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(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are to 
strengthen our Nation’s energy security and mitigate the 
effects of climate change by promoting energy efficient 
transportation and public buildings, creating incentives for 
the use of alternative fuel vehicles and renewable energy, 
and ensuring sound water resource and natural disaster 
preparedness planning. 
Subtitle A—Department of 
Transportation 
SEC. 8101. CENTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRON-
MENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (h); and 
(2) by adding after subsection (f) the following: 
‘‘(g) CENTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRON-
MENT.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Department a Center for Climate Change and 
Environment to plan, coordinate, and implement— 
‘‘(A) department-wide research, strategies, 
and actions under the Department’s statutory 
authority to reduce transportation-related en-
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ergy use and mitigate the effects of climate 
change; and 
‘‘(B) department-wide research strategies 
and action to address the impacts of climate 
change on transportation systems and infra-
structure. 
‘‘(2) CLEARINGHOUSE.—The Center shall es-
tablish a clearinghouse of low-cost solutions, includ-
ing projects that are being or could be implemented 
under the congestion mitigation and air quality im-
provement program of section 149 of title 23, to re-
duce congestion and transportation-related energy 
use and air pollution and mitigate the effects of cli-
mate change.’’. 
(b) COORDINATION.—The Center for Climate Change 
and Environment of the Department of Transportation 
shall coordinate its activities with the United States Global 
Change Research Program. 
(c) LOW-COST CONGESTION SOLUTIONS.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Center for Climate Change 
and Environment, in coordination with the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, shall conduct a study to 
examine fuel efficiency savings and clean air impacts 
of major transportation projects, to identify low-cost 
solutions to reduce congestion and transportation-re-
recertification) of external review entities 
under clause (ii). 
(iv) CONSIDERATIONS IN RECERTIFI-
CATIONS.—In conducting recertifications of 
a qualified external review entity under 
this paragraph, the appropriate Secretary 
or organization conducting the recertifi-
cation shall review compliance of the entity 
with the requirements for conducting ex-
ternal review activities under this section, 
including the following: 
(I) 
Provision 
of 
information 
under subparagraph (D). 
(II) 
Adherence 
to 
applicable 
deadlines (both by the entity and by 
independent medical reviewers it re-
fers cases to). 
(III) Compliance with limitations 
on compensation (with respect to both 
the entity and independent medical re-
viewers it refers cases to). 
(IV) Compliance with applicable 
independence requirements. 
(V) Compliance with the require-
ment of subsection (d)(1) that only
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(B) The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 571 of such title is amended by striking the
item relating to section 6327 and inserting the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘6327. Officers and enlisted members of the Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Re-
serve: 30 years; 20 years; retired pay.’’.
(C) The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 573 of such title is amended by striking the
item relating to section 6389 and inserting the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘6389. Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve; officers: elimination from active
status; computation of total commissioned service.’’.
(D) The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 631 of such title is amended by striking the
items relating to sections 7225 and 7226 and insert-
ing the following new items:
‘‘7225. Navy Reserve flag.
‘‘7226. Navy Reserve yacht pennant.’’.
(E) The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 1003 of such title is amended by striking the
item relating to section 10108 and inserting the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘10108. Navy Reserve: administration.’’.
(F) The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 1006 of such title is amended by striking the
item relating to section 10172 and inserting the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘10172. Navy Reserve Force.’’.
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(G) The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 1009 of such title is amended by striking the
item relating to section 10303 and inserting the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘10303. Navy Reserve Policy Board.’’.
(H) The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 1201 of such title is amended by striking the
item relating to section 12010 and inserting the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘12010. Computations for Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve: rule when
fraction occurs in final result.’’.
(I) The table of sections at the beginning of chap-
ter 1405 of such title is amended by striking the item
relating to section 14306 and inserting the following
new item:
‘‘14306. Establishment of promotion zones: Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Re-
serve running mate system.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TITLE 14, UNITED
STATES CODE.—Section 705 of title 14, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Naval Reserve’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘Navy Reserve’’.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 37, UNITED
STATES CODE.—
(1) TEXT
AMENDMENTS.—Title 37, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Naval Reserve’’
each place it appears in a provision as follows and
inserting ‘‘Navy Reserve’’:
H. Res. 1257 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
June 12, 2008. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 6063) to authorize the programs of the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other 
purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 
All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived 
except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. Gen-
eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed 
one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Science and 
Technology. After general debate the bill shall be considered 
for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in 
order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amend-
ment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Science 
and Technology now printed in the bill. The committee
109TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1542
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 695 Pleasant Street in New
Bedford, Massachusetts, as the ‘‘Honorable
Judge George N. Leighton Post Office Build-
ing’’.
109TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1542
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 695 Pleasant Street in New Bedford, Massa-
chusetts, as the ‘‘Honorable Judge George N. Leighton
Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 695 Pleasant Street in New Bedford, Massachu-
setts, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Honorable
Judge George N. Leighton Post Office Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Honorable Judge George N. Leighton Post Office
Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 4, 2005.
Attest:
Clerk.
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(A) Section 101(24)(C).
(B) Section 201(d).
(C) Section 205(a)(2)(I).
(D) Section 301c(d).
(E) Section 319(a).
(F) Section 905.
(2) CAPTION AMENDMENT.—Section 301c(d) of
such title is further amended by striking ‘‘NAVAL RE-
SERVE’’ and inserting ‘‘NAVY RESERVE’’.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 38, UNITED
STATES CODE.—Title 38, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘Naval Reserve’’ each place it appears in a pro-
vision as follows and inserting ‘‘Navy Reserve’’:
(1) Section 101(27)(B).
(2) Section 3002(6)(C).
(3) Section 3202(1)(C)(iii).
(4) Section 3452(a)(3)(C).
(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER CODIFIED
TITLES.—
(1) TITLE 5, UNITED
STATES
CODE.—Section
2108(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘Naval Reserve’’ and inserting ‘‘Navy Re-
serve’’.
(2) TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section
2387(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended
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by striking ‘‘Naval Reserve’’ and inserting ‘‘Navy Re-
serve’’.
(3) TITLE 46, UNITED STATES CODE.—(A) Title
46, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘Naval Reserve’’ each place it appears in a provision
as follows and inserting ‘‘Navy Reserve’’:
(i) Section 8103(g).
(ii) Section 8302(g).
(B) The heading of section 8103 of such title is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 8103. Citizenship and Navy Reserve requirements’’.
(C) The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 81 of such title is amended by striking the
item relating to section 8103 and inserting the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘8103. Citizenship and Navy Reserve requirements.’’.
(g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS.—
(1) Section 2301(4)(C) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6671(4)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘Naval Reserve’’
and inserting ‘‘Navy Reserve’’.
(2)(A) The Merchant Marine Act, 1936 is
amended by striking ‘‘Naval Reserve’’ each place it
appears in a provision as follows and inserting
‘‘Navy Reserve’’:
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lated energy use and mitigate the effects of climate 
change, to alleviate such problems as railroad pric-
ing that may force freight off the more fuel efficient 
railroads and onto less fuel efficient trucks, and to 
examine the potential fuel savings from intelligent 
transportation systems that help businesses and con-
sumers to plan their travel and avoid delays, includ-
ing web-based real-time transit information systems, 
congestion information systems, carpool information 
systems, parking information systems, freight route 
management, and traffic management systems. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of enactment of this title, the Secretary of 
Transportation, in coordination with the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall 
transmit to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives a report 
on low-cost solutions to reducing congestion and 
transportation-related energy use and mitigating the 
effects of climate change. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the 
Center to carry out its duties under section 102(g) of title
H. R. 1542
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and five 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 695 Pleasant 
Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as the ‘‘Honorable Judge George N. Leigh-
ton Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
695 Pleasant Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts, shall be known 
and designated as the ‘‘Honorable Judge George N. Leighton Post 
Office Building’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
or other record of the United States to the facility referred to 
in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Honorable 
Judge George N. Leighton Post Office Building’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1542
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
695 Pleasant Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as the ‘‘Honorable 
Judge George N. Leighton Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 12, 2005
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. NEAL of Massa-
chusetts, Mr. OLVER, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. CAPUANO, and Mr. LYNCH) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 695 Pleasant Street in New Bedford, Massa-
chusetts, as the ‘‘Honorable Judge George N. Leighton 
Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. HONORABLE JUDGE GEORGE N. LEIGHTON 
POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 695 Pleasant Street in New Bed-
ford, Massachusetts, shall be known and designated as the
‘‘Honorable Judge George N. Leighton Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Honorable Judge 
George N. Leighton Post Office Building’’.
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49, United States Code, such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal years 2008 through 2011. 
Subtitle B—Highways and Transit 
PART 1—PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 8201. GRANTS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 
SERVICES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS.—In 
addition 
to 
amounts 
allocated 
under 
section 
5338(b)(2)(B) of title 49, United States Code, to 
carry out section 5307 of such title, there is author-
ized to be appropriated $750,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2008 and 2009 to carry out such section 
5307. Such funds shall be apportioned in accordance 
with section 5336 (other than subsections (i)(1) and 
(j)) of such title but may not be combined or com-
mingled with any other funds apportioned under 
such section 5336. 
(2) FORMULA GRANTS FOR OTHER THAN UR-
BANIZED AREAS.—In addition to amounts allocated 
under section 5338(b)(2)(G) of title 49, United 
States Code, to carry out section 5311 of such title, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to carry out 
such section 5311. Such funds shall be apportioned
IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1542 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 9, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 695 Pleasant Street in New Bedford, Massa-
chusetts, as the ‘‘Honorable Judge George N. Leighton 
Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 1542 RFS 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 695 Pleasant Street in New Bedford, Massachu-
setts, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Honorable 
Judge George N. Leighton Post Office Building’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Honorable Judge George N. Leighton Post Office 
Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 4, 2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
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‘‘(d) INFORMATION DERIVED OR DISSEMINATED FROM
EXEMPTED OPERATIONAL FILES.—(1) Files that are not
exempted under subsection (a) and contain information de-
rived or disseminated from exempted operational files shall
be subject to search and review.
‘‘(2) The inclusion of information from exempted oper-
ational files in files that are not exempted under subsection
(a) shall not affect the exemption under subsection (a) of
the originating operational files from search, review, publi-
cation, or disclosure.
‘‘(3) The declassification of some of the information
contained in exempted operational files shall not affect the
status of the operational file as being exempt from search,
review, publication, or disclosure.
‘‘(4) Records from exempted operational files that have
been disseminated to and referenced in files that are not
exempted under subsection (a) and that have been returned
to exempted operational files for sole retention shall be sub-
ject to search and review.
‘‘(e) ALLEGATION; IMPROPER
WITHHOLDING
OF
RECORDS; JUDICIAL REVIEW.—(1) Except as provided in
paragraph (2), whenever any person who has requested
agency records under section 552 of title 5, alleges that the
Defense Intelligence Agency has withheld records improp-
erly because of failure to comply with any provision of this
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section, judicial review shall be available under the terms
set forth in section 552(a)(4)(B) of title 5, United States
Code.
‘‘(2) Judicial review shall not be available in the man-
ner provided under paragraph (1) as follows:
‘‘(A) In any case in which information specifi-
cally authorized under criteria established by an Ex-
ecutive order to be kept secret in the interest of na-
tional defense or foreign relations which is filed with,
or produced for, the court by the Defense Intelligence
Agency, such information shall be examined ex parte,
in camera by the court.
‘‘(B) The court shall determine, to the fullest ex-
tent practicable, issues of fact based on sworn written
submissions of the parties.
‘‘(C) When a complainant alleges that requested
records were improperly withheld because of improper
placement solely in exempted operational files, the
complainant shall support such allegation with a
sworn written submission based upon personal knowl-
edge or otherwise admissible evidence.
‘‘(D)(i) When a complainant alleges that re-
quested records were improperly withheld because of
improper exemption of operational files, the Defense
Intelligence Agency shall meet its burden under sec-
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tion 552(a)(4)(B) of title 5, United States Code, by
demonstrating to the court by sworn written submis-
sion that exempted operational files likely to contain
responsible records currently perform the functions set
forth in subsection (b).
‘‘(ii) The court may not order the Defense Intel-
ligence Agency to review the content of any exempted
operational file or files in order to make the dem-
onstration required under clause (i), unless the com-
plainant disputes the Defense Intelligence Agency’s
showing with a sworn written submission based on
personal knowledge or otherwise admissible evidence.
‘‘(E) In proceedings under subparagraphs (C)
and (D), the parties shall not obtain discovery pursu-
ant to rules 26 through 36 of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure, except that requests for admission
may be made pursuant to rules 26 and 36.
‘‘(F) If the court finds under this subsection that
the Defense Intelligence Agency has improperly with-
held requested records because of failure to comply
with any provision of this subsection, the court shall
order the Defense Intelligence Agency to search and
review the appropriate exempted operational file or
files for the requested records and make such records,
or portions thereof, available in accordance with the
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in accordance with such section 5311 but may not 
be combined or commingled with any other funds 
apportioned under such section 5311. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding sections 5307 
and 5311 of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary 
of Transportation may make grants under such sections 
from amounts appropriated under subsection (a) only for 
one or more of the following: 
(1) If the recipient of the grant is reducing, or 
certifies to the Secretary that, during the term of 
the grant, the recipient will reduce one or more fares 
the recipient charges for public transportation, or in 
the case of subsection (f) of such section 5311, 
intercity bus service, those operating costs of equip-
ment and facilities being used to provide the public 
transportation, or in the case of subsection (f) of 
such section 5311, intercity bus service, that the re-
cipient is no longer able to pay from the revenues 
derived from such fare or fares as a result of such 
reduction. 
(2) If the recipient of the grant is expanding, 
or certifies to the Secretary that, during the term of 
the grant, the recipient will expand public transpor-
tation service, or in the case of subsection (f) of 
such section 5311, intercity bus service, those oper-
IV 
House Calendar No. 233 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1257 
[Report No. 110–707] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6063) to authorize the programs 
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 10, 2008 
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, from the Committee on Rules, reported the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered 
to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6063) to author-
ize the programs of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 6063) to authorize the programs 
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
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provisions of section 552 of title 5, United States
Code, and such order shall be the exclusive remedy for
failure to comply with this section (other than sub-
section (f)).
‘‘(G) If at any time following the filing of a com-
plaint pursuant to this paragraph the Defense Intel-
ligence Agency agrees to search the appropriate ex-
empted operational file or files for the requested
records, the court shall dismiss the claim based upon
such complaint; and
‘‘(H) Any information filed with, or produced
for the court pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (D)
shall be coordinated with the Director of National In-
telligence before submission to the court.
‘‘(f) DECENNIAL REVIEW OF EXEMPTED OPERATIONAL
FILES.—(1) Not less than once every 10 years, the Director
of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall review the exemptions in force
under subsection (a) to determine whether such exemptions
may be removed from a category of exempted files or any
portion thereof. The Director of National Intelligence must
approve any determinations to remove such exemptions.
‘‘(2) The review required by paragraph (1) shall in-
clude consideration of the historical value or other public
interest in the subject matter of the particular category of