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Department of Energy and Federal facilities to reduce the 
use of electricity in computer monitors and personal com-
puters. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of the Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report containing the results of the study 
under subsection (a), including a description of the rec-
ommendations developed under the study. The Secretary 
and the Federal Energy Management Program are en-
couraged to draw upon similar studies and efforts by other 
Federal entities on power management software. 
SEC. 9052. HIGH-PERFORMANCE GREEN BUILDINGS RET-
ROFIT LOAN GUARANTEES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COST.—The term ‘‘cost’’ has the meaning 
given the term ‘‘cost of a loan guarantee’’ within the 
meaning of section 502(5)(C) of the Federal Credit 
Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5)(C)). 
(2) GUARANTEE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘guarantee’’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘‘loan guar-
antee’’ in section 502 of the Federal Credit Re-
form Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a). 
(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘guarantee’’ 
includes a loan guarantee commitment (as de-
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‘‘SEC. 1324. ANNUAL HOUSING REPORT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—After reviewing and analyzing the 
reports submitted under section 309(n) of the Federal Na-
tional Mortgage Association Charter Act and section 307(f) 
of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act, the 
Director shall submit a report, not later than October 30 
of each year, to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Finan-
cial Services of the House of Representatives, on the activi-
ties of each enterprise. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) discuss— 
‘‘(A) the extent to and manner in which— 
‘‘(i) each enterprise is achieving the 
annual housing goals established under sub-
part B; 
‘‘(ii) each enterprise is complying with 
its duty to serve underserved markets, as es-
tablished under section 1335; 
‘‘(iii) each enterprise is complying 
with section 1337; 
‘‘(iv) each enterprise received credit to-
wards achieving each of its goals resulting 
from a transaction or activity pursuant to 
section 1331(b)(2); and
‘‘(v) each enterprise is achieving the 
purposes of the enterprise established by 
law; and 
‘‘(B) the actions that each enterprise could 
undertake to promote and expand the purposes of 
the enterprise; 
‘‘(2) aggregate and analyze relevant data on in-
come to assess the compliance of each enterprise with 
the housing goals established under subpart B; 
‘‘(3) aggregate and analyze data on income, race, 
and gender by census tract and other relevant classi-
fications, and compare such data with larger demo-
graphic, housing, and economic trends; 
‘‘(4) identify the extent to which each enterprise 
is involved in mortgage purchases and secondary 
market activities involving subprime and nontradi-
tional loans; 
‘‘(5) compare the characteristics of subprime and 
nontraditional loans both purchased and securitized 
by each enterprise to other loans purchased and 
securitized by each enterprise; and 
‘‘(6) compare the characteristics of high-cost 
loans purchased and securitized, where such securities 
are not held on portfolio to loans purchased and 
securitized, where such securities are either retained
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‘‘(iii) The performance and effort of the 
enterprises toward achieving the housing 
goals under this section in previous years. 
‘‘(iv) The size of the conventional mort-
gage market serving each of the types of 
families described in subsection (a) relative 
to the size of the overall conventional mort-
gage market. 
‘‘(v) The ability of the enterprise to 
lead the industry in making mortgage cred-
it available. 
‘‘(vi) The need to maintain the sound 
financial condition of the enterprises. 
‘‘(3) HMDA INFORMATION.—The Director shall 
annually obtain information submitted in compliance 
with the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 re-
garding 
conventional, 
conforming, 
single-family, 
owner-occupied or rental, as applicable, purchase 
money mortgages originated and purchased for the 
previous year. 
‘‘(4) CONFORMING MORTGAGES.—In determining 
whether a mortgage is a conforming mortgage for 
purposes of this paragraph, the Director shall con-
sider the original principal balance of the mortgage 
loan to be the principal balance as reported in the in-
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formation referred to in paragraph (3), as rounded to 
the nearest thousand dollars. 
‘‘(e) NOTICE OF DETERMINATION AND ENTERPRISE 
COMMENT.— 
‘‘(1) NOTICE.—Within 30 days of making a de-
termination under subsection (c) regarding a compli-
ance of an enterprise for a year with a housing goal 
established under this section and before any public 
disclosure thereof, the Director shall provide notice of 
the determination to the enterprise, which shall in-
clude an analysis and comparison, by the Director, of 
the performance of the enterprise for the year and the 
targets for the year under subsection (d). 
‘‘(2) COMMENT PERIOD.—The Director shall pro-
vide each enterprise an opportunity to comment on 
the determination during the 30-day period beginning 
upon receipt by the enterprise of the notice. 
‘‘(f) USE OF BORROWER INCOME.—In monitoring the 
performance of each enterprise pursuant to the housing 
goals under this section and evaluating such performance 
(for purposes of section 1336), the Director shall consider 
a mortgagor’s income to be such income at the time of origi-
nation of the mortgage. 
‘‘(g) CONSIDERATION OF UNITS IN SINGLE-FAMILY 
RENTAL HOUSING.—In establishing any goal under this
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‘‘(7) The terms ‘electric utility’, ‘State regu-
lated electric utility’, ‘nonregulated electric utility’ 
and other terms used in this Part have the same 
meanings as when such terms are used in title I of 
the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 
(relating to retail regulatory policies for electric utili-
ties). 
‘‘SEC. 373. SURVEY AND REGISTRY. 
‘‘(a) RECOVERABLE
WASTE-ENERGY
INVENTORY 
PROGRAM.—The Administrator, in cooperation with State 
energy offices, shall establish a Recoverable Waste-Energy 
Inventory Program. The program shall include an ongoing 
survey of all major industrial and large commercial com-
bustion sources in the United States and the sites where 
these are located, together with a review of each for quan-
tity and quality of waste energy. 
‘‘(b) CRITERIA.—The Administrator shall, within 120 
days after the enactment of this section, develop and pub-
lish proposed criteria subject to notice and comment, and 
within 270 days of enactment, establish final criteria, to 
identify and designate those sources and sites in the inven-
tory under subsection (a) where recoverable waste energy 
projects or combined heat and power system projects may 
have economic feasibility with a payback of invested costs 
within 5 years or less from the date of first full project 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3178 
To limit the length of deployment of members of the Armed Forces for 
Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2007 
Mr. SHAYS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To limit the length of deployment of members of the Armed 
Forces for Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON LENGTH OF DEPLOYMENTS 
FOR OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Commencing 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the deployment of a 
unit or individual of the Armed Forces for Operation Iraqi 
Freedom shall be limited as follows: 
(1) In the case of a unit or individual of the 
Army (including a unit or individual of the Army 
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National Guard or the Army Reserve), the unit or 
individual may not be deployed, or continued or ex-
tended on deployment, for more than 12 consecutive 
months. 
(2) In the case of a unit or individual of the 
Marine Corps (including a unit or individual of the 
Marine Corps Reserve), the unit or individual may 
not be deployed, or continued or extended on deploy-
ment, for more than 7 consecutive months. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to designated key command headquarters 
personnel or other members of the Armed Forces who are 
required to maintain continuity of mission and situational 
awareness between rotating forces. 
(c) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The President may waive 
the applicability of the limitation in subsection (a) in the 
event of a requirement for the use of military force in time 
of national emergency following consultation with the con-
gressional defense committees. 
(d) DEPLOYMENT DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘deployment’’ has the meaning given that term in 
subsection 991(b) of title 10, United States Code. 
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subpart, the Director may take into consideration the num-
ber of housing units financed by any mortgage on single- 
family rental housing purchased by an enterprise. 
‘‘SEC. 1333. MULTIFAMILY SPECIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING 
GOAL. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish, 
by regulation, an annual goal for the purchase by 
each enterprise of each of the following types of mort-
gages on multifamily housing: 
‘‘(A) Mortgages that finance dwelling units 
for low-income families. 
‘‘(B) Mortgages that finance dwelling units 
for very low-income families. 
‘‘(C) Mortgages that finance dwelling units 
assisted by the low-income housing tax credit 
under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALLER 
PROJECTS.—The Director shall establish, within the 
goal under this section, additional requirements for 
the purchase by each enterprise of mortgages described 
in paragraph (1) for multifamily housing projects of 
a smaller or limited size, which may be based on the 
number of dwelling units in the project or the amount
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3179 
AN ACT 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to authorize the 
use of Federal supply schedules for the acquisition of 
law enforcement, security, and certain other related items 
by State and local governments. 
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 ‘‘Local Preparedness 
Acquisition Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR ACQUISITION OF LAW EN-
FORCEMENT, 
SECURITY, 
AND 
CERTAIN 
OTHER 
RELATED 
ITEMS 
BY 
STATE 
AND 
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THROUGH FEDERAL 
SUPPLY SCHEDULES. 
Paragraph (1) of section 502(c) of title 40, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘for automated’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘for the following: 
‘‘(A) Automated’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) Alarm and signal systems, facility 
management systems, firefighting and rescue 
equipment, law enforcement and security equip-
ment, marine craft and related equipment, spe-
cial purpose clothing, and related services (as 
contained in Federal supply classification code
group 84 or any amended or subsequent version 
of that Federal supply classification group).’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 17, 
2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3179 
AN ACT 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to author-
ize the use of Federal supply schedules for the 
acquisition of law enforcement, security, and cer-
tain other related items by State and local gov-
ernments.
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Part, to the extent it may constitute a site with recover-
able waste energy that may qualify for the Registry, the 
Administrator may elect to include it in the Registry at 
the request of its owner or operator or developer on a con-
ditional basis, removing the site if its development ceases 
or it if fails to qualify for listing under this Part. 
‘‘(g) OPTIMUM MEANS OF RECOVERY.—For each site 
listed in the Registry, at the request of the owner or oper-
ator of the site, the Administrator shall offer, in coopera-
tion with Clean Energy Application Centers operated by 
the Secretary of Energy, suggestions of optimum means 
of recovery of value from waste energy stream in the form 
of electricity, useful thermal energy, or other energy-re-
lated products. 
‘‘(h) REVISION.—Each annual State report under 
section 548(a) of the National Energy Conservation Policy 
Act shall include the results of the survey for that State 
under this section. 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administrator for the purposes of cre-
ating and maintaining the Registry and services author-
ized by this section not more than $1,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2010, and 2012 and not 
more than $5,000,000 to the States to provide funding 
for State energy office functions under this section. 
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of the mortgage, or both, and shall include multi-
family housing projects of such smaller sizes as are 
typical among such projects that serve rural areas. 
‘‘(3) FACTORS.—In establishing the goal under 
this section relating to mortgages on multifamily 
housing for an enterprise for a year, the Director 
shall consider— 
‘‘(A) national multifamily mortgage credit 
needs; 
‘‘(B) the performance and effort of the en-
terprise in making mortgage credit available for 
multifamily housing in previous years; 
‘‘(C) the size of the multifamily mortgage 
market; 
‘‘(D) the ability of the enterprise to lead the 
industry in making mortgage credit available, 
especially for underserved markets, such as for 
small multifamily projects of 5 to 50 units, mul-
tifamily properties in need of rehabilitation, and 
multifamily properties located in rural areas; 
and 
‘‘(E) the need to maintain the sound finan-
cial condition of the enterprise. 
‘‘(b) UNITS FINANCED BY HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 
BONDS.—The Director shall give credit toward the achieve-
H. R. 3179 
One Hundred Tenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and eight 
An Act 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to authorize the use of Federal supply 
schedules for the acquisition of law enforcement, security, and certain other 
related items by State and local governments. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Local Preparedness Acquisition 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR ACQUISITION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, 
SECURITY, AND CERTAIN OTHER RELATED ITEMS BY STATE 
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THROUGH FEDERAL SUPPLY 
SCHEDULES. 
Paragraph (1) of section 502(c) of title 40, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘for automated’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘for the following: 
‘‘(A) Automated’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) Alarm and signal systems, facility management 
systems, firefighting and rescue equipment, law enforce-
ment and security equipment, marine craft and related 
equipment, special purpose clothing, and related services 
(as contained in Federal supply classification code group 
84 or any amended or subsequent version of that Federal 
supply classification group).’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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‘‘SEC. 374. WASTE ENERGY RECOVERY INCENTIVE GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—There is es-
tablished in the Environmental Protection Agency a Waste 
Energy Recovery Incentive Grant Program to provide in-
centive grants to owners and operators of projects that 
successfully produce electricity or incremental useful ther-
mal energy from waste energy recovery (and to utilities 
purchasing or distributing such electricity) and to reward 
States that have achieved 80 percent or more of identified 
waste-heat recovery opportunities. 
‘‘(b) GRANTS TO PROJECTS AND UTILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 
make grants to the owners or operators of waste en-
ergy recovery projects, and, in the case of excess 
power purchased or transmitted by a electric utility, 
to such utility. Grants may only be made upon re-
ceipt of proof of waste energy recovery or excess 
electricity generation, or both, from the project in a 
form prescribed by the Administrator, by rule. 
‘‘(2) EXCESS ELECTRIC ENERGY.—In the case 
of waste energy recovery, the grants under this sec-
tion shall be made at the rate of $10 per megawatt 
hour of documented electricity produced from recov-
ered waste energy (or by prevention of waste energy 
in the case of a new facility) by the project during 
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ment of the multifamily special affordable housing goal 
under this section (for purposes of section 1336) to dwelling 
units in multifamily housing that otherwise qualifies under 
such goal and that is financed by tax-exempt or taxable 
bonds issued by a State or local housing finance agency, 
but only if such bonds— 
‘‘(1) are secured by a guarantee of the enterprise; 
or 
‘‘(2) are not investment grade and are purchased 
by the enterprise. 
‘‘(c) USE OF TENANT INCOME OR RENT.—The Director 
shall monitor the performance of each enterprise in meeting 
the goals established under this section and shall evaluate 
such performance (for purposes of section 1336) based on— 
‘‘(1) the income of the prospective or actual ten-
ants of the property, where such data are available; 
or 
‘‘(2) where the data referred to in paragraph (1) 
are not available, rent levels affordable to low-income 
and very low-income families. 
A rent level shall be considered to be affordable for purposes 
of this subsection for an income category referred to in this 
subsection if it does not exceed 30 percent of the maximum 
income level of such income category, with appropriate ad-
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3179 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to authorize the use of Federal 
supply schedules for the acquisition of law enforcement, security, and 
certain other related items by State and local governments. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2007 
Mr. TOWNS (for himself and Mr. BILBRAY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to authorize the 
use of Federal supply schedules for the acquisition of 
law enforcement, security, and certain other related items 
by State and local governments. 
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 ‘‘Local Preparedness 
Acquisition Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR ACQUISITION OF LAW EN-
FORCEMENT, 
SECURITY, 
AND 
CERTAIN 
OTHER 
RELATED 
ITEMS 
BY 
STATE 
AND 
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THROUGH FEDERAL 
SUPPLY SCHEDULES. 
Paragraph (1) of section 502(c) of title 40, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘for automated’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘for the following: 
‘‘(A) Automated’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) Alarm and signal systems, facility 
management systems, firefighting and rescue 
equipment, law enforcement and security equip-
ment, marine craft and related equipment, spe-
cial purpose clothing, and related services (as 
contained in Federal supply classification code 
group 84 or any amended or subsequent version 
of that Federal supply classification group).’’. 
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on portfolio or repurchased by the enterprise, includ-
ing such characteristics as— 
‘‘(A) the purchase price of the property that 
secures the mortgage; 
‘‘(B) the loan-to-value ratio of the mortgage, 
which shall reflect any secondary liens on the 
relevant property; 
‘‘(C) the terms of the mortgage; 
‘‘(D) the creditworthiness of the borrower; 
and 
‘‘(E) any other relevant data, as determined 
by the Director. 
‘‘(c) DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—To assist the Director in 
analyzing the matters described in subsection (b), the 
Director shall conduct, on a monthly basis, a survey 
of mortgage markets in accordance with this sub-
section. 
‘‘(2) DATA POINTS.—Each monthly survey con-
ducted by the Director under paragraph (1) shall col-
lect data on— 
‘‘(A) the characteristics of individual mort-
gages that are eligible for purchase by the enter-
prises and the characteristics of individual mort-
gages that are not eligible for purchase by the en-
IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3179 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 18, 2007 
Received 
JANUARY 22 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 2008 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to authorize the 
use of Federal supply schedules for the acquisition of 
law enforcement, security, and certain other related items 
by State and local governments. 
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 ‘‘Local Preparedness 
Acquisition Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR ACQUISITION OF LAW EN-
FORCEMENT, 
SECURITY, 
AND 
CERTAIN 
OTHER 
RELATED 
ITEMS 
BY 
STATE 
AND 
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THROUGH FEDERAL 
SUPPLY SCHEDULES. 
Paragraph (1) of section 502(c) of title 40, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘for automated’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘for the following: 
‘‘(A) Automated’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) Alarm and signal systems, facility 
management systems, firefighting and rescue 
equipment, law enforcement and security equip-
ment, marine craft and related equipment, spe-
cial purpose clothing, and related services (as 
contained in Federal supply classification code 
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group 84 or any amended or subsequent version 
of that Federal supply classification group).’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 17, 
2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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