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SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF TIME LIMIT FOR USE OF EDU-
CATIONAL ASSISTANCE BY MEMBERS OF THE 
SELECTED RESERVE AND MEMBERS OF RE-
SERVE COMPONENT SUPPORTING CONTIN-
GENCY OPERATIONS AND CERTAIN OTHER 
OPERATIONS. 
(a) MEMBERS OF SELECTED RESERVES.—Section 
16133(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ‘‘that is ten years after the date on which’’ after 
‘‘on the date’’. 
(b) RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS SUPPORTING 
CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.—Section 16164(a) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the period 
during which a person entitled to educational assistance 
under this chapter may use such person’s entitlement ex-
pires (1) at the end of the 14-year period beginning on 
the date on which such person becomes entitled to such 
assistance, or (2) on the date that is ten years after the 
date on which the person is separated from the Selected 
Reserve or the Ready Reserve, whichever occurs first.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall apply with respect to a person who becomes 
eligible for benefits under chapter 1606 or 1607 of title 
10, United States Code, on or after January 1, 2007. 
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SEC. 2. ADDITION OF CLASSES OF FORMER NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS PROGRAM WORKERS IN THE SPE-
CIAL EXPOSURE COHORT UNDER ENERGY 
EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COM-
PENSATION PROGRAM. 
Section 3626(b) of the Energy Employees Occupa-
tional Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 
U.S.C. 7384q(b)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as subpara-
graph (B); 
(3) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; or’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) subject to subparagraph (B), in the 
case of a class of employees employed at an atomic 
weapons employer facility or a Department of En-
ergy facility during a period (in the aggregate) of at 
least 250 days (or a shorter duration connected to 
discrete events, as determined by the Secretary) dur-
ing which— 
‘‘(i) the employees in the class had the po-
tential for exposure to occupational ionizing ra-
diation from production or processing materials 
related to atomic weapons, or engaged in re-
search, development, testing, assembly, dis-
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4006
AN ACT
To designate the United States courthouse located at 100
Federal Plaza in Central Islip, New York, as the
‘‘Alfonse M. D’Amato United States Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 400
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to estab-
lish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National
Historic Site, and for other purposes.
‘‘(D) The Administration shall approve or 
disapprove the loan within 36 hours.’’. 
(b) NOTICE AND COMMENT.—The program required 
by section 7(a)(34) of the Small Business Act, as added 
by subsection (a), shall be established after the oppor-
tunity for notice and comment and not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 
104. 
MEDICAL 
PROFESSIONALS 
IN 
DESIGNATED 
SHORTAGE AREAS PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(a) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(35) 
MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS
IN
DES-
IGNATED SHORTAGE AREAS PROGRAM.—The Admin-
istrator shall carry out a Medical Professionals in 
Designated Shortage Areas Program. For a loan 
made under this paragraph, the following shall 
apply: 
‘‘(A) The loan shall be made to a business 
concern that provides properly licensed medical, 
dental, or psychiatric services to the public. 
‘‘(B) The loan shall be for the purpose of 
opening a business concern in a health profes-
sional shortage area (as defined in section 332
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
254e)). 
‘‘(C) The loan shall include the participa-
tion by the Administration equal to 90 percent 
of the balance of the financing outstanding at 
the time of disbursement. 
‘‘(D) The fees on the loan under para-
graphs (18) and (23) shall be reduced by half.’’. 
(b) NOTICE AND COMMENT.—The program required 
by section 7(a)(35) of the Small Business Act, as added 
by subsection (a), shall be established after the oppor-
tunity for notice and comment and not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 105. INCREASED VETERAN PARTICIPATION PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(a) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(36) INCREASED
VETERAN
PARTICIPATION 
PROGRAM.—The Administrator shall carry out an 
Increased Veteran Participation Program. For a 
loan made under this paragraph, the following shall 
apply: 
‘‘(A) The loan shall be made to a business 
concern the majority ownership interest of 
which is directly held by individuals who are
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 400
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the
Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
assembly, decontamination, decommissioning, or 
waste management, or work related to such ac-
tivities; and 
‘‘(ii)(I) fewer than 50 percent of the em-
ployees in the class were individually monitored 
on a regular basis (using reliable methods and 
procedures) under a formal health physics pro-
gram for exposure to internal and external ion-
izing radiation for the types of radiation and 
specific radioactive isotopes to which the em-
ployees had the potential for exposure during 
the period when the employees were exposed; 
‘‘(II) individual internal and external expo-
sure records for the types of radiation and spe-
cific radioactive isotopes to which the employees 
in the class were potentially exposed at the fa-
cility during the period when the employees 
were exposed are nonexistent or are not avail-
able; or 
‘‘(III) to the extent that a portion of indi-
vidual internal or external records are available 
for the period from the facility, individual radi-
ation doses cannot be reliably determined for 
greater than 2⁄3 of the employees in the class 
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‘‘(5) The company meets such other criteria or 
complies with such conditions as the Administration 
deems appropriate. 
‘‘(c) PROCESSING OF EXPANSION APPLICATIONS.—
The Administration shall respond to the request of a cer-
tified development company for certification as a multi-
state company on an expedited basis within 30 days of 
receipt of a completed application if the application dem-
onstrates that the development company meets the re-
quirements of subsection (b)(1) through (b)(4). 
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS LIMITED TO STATE WHERE 
GENERATED.—Any funds generated by a development 
company from making loans under the Certified Develop-
ment Company Economic Development Loan Program 
which remain after payment of staff, operating and over-
head expenses shall be retained by the development com-
pany as a reserve for future operations, for expanding its 
area of operations in a local economic area as authorized 
by the Administration, or for investment in other local eco-
nomic development activity in the State from which the 
funds were generated. 
‘‘(e) ETHICAL REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Certified development com-
panies, their officers, employees and other staff, 
shall at all times act ethically and avoid activities
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6028 
AN ACT 
To authorize law enforcement and security assistance, and 
assistance to enhance the rule of law and strengthen 
civilian institutions, for Mexico and the countries of Cen-
tral America, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4013
AN ACT
To amend the Public Health Service Act to estab-
lish an Office of Rare Diseases at the National
Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce 
Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—ASSISTANCE FOR MEXICO 
Sec. 101. Findings. 
Sec. 102. Declarations of policy. 
Subtitle A—Law Enforcement and Security Assistance 
Sec. 111. Purposes of assistance. 
Sec. 112. Authorization of assistance. 
Sec. 113. Activities supported. 
Sec. 114. Limitation on assistance. 
Sec. 115. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Assistance to Enhance the Rule of Law and Strengthen Civilian 
Institutions 
Sec. 121. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 122. Authorization of assistance. 
Sec. 123. Activities supported. 
Sec. 124. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—ASSISTANCE FOR COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AMERICA 
Sec. 201. Findings. 
Sec. 202. Declarations of policy. 
Subtitle A—Law Enforcement and Security Assistance 
Sec. 211. Purposes of assistance. 
Sec. 212. Authorization of assistance. 
Sec. 213. Activities supported. 
Sec. 214. Limitation on assistance. 
Sec. 215. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Assistance to Enhance the Rule of Law and Strengthen Civilian 
Institutions 
Sec. 221. Authorization of assistance. 
Sec. 222. Activities supported. 
Sec. 223. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE III—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
using the individual internal and external moni-
toring records from the facility; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of a class of employees em-
ployed at a facility for which the National Institute 
for Occupational Safety and Health has updated the 
report and made the determination described in sec-
tion 3169(b)(4) of the Ronald W. Reagan National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 
(Public Law 108–375; 42 U.S.C. 7384 note) during 
a period determined under the report, during which 
(as determined by the Secretary) the employees at 
the facility met the criteria described in clauses (i) 
and (ii) of subparagraph (A).’’. 
SEC. 3. REGULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall modify the regulations and proce-
dures of the Secretary relating to the Special Exposure 
Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384 et 
seq.) to conform the regulations and procedures to section 
3626(b)(2) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (as amended by sec-
tion 2). 
(b) BETHLEHEM STEEL SITE.— 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1332
AN ACT 
To improve the access to capital programs of the 
Small Business Administration, and for other 
purposes.
(1) INITIATION OF PETITION.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall ini-
tiate a petition to include workers employed at the 
Bethlehem Steel site in Lackawanna, New York as 
a class to be included in the Special Exposure Co-
hort in accordance with section 3626(b)(2) of the 
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensa-
tion Program Act of 2000 (as amended by section 
2). 
(2) EVALUATION.—The evaluation of the peti-
tion shall be conducted in accordance with section 
3626 of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
7384q). 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall submit to Congress a report that 
identifies the facilities, classes, and the number of claim-
ants in each class who meet the criteria established under 
section 3626(b)(2) of the Energy Employees Occupational 
Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (as amended 
by section 2) for membership in the Special Exposure Co-
hort. 
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Act, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations 
to minimize the discharge of invasive species 
from ships that claim no ballast on board, or 
that claim to be carrying only unpumpable 
quantities of ballast, including, at a minimum, 
a requirement that— 
‘‘(i) such a ship shall conduct salt-
water flushing of ballast water tanks— 
‘‘(I) outside the exclusive eco-
nomic zone; or 
‘‘(II) at a designated alternative 
exchange site; and 
‘‘(ii) before being allowed entry be-
yond the St. Lawrence Seaway, the master 
of such a ship shall certify that the ship 
has complied with each applicable require-
ment under this subsection. 
‘‘(C) EARLY TECHNOLOGY.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of 
the Great Lakes Collaboration Implemen-
tation Act, the Secretary shall promulgate 
regulations allowing ships entering the 
Great Lakes to use a ballast water treat-
ment technology that is as effective as bal-
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Sec. 301. Conditions on provision of assistance. 
Sec. 302. Limitations on provision of assistance. 
Sec. 303. Limitation on monitoring. 
Sec. 304. Exemption from prohibition on assistance for law enforcement forces. 
Sec. 305. Relationship to other authority. 
Sec. 306. Rule of construction. 
TITLE IV—SUPPORT ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES 
Sec. 401. Report on reduction of drug demand in the United States. 
Sec. 402. Reduction of southbound flow of illegal weapons. 
Sec. 403. Reduction of southbound flow of illegal precursor chemicals and bulk- 
cash transfers. 
Sec. 404. Report. 
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 501. Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Implement the 
Merida Initiative. 
Sec. 502. Metrics and oversight mechanisms. 
Sec. 503. Report. 
Sec. 504. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 505. Sunset. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’— 
(A) means— 
(i) the Committee on Appropriations 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(ii) the Committee on Appropriations 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate; and 
(B) for purposes of titles IV and V, in-
cludes the Committee on the Judiciary of the
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4013
AN ACT
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an
Office of Rare Diseases at the National Institutes of
Health, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
last water exchange, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENT.—The regulations 
under clause (i) shall include a provision 
that a ballast water treatment technology 
used for purposes of complying with the 
regulations shall be permitted for the 
shorter of— 
‘‘(I) the 10-year period beginning 
on the date of initial use of the tech-
nology; and 
‘‘(II) the life of the ship on which 
the technology is used. 
‘‘(iii) TREATMENT
EQUIVALENCY
TO 
BALLAST
WATER
EXCHANGE.—For pur-
poses of the regulations under clause (i), 
the discharge standard of the International 
Maritime Organization shall be considered 
to be as effective as ballast water ex-
change. 
‘‘(2) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROGRAMS.— 
On implementation of a national mandatory ballast 
management program that is at least as comprehen-
sive as the Great Lakes program (as determined by 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1346 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct 
local educational agencies to release secondary school student information 
to military recruiters if the student’s parent provides written consent 
for the release, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2007 
Mr. HONDA (for himself, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. BERKLEY, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. CAR-
SON, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. FARR, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. 
GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HARE, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. 
ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Ms. MCCOL-
LUM of Minnesota, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. GEORGE MIL-
LER of California, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
OLVER, Mr. PAUL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. STARK, Mr. 
TIERNEY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. CON-
YERS, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. HIRONO, and Mr. KAGEN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to direct local educational agencies to release 
secondary school student information to military recruit-
ers if the student’s parent provides written consent for 
the release, 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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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Student Privacy Pro-
tection Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. ACCESS BY MILITARY RECRUITERS TO SECONDARY 
SCHOOL STUDENT INFORMATION. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 9528 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7908) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (d) 
as subsections (b) through (e), respectively; 
(2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(a) MILITARY RECRUITERS.— 
‘‘(1) ACCESS TO STUDENT RECRUITING INFOR-
MATION.—Notwithstanding section 503(c) of title 
10, United States Code, each local educational agen-
cy receiving assistance under this Act shall provide, 
on a request made by military recruiters, access to 
the name, address, and telephone listing of each sec-
ondary student served by the agency if the parent of 
the student involved has provided written consent to 
the agency for the release of such information to 
military recruiters. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE; OPPORTUNITY TO CONSENT.—A 
local educational agency receiving assistance under 
this Act shall— 
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tration that is collateralized by a second lien position 
on the property being constructed or acquired and 
also provide, or be affiliated with a corporation or 
other entity, for-profit or non-profit, which provides, 
financing collateralized by a first lien on the same 
property, except that business development compa-
nies which were participating as first mortgage lend-
ers for the 504 program in fiscal years 2004 or 
2005 may continue to do so. 
‘‘(3) OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVI-
TIES.—Operation of multiple programs to assist 
small business concerns in order for a certified de-
velopment company to carry out its economic devel-
opment mission shall not be deemed a conflict of in-
terest, but notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no development company may accept funding 
from any source, including but not limited to any de-
partment or agency of the United States Govern-
ment— 
‘‘(A) if such funding includes any condi-
tions, priorities or restrictions upon the types of 
small businesses to which they may provide fi-
nancial assistance under this title; or 
‘‘(B) if it includes any conditions or im-
poses any requirements, directly or indirectly, 
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‘‘(A) notify the parent of each secondary 
school student served by the agency of the op-
tion to consent to the release of the student’s 
name, address, and telephone listing to military 
recruiters; and 
‘‘(B) give the parent an opportunity to 
provide such consent in writing.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘POLICY.—’’ and inserting 
‘‘INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘military 
recruiters or’’; and 
(4) by transferring paragraph (3) of subsection 
(b) (as so redesignated) from the end of such sub-
section to the end of subsection (a) (as added by 
paragraph (2)). 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this 
Act apply only with respect to school years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3960
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 3719 Highway 4 in Jay, Florida, as the ‘‘Jo-
seph W. Westmoreland Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7082 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit 
the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose certain prisoner 
return information to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,