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Medal, two Distinguished Service Medals, two Defense
Superior Service Medals, four Legions of Merit, the
Bronze Star Medal for valor, the State Department
Superior Honor Award, the NATO Meritorious Serv-
ice Medal, and other awards and medals.
(8) A recent attack through a full-page advertise-
ment in the New York Times by the liberal activist
group, Moveon.org, impugns the honor and integrity
of General Petraeus and all the members of the
United States Armed Forces.
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate—
(1) to reaffirm its support for all the men and
women of the United States Armed Forces, including
General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General,
Multi-National Force-Iraq;
(2) to strongly condemn any effort to attack the
honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all the
members of the United States Armed Forces; and
(3) to specifically repudiate the unwarranted
personal attack on General Petraeus by the liberal ac-
tivist group Moveon.org.
VII 
Private Calendar No. 4 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5243 
[Report No. 110–826] 
For the relief of Kumi Iizuka-Barcena. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 6, 2008 
Mr. REYES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2008 
Referred to the Private Calendar and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
For the relief of Kumi Iizuka-Barcena. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR KUMI 
IIZUKA-BARCENA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, Kumi Iizuka-Barcena shall be eligible for issuance of 
an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of 
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(3) provides that exercises described in para-
graph (2) will be—
(A) evaluated against clear and consistent 
performance measures; 
(B) assessed to learn best practices, which 
shall be shared with appropriate Federal, State, 
local, and tribal officials, governmental and 
nongovernmental emergency response providers, 
law enforcement personnel, including railroad 
and transit police, and appropriate stake-
holders; and 
(C) followed by remedial action in response 
to lessons learned; 
(4) includes exercises involving covered trans-
portation at or near the international land borders 
of the United States and in coordination with inter-
national stakeholders; 
(5) 
involves 
individuals 
in 
neighborhoods 
around the infrastructure of a provider of covered 
transportation; and 
(6) assists State, local, and tribal governments 
and providers of covered transportation in designing, 
implementing, and evaluating exercises that conform 
to the requirements of paragraph (2).
(d) REMEDIAL ACTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.—
The Secretary shall utilize the remedial action manage-
ment program of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency to—
(1) identify and analyze each exercise conducted 
under the program for lessons learned and best 
practices; 
(2) disseminate lessons learned and best prac-
tices to participants in the program; 
(3) monitor the implementation of lessons 
learned and best practices by participants in the 
program; and 
(4) conduct remedial action tracking and long-
term trend analysis. 
(f) NATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that the training program developed under 
subsection (a) is a component of the National Training 
Program established under section 648 of the Department 
of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2007 (6 
U.S.C. 748). 
(g) FERRY SYSTEM EXEMPTION.—This section does 
not apply to any ferry for which drills are required to be 
conducted pursuant to section 70103 of title 46, United 
States Code.
SEC. 111. SECURITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out a re-
search and development program for the purpose of im-
proving the security of covered transportation. 
(b) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—The research and develop-
ment program may include projects—
(1) to reduce the vulnerability of passenger 
trains, stations, and equipment to explosives and 
hazardous chemical, biological, and radioactive sub-
stances including the development of technology to 
screen passengers in large numbers at peak com-
muting times with minimal interference and disrup-
tion; 
(2) to test new emergency response and recov-
ery techniques and technologies, including those 
used at international borders; 
(3) to develop improved railroad technologies, 
including—
(A) technologies for sealing or modifying 
railroad tank cars; 
(B) automatic inspection of railroad cars; 
(C) communication-based train controls; 
(D) signal system integrity at switches; 
(E) emergency response training, including 
training in a tunnel environment;
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5244 
AN ACT 
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish fair and 
transparent practices relating to the extension of credit 
under an open end consumer credit plan, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4750
AN ACT
To designate certain lands in the State of California as
components of the National Wilderness Preservation Sys-
tem, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4755
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 204 South Broad Street in
Lancaster, Ohio, as the ‘‘Clarence Miller Post
Office Building’’.
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SEC. 1080. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF HOUSING A NA-
TIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE CENTER AT
KELLY AIR FIELD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 31, 2008, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the feasibility of utilizing ex-
isting infrastructure or installing new infrastructure at
Kelly Air Field, San Antonio, Texas, to house a National
Disaster Response Center for responding to man-made and
natural disasters in the United States .
(b) CONTENT.—The report required under subsection
(a) shall include the following:
(1) A determination of how the National Dis-
aster Response Center would organize and leverage
capabilities of the following currently co-located orga-
nizations, facilities, and forces located in San Anto-
nio, Texas:
(A) Lackland Air Force Base.
(B) Fort Sam Houston.
(C) Brooke Army Medical Center.
(D) Wilford Hall Medical Center.
(E) Audie Murphy Veterans Administration
Medical Center.
(F) 433rd Airlift Wing C–5 Heavy Lift
Aircraft.
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authorized in section 202 while preserving the current 
quality of canines provided for training. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the Admin-
istrator of the Transportation Security Administration 
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the per-
sonnel and resource needs to fulfill the requirements of 
this section. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
this section. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 27, 
2007. 
Attest:
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1401
AN ACT 
To improve the security of railroads, public trans-
portation, and over-the-road buses in the United 
States, and for other purposes.
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4404 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 1,2-Benzenedicarboxaldehyde. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2007 
Mr. BURTON of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 1,2- 
Benzenedicarboxaldehyde. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. 1,2-BENZENEDICARBOXALDEHYDE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.02.92 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
1,2-Benzenedicarboxaldehyde) is amended by striking the 
date in the effective period column and inserting ‘‘12/31/ 
2011’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
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(1) FINDING.—Congress makes the following
findings:
(A) Notification and survey efforts related
to the drinking water contamination described in
this section are necessary due to the potential
negative health impacts of these contaminants.
(B) The Secretary of the Navy will not be
able to identify or contact all former residents
due to the condition, non-existence, or accessi-
bility of records.
(C) It is the intent of Congress is that the
Secretary of the Navy contact as many former
residents as quickly as possible.
(2) ATSDR HEALTH SURVEY.—
(A) DEVELOPMENT.—Not later than 120
days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the ATSDR, in consultation with the National
Opinion Research Center, shall develop a health
survey that would voluntarily request of individ-
uals described in subsections (a), (b), and (c)
personal health information that may lead to
scientifically useful health information associated
with exposure to TCE, PCE, vinyl chloride, and
the other contaminants identified in the ATSDR
studies that may provide a basis for further reli-
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 325 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Whereas more than 500,000 people in the United States do 
not have a place to call home each night and half of them 
are without shelter; 
Whereas nationwide each year, an estimated 2,000,000 peo-
ple experience homelessness; 
Whereas adequate housing is essential for healthy families 
and communities;
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tax credits, State and local housing finance agencies, public 
housing agencies, tenant advocates, and other stakeholders 
in such projects. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than the expiration of the 9- 
month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee 
on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
of the Senate that— 
(1) identifies the actions taken by the Secretary 
to comply with this section; 
(2) includes information regarding any resulting 
improvements in the expedited approval for multi-
family housing projects; 
(3) identifies recommendations made pursuant 
to subsection (c); 
(4) identifies actions taken by the Secretary to 
implement the provisions in the amendments made by 
sections 2834 and 2835 of this Act; and 
(5) makes recommendations for any legislative 
changes that are needed to facilitate prompt approval 
of assistance for such projects.
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able scientific studies of potentially adverse
health impacts of exposure to contaminated
water at Camp Lejeune.
(B) INCLUSION
WITH
NOTIFICATION.—The
survey developed under subparagraph (A) shall
be distributed by the Secretary of the Navy con-
currently with the direct notification required
under subsections (a), (b), and (c).
(e) USE OF MEDIA TO SUPPLEMENT NOTIFICATION.—
The Secretary of the Navy may use media notification as
a supplement to direct notification of individuals described
under subsections (a), (b), and (c). Media notification may
reach those individuals not identifiable via remaining
records; once individuals respond to media notifications, the
Secretary will add them to the contact list to be included
in future information updates.
SEC. 1083. SENSE OF SENATE ON AIR FORCE USE OF
TOWBARLESS 
AIRCRAFT 
GROUND 
EQUIP-
MENT.
It is the sense of the Senate to encourage the Air Force
to give full consideration to the potential operational util-
ity, cost savings, and increased safety afforded by the utili-
zation of towbarless aircraft ground equipment.
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tent such amount is not includible in gross income in 
a taxable year beginning before 2018, such amounts 
shall be includible in gross income in the later of— 
(A) the last taxable year beginning before 
2018, or 
(B) the taxable year in which there is no 
substantial risk of forfeiture of the rights to such 
compensation (determined in the same manner 
as determined for purposes of section 457A of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this 
section). 
(3) ACCELERATED
PAYMENTS.—No later than 
120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall issue guidance providing a limited 
period of time during which a nonqualified deferred 
compensation arrangement attributable to services 
performed on or before December 31, 2008, may, with-
out violating the requirements of section 409A(a) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, be amended to 
conform the date of distribution to the date the 
amounts are required to be included in income. 
(4) CERTAIN BACK-TO-BACK ARRANGEMENTS.—If 
the taxpayer is also a service recipient and maintains 
one or more nonqualified deferred compensation ar-
rangements for its service providers under which any
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6049 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
incentives for energy production and conservation, to ex-
tend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual 
income tax relief, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SEC. 1084. DESIGNATION OF CHARLIE NORWOOD DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CEN-
TER.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Charlie Norwood volunteered for service in
the United States Army Dental Corps in a time of
war, providing dental and medical services in the Re-
public of Vietnam in 1968, earning the Combat Med-
ical Badge and two awards of the Bronze Star.
(2) Captain Norwood, under combat conditions,
helped develop the Dental Corps operating procedures,
that are now standard, of delivering dentists to for-
ward-fire bases, and providing dental treatment for
military service dogs.
(3) Captain Norwood provided dental, emergency
medical, and surgical care for United States per-
sonnel, Vietnamese civilians, and prisoners-of-war.
(4) Dr. Norwood provided military dental care
at Fort Gordon, Georgia, following his service in Viet-
nam, then provided private-practice dental care for
the next 25 years for patients in the greater Augusta,
Georgia, area, including care for military personnel,
retirees, and dependents under Department of Defense
programs and for low-income patients under Georgia
Medicaid.
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(5) Congressman Norwood, upon being sworn
into the United States House of Representatives in
1995, pursued the advancement of health and dental
care for active duty and retired military personnel
and dependents, and for veterans, through his public
advocacy for strengthened Federal support for mili-
tary and veterans’ health care programs and facili-
ties.
(6) Congressman Norwood co-authored and
helped pass into law the Keep our Promises to Amer-
ica’s Military Retirees Act, which restored lifetime
healthcare benefits to veterans who are military retir-
ees through the creation of the Department of Defense
TRICARE for Life Program.
(7) Congressman Norwood supported and helped
pass into law the Retired Pay Restoration Act pro-
viding relief from the concurrent receipt rule penal-
izing disabled veterans who were also military retir-
ees.
(8) Throughout his congressional service from
1995 to 2007, Congressman Norwood repeatedly de-
feated attempts to reduce Federal support for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Au-
gusta, Georgia, and succeeded in maintaining and in-
creasing Federal funding for the center.
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4405 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 2-Phenylphenol. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2007 
Mr. BURTON of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 2- 
Phenylphenol. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. 2-PHENYLPHENOL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.29.25 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
2-Phenylphenol) is amended by striking the date in the 
effective period column and inserting ‘‘12/31/2011’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There may be a separation 
(including at issuance) of the ownership of a quali-
fied tax credit bond and the entitlement to the credit 
under this section with respect to such bond. In case 
of any such separation, the credit under this section 
shall be allowed to the person who on the credit al-
lowance date holds the instrument evidencing the en-
titlement to the credit and not to the holder of the 
bond. 
‘‘(2) CERTAIN RULES TO APPLY.—In the case 
of a separation described in paragraph (1), the rules 
of section 1286 shall apply to the qualified tax credit 
bond as if it were a stripped bond and to the credit 
under this section as if it were a stripped coupon. 
‘‘SEC. 54B. NEW CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY BONDS. 
‘‘(a) NEW CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY BOND.—For 
purposes of this subpart, the term ‘new clean renewable 
energy bond’ means any bond issued as part of an issue 
if— 
‘‘(1) 100 percent of the available project pro-
ceeds of such issue are to be used for capital expend-
itures incurred by public power providers or coopera-
tive electric companies for one or more qualified re-
newable energy facilities,
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(9) Congressman Norwood maintained a life
membership in the American Legion, the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, and the Military Order of the World
Wars.
(10) Congressman Norwood’s role in protecting
and improving military and veteran’s health care
was recognized by the Association of the United States
Army through the presentation of the Cocklin Award
in 1998, and through his induction into the Associa-
tion’s Audie Murphy Society in 1999.
(b) DESIGNATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Department of Veterans
Affairs Medical Center located at 1 Freedom Way in
Augusta, Georgia, shall after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act be known and designated as the
‘‘Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Center’’.
(2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law,
regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of
the United States to the medical center referred to in
paragraph (1) shall be considered to be a reference to
the Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Center.
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SEC. 1085. COMMERCIALIZATION PILOT PROGRAM.
Section 9(y) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638(y)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the
following: ‘‘The authority to create and administer a
Commercialization Pilot Program under this sub-
section may not be construed to eliminate or replace
any other SBIR program that enhances the insertion
or transition of SBIR technologies, including any
such program in effect on the date of enactment of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3136).’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as
paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(5) INSERTION INCENTIVES.—For any contract
with a value of not less than $100,000,000, the Sec-
retary of Defense is authorized to—
‘‘(A) establish goals for transitioning Phase
III technologies in subcontracting plans; and
‘‘(B) require a prime contractor on such a
contract to report the number and dollar amount
of contracts entered into by that prime con-
tractor for Phase III SBIR projects.
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‘‘(6) GOAL FOR SBIR TECHNOLOGY INSERTION.—
The Secretary of Defense shall—
‘‘(A) set a goal to increase the number of
Phase II contracts awarded by that Secretary
that lead to technology transition into programs
of record or fielded systems;
‘‘(B) use incentives in effect on the date of
enactment of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2008, or create new incen-
tives, to encourage prime contractors to meet the
goal under subparagraph (A); and
‘‘(C) submit to the Committee on Armed
Services and the Committee on Small Business
and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the
Committee on Armed Services and the Com-
mittee on Small Business of the House of Rep-
resentatives an annual report regarding the per-
centage of contracts described in subparagraph
(A) awarded by that Secretary.’’; and
(4) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by
striking ‘‘fiscal year 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year
2012’’.
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4755
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 204 South Broad Street in Lancaster, Ohio,
as the ‘‘Clarence Miller Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 476
AN ACT
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit
taking minors across State lines in circumvention
of laws requiring the involvement of parents in
abortion decisions.
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SEC. 1086. REPORT ON SOLID ROCKET MOTOR INDUSTRIAL
BASE.
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 190 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
the status, capability, viability, and capacity of the solid
rocket motor industrial base in the United States.
(b) CONTENT.—The report required under subsection
(a) shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the ability to maintain the
Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile
through its planned operational life.
(2) An assessment of the ability to maintain the
Trident II D–5 submarine launched ballistic missile
through its planned operational life.
(3) An assessment of the ability to maintain all
other space launch, missile defense, and other vehicles
with solid rocket motors, through their planned oper-
ational lifetimes.
(4) An assessment of the ability to support any
future requirements for vehicles with solid rocket mo-
tors to support space launch, missile defense, or any
range of ballistic missiles determined to be necessary
to meet defense needs or other requirements of the
United States Government.
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 327 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Whereas soccer is one of the most popular sports in the world 
and the FIFA World Cup competition is the single most 
important event in that sport; 
Whereas the United States successfully hosted in 9 cities 
throughout the Nation the 1994 FIFA World Cup com-
petition, which was broadcast to billions of fans
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 328 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Whereas Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, of the United States 
Constitution provides that Congress shall have Power ‘‘to 
promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by se-
curing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the 
exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discov-
eries’’;