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(A) Paraprofessionals. 
(B) Clerical services. 
(C) Custodial and maintenance services. 
(D) Transportation services. 
(E) Food services. 
(F) Skilled trades. 
(G) Health and student services. 
(H) Security services. 
(I) Technical services. 
(2) Classified school employees provide valuable 
service to public schools in the United States. 
(3) Classified school employees provide essential 
services, such as transportation, facilities mainte-
nance and operations, food service, safety, and 
health care. 
(4) Classified school employees play a vital role 
in providing for the welfare and safety of students. 
(5) Classified school employees strive for excel-
lence in all areas of service to the education commu-
nity. 
(6) Exemplary classified school employees 
should be recognized for their outstanding contribu-
tions to quality education in the United States. 
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(4) BONDS OR FEES.—The Corporation shall 
not be required to post any bond to pursue any ap-
peal and shall not be subject to payments of any fil-
ing fees in United States district courts or courts of 
appeal. 
SEC. 9. TERMINATION OF CORPORATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall terminate 
at the end of the 10-year period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) WINDING UP THE AFFAIRS OF THE CORPORA-
TION.—Any right, title, interest, or obligation of the Cor-
poration with respect to liabilities or assets of the Cor-
poration which have not been fully disposed of by the end 
of the 10-year period referred to in paragraph (1) shall 
transfer, as of the end of such period, to the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget who shall promptly 
wind up the affairs of the Corporation and dispose of such 
assets and liabilities. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4101
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 170 East Main Street in Patchogue, New 
York, as the ‘‘Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office 
Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
847 
ment of this title, the Federal financial institution regu-
latory agencies shall submit a report to the Committee on 
Financial Services of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
of the Senate describing the agencies’ efforts to estab-
lish— 
(1) a public interagency Web site for directing 
and referring Internet consumer complaints and in-
quiries concerning any financial institution to the 
Consumer Financial Protection Agency for purposes 
of collecting, monitoring, and responding to such 
complaints and, where appropriate, a system for re-
ferring complaints to the Federal financial institu-
tion regulatory agency, other Federal agency, or 
State agency that is otherwise the appropriate agen-
cy to address the subject of the complaint or inquiry; 
and 
(2) a system to expedite the prompt and effec-
tive rerouting of any misdirected consumer com-
plaint or inquiry documents between or among the 
agencies, with prompt referral of any complaint or 
inquiry to the appropriate Federal financial institu-
tion regulatory agency, and to participating State 
agencies.
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 170 East Main Street in Patchogue, New York, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Lieutenant Michael 
P. Murphy Post Office Building’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office Build-
ing’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 2, 2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4101
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 170 East Main Street in 
Patchogue, New York, as the ‘‘Lieutenant Mi-
chael P. Murphy Post Office Building’’.
previously computed under section 1839 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r) for 
months in 2006. 
(B) 
GOVERNMENT
CONTRIBUTION.—In 
computing the amount of the Government con-
tribution under section 1844(a) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w(a)) for months 
in 2006, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall compute and apply a new actuari-
ally adequate rate per enrollee age 65 and over 
under section 1839(a)(1) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395r(a)(1)) taking into account the 
provisions of this section. 
(2) 2007.— 
(A) PREMIUM.—The monthly premium 
under section 1839 of the Social Security Act 
for months in 2007 shall be computed as if this 
section had not been enacted. 
(B) GOVERNMENT
CONTRIBUTION.—The 
Government contribution under section 1844(a) 
of the Social Security Act for months in 2007 
shall be computed taking into account the pro-
visions of this section, including subparagraph 
(A).
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the merchant, retailer, or seller of nonfinancial 
services; or 
(B) collection of debt, directly by the mer-
chant, retailer, or seller of nonfinancial services, 
arising from such credit extended. 
In the application of this paragraph, the extension 
of credit and the collection of debt described in sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B), respectively, shall not be 
considered a consumer financial product or service. 
(2) EXCEPTION FOR EXISTING AUTHORITY.— 
The Director may exercise any rulemaking authority 
regarding an extension of credit described in para-
graph (1)(A) or the collection of debt arising from 
such extension, as may be authorized by the enumer-
ated consumer laws or any law or authority trans-
ferred under subtitle F or H. 
(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—No provision of 
this title shall be construed as modifying, limiting, 
or superseding the authority of the Federal Trade 
Commission or any agency other than the Agency 
with respect to credit extended, or the collection of 
debt arising from such extension, directly by a mer-
chant or retailer to a consumer exclusively for the 
purpose of enabling that consumer to purchase
H. R. 4101
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and six 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 East 
Main Street in Patchogue, New York, as the ‘‘Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy 
Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
170 East Main Street in Patchogue, New York, shall be known 
and designated as the ‘‘Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office 
Building’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
or other record of the United States to the facility referred to 
in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Lieutenant 
Michael P. Murphy Post Office Building’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
SEC. 3. MEDPAC REPORT ON MEDICARE SPENDING ON 
PHYSICIAN SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 15, 2007, 
the Medicare Payment Assessment Commission shall sub-
mit to Congress a report (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘report’’) on approaches to controlling aggregate 
spending for physician services in order to maximize effi-
ciency and maintain beneficiary access to high-quality care 
under part B of the Medicare program. 
(b) REPORT DETAILS.— 
(1) The report shall include recommendations 
on— 
(A) the appropriate categorization or level 
of analysis (such as group practice, hospital 
medical staff, type of service or specialty, geo-
graphic area, outliers, or any other approach or 
combination of approaches); 
(B) standards to assess volume growth; 
and 
(C) how volume control policies should be 
implemented, including the extent to which the 
policies should be codified in law. 
(2) The report shall address the appropriate 
level of discretion for the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services to make necessary adjustments to
alter physician payments or otherwise intervene to 
affect provider behavior. 
(3) The report shall also include findings and 
recommendations on the work of the Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Relative 
Value Update Committee (RUC), including— 
(A) whether the current pricing system ac-
curately reflects resource costs; 
(B) whether adjustments should be made 
to practice expense to better estimate marginal 
cost; 
(C) identification and review of overvalued 
services; 
(D) the effectiveness of the five-year review 
process; 
(E) comparison of relative values among 
categories of services; 
(F) the ability for such Centers to develop 
and utilize external resources (including as 
medical directors from carriers or health plans) 
to determine appropriate pricing; 
(G) strategies that should be available to 
such Centers to make adjustments to payments 
when necessary;
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4101 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
170 East Main Street in Patchogue, New York, as the ‘‘Lieutenant 
Michael P. Murphy Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2005 
Mr. BISHOP of New York (for himself, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. 
ISRAEL, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. KUHL of New 
York, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. 
FOSSELLA, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. WALSH, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 
WEINER, Mr. OWENS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. MALONEY, Mrs. LOWEY, 
Mr. REYNOLDS, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
SWEENEY, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MEEKS of New York, and Mrs. KELLY) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 170 East Main Street in Patchogue, New 
York, as the ‘‘Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office 
Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LIEUTENANT MICHAEL P. MURPHY POST OF-
FICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 170 East Main Street in 
Patchogue, New York, shall be known and designated as 
the ‘‘Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
(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 ‘‘Lieutenant Michael 
P. Murphy Post Office Building’’. 
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(H) any additional recommendations for 
reforming the current pricing system, such as 
whether bases other than resource costs should 
be considered in determining the relative value 
of services in the physician fee schedule; and 
(I) the extent to which alternative payment 
methods should be used for certain types of 
providers or patients (such as payment by epi-
sode and payment by capitation or partial capi-
tation). 
(4) The report shall evaluate the effect that 
Medicare and private plan payment policies have on 
the development and maintenance of the physician 
workforce. 
SEC. 4. REPEAL OF MEDICARE COST CONTAINMENT PROVI-
SIONS. 
Subtitle A of title X of the Medicare Prescription 
Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 is re-
pealed and the provisions of law amended by such subtitle 
are restored as if such subtitle had not been enacted. 
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SEC. 1402. ESTABLISHMENT OF HOPE FOR HOMEOWNERS 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title II of the National Hous-
ing Act (12 U.S.C. 1707 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 257. HOPE FOR HOMEOWNERS PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Federal Housing Administration a HOPE for Homeowners 
Program. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the HOPE for Home-
owners Program is— 
‘‘(1) to create an FHA program, participation 
in which is voluntary on the part of homeowners and 
existing loan holders to insure refinanced loans for 
distressed borrowers to support long-term, sustainable 
homeownership; 
‘‘(2) to allow homeowners to avoid foreclosure by 
reducing the principle balance outstanding, and in-
terest rate charged, on their mortgages; 
‘‘(3) to help stabilize and provide confidence in 
mortgage markets by bringing transparency to the 
value of assets based on mortgage assets; 
‘‘(4) to target mortgage assistance under this sec-
tion to homeowners for their principal residence;
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4101 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 3, 2006 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 170 East Main Street in Patchogue, New 
York, as the ‘‘Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office 
Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3979 
To suspend temporarily the provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating 
to the mandatory separation of members of the Capitol Police by reason 
of age or years of service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 6, 2005 
Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself and Mr. RAMSTAD) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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 suspend temporarily the provisions of title 5, United 
States Code, relating to the mandatory separation of 
members of the Capitol Police by reason of age or years 
of service. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF MANDATORY 
SEPARATION PROVISIONS. 
No member of the Capitol Police shall, during the 
12-month period beginning on the date of the enactment
of this Act, be subject to mandatory separation under ei-
ther section 8335(c) or section 8425(c) of title 5, United 
States Code. 
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HR 4101 RFS 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 170 East Main Street in Patchogue, New York, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Lieutenant Michael 
P. Murphy Post Office Building’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 2, 2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4521 
To prohibit the Secretary of Defense from purchasing certain steel or equip-
ment, products, or systems made with steel that is not melted and 
poured in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2005 
Mr. STUPAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Secretary of Defense from purchasing certain 
steel or equipment, products, or systems made with steel 
that is not melted and poured in the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION AGAINST PURCHASING CERTAIN 
STEEL NOT MELTED AND POURED IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of Defense may 
not purchase— 
(1) steel, or
(2) equipment, products, or systems that are 
necessary to national security or national defense 
and that are made with steel, 
that is not melted and poured in the United States except 
in cases in which the steel required for the intended use 
is not melted and poured in the United States. 
(b) NATIONAL SECURITY EXCEPTION.—Subsection 
(a) shall not apply with respect to a purchase that the 
Secretary of Defense determines is necessary for national 
security purposes. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4102 
To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for compulsory licensing 
of certain patented inventions relating to health care emergencies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2005 
Mr. BROWN of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for com-
pulsory licensing of certain patented inventions relating 
to health care emergencies. 
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 ‘‘Public Health Emer-
gency Medicines Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COMPULSORY LICENSING OF PATENTED INVEN-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 14 of title 35, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘§ 158. Compulsory licensing 
‘‘(a) COMPULSORY LICENSING OF PATENTED INVEN-
TIONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.—In the case of 
any invention relating to health care the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall have the right to au-
thorize use of the subject matter of the patent without 
authorization of the patent holder or any licensees of the 
patent holder if the Secretary makes the determination 
that the invention is needed to address a public health 
emergency. 
‘‘(b) COMPENSATION FOR USE OF A PATENT.—In ex-
ercising the right under subsection (a) to authorize other 
use of the subject matter of a patent, the right holder shall 
be paid reasonable remuneration for the use of the patent. 
In determining the reasonableness of remuneration for the 
use of a patent, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices may consider— 
‘‘(1) evidence of the risks and costs associated 
with the invention claimed in the patent and the 
commercial development of products that use the in-
vention; 
‘‘(2) evidence of the efficacy and innovative na-
ture and importance to the public health of the in-
vention or products using the invention; 
‘‘(3) the degree to which the invention benefited 
from publicly funded research;
‘‘(4) the need for adequate incentives for the 
creation and commercialization of new inventions; 
‘‘(5) the interests of the public as patients and 
payers for health care services; 
‘‘(6) the public health benefits of expanded ac-
cess to the invention; 
‘‘(7) the benefits of making the invention avail-
able to working families and retired persons; 
‘‘(8) the need to correct anti-competitive prac-
tices; or 
‘‘(9) other public interest considerations. 
‘‘(c) EXPORT OF HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS IN PUB-
LIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES.—The Secretary may author-
ize the use of a patent, without authorization of the patent 
holder or any licensees of the patent holder, to export 
medicines or other health care products that are needed 
to address global public health emergencies, when the le-
gitimate rights of the patent holder are protected in the 
export market. 
‘‘(d) CONSISTENCY WITH TRIPS.—The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services may adopt regulations to im-
plement the purposes of this section, consistent with the 
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Prop-
erty Rights referred to in section 101(d)(15) of the Uru-
guay Round Agreements Act.
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘health 
care product’ means any drug or device (as those terms 
are defined in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act), any biological product (as defined in sec-
tion 351 of the Public Health Service Act), or any tech-
nology or process to the extent the technology or process 
is applied to health or health care.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 14 of title 35, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘158. Compulsory licensing.’’. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4522 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for student loan 
forgiveness to encourage individuals to become and remain school admin-
istrators in low income areas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2005 
Mr. STUPAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide 
for student loan forgiveness to encourage individuals to 
become and remain school administrators in low income 
areas. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR SCHOOL ADMINIS-
TRATORS. 
(a) FFEL LOANS.— 
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 428J(b) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C 1078–
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‘‘(5) to enhance the administrative capacity of 
the FHA to carry out its expanded role under the 
HOPE for Homeowners Program; 
‘‘(6) to ensure the HOPE for Homeowners Pro-
gram remains in effect only for as long as is nec-
essary to provide stability to the housing market; and 
‘‘(7) to provide servicers of delinquent mortgages 
with additional methods and approaches to avoid 
foreclosure. 
‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PRO-
GRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) DUTIES OF THE BOARD.—In order to carry 
out the purposes of the HOPE for Homeowners Pro-
gram, the Board shall— 
‘‘(A) establish requirements and standards 
for the program; and 
‘‘(B) prescribe such regulations and provide 
such guidance as may be necessary or appro-
priate to implement such requirements and 
standards. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—In carrying 
out any of the program requirements or standards es-
tablished under paragraph (1), the Secretary may 
issue such interim guidance and mortgagee letters as 
the Secretary determines necessary or appropriate.