIFYING
COAL-TO-LIQUID
FUELS 
PROJECT.—The term ‘qualifying coal-to-liquid fuels 
project’ means any domestic project which— 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6422 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow small businesses 
a refundable income tax credit to offset the cost of providing health 
care coverage for employees. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2008 
Mr. SPACE 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 allow small 
businesses a refundable income tax credit to offset the 
cost of providing health care coverage for employees. 
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 ‘‘Small Business Health 
Care Relief Act of 2008’’. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4198 
To provide for competitive grants for the establishment and expansion of 
programs that use networks of public, private, and faith-based organiza-
tions to recruit and train foster and adoptive parents and provide support 
services to foster children and their families. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2007 
Mr. LAMPSON (for himself, Mr. COOPER, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. PAS-
TOR, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. 
BARROW, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. SPACE, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, 
Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. CLAY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. HILL, 
and Mr. BACA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide for competitive grants for the establishment and 
expansion of programs that use networks of public, pri-
vate, and faith-based organizations to recruit and train 
foster and adoptive parents and provide support services 
to foster children and their families. 
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 ‘‘Foster and Adoptive 
Parent Recruitment Programs Act of 2007’’. 
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‘‘(A) identifies each award recipient; 
‘‘(B) describes the technologies developed 
by each award recipient; and 
‘‘(C) specifies actions being taken toward 
commercial application of all technologies with 
respect to which a prize has been awarded 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(7) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(i) AWARDS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary for the 
period encompassing fiscal years 2008 
through 2017 for carrying out this sub-
section— 
‘‘(I) $20,000,000 for awards de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(A)(i); 
‘‘(II) $20,000,000 for awards de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(A)(ii); and 
‘‘(III) $10,000,000 for the award 
described in paragraph (2)(A)(iii). 
‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATION.—In addition 
to the amounts authorized in clause (i), 
there are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary for each of fiscal years 2008
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and 2009 $2,000,000 for the administra-
tive costs of carrying out this subsection. 
‘‘(B) CARRYOVER OF FUNDS.—Funds ap-
propriated for prize awards under this sub-
section shall remain available until expended, 
and may be transferred, reprogrammed, or ex-
pended for other purposes only after the expira-
tion of 10 fiscal years after the fiscal year for 
which the funds were originally appropriated. 
No provision in this subsection permits obliga-
tion or payment of funds in violation of section 
1341 of title 31 of the United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the Anti-Deficiency 
Act). 
‘‘(8) NONSUBSTITUTION.—The programs cre-
ated under this subsection shall not be considered a 
substitute for Federal research and development 
programs.’’. 
TITLE V—AGRICULTURE 
ENERGY 
SEC. 5001. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.) is amended by insert-
ing before section 9001 the following new section:
shall consider religious organizations on the same 
basis as other nongovernmental organizations, so 
long as the grant is to be implemented in a manner 
consistent with the Establishment Clause of the 
First Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States. A State or local government receiving funds 
under this section shall not discriminate against an 
organization that seeks to participate in a program 
funded under this section on the basis that the orga-
nization has a religious character. 
‘‘(2) NONINTERFERENCE.—Neither the Federal 
Government nor a State or local government shall 
require a religious organization— 
‘‘(A) to alter its form of internal govern-
ance; or 
‘‘(B) to remove from its premises religious 
art, icons, scripture, or other symbols, 
in order to be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section or to participate in a program funded under 
this section. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.—Funds 
provided directly to a religious organization to carry 
out a program funded under this section shall not be 
expended for sectarian worship, instruction, or pros-
elytization. 
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(1) the term ‘‘former ninth circuit’’ means the 
ninth judicial circuit of the United States as in ex-
istence on the day before the effective date of this 
Act; 
(2) the term ‘‘new ninth circuit’’ means the 
ninth judicial circuit of the United States established 
by the amendment made by section 3(2)(A); and 
(3) the term ‘‘twelfth circuit’’ means the twelfth 
judicial circuit of the United States established by 
the amendment made by section 3(2)(B). 
SEC. 3. NUMBER AND COMPOSITION OF CIRCUITS. 
Section 41 of title 28, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the matter preceding the table, by strik-
ing ‘‘thirteen’’ and inserting ‘‘fourteen’’; and 
(2) in the table— 
(A) by striking the item relating to the 
ninth circuit and inserting the following: 
‘‘Ninth ..................................................
Arizona, California, Nevada.’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting after the item relating to 
the eleventh circuit the following: 
‘‘Twelfth ...............................................
Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Mon-
tana, Northern Mariana Islands, 
Oregon, Washington.’’.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4199 
AN ACT 
To amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act 
of 1992 to add sites to the Dayton Aviation Heritage 
National Historical Park, 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. CON. RES. 191
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Whereas on October 2, 1999, the Brooklyn Museum of Art
opened an exhibit entitled ‘‘Sensation: Young British Art-
ists from the Saatchi Collection’’;
Whereas this art exhibit features a desecrated image of the
Virgin Mary;
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 193
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the support of Congress for activities to
increase public participation in the decennial cen-
sus.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 196
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Permitting the use of the Rotunda of the Capitol
for the presentation of the Congressional Gold
Medal to President and Mrs. Gerald R. Ford.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 199
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that prayers
and invocations at public school sporting events
contribute to the moral foundation of our Nation
and urging the Supreme Court to uphold their
constitutionality.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 19
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Permitting the use of the Rotunda of the Capitol
for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of
the days of remembrance of victims of the Holo-
caust.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 205
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Recognizing and honoring the heroic efforts of the
Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing and its
rescue of Dr. Jerri Nielsen from the South Pole.
IV 
House Calendar No. 242 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1298 
[Report No. 110–732] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2176) to provide for and approve 
the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2008 
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, from the Committee on Rules, reported the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered 
to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2176) to provide 
for and approve the settlement of certain land claims 
of the Bay Mills Indian Community. 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution 
it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 
2176) to provide for and approve the settlement of certain 
land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community. All points 
of order against consideration of the bill are waived except 
those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. In lieu 
of the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec-
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‘‘SEC. 9000. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
‘‘The table of contents of this title is as follows: 
‘‘TITLE IX—ENERGY 
‘‘Sec. 9000. Table of contents. 
‘‘Sec. 9001. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 9002. Federal procurement of biobased products. 
‘‘Sec. 9003. Biorefinery development grants; loan guarantees for biorefineries 
and biofuel production plants. 
‘‘Sec. 9004. Biodiesel fuel education program. 
‘‘Sec. 9005. Energy audit and renewable energy development program. 
‘‘Sec. 9006. Rural energy for America program. 
‘‘Sec. 9007. Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. 
‘‘Sec. 9008. Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000. 
‘‘Sec. 9009. Cooperative research and extension projects. 
‘‘Sec. 9010. Continuation of bioenergy program. 
‘‘Sec. 9011. Research, extension, and educational programs on biobased energy 
technologies and products. 
‘‘Sec. 9012. Energy Council of the Department of Agriculture. 
‘‘Sec. 9013. Forest bioenergy research program.’’. 
SEC. 5002. FEDERAL PROCUREMENT OF BIOBASED PROD-
UCTS. 
Section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8102) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘, com-
posed of at least five percent of intermediate ingredi-
ents and feedstocks (such as biopolymers, methyl 
soyate, and soy polyols) as designated by the Sec-
retary,’’ after ‘‘highest percentage of biobased prod-
ucts practicable’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (h)(2) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of the New
(h) OPERATION OF RENEWABLE FUEL STATIONS.— 
The Secretary shall establish rules that set forth require-
ments for grant recipients under this section that include 
providing to the public the renewable fuel, establishing a 
marketing plan that informs consumers of the price and 
availability of the renewable fuel, clearly labeling the dis-
pensers and related equipment, and providing periodic re-
ports on the status of the renewable fuel sales, the type 
and amount of the renewable fuel dispensed at each loca-
tion, and the average price of such fuel. 
(i) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 
the date on which each renewable fuel station begins to 
offer renewable fuel to the public, the grant recipient that 
used grant funds to construct or upgrade such station 
shall notify the Secretary of Energy of such opening. The 
Secretary of Energy shall add each new renewable fuel 
station to the renewable fuel station locator on its Website 
when it receives notification under this subsection. 
(j) INELIGIBILITY.—No person may receive assist-
ance under this section and receive a credit under section 
30C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(k) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of En-
ergy for carrying out this section $200,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2008 through 2014. 
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IV
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 205
Recognizing and honoring the heroic efforts of the Air National Guard’s
109th Airlift Wing and its rescue of Dr. Jerri Nielsen from the South
Pole.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 25, 1999
Mr. MCNULTY submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Armed Services
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Recognizing and honoring the heroic efforts of the Air Na-
tional Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing and its rescue of Dr.
Jerri Nielsen from the South Pole.
Whereas the 109th Airlift Wing of the Air National Guard
is based at Stratton Air National Guard Base in Glen-
ville, New York;
Whereas the 109th was called upon by the United States
Antarctic Program to undertake a medical evacuation
mission to the South Pole to rescue Dr. Jerri Nielsen, a
physician who diagnosed herself with breast cancer;
Whereas the 109th is the only unit in the world trained and
equipped to attempt such a mission;
Whereas the 10 crew members were pilot Maj. George R.
McAllister Jr., senior mission commander Col. Marion G.
105 
SEC. 302. AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING REQUIREMENTS FOR 
CERTAIN MORTGAGES. 
(a) PREPAYMENT PENALTY PROVISIONS.—Section 
129(c)(2) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 
1639(c)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the 
end of subparagraph (C); 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (E); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) the amount of the principal obliga-
tion of the mortgage exceeds the maximum 
principal obligation limitation (for the applica-
ble size residence) under section 203(b)(2) of 
the National Housing Act for the area in which 
the residence subject to the mortgage is located; 
and’’. 
(b) NO BALLOON PAYMENTS.—Section 129(e) of the 
Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1639(e)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(e) NO BALLOON PAYMENTS.—No high-cost mort-
gage may contain a scheduled payment that is more than 
twice as large as the average of earlier scheduled pay-
ments. This subsection shall not apply when the payment
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AMDT. NO. 570 
the term ‘applicable 2008 or 2009 loss from op-
erations’ means— 
‘‘(i) the taxpayer’s loss from oper-
ations for any taxable year ending in 2008 
or 2009, or 
‘‘(ii) if the taxpayer elects to have this 
clause apply in lieu of clause (i), the tax-
payer’s loss from operations for any tax-
able year beginning in 2008 or 2009. 
‘‘(C) ELECTION.—Any election under this 
paragraph shall be made in such manner as 
may be prescribed by the Secretary, and shall 
be made by the due date (including extension of 
time) for filing the taxpayer’s return for the 
taxable year of the loss from operations. Any 
such election, once made, shall be irrevocable. 
‘‘(D) COORDINATION WITH ALTERNATIVE 
TAX NET OPERATING LOSS DEDUCTION.—In the 
case of a taxpayer who elects to have subpara-
graph (B)(ii) apply, section 56(d)(1)(A)(ii) shall 
be applied by substituting ‘ending during 2001 
or 2002 or beginning during 2008 or 2009’ for 
‘ending during 2001, 2002, 2008, or 2009’.’’. 
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schedule is adjusted to the seasonal or irregular income 
of the consumer.’’. 
(c) NO LENDING WITHOUT DUE REGARD TO ABIL-
ITY TO REPAY.—Section 129(h) of the Truth in Lending 
Act (15 U.S.C. 1639(h)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘PAYMENT ABILITY OF CON-
SUMER.—A creditor shall not’’ and inserting ‘‘PAY-
MENT ABILITY OF CONSUMER.— 
‘‘(1) PATTERN OR PRACTICE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A creditor shall not’’; 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) (as so 
designated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) 
PRESUMPTION
OF
VIOLATION.— 
There shall be a presumption that a creditor 
has violated this subsection if the creditor en-
gages in a pattern or practice of making high- 
cost mortgages without verifying or docu-
menting the repayment ability of consumers 
with respect to such mortgages.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION
ON
EXTENDING
CREDIT 
WITHOUT REGARD TO PAYMENT ABILITY OF CON-
SUMER.—
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 206
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing grave concern regarding armed conflict
in the North Caucasus region of the Russian
Federation which has resulted in civilian casual-
ties and internally displaced persons, and urging
all sides to pursue dialog for peaceful resolution
of the conflict.
IB 
Union Calendar No. 470 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4199 
[Report No. 110–739] 
To amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to add 
sites to the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2007 
Mr. TURNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
JULY 8, 2008 
Additional sponsors: Mr. HOBSON, Mr. CLAY, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. MILLER of 
North Carolina, Ms. KAPTUR, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. LATTA, Mr. REG-
ULA, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. HAYES, Ms. SUTTON, and Mr. WILSON of 
Ohio 
JULY 8, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 15, 2007] 
A BILL 
To amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act 
of 1992 to add sites to the Dayton Aviation Heritage 
National Historical Park, and for other purposes. 
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Direction for Energy Independence, National 
Security, and Consumer Protection Act, the 
Secretary, in consultation with other Federal 
departments and agencies and with non-govern-
mental groups with an interest in biobased 
products, including small and large producers 
of biobased materials and products, industry, 
trade organizations, academia, consumer orga-
nizations, and environmental organizations, 
shall issue criteria for determining which prod-
ucts may qualify to receive the label under 
paragraph (1). The criteria shall encourage the 
purchase of products with the maximum 
biobased content, and should, to the maximum 
extent possible, be consistent with the guide-
lines issued under subsection (e). 
‘‘(B) INTERMEDIATE INGREDIENTS.—The 
criteria issued under subparagraph (A) shall 
provide that the Secretary may designate inter-
mediate ingredients and feedstocks (such as 
biopolymers, methyl soyate, and soy polyols) as 
biobased for the purposes of the voluntary pro-
gram established under this subsection.’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (k)(2)(A) and insert-
ing the following: