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may use any electricity or natural gas savings meas-
ures available to the distributor to achieve compli-
ance with the performance standard established 
under this section, on the condition that the elec-
tricity and natural gas savings achieved by such 
measures are calculated and verified pursuant to the 
rules issued under subsection (c). 
‘‘(B) A retail electricity or natural gas dis-
tributor may demonstrate compliance with the per-
formance standard through the accumulation of— 
‘‘(i) electricity or natural gas savings cred-
its achieved by such electricity or natural gas 
distributor and certified under clause (i) of sub-
section (d)(2)(A); 
‘‘(ii) electricity or natural gas savings cred-
its obtained by purchase under subsection 
(d)(6); 
‘‘(iii) electricity or natural gas savings 
credits borrowed against future years under 
subsection (d)(7); or 
‘‘(iv) any combination of credits described 
in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii). 
‘‘(5) APPLICABLE RATES.—(A) The applicable 
rates referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows: 
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‘‘Year 
Electricity Savings (%) 
Natural Gas Savings 
(%) 
2009 
0.25 
0.20 
2010 
0.75 
0.50 
2011 
1.50 
0.80 
2012 
2.25 
1.15 
2013 
3.00 
1.50 
2014 
4.00 
2.00 
2015 
5.00 
2.50 
2016 
6.00 
3.00 
2017 
7.00 
3.50 
2018 
8.00 
4.00 
2019 
9.00 
4.50 
2020 
10.00 
5.00 
‘‘(B) At least 2 years before the beginning of 
any year after 2020, the Secretary, after notice and 
opportunity for comment, shall set the applicable 
rate, taking into consideration the economic and en-
vironmental benefits of the energy savings and the 
cost of the savings measures. 
‘‘(c) DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE RULES.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall issue rules that describe the 
means to be used to calculate and verify compliance with 
the performance standard that include each of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Procedures and standards for defining and 
measuring electricity savings and natural gas sav-
ings from customer facility end-uses and from utility 
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H. Res. 1088 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
March 10, 2010. 
Whereas, in parts of East Africa, most notably Tanzania, 
shamans promote the reprehensible belief that people 
with albinism are less than human, and that their body 
parts can be made into potions to bring wealth or luck; 
Whereas over the last 2 years, more than 50 adults and chil-
dren with albinism have been murdered in East Africa by 
mercenaries who sell their body parts to shamans; 
Whereas countless other people with albinism have survived 
these attacks, but have been permanently mutilated in 
the name of profit; 
Whereas two mothers of children with albinism were attacked 
by gangs who were searching for the children in Eastern 
Tanzania in November 2008; 
Whereas a 10-year-old boy with albinism, Gasper Elikana, 
was beheaded by men who fled with his leg in October 
2008; 
Whereas a 28-year-old woman with albinism, Mariamu Stan-
ford, was attacked while she slept, losing both of her 
arms and her unborn child in October 2008; 
Whereas a 17-year-old woman with albinism from Kenya, 
Vumilia Makoye, was killed by 2 men in her home who 
sawed off her legs in May 2008;
distribution systems that occur in a calendar year 
(including measures implemented in previous cal-
endar years beginning in 2007). At a minimum, 
these procedures and standards shall— 
‘‘(A) specify the types and categories of ef-
ficiency measures that will be eligible for certifi-
cation under subsection (d)(2); 
‘‘(B) require that energy consumption esti-
mates for customer facilities or portions thereof 
in the base and current years be adjusted, when 
appropriate, to account for changes in weather, 
level of production, and building area; 
‘‘(C) allow energy consumption estimates 
from discrete processes and equipment within 
industrial facilities in the base and current 
years to be adjusted for factors identified by 
rule that may be responsible for significant 
year-to-year changes; 
‘‘(D) allow energy consumption estimates 
from discrete processes and equipment within 
industrial facilities in the base and current 
years to be adjusted for factors identified by 
rule that may be responsible for significant 
year-to-year changes; 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5361 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on plastic lamp-holder housings 
containing sockets. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2008 
Mr. ACKERMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on plastic lamp- 
holder housings containing sockets. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
PLASTIC 
LAMP-HOLDER 
HOUSINGS 
CON-
TAINING SOCKETS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.23.29 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
lamp-holder housings of plastic, containing sockets) is 
amended by striking ‘‘12/31/2009’’ and inserting ‘‘12/31/ 
2011’’. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3643 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Coordinated 
Environmental Public Health Network, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2007 
Ms. PELOSI (for herself, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, and Ms. SLAUGHTER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Co-
ordinated Environmental Public Health Network, 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 ‘‘Coordinated Environ-
mental Public Health Network Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) according to the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention, approximately 7 out of every 10 
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‘‘(E) account for the useful life of energy 
saving measures; 
‘‘(F) include deemed savings values for 
commonly-used efficiency measures and make 
provision for such values to be periodically re-
viewed and revised; 
‘‘(G) minimize the chances that more than 
one entity will claim credit for the same sav-
ings; and 
‘‘(H) exclude savings that— 
‘‘(i) are attributable to measures or 
systems installed before January 1, 2007, 
or to modifications of processes or systems 
undertaken prior to January 1, 2007; 
‘‘(ii) are otherwise required by Fed-
eral, State, local, or Indian tribal law or 
regulation; 
‘‘(iii) are achieved without the inter-
vention of the electricity or natural gas dis-
tributor or of any other entity seeking 
credits under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) of this 
Act, except as provided under subsection 
(e); 
‘‘(iv) are attributable to Federal, 
State, or local tax incentives, grants, loans, 
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H. Res. 1089 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
March 17, 2010. 
Whereas Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, was 
founded as Augustana Seminary under the auspices of 
the Augustana Synod on September 1, 1860; 
Whereas the name Augustana comes from Confessio 
Augustana, the Latin rendering of the seminal statement 
of the Reformation, the Augsburg Confession; 
Whereas Augustana College was initially founded to train Lu-
theran pastors, teachers, and musicians for the growing 
settlements of Swedish immigrants in the United States; 
Whereas Augustana College began classes in Chicago, moved 
to Paxton in 1863, and then finally moved to its present 
location in Rock Island in 1875; 
Whereas Augustana College has grown from serving 90 stu-
dents in 1875 to serving over 2,500 students today; 
Whereas Augustana College’s mission is to offer a challenging 
education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, and 
body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership and 
service in a diverse and changing world; 
Whereas Augustana College offers undergraduate students an 
education rooted in the liberal arts and sciences through 
75 fields of study;
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 at the ‘‘Public Diplomacy Re-
source Centers Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. UNITED STATES PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
AND MAINTENANCE
OF LI-
BRARIES.—Section 1(b)(3) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(b)(3)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(F) provide for the establishment of new 
and the maintenance of existing libraries and 
resource centers at or in connection with United 
States diplomatic and consular missions.’’. 
(b) OPERATION OF LIBRARIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
ensure that libraries and resource centers estab-
lished and maintained in accordance with subpara-
graph (F) of section 1(b)(3) of the State Depart-
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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IV 
House Calendar No. 8 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 108 
[Report No. 111–11] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 352) to postpone the DTV transition 
date. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 3, 2009 
Mr. CARDOZA, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 352) to postpone 
the DTV transition date. 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution 
it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (S. 
352) to postpone the DTV transition date. All points of 
order against consideration of the bill are waived except 
those arising under clause 10 of rule XXI. The bill shall 
be considered as read. All points of order against the bill 
are waived. The previous question shall be considered as 
ordered on the bill to final passage without intervening 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3644 
To establish a nonpartisan Commission on Natural Catastrophe Risk 
Management and Insurance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2007 
Mr. SHAYS (for himself and Mr. BLUMENAUER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To establish a nonpartisan Commission on Natural Catas-
trophe Risk Management and Insurance, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Commission on Natural Catastrophe Risk Management 
and Insurance Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Establishment. 
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reports, and amendments to such documents; except that 
in carrying out this sentence, the Secretary shall take such 
actions as may be necessary to protect the privacy of any 
residents and households displaced from public housing as 
a result of a revitalization plan assisted under this sec-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS. 
Subsection (s) of section 24, as so redesignated by 
section 8(l) of this Act, is amended— 
(1) in clauses (i) and (iii) of paragraph (1)(C), 
by striking ‘‘program’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘plan’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘SUPPORTIVE’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTIVE’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘community and’’ before 
‘‘supportive services’’; 
(C) by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ‘‘, and such other services 
that, linked with affordable housing, will im-
prove the health and residential stability of pub-
lic housing residents’’; and 
(D) by inserting after ‘‘transportation,’’ 
the following: ‘‘employment and vocational
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‘‘(i) the individual has a substantial 
beneficial interest, or a member of the in-
dividual’s immediate family has a substan-
tial beneficial interest, in the policy or plan 
of insurance; and 
‘‘(ii) the total compensation to be paid 
to the individual with respect to the sale or 
service of the policies or plans of insurance 
that meet the condition described in clause 
(i) exceeds 30 percent or the percentage 
specified in State law, whichever is less, of 
the total of all compensation received di-
rectly or indirectly by the individual for the 
sale or service of all policies and plans of 
insurance offered under this title for the 
reinsurance year. 
‘‘(C) REPORTING.—Not later than 90 days 
after the annual settlement date of the reinsur-
ance year, any individual that received directly 
or indirectly any compensation for the service 
or sale of any policy or plan of insurance of-
fered under this title in the prior reinsurance 
year shall certify to applicable approved insur-
ance providers that the compensation that the 
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counseling, financial counseling, life skills train-
ing,’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (6); 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (2), the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) SIGNIFICANT AMENDMENT OR CHANGE.— 
The term ‘significant’ means, with respect to an 
amendment or change to a revitalization plan, that 
the amendment or change— 
‘‘(A) changes the use of 20 percent or 
more of the total amount of HOPE VI grant 
amounts provided under this section provided 
under the grant made under this section for the 
plan from use for one activity to use for an-
other; 
‘‘(B) eliminates an activity that, notwith-
standing the change, would otherwise be carried 
out under the plan; or 
‘‘(C) changes the scope, location, or bene-
ficiaries of the project carried out under the 
plan.’’; 
(5) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (4); and
(6) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) COMPREHENSIVE
RELOCATION
ASSIST-
ANCE.—The term ‘comprehensive relocation assist-
ance’ means comprehensive assistance necessary to 
relocate the members of a household, and includes 
counseling, including counseling regarding housing 
options and locations and use of tenant-based assist-
ance, case management services, assistance in locat-
ing a suitable residence, site tours, and other assist-
ance. 
‘‘(3) DEVELOPMENT.—The term ‘development’ 
has the same meaning given such term in the first 
sentence of paragraph (1) of section 3(c) (42 U.S.C. 
1437a).’’. 
SEC. 12. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 
Paragraph (1) of section 24(f) is amended by striking 
‘‘programs’’ and inserting ‘‘plans’’. 
SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Subsection (v)(1) of section 24, as so redesignated 
by section 8(1) of this Act, is amended by striking all that 
follows ‘‘section’’ and inserting ‘‘$800,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2008 through 2015.’’.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 912 
To provide additional funds for food safety research related to perishable 
agricultural commodities, to provide emergency financial assistance to 
producers and first handlers of fresh spinach for losses incurred as 
a result of the removal of fresh spinach and products containing fresh 
spinach from the market and other actions undertaken in response to 
a public health advisory regarding spinach issued by the Food and 
Drug Administration in September 2006, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 8, 2007 
Mr. FARR (for himself, Mr. BACA, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. COSTA, Mr. FILNER, 
Mr. GILCHREST, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, and Mr. SALAZAR) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture 
A BILL 
To provide additional funds for food safety research related 
to perishable agricultural commodities, to provide emer-
gency financial assistance to producers and first handlers 
of fresh spinach for losses incurred as a result of the 
removal of fresh spinach and products containing fresh 
spinach from the market and other actions undertaken 
in response to a public health advisory regarding spinach 
issued by the Food and Drug Administration in Sep-
tember 2006, and for other purposes. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 916
AN ACT 
To provide for loan repayment for prosecutors and public 
defenders.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 91
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Nation should strive to prevent 
teen pregnancy by encouraging teens to view adolescence as a time 
for education and growing-up and by educating teens about the negative 
consequences of early sexual activity. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2003
Mr. CASTLE (for himself and Mrs. LOWEY) submitted the following concurrent 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Nation should 
strive to prevent teen pregnancy by encouraging teens 
to view adolescence as a time for education and growing-
up and by educating teens about the negative con-
sequences of early sexual activity.
Whereas nearly 4 in 10 girls in the United States will become 
pregnant before the age of 20; 
Whereas the United States has the highest rates of teenage 
pregnancy and childbirth in the industrialized world; 
Whereas, despite significant progress over the past decade, 
there are still nearly 900,000 teen pregnancies each year; 
Whereas every hour nearly 100 teen girls get pregnant and 
55 give birth;
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(C) the energy storage research center pro-
gram under paragraph (6) $100,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2008 through 2017. 
SEC. 
245. 
ADVANCED 
TRANSPORTATION 
TECHNOLOGY 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE DEMONSTRATION 
PROGRAM.— 
(1) DEFINITION
OF
ELECTRIC
DRIVE
VEHI-
CLE.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘electric drive ve-
hicle’’ means a precommercial vehicle that— 
(A) draws motive power from a battery 
with at least 4 kilowatt-hours of electricity; 
(B) can be recharged from an external 
source of electricity for motive power; and 
(C) is a light-, medium-, or heavy-duty 
onroad or nonroad vehicle. 
(2) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish a 
competitive program to provide grants for dem-
onstrations of electric drive vehicles. 
(3) ELIGIBILITY.—A State government, local 
government, metropolitan transportation authority, 
air pollution control district, private entity, and non-
profit entity shall be eligible to receive a grant under 
this subsection. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3524 
To reauthorize the HOPE VI program for revitalization of severely distressed 
public housing, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 11, 2007 
Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. 
WATT, and Mr. COHEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the HOPE VI program for revitalization of 
severely distressed public housing, 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; REFERENCES; TABLE OF CON-
TENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘HOPE VI Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 
2007’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly 
provided in this Act, wherever in this Act an amendment 
or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or 
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or other public financial support for energy 
efficiency measures; or 
‘‘(v) have already been credited under 
this section to another entity. 
‘‘(2) Procedures and standards for verification 
of electricity or natural gas savings reported by re-
tail electricity and natural gas distributors. At a 
minimum, such procedures and standards shall— 
‘‘(A) provide for periodic spot checks on a 
sample of sites to verify that measures are in 
place and functioning; 
‘‘(B) provide that savings estimates are 
calibrated with billing analysis or end-use me-
tering on a sample of sites where technically 
feasible and economically justified; and 
‘‘(C) provide for the protection of cus-
tomers’ proprietary information against unwar-
ranted disclosure. 
‘‘(3) Requirements for the content and format 
of a biennial report from each retail electricity or 
natural gas distributor demonstrating the compli-
ance of the distributor with the performance stand-
ard, including a detailed description of the calcula-
tion of electricity and natural gas savings to enable 
the appropriate regulatory authority to verify and 
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(3) the impact of Federal and State laws, regu-
lations, and policies (including rate regulation, mar-
ket access requirements, reinsurance regulations, ac-
counting and tax policies, State residual markets, 
and State catastrophe funds) on— 
(A) the affordability and availability of ca-
tastrophe insurance; 
(B) the ability of the private insurance 
market to cover losses inflicted by natural ca-
tastrophes; 
(C) the commercial and residential develop-
ment of high-risk areas; and 
(D) the costs of natural catastrophes to 
Federal and State taxpayers; 
(4) the benefits and costs of— 
(A) a national, regional, or other pooling 
mechanism designed to provide adequate insur-
ance coverage and increased underwriting ca-
pacity to insurers and reinsurers, including pri-
vate-public partnerships to increase insurance 
capacity in constrained markets, including pro-
posed Federal natural catastrophe insurance 
programs (specifically addressing the costs to 
taxpayers, tax equity considerations, and the 
record of other government insurance programs, 
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