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after the enterprise is provided notice. The Director 
may extend the deadline to the extent that the Direc-
tor determines necessary. Any extension of the dead-
line shall be in writing and for a time certain. 
‘‘(4) APPROVAL.—The Director shall review each 
submission by an enterprise, including a housing 
plan submitted under this subsection, and, not later 
than 30 days after submission, approve or disapprove 
the plan or other action. The Director may extend the 
period for approval or disapproval for a single addi-
tional 30-day period if the Director determines it nec-
essary. The Director shall approve any plan that the 
Director determines is likely to succeed, and conforms 
with the Federal National Mortgage Association 
Charter Act or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Cor-
poration Act (as applicable), this title, and any other 
applicable provision of law. 
‘‘(5) NOTICE OF APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL.— 
The Director shall provide written notice to any en-
terprise submitting a housing plan of the approval or 
disapproval of the plan (which shall include the rea-
sons for any disapproval of the plan) and of any ex-
tension of the period for approval or disapproval. 
‘‘(6) RESUBMISSION.—If the initial housing plan 
submitted by an enterprise under this section is dis-
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to nongovernmental organizations for the pur-
pose of assisting in the implementation of the 
Energy Efficiency Strategy. 
(5) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years 
after receipt of the first disbursement of funds from 
a grant awarded under this part, and annually 
thereafter, an eligible unit of local government shall 
submit a report to the Secretary on the status of the 
Strategy’s development and implementation, and, 
where practicable, a best available assessment of en-
ergy efficiency gains within the jurisdiction of the el-
igible unit of local government. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR STATES.— 
(1) ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS.—A State 
receiving a grant under this part shall use at least 
70 percent of the funds received to provide sub-
grants to units of local government in the State that 
are not eligible units of local government. The State 
shall make such subgrant awards not later than 6 
months after approval of the State’s Strategy under 
paragraph (3). 
(2) PROPOSED STRATEGY.—Not later than 120 
days the date of enactment of this Act, each State 
shall submit to the Secretary a proposed Energy Ef-
ficiency Strategy which establishes a process for 
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making subgrants described in paragraph (1), and 
establishes goals for increased energy efficiency in 
the jurisdiction of the State. The Strategy shall in-
clude plans for the use of funds received under a 
grant under this part to assist the State in the 
achievement of such goals, consistent with section 
9094. 
(3) APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall approve or 
disapprove a proposed Strategy submitted under 
paragraph (2) not later than 90 days after receiving 
it. If the Secretary disapproves a proposed Strategy, 
the Secretary shall provide to the State the reasons 
for such disapproval. The State may revise and re-
submit the Strategy, as many times as required, 
until approval is granted. 
(4) FUNDING
FOR
PREPARATION
OF
STRAT-
EGY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Until the Secretary has 
approved a proposed Energy Efficiency Strat-
egy under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall 
only disburse to a State $200,000 or 20 percent 
of the grant, whichever is greater, which may 
be used only for preparation of the Strategy. 
(B) REMAINDER OF FUNDS.—The remain-
der of a State’s grant funds awarded but not 
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‘‘(C) demonstrates its familiarity with the 
requirements of any other Federal, State, or local 
housing program that will be used in conjunc-
tion with such grant amounts to ensure compli-
ance with all applicable requirements and regu-
lations of such programs; and 
‘‘(D) makes such assurances to the State or 
State designated entity as the Secretary shall, by 
regulation, require to ensure that the recipient 
will comply with the requirements of this sub-
section during the entire period that begins upon 
selection of the recipient to receive such grant 
amounts and ending upon the conclusion of all 
activities under paragraph (8) that are engaged 
in by the recipient and funded with such grant 
amounts. 
‘‘(9) LIMITATIONS ON USE.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIRED AMOUNT FOR HOMEOWNER-
SHIP ACTIVITIES.—Of the aggregate amount allo-
cated to a State or State designated entity under 
this subsection not more than 10 percent shall be 
used for activities under subparagraph (B) of 
paragraph (7). 
‘‘(B) DEADLINE
FOR
COMMITMENT
OR 
USE.—Grant amounts allocated to a State or
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(F) the selling price of grain crops, 
(G) exports and imports of grains, 
(H) taxpayers, through cost or savings to 
commodity crop payments, and 
(I) the expansion of refinery capacity, 
(4) the ability to convert corn ethanol plants for 
other uses, such as cellulosic ethanol or biodiesel, 
(5) a comparative analysis of corn ethanol 
versus other biofuels and renewable energy sources, 
considering cost, energy output, and ease of imple-
mentation, and 
(6) the need for additional scientific inquiry, 
and specific areas of interest for future research. 
(b) REPORT.—The National Academy of Sciences 
shall submit an initial report of the findings of the report 
required under subsection (a) to the Congress not later 
than 3 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and a final report not later than 6 months after such date 
of enactment. 
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mortgages insured under this section and shall establish 
procedures to ensure that interest rates on such mortgages 
shall be commensurate with market rate interest rates on 
such types of loans. 
‘‘(g) APPRAISAL INDEPENDENCE.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITIONS ON INTERESTED PARTIES IN 
A REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION.—No mortgage lender, 
mortgage broker, mortgage banker, real estate broker, 
appraisal management company, employee of an ap-
praisal management company, nor any other person 
with an interest in a real estate transaction involving 
an appraisal in connection with a mortgage insured 
under this section shall improperly influence, or at-
tempt to improperly influence, through coercion, ex-
tortion, collusion, compensation, instruction, induce-
ment, intimidation, non-payment for services ren-
dered, or bribery, the development, reporting, result, 
or review of a real estate appraisal sought in connec-
tion with the mortgage. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The requirements of para-
graph (1) shall not be construed as prohibiting a 
mortgage lender, mortgage broker, mortgage banker, 
real estate broker, appraisal management company, 
employee of an appraisal management company, or 
any other person with an interest in a real estate
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(10) thereof and to any placed in service date) 
owned by a public power provider or a cooperative 
electric company. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC
POWER
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘public power provider’ means a State utility with a 
service obligation, as such terms are defined in sec-
tion 217 of the Federal Power Act (as in effect on 
the date of the enactment of this paragraph). 
‘‘(3) COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC COMPANY.—The 
term ‘cooperative electric company’ means a mutual 
or cooperative electric company described in section 
501(c)(12) or section 1381(a)(2)(C). 
‘‘(4) CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY BOND LEND-
ER.—The term ‘clean renewable energy bond lender’ 
means a lender which is a cooperative which is 
owned by, or has outstanding loans to, 100 or more 
cooperative electric companies and is in existence on 
February 1, 2002, and shall include any affiliated 
entity which is controlled by such lender. 
‘‘(5) QUALIFIED ISSUER.—The term ‘qualified 
issuer’ means a public power provider, a cooperative 
electric company, a clean renewable energy bond 
lender, or a not-for-profit electric utility which has 
received a loan or loan guarantee under the Rural 
Electrification Act.’’.
care (and whose completion is often a condition of 
professional licensing). 
(3) CONTINUING
EDUCATION
CREDIT.—The 
term ‘‘continuing education credit’’ means a unit of 
study that is used to officially certify or recognize 
the successful completion of an activity that is con-
sistent with professional standards for continuing 
education. 
SEC. 302. SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRAINING FOR DENTAL PRO-
FESSIONALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out title V of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290 et seq.), the Admin-
istrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Serv-
ices Administration shall support training and offer tech-
nical assistance to ensure that dentists and allied dental 
personnel are prepared to— 
(1) recognize signs of alcohol or drug addiction 
in their patients and the family members of their pa-
tients; 
(2) discuss the nature of substance abuse as it 
relates to their area of expertise; 
(3) understand how certain dental therapies can 
affect the relapse potential of substance dependent 
patients; and 
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(4) help those affected by a substance use dis-
order to find appropriate treatment for their condi-
tion. 
(b) CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS.—The Ad-
ministrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration may collaborate with professional 
accrediting bodies— 
(1) to develop and support substance abuse 
training courses for oral health professionals; and 
(2) to encourage that the activities described in 
paragraph (1) be recognized for continuing edu-
cation purposes. 
SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out this 
title for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2011. Amounts 
authorized to be appropriated under this section are in 
addition to any other amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for such purpose. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3187 
To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 to understand and comprehensively address the inmate oral health 
problems associated with methamphetamine use, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2007 
Mr. BAIRD (for himself, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. ROSS, Mr. SUL-
LIVAN, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. CARSON, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ALEX-
ANDER, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. FARR, Mr. 
DICKS, Mr. CUMMINGS, and Mr. RAMSTAD) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 to understand and comprehensively 
address the inmate oral health problems associated with 
methamphetamine use, 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 ‘‘Meth Mouth Correc-
tional Costs and Reentry Support Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Findings; purpose; definitions. 
Sec. 4. Inclusion of oral health and dental care inmate and probationer statis-
tics. 
Sec. 5. Study of methamphetamine-related oral health costs in jails and pris-
ons. 
Sec. 6. Interim assistance for correctional dental programs. 
Sec. 7. Grants for dental care offender reentry projects. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS; PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) One of the unexpected results of the meth-
amphetamine epidemic has been prisoners’ need for 
costly dental care. By some accounts, more than 30 
percent of prison inmates suffer from meth mouth 
and about 40 percent of correctional dental spending 
goes toward repairing or removing teeth ravaged by 
methamphetamine use. 
(2) Every year some 600,000 inmates are re-
leased from Federal and State prisons and return to 
their communities and families. 
(3) Ex-offenders who are healthy have greater 
success in reintegrating into the community and 
avoiding incarceration. 
(4) There have been few published studies (and 
virtually no routine data collections) that adequately 
characterize the oral health of inmates and the pro-
vision of dental care in correctional facilities. In fact, 
the absence of peer-reviewed literature has resulted 
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transaction from asking an appraiser to provide 1 or 
more of the following services: 
‘‘(A) 
Consider 
additional, 
appropriate 
property information, including the consider-
ation of additional comparable properties to 
make or support an appraisal. 
‘‘(B) Provide further detail, substantiation, 
or explanation for the appraiser’s value conclu-
sion. 
‘‘(C) Correct errors in the appraisal report. 
‘‘(3) CIVIL
MONETARY
PENALTIES.—The Sec-
retary may impose a civil money penalty for any 
knowing and material violation of paragraph (1) 
under the same terms and conditions as are author-
ized in section 536(a) of this Act. 
‘‘(h) LIMITATION
ON AGGREGATE INSURANCE AU-
THORITY.—The aggregate original principal obligation of 
all mortgages insured under this section may not exceed 
$300,000,000,000. 
‘‘(i) ENHANCEMENT OF FHA CAPACITY.—Under the 
direction of the Oversight Board, the Secretary shall take 
such actions as may be necessary to— 
‘‘(1) contract for the establishment of under-
writing criteria, automated underwriting systems,
pricing standards, and other factors relating to eligi-
bility for mortgages insured under this section; 
‘‘(2) contract for independent quality reviews of 
underwriting, including appraisal reviews and fraud 
detection, of mortgages insured under this section or 
pools of such mortgages; and 
‘‘(3) increase personnel of the Department as 
necessary to process or monitor the processing of 
mortgages insured under this section. 
‘‘(j) MONITORING OF UNDERWRITING RISK.— 
‘‘(1) MONITORING
OF
DESIGNATED
UNDER-
WRITERS.—The Oversight Board and the Secretary 
shall monitor independent quality reviews as estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (i)(2) to— 
‘‘(A) determine compliance of designated 
underwriters with underwriting standards; 
‘‘(B) determine rates of delinquency, claims 
rates, and loss rates of designated underwriters; 
and 
‘‘(C) terminate eligibility of designated un-
derwriters that do not meet minimum perform-
ance standards as the Oversight Board may es-
tablish and the Secretary implements. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS
BY
OVERSIGHT
BOARD.—The 
Oversight Board shall submit monthly reports to the
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reappointed for not more than one additional term of 5 
years. 
(e) TERMINATION.—Unless extended by Act of Con-
gress, the Commission shall complete its work and cease 
its activities by January 1, 2020, or on such earlier date 
that the Commission determines that the proliferation, 
evolution, and adaptation of Smart Grid technologies no 
longer require Federal leadership and assistance. 
(f) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—Each member of 
the Commission who is not an officer or employee of the 
Federal Government shall be compensated at a rate equal 
to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay pre-
scribed for level III of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day (in-
cluding travel time) during which such member is engaged 
in the performance of the duties of the Commission. All 
members of the Commission who are officers or employees 
of the United States shall serve without compensation in 
addition to that received for their services as officers or 
employees of the United States. 
(g) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the Com-
mission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employ-
ees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 
5, United States Code, while away from their homes or 
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regular places of business in the performance of services 
for the Commission. 
(h) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at the 
call of the Chairman. Commission meetings shall be open 
to the public, but as many as three Commissioners may 
meet in private without constituting a meeting requiring 
public access. 
(i) APPLICABILITY
OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.) shall not apply to the Commission. 
(j) OFFICES AND STAFF.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall provide the Commission with offices in the Depart-
ment of Energy and shall make available to the Commis-
sion the expertise and staff resources of both the Office 
of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability and the Of-
fice of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 
(k) DETAIL
OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—Any 
Federal Government employee may be detailed to the 
Commission without reimbursement, and such detail shall 
be without interruption or loss of civil service status or 
privilege. 
(l) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The Secretary of En-
ergy shall appoint an officer of the Senior Executive Serv-
ice to serve as Executive Director to the Commission. 
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Congress identifying the progress of the program for 
mortgage insurance under this section, which shall 
contain the following information for each month: 
‘‘(A) The number of new mortgages insured 
under this section, including the location of the 
properties subject to such mortgages by census 
tract. 
‘‘(B) The aggregate principal obligation of 
new mortgages insured under this section. 
‘‘(C) The average amount by which the in-
debtedness on existing mortgages is reduced in 
accordance with subsection (c)(6). 
‘‘(D) The average amount by which the debt 
service payments on existing mortgages is re-
duced in accordance with subsection (c)(7). 
‘‘(E) The amount of premiums collected for 
insurance of mortgages under this section. 
‘‘(F) The claim and loss rates for mortgages 
insured under this section. 
‘‘(G) The race, ethnicity, gender, and in-
come of the mortgagors, aggregated by geo-
graphical areas at least as specific as census 
tracts, except where necessary to protect privacy 
of the borrower.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3188 
To eliminate the separate work participation rate requirements for 2-parent 
families under the program of block grants to States for temporary 
assistance for needy families. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2007 
Mr. WELLER of Illinois (for himself, Mr. HERGER, and Mr. CAMP of Michi-
gan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and 
Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To eliminate the separate work participation rate require-
ments for 2-parent families under the program of block 
grants to States for temporary assistance for needy fami-
lies. 
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 ‘‘TANF Marriage Pen-
alty Elimination Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF SEPARATE PARTICIPATION RATE 
REQUIREMENTS FOR 2-PARENT FAMILIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 407 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 607) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking all through ‘‘A State’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) PARTICIPATION
RATE
REQUIREMENTS.—A 
State’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
‘‘(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig-
nating paragraphs (3) through (5) as para-
graphs (2) through (4), respectively; 
(C) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(B)’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘rates’’ and inserting ‘‘rate’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking all through ‘‘For pur-
poses of subsection (b)(1)(B)(i)’’ and in-
serting the following: 
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‘‘(1) GENERAL RULES.—For purposes of sub-
section (b)(1)(B)(i)’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(D)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1)(B)(i) 
and (2)(B) of subsection (b)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (b)(1)(B)(i)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘in all families and in 
2-parent families, respectively,’’. 
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—The paragraph 
heading for section 409(a)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
609(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘RATES’’ and inserting 
‘‘RATE’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall be applied 
and administered as if the amendments had taken effect 
on October 1, 2006. 
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‘‘(H) Any other information that the Over-
sight Board considers appropriate. 
‘‘(3) REPORT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The In-
spector General of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development shall conduct an annual audit of 
the program for mortgage insurance under this sec-
tion to determine compliance with this section and 
program rules. 
‘‘(k) GNMA COMMITMENT AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) GUARANTEES.—The Secretary shall take 
such actions as may be necessary to ensure that secu-
rities based on and backed by a trust or pool com-
posed of mortgages insured under this section are 
available to be guaranteed by the Government Na-
tional Mortgage Association as to the timely payment 
of principal and interest. 
‘‘(2) GUARANTEE AUTHORITY.—To carry out the 
purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1721), the Government National Mortgage 
Association may enter into new commitments to issue 
guarantees of securities based on or backed by mort-
gages insured under this section, not exceeding 
$300,000,000,000. The amount of authority provided 
under the preceding sentence to enter into new com-
mitments to issue guarantees is in addition to any