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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2377 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 16, 2010 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Education to establish and admin-
ister an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited 
by public school system employees providing services to 
students in pre-kindergarten through higher education. 
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. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The term ‘‘classified school employee’’ re-
fers to employees working in pre-kindergarten 
through higher education, in the following nine job 
families: 
(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. 
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the failure of the merchant to meet any minimum 
number of such transactions in any period. 
‘‘SEC. 194. FAIR AND TRANSPARENT TRANSACTIONS. 
‘‘(a) DISCLOSURE OF CONTRACT TERMS.—An elec-
tronic payment system network, and any agent, processor, 
or licensed member of the network, may not establish or 
maintain, directly or indirectly by contract or through a 
licensing arrangement, any agreement with a merchant, 
unless the network, agent, processor, or licensed member 
has made available to the merchant all of the rules, terms, 
and conditions to which such merchant will be bound 
under such agreement, including the complete operating 
rules of the relevant payment system using payment cards 
bearing any logo of such network, without restrictions on 
the merchant’s use of any such information. 
‘‘(b) REVIEW
OF RULES, TERMS, AND AGREE-
MENTS.—The Federal Trade Commission shall— 
‘‘(1) prescribe regulations to— 
‘‘(A) ensure that all of the rules, terms, 
and conditions to which a merchant or con-
sumer is subject under an agreement with an 
electronic payment system network, or any 
agent, processor, or licensed member of the net-
work, directly or indirectly, by contract or 
through a licensing arrangement, are not unfair 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 268 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5019 
[Report No. 111–469, Part I] 
To provide for the establishment of the Home Star Retrofit Rebate Program, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2010 
Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Mr. 
WAXMAN, and Mr. CARDOZA) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
APRIL 29, 2010 
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment, 
and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform for 
a period ending not later than May 3, 2010, for consideration of such 
provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of 
that Committee pursuant to clause 1(m), rule X 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
APRIL 29, 2010 
Committee on Ways and Means discharged 
MAY 3, 2010 
Additional sponsors: Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. VAN 
HOLLEN, Mr. MURPHY of New York, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. 
SUTTON, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. 
WEINER, Mr. HOLT, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HASTINGS of 
Florida, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. BRALEY 
of Iowa, Mr. HIMES, Mr. HARE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CONNOLLY of 
Virginia, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. POLIS 
of Colorado, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Ms. NORTON, 
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Mr. CARNEY, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. DOYLE, Ms. RICHARDSON, 
Ms. HIRONO, Ms. MATSUI, and Mr. PERRIELLO 
MAY 3, 2010 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform discharged; committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 14, 2010] 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment of the Home Star Retrofit 
Rebate Program, and for other purposes. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2380 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce social security 
payroll taxes and to reduce the reliance of the United States economy 
on carbon-based energy sources. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2009 
Mr. INGLIS (for himself, Mr. LIPINSKI, and Mr. FLAKE) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce 
social security payroll taxes and to reduce the reliance 
of the United States economy on carbon-based energy 
sources. 
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 ‘‘Raise Wages, Cut Car-
bon Act of 2009’’. 
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from the list under the preceding sentence if it uses 
more taxable carbon substances per unit of output 
than any industry which is so listed. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR 2010 THROUGH 2012.— 
‘‘(A) 2010.—During 2010, the term ‘listed 
industry’ shall include only the 6 industries on 
the list under paragraph (1) having the highest 
average use of taxable carbon substances per 
unit of output. 
‘‘(B) 2011 AND 2012.—During 2011 and 
2012, the term ‘listed industry’ shall include 
only— 
‘‘(i) the industries described in sub-
paragraph (A), and 
‘‘(ii)(I) in the case of 2011, the 1⁄3 of 
the remaining industries on such list hav-
ing the highest average use of taxable car-
bon substances per unit of output, or 
‘‘(II) in the case of 2012, the 2⁄3 of 
the remaining industries on such list hav-
ing the highest average use of taxable car-
bon substances per unit of output. 
‘‘(c) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
part, the terms ‘importer’, ‘taxable carbon substance’, and 
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Union Calendar No. 386 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2378 
[Report No. 111–646] 
A BILL 
To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to 
clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalign-
ment by any foreign nation is actionable under 
United States countervailing and antidumping 
duty laws, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2379 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide certain veterans an 
opportunity to increase the amount of Veterans’ Group Life Insurance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2009 
Mr. BUYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide certain 
veterans an opportunity to increase the amount of Vet-
erans’ Group Life Insurance. 
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 ‘‘Veterans’ Group Life 
Insurance Improvement Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASED AMOUNT OF VETERANS’ GROUP LIFE 
INSURANCE. 
Section 1977(a) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Except as 
provided in paragraph (3),’’ before ‘‘Veterans’ Group 
Life Insurance shall be’’; and 
(2) by adding after paragraph (2) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) Not more than once in each five-year period be-
ginning on the date a person becomes insured under Vet-
erans’ Group Life Insurance, such person may elect in 
writing to increase the amount for which the person is in-
sured if— 
‘‘(A) the person is under the age of 60; 
‘‘(B) the increased amount is not more than 
$25,000; and 
‘‘(C) the amount for which the person is in-
sured does not exceed the amount provided for 
under section 1967(a)(3)(A)(i) of this title.’’. 
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tributions to address the needs of Iraqi refugees, 
IDPs, and returned refugees as well as with non-
governmental organizations working for and on be-
half of displaced Iraqis. 
(c) INCREASE
IN REFUGEE PROCESSING CAPAC-
ITY.—The Secretary of State should, subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations for such purpose, seek to substan-
tially increase the resources available to support the proc-
essing of refugee applicants in Iraq. 
(d) 
HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE.—The 
United 
States should seek to ensure that— 
(1) other countries make contributions to the 
United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees 
(UNHCR) and to other international organizations 
assisting Iraqi refugees and IDPs; 
(2) the United States continues to make con-
tributions that are sufficient to fund not less than 
50 percent of the amount requested by the UNHCR, 
the International Committee of the Red Cross, and 
other appropriate international organizations in each 
of fiscal years 2010 and 2011; and 
(3) the Government of Iraq makes significant 
contributions to UNHCR and to other international 
organizations assisting Iraqi refugees and IDPs.
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 ‘‘Home Star Energy Ret-
rofit Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ACCREDITED CONTRACTOR.—The term ‘‘ac-
credited contractor’’ means a qualified contractor— 
(A) that is accredited— 
(i) by the BPI; or 
(ii) under other standards approved by 
the Secretary, in consultation with the Ad-
ministrator; and 
(B) effective 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, that uses a certified workforce. 
(2) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(3) BPI.—The term ‘‘BPI’’ means the Building 
Performance Institute. 
(4) CERTIFIED
WORKFORCE.—The term ‘‘cer-
tified workforce’’ means a residential energy efficiency 
construction workforce in which all employees per-
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forming installation work are certified in the appro-
priate job skills under— 
(A) an applicable third party skills stand-
ard established by— 
(i) BPI; 
(ii) North American Technician Excel-
lence; 
(iii) the Laborers’ International Union 
of North America; 
(B) an applicable third party skills stand-
ard established in the State in which the work 
is to be performed, pursuant to a program oper-
ated by the Home Builders Institute in connec-
tion with Ferris State University, to be effective 
30 days after notice is provided by those organi-
zations to the Secretary that such program has 
been established in such State, except to the ex-
tent that the Secretary determines within 30 
days of such notice that the standard or certifi-
cation is incomplete; or 
(C) other standards approved by the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Labor and the Administrator. 
(5) CONDITIONED
SPACE.—The term ‘‘condi-
tioned space’’ means the area of a home that is— 
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(A) intended for habitation; and 
(B) intentionally heated or cooled. 
(6) DOE.—The term ‘‘DOE’’ means the Depart-
ment of Energy. 
(7) ELECTRIC UTILITY.—The term ‘‘electric util-
ity’’ means any person, State agency, rural electric 
cooperative, municipality, or other governmental enti-
ty that delivers or sells electric energy at retail, in-
cluding nonregulated utilities and utilities that are 
subject to State regulation and Federal power mar-
keting administrations. 
(8) EPA.—The term ‘‘EPA’’ means the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(9) FEDERAL
REBATE
PROCESSING
SYSTEM.— 
The term ‘‘Federal Rebate Processing System’’ means 
the Federal Rebate Processing System established 
under section 101(b). 
(10) GOLD STAR HOME ENERGY RETROFIT PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘Gold Star Home Energy Retrofit 
Program’’ means the Gold Star Home Energy Ret-
rofit Program established under section 104. 
(11) HOME.—The term ‘‘home’’ means a prin-
cipal residential dwelling unit in a building with no 
more than 4 dwelling units that— 
(A) is located in the United States; and 
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(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
3(b)(1) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2502(b)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$270,000,000’’ and all that fol-
lows through the period at the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘$450,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums 
as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.’’. 
SEC. 603. REPORT. 
(a) PEACE CORPS RESPONSE PROGRAM REPORT.— 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Director of the Peace Corps shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
Peace Corps Response Program or any similar program 
developed under in accordance with section 5A of the 
Peace Corps Act (as added by section 602(a) of this Act), 
including information on the following: 
(1) The achievements and challenges of the 
Peace Corps Response Program or any similar pro-
gram since its inception as the Peace Corps Crisis 
Corps in 1996. 
(2) The goals, objectives, program areas, and 
growth projections for the Peace Corps Response 
Program or any similar program from fiscal year 
2010 through fiscal year 2011.
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(3) The process and standards for selecting 
partner organizations and projects for the Peace 
Corps Response Program or any similar program. 
(4) The standards and requirements used to se-
lect volunteers for service under the Peace Corps Re-
sponse Program or any similar program. 
(5) The measures used to evaluate projects of 
the Peace Corps Response Program or any similar 
program and the effectiveness of volunteers assigned 
to such Program or similar program at achieving 
identified objectives. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and annually there-
after, the Director of the Peace Corps shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on progress 
made in carrying out this title, including efforts to 
strengthen coordination between the Peace Corps and 
other Federal departments and agencies carrying out de-
velopment assistance programs (as required under para-
graph (2) of section 4(c) of the Peace Corps Act (22 
U.S.C. 2503(c)), as amended by section 602(b) of this 
Act).
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Nearly 8,800,000 Americans were eligible 
for benefits under the Medicare program and for 
medical assistance under Medicaid (dual eligible 
beneficiaries) in fiscal year 2005. Of these ‘‘dual eli-
gible beneficiaries’’, almost 40 percent have cognitive 
impairments, including Alzheimer’s disease, demen-
tia, serious mental illnesses, and intellectual disabil-
ities. Until December 31, 2005, dual eligible bene-
ficiaries received outpatient prescription drug bene-
fits through medical assistance under Medicaid. On 
January 1, 2006, drug coverage for dual eligibles 
switched from Medicaid to Medicare. 
(2) In 2008, 53 percent of dual eligible bene-
ficiaries had medication access problems and of 
those, 27 percent experienced significant adverse 
clinical events. 
(3) Individuals with medication access issues 
experience significantly more adverse clinical events. 
Among dual eligible beneficiaries with mental illness 
who had medication access problems, 27 percent ex-
perienced significant adverse clinical events, which 
included emergency room visits and hospitalizations. 
(4) In total, over 1,000,000 dual eligible bene-
ficiaries and low-income subsidy beneficiaries were 
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(A) a State; 
(B) the District of Columbia; 
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 
(D) Guam; 
(E) American Samoa; 
(F) the United States Virgin Islands; 
(G) the Northern Mariana Islands; and 
(H) any other commonwealth, territory, or 
possession of the United States. 
(25) TARGETED WORKER.—The term ‘‘targeted 
worker’’ means an individual who is unemployed or 
underemployed and of an employable age and a resi-
dent of an area with high or chronic unemployment 
and low median household incomes, as defined by the 
Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of Labor. 
(26) WATER UTILITY.—The term ‘‘water utility’’ 
means any State or local agency that delivers or sells 
water at wholesale or retail through an engineered 
distribution system. 
TITLE I—HOME STAR RETROFIT 
REBATE PROGRAM 
SEC. 101. HOME STAR RETROFIT REBATE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish the 
Home Star Retrofit Rebate Program. 
(b) FEDERAL REBATE PROCESSING SYSTEM.— 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2390 
To provide for a Medicare prescription drug outreach demonstration program 
for individuals who are eligible for benefits under the Medicare Program 
and for medical assistance under Medicaid and who have mental disabil-
ities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2009 
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD (for herself and Mr. SESSIONS) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 
in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for a Medicare prescription drug outreach dem-
onstration program for individuals who are eligible for 
benefits under the Medicare Program and for medical 
assistance under Medicaid and who have mental disabil-
ities. 
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 ‘‘Guidance, Under-
standing, and Information for Dual Eligibles (GUIDE) 
Act’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2391 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amounts 
available in the Highway Trust Fund. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2009 
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia 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 increase 
the amounts available in the Highway Trust Fund. 
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 ‘‘Highway Trust Fund 
Fairness Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AMOUNTS AVAILABLE IN THE HIGH-
WAY TRUST FUND. 
(a) REPEAL OF TRANSFERS FROM HIGHWAY TRUST 
FUND FOR REPAYMENTS AND CREDITS.— 
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(B) by striking ‘‘1998’’ in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A) and all that follows 
through ‘‘the opening balance’’ and inserting 
‘‘1998, the opening balance’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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428 
6314(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) OUTDOOR LIGHTING.— 
‘‘(A) With respect to outdoor luminaires 
and outdoor high light output lamps, the test 
procedures shall be based upon the test proce-
dures specified in illuminating engineering soci-
ety procedures LM–79 as of March 1, 2009, 
and LM–31, and/or other appropriate con-
sensus test procedures developed by the Illu-
minating Engineering Society or other appro-
priate consensus standards bodies. 
‘‘(B) If illuminating engineering society 
procedure LM–79 is amended, the Secretary 
shall amend the test procedures established in 
subparagraph (A) as necessary to be consistent 
with the amended LM–79 test procedure, unless 
the Secretary determines, by rule, published in 
the Federal Register and supported by clear 
and convincing evidence, that to do so would 
not meet the requirements for test procedures 
under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(C) The Secretary may revise the test 
procedures for outdoor luminaires or outdoor 
high light output lamps by rule consistent with