datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
analysis, and reporting of data on MS and Parkinson’s 
disease. 
‘‘(e) COORDINATION WITH STATE, LOCAL, AND FED-
ERAL REGISTRIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In establishing the MS and 
Parkinson’s disease national surveillance systems 
under subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry, shall— 
‘‘(A) identify, build upon, expand, and co-
ordinate existing data and surveillance systems, 
surveys, registries, and other Federal public 
health and environmental infrastructure wher-
ever possible, including— 
‘‘(i) the 2 MS surveillance pilot stud-
ies initiated in fiscal year 2006 by the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry; 
‘‘(ii) the Parkinson’s disease and MS 
databases of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs; 
‘‘(iii) current Parkinson’s disease reg-
istries and surveillance systems, including 
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the Nebraska and California State reg-
istries; 
‘‘(iv) current MS registries, including 
the New York State MS Registry and the 
North American Research Committee on 
MS (NARCOMS) Registry; and 
‘‘(v) any other existing or relevant 
databases that collect or maintain informa-
tion on neurological diseases and disorders 
identified by researchers or recommended 
by the Advisory Committee pursuant to 
subsection (c); and 
‘‘(B) provide for and conduct outreach in 
support of research access to Parkinson’s dis-
ease and MS data as recommended by the Advi-
sory Committee established pursuant to sub-
section (c) to the extent permitted by applicable 
statutes and regulations and in a manner that 
protects personal privacy consistent with appli-
cable privacy statutes and regulations. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION
WITH
OTHER
FEDERAL 
AGENCIES.—Notwithstanding the recommendations 
of the Advisory Committee established pursuant to 
subsection (c), and consistent with applicable privacy 
statutes and regulations, the Secretary shall ensure 
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that epidemiological and other types of information 
obtained under subsections (a) and (b) are made 
available to agencies such as the National Institutes 
of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, 
the term ‘national voluntary health association’ means a 
national nonprofit organization with chapters, other affili-
ated organizations, or networks in States throughout the 
United States. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.’’. 
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1934 (25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.)) that are not incon-
sistent with this title shall be applicable to the Tribe 
and tribal members. 
(b) FEDERAL SERVICES AND BENEFITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Tribe and tribal members 
shall be eligible for all services and benefits provided 
by the Federal Government to federally recognized 
Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a 
reservation for the Tribe. 
(2) SERVICE AREA.—For the purpose of the de-
livery of Federal services to tribal members, the 
service area of the Tribe shall be considered to be 
the area within 25 miles of the Sharon Indian 
School at 13383 King William Road, King William 
County, Virginia. 
SEC. 304. MEMBERSHIP; GOVERNING DOCUMENTS. 
The membership roll and governing documents of the 
Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and gov-
erning documents, respectively, submitted by the Tribe to 
the Secretary before the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 305. GOVERNING BODY. 
The governing body of the Tribe shall be— 
(1) the governing body of the Tribe in place as 
of the date of enactment of this Act; or
makes grants to units of local government for use by the 
unit of local government to carry out volunteer projects. 
(b) SELECTION CRITERIA AND VOLUNTEER BENE-
FITS.—The program shall use the same selection criteria 
and provide the same volunteer benefits as under the 
AmeriCorps State and National program. 
(c) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the National Service Trust to carry out this 
section $260,000,000 for each fiscal year. 
(d) ALLOCATION OF GRANTS.—For each fiscal year, 
amounts under the program shall be allocated as follows: 
(1) The first $150,000,000 shall be divided 
equally into six grants, to be made on a competitive 
basis to units of local government with populations 
of more than 100,000. 
(2) The remaining amounts shall be divided 
into other grants as the Corporation considers ap-
propriate, to be made on a competitive basis to units 
of local government with populations of not more 
than 100,000. 
(e) LOCAL FUNDING.—A unit of local government 
shall provide to each participant in the volunteer project, 
in addition to the benefit provided to the participant from 
grant funds, an amount equal to the cost of one year’s 
tuition at a local public college. Amounts so provided may 
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be derived from the unit of local government itself or from 
third-party funds. 
(f) FOCUS.—A unit of local government shall des-
ignate an issue of primary focus for the volunteer project 
and shall dedicate the efforts of the project to addressing 
that issue. 
(g) NON-DISPLACEMENT.—A unit of local govern-
ment shall ensure that the participants in the project do 
not perform jobs that would otherwise be performed by 
full-time employees. 
(h) ADMINISTRATION.—A unit of local government 
may use one or more outside persons or entities to admin-
ister the volunteer project. In such a case, the unit of local 
government shall designate a single person to serve as the 
head of administration. 
(i) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The grant amounts 
provided under the program shall include amounts to pro-
vide benefits to participants and amounts for the adminis-
tration of the volunteer project. 
(j) ACCOUNTABILITY.—A unit of local government 
shall institute explicit, measurable goals for assessing 
whether the volunteer project is successful. 
(k) SCHOLARSHIP LIMITATION.—Scholarships to in-
stitutions of higher education to which the unit of local 
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government does not contribute funds shall not exceed 50 
percent of the scholarship funds disbursed in a given year. 
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and other local and national entities in the formula-
tion of educational programs for the national monu-
ment and for developing and supporting the national 
monument. 
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‘‘(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
cost of carrying out the services described in subsection 
(b) with a grant under this section shall not exceed 75 
percent of such cost. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$25,000,000 for fiscal years 2010 through 2014.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1365 
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to require a store in which a consumer 
may apply to open a credit or charge card account to display a sign, 
at each location where the application may be made, containing the 
same information required by such Act to be prominently placed in 
a tabular format on the application. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2009 
Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to require a store 
in which a consumer may apply to open a credit or 
charge card account to display a sign, at each location 
where the application may be made, containing the same 
information required by such Act to be prominently 
placed in a tabular format on the application. 
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. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT FOR STORES AC-
CEPTING CREDIT AND CHARGE CARD AC-
COUNT APPLICATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 122 of the Truth in Lend-
ing Act (15 U.S.C. 1632) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(d) SIGNS
REQUIRED
ON
CERTAIN
PREMISES 
WHERE CREDIT OR CHARGE CARD ACCOUNT APPLICA-
TIONS ACCEPTED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person who sells personal 
property to consumers on a business premises and 
makes available to consumers on such premises any 
application to open a credit card account under an 
open end consumer credit plan, or any application to 
open a charge card account, shall display in the 
premises on a sign any information that is subject 
to subsection (c) and that is required to be disclosed 
by the person on that application. 
‘‘(2) FORMAT.—Such information shall be dis-
played on the sign in the form and manner which 
the Board shall prescribe by regulations and which, 
to the extent practicable and appropriate, shall be 
consistent with the form and manner required for 
the disclosure of such information on the credit or 
charge card application. 
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‘‘(3) SIGN PLACEMENT.—Such signs shall be 
conspicuously placed at each location on the prem-
ises where the credit or charge card application may 
be submitted by the consumer.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 111(e) of 
the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1610(e)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Section 122(d) shall supersede State laws relating 
to store display of the information that is subject to the 
requirements of such section, except that any State may 
employ or establish State laws for the purpose of enforcing 
the requirements of such section.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1366 
To protect innocent parties from certain fees imposed by depository 
institutions for dishonored checks, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2009 
Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To protect innocent parties from certain fees imposed by 
depository institutions for dishonored checks, 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 ‘‘Innocent Check De-
positor Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CERTAIN CHECK DISHONORMENT FEES PROHIB-
ITED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 607 of the Expedited 
Funds Availability Act (12 U.S.C. 4006) (relating to mis-
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cellaneous provisions) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) FEES ON DISHONORED CHECKS.— 
‘‘(1) RECEIVING DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.—In 
the case of a check drawn on an account at an origi-
nating institution which is dishonored by the origi-
nating institution due to the lack of sufficient funds 
in such account to pay the check, a receiving deposi-
tory institution may not impose any fee on the de-
positor, in connection with such check, due to such 
dishonorment. 
‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—No provision 
of this section shall be construed as affecting any in-
tervening depository institution or the costs of the 
services provided by such depository institution.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply after the end of the 180-day period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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provement of operational products, including related 
infrastructure and observing technology; 
(2) focused research projects to improve under-
standing of the relationship between the coasts and 
oceans and human activities; 
(3) large-scale computing resources and re-
search to advance modeling of ocean and coastal 
processes; and 
(4) a coordinated effort to build public edu-
cation and awareness of the ocean and coastal envi-
ronment and functions that integrates ongoing ac-
tivities, including the National Sea Grant College 
Program, the Centers for Ocean Sciences Education 
Excellence, and the National Estuarine Research 
Reserve System. 
SEC. 614. INTERAGENCY FINANCING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The departments and agencies 
represented on the Council may participate in interagency 
financing and share, transfer, receive, obligate, and ex-
pend funds appropriated to any member of the Council 
to carry out any administrative or programmatic project 
or activity under this Act or under the National Oceano-
graphic Partnership Program, including support for the 
interagency program office, a common infrastructure, and 
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system integration for a ocean and coastal observing sys-
tem. 
(b) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Funds may be trans-
ferred among the departments and agencies described in 
subsection (a) through an appropriate instrument that 
specifies the goods, services, or space being acquired from 
another Council member and the costs of the same. 
SEC. 615. APPLICATION WITH OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 
LANDS ACT. 
Nothing in this title supersedes or limits the author-
ity of the Secretary of the Interior under the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.). 
SEC. 616. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration to carry out the observing system under section 
612 and the research and development program under sec-
tion 613 (including financial assistance to the interagency 
program office, the regional associations for the implemen-
tation of regional ocean and coastal observing systems, 
and the departments and agencies represented on the 
Council) $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 
through 2014, to remain available until expended. 
(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—At least 50 percent of 
the funds appropriated to carry out the observing system 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 136 
To better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course 
of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2009 
Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself and Mr. SHERMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To better provide for compensation for certain persons in-
jured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana 
Field Laboratory in California. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DEFINITION OF MEMBER OF SPECIAL EXPO-
SURE COHORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3621(14) of the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraph: 
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‘‘(D) The employee was so employed for a 
number of work days aggregating at least 250 
work days before January 1, 2006, by the De-
partment of Energy or a Department of Energy 
contractor or subcontractor at the Santa 
Susana Field Laboratory in California.’’. 
(b) REAPPLICATION.—A claim that an individual 
qualifies, by reason of section 3621(14)(D) of the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act of 2000 (as added by subsection (a) of this Act), for 
compensation or benefits under such Act shall be consid-
ered for compensation or benefits notwithstanding any de-
nial of any other claim for compensation with respect to 
such individual. 
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under section 612 shall be allocated to the regional asso-
ciations certified under section 612(f) to carry out regional 
ocean and coastal observing systems. 
SEC. 617. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 31, 2012, 
the President, acting through the Council, shall submit to 
Congress a report on the programs established under sec-
tions 612 and 613. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The report shall include— 
(1) a description of activities carried out under 
the programs; 
(2) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the pro-
grams; and 
(3) recommendations concerning reauthoriza-
tion of the programs and funding levels for the pro-
grams in succeeding fiscal years. 
Subtitle C—Great Lakes Water 
Quality Indicators and Monitoring 
SEC. 621. GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY INDICATORS AND 
MONITORING. 
Section 118(c)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)(1)) is amended by strik-
ing subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B)(i) not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this clause, in cooperation 
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with Canada and appropriate Federal agencies 
(including the United States Geological Survey, 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration, and the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service), develop and implement a set of 
science-based indicators of water quality and re-
lated environmental factors in the Great Lakes, 
including, at a minimum, measures of toxic pol-
lutants that have accumulated in the Great 
Lakes for a substantial period of time, as deter-
mined by the Program Office; 
‘‘(ii) not later than 4 years after the date 
of enactment of this clause— 
‘‘(I) establish a Federal network for 
the regular monitoring of, and collection of 
data throughout, the Great Lakes basin 
with respect to the indicators described in 
clause (i); and 
‘‘(II) collect an initial set of bench-
mark data from the network; and 
‘‘(iii) not later than 2 years after the date 
of collection of the data described in clause 
(ii)(II), and biennially thereafter, in addition to 
the report required under paragraph (10), sub-
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1371 
To require the establishment of regional consumer price indices to compute 
cost-of-living increases under the programs for Social Security and Medi-
care and other medical benefits under titles II and XVIII of the Social 
Security Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2009 
Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy 
and Commerce and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the establishment of regional consumer price indi-
ces to compute cost-of-living increases under the pro-
grams for Social Security and Medicare and other med-
ical benefits under titles II and XVIII of the Social 
Security Act. 
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 ‘‘COLA Fairness Act 
of 2009’’. 
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