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SEC. 5012. FEEDSTOCK FLEXIBILITY PROGRAM FOR BIO-
ENERGY PRODUCERS. 
Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 9014. FEEDSTOCK FLEXIBILITY PROGRAM FOR BIO-
ENERGY PRODUCERS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BIOENERGY.—The term ‘bioenergy’ means 
fuel grade ethanol and other biofuel. 
‘‘(2) BIOENERGY PRODUCER.—The term ‘bio-
energy producer’ means a producer of bioenergy that 
uses an eligible commodity to produce bioenergy 
under this section. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE COMMODITY.—The term ‘eligible 
commodity’ means a form of raw or refined sugar or 
in-process sugar that is eligible to be marketed in 
the United States for human consumption or to be 
used for the extraction of sugar for human consump-
tion. 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means an entity located in the United States 
that markets an eligible commodity in the United 
States. 
‘‘(b) FEEDSTOCK FLEXIBILITY PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—
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subsection (b) and review the quality of the re-
search programs of the Center; and 
(C) advise the Secretary regarding the best 
science available for purposes of developing and 
revising the national strategy under section 
7454. 
(3) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The advice and 
recommendations of the science advisory board shall 
be available to the public. 
(b) NATIONAL GLOBAL WARMING AND WILDLIFE 
SCIENCE CENTER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
the National Global Warming and Wildlife Science 
Center within the United States Geological Survey. 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The National Global Warm-
ing and Wildlife Science Center shall— 
(A) conduct scientific research on national 
issues related to the impacts of global warming 
on wildlife and its habitat and mechanisms for 
adaptation to, mitigation of, or prevention of 
such impacts; 
(B) consult with and advise Federal land 
management agencies and Federal wildlife 
agencies regarding the impacts of global warm-
ing on wildlife and its habitat and mechanisms 
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for adaptation to or mitigation of such impacts, 
and the incorporation of information regarding 
such impacts and the adoption of mechanisms 
for adaptation or mitigation of such impacts in 
the management and planning for Federal 
lands and in the administration of Federal wild-
life programs; and 
(C) consult, and to the maximum extent 
practicable, collaborate with State and local 
agencies, universities, and other public and pri-
vate entities regarding their research, moni-
toring, and other efforts to address the impacts 
of global warming on wildlife and its habitat. 
(3) INTEGRATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL AC-
TIVITIES.—The Secretary, the Secretary of Agri-
culture, and the Secretary of Commerce shall ensure 
that research and other activities carried out pursu-
ant to this section are integrated with climate 
change program research and activities carried out 
pursuant to other Federal law. 
(c) DETECTION OF CHANGES.—The Secretary, the 
Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce 
shall each exercise authorities under other laws to carry 
out programs to detect changes in wildlife abundance, dis-
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John Street from Roberts Street to end, Thomas 
Street from Roberts Street to end, Williams Street 
from Roberts Street to end, Charles Street from 
Roberts Street to end, Fair Street from Roberts 
Street to end, Newport Avenue from East Kirmar 
Avenue to end’’ after ‘‘roadway redesign’’; 
(119) in item number 805 by inserting ‘‘on Oak 
Street from Stark Street to the township line at 
Mayock Street and on East Mountain Boulevard’’ 
after ‘‘roadway redesign’’; 
(120) in item number 2704 by inserting ‘‘on 
West Cemetery Street and Frederick Courts’’ after 
‘‘roadway redesign’’; 
(121) in item number 3136 by inserting ‘‘on 
Walden Drive and Greenwood Hills Drive’’ after 
‘‘roadway redesign’’; 
(122) in item number 1363 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Design, engineer-
ing, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of 
streetscaping enhancements, paving, lighting, safety 
improvements, handicap access ramps, parking, and 
roadway redesign on Bilbow Street from Church 
Street to Pugh Street, on Pugh Street from Swallow 
Street to Main Street, Jones Lane from Main Street 
to Hoblak Street, Cherry Street from Green Street
provided by the company or insurer for homeowners’ 
insurance coverage or coverage for damage from 
windstorms, any provision that excludes coverage for 
wind or other damage solely because flooding also 
contributed to damage to the insured property. 
‘‘(2) FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY.—The agree-
ment shall provide that the company or insurer— 
‘‘(A) has a fiduciary duty with respect to 
the Federal taxpayers; 
‘‘(B) in selling and servicing policies for 
flood insurance coverage under this title and 
adjusting claims under such coverage, will act 
in the best interests the national flood insur-
ance program rather than in the interests of the 
company or insurer; and 
‘‘(C) will provide written guidance to each 
insurance agent and claims adjuster for the 
company or insurer setting forth the terms of 
the agreement pursuant to subparagraphs (A) 
and (B).’’.
SEC. 36. NOTATIONS ON FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAPS 
FOR AREAS PROTECTED AGAINST 100-YEAR 
AND 500-YEAR FLOODS BY CERTIFIED FLOOD 
CONTROL STRUCTURE. 
The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 is amend-
ed by inserting after section 1361A (42 U.S.C. 4102a) the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1362. NOTATIONS ON FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAPS 
FOR AREAS PROTECTED AGAINST 100-YEAR 
AND 500-YEAR FLOODS BY CERTIFIED FLOOD 
CONTROL STRUCTURE. 
‘‘(a) 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN.—The Director may 
publish, through the publication of a national flood insur-
ance program rate map, a note to designate areas pro-
tected against at least the 100-year flood by a certified 
flood control structure which shall read as follows: 
‘NOTE: This area is shown as being protected from at 
least the 1-percent-annual-chance flood hazard by levee, 
dike, or other structure. Overtopping or failure of any 
flood control structure is possible. Property owners are en-
couraged to evaluate their flood risk, based on full and 
accurate information, and to consider flood insurance cov-
erage as appropriate.’. 
‘‘(b) 500-YEAR FLOODPLAIN.—The Director may 
publish, through the issuance of a national flood insurance 
program rate map, a note to designate areas protected
against at least the 500-year flood by a certified flood con-
trol structure which shall read as follows: ‘NOTE: This 
area is shown as being protected from at least the 0.2- 
percent-annual-chance flood hazard by levee, dike, or other 
structure. Overtopping or failure of any flood control 
structure is possible. Property owners are encouraged to 
evaluate their flood risk, based on full and accurate infor-
mation, and to consider flood insurance coverage as appro-
priate.’. 
‘‘(c) EFFECT OF NOTES.—The publication of a note 
under subsection (a) or (b) shall not be considered a re-
quirement of participation in the national flood insurance 
program.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 27, 
2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3121 
AN ACT 
To restore the financial solvency of the national 
flood insurance program and to provide for such 
program to make available multiperil coverage 
for damage resulting from windstorms and 
floods, and for other purposes.
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tribution, and behavior related to global warming, includ-
ing— 
(1) conducting species inventories on Federal 
lands and in marine areas within the exclusive eco-
nomic zone of the United States; and 
(2) establishing and implementing robust, co-
ordinated monitoring programs. 
SEC. 7456. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL STRATEGY.—Of 
the amounts appropriated to carry out this subchapter for 
each fiscal year— 
(1) 45 percent are authorized to be made avail-
able to Federal agencies to develop and implement 
the national strategy promulgated under section 
7454 in the administration of the Federal land sys-
tems, of which— 
(A) 35 percent shall be allocated to the 
Department of the Interior to— 
(i) operate the National Global Warm-
ing and Wildlife Science Center established 
under section 7455; and 
(ii) carry out the policy set forth in 
section 7452 and implement the national 
strategy in the administration of the Na-
tional Park System the National Wildlife 
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Refuge System, and on the Bureau of 
Land Management’s public lands; and 
(B) 10 percent shall be allocated to the 
Department of Agriculture to carry out the pol-
icy set forth in section 7452 and implement the 
national strategy in the administration of the 
National Forest System; 
(2) 25 percent are authorized to be made avail-
able to Federal agencies to carry out the policy set 
forth in section 7452 and to implement the national 
strategy through fish and wildlife programs, other 
than for the operation and maintenance of Federal 
lands, of which— 
(A) 10 percent shall be allocated to the 
Department of the Interior to fund endangered 
species, migratory bird, and other fish and wild-
life programs administered by the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, other than op-
erations and maintenance of the national wild-
life refuges; and 
(B) 15 percent shall be allocated to the 
Department of the Interior for implementation 
of cooperative grant programs benefitting wild-
life including the Cooperative Endangered Spe-
cies Fund, Private Stewardship Grants, the 
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North American Wetlands Conservation Act, 
the Multinational Species Conservation Fund, 
the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation 
Fund, and the National Fish Habitat Action 
Plan, and used for activities that assist wildlife 
and its habitat in adapting to the impacts of 
global warming; and 
(3) 30 percent are authorized to be made avail-
able for grants to States and Indian tribes through 
the State and tribal wildlife grants program author-
ized under section 7461, to— 
(A) carry out activities that assist wildlife 
and its habitat in adapting to the impacts of 
global warming in accordance with State com-
prehensive wildlife conservation plans developed 
and approved under that program; and 
(B) revise or supplement existing State 
comprehensive wildlife conservation plans as 
necessary to include specific strategies for as-
sisting wildlife and its habitat in adapting to 
the impacts of global warming. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Funding is authorized to be 
made available to States and Indian tribes pursuant 
to this section subject to paragraphs (2) and (3). 
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(2) INITIAL
5-YEAR
PERIOD.—During the 5- 
year period beginning on the effective date of this 
title, a State shall not be eligible to receive such 
funding unless the head of the State’s wildlife agen-
cy has— 
(A) approved, and provided to the Sec-
retary, an explicit strategy to assist wildlife 
populations in adapting to the impacts of global 
warming; and 
(B) incorporated such strategy as a supple-
ment to the State’s comprehensive wildlife con-
servation plan. 
(3) SUBSEQUENT PERIOD.—After such 5-year 
period, a State shall not be eligible to receive such 
funding unless the State has submitted to the Sec-
retary, and the Secretary has approved, a revision to 
its comprehensive wildlife conservation plan that— 
(A) describes the impacts of global warm-
ing on the diversity and health of the State’s 
wildlife populations and their habitat; 
(B) describes and prioritizes proposed con-
servation actions to assist wildlife populations 
in adapting to such impacts; 
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(A) improving the efficiency of approval 
procedures; 
(B) simplifying approval requirements, 
(C) establishing time deadlines or target 
deadlines for required approvals; 
(D) modifying division of approval author-
ity between field and national offices; 
(E) improving outreach to project sponsors 
regarding information that is required to be sub-
mitted for such approvals; 
(F) requesting additional funding for in-
creasing staff, if necessary; and 
(G) any other actions which would expedite 
approvals. 
Any such changes shall be made in a manner that 
provides for full compliance with any existing re-
quirements under law or regulation that are designed 
to protect families receiving public and assisted hous-
ing assistance, including income targeting, rent, and 
fair housing provisions, and shall also comply with 
requirements regarding environmental review and 
protection and wages paid to laborers. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall consult with 
the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service and take 
such actions as are appropriate in conjunction with such
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) shall be 
treated as applying to a transaction if, in con-
nection with a disposition of a United States 
real property interest— 
‘‘(i) the affidavit specified in para-
graph (2) is furnished to a qualified sub-
stitute, and 
‘‘(ii) the qualified substitute furnishes 
a statement to the transferee stating, under 
penalty of perjury, that the qualified sub-
stitute has such affidavit in his possession. 
‘‘(B) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall 
prescribe such regulations as may be necessary 
or appropriate to carry out this paragraph.’’. 
(b) QUALIFIED SUBSTITUTE.—Subsection (f) of section 
1445 (relating to definitions) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) QUALIFIED SUBSTITUTE.—The term ‘quali-
fied substitute’ means, with respect to a disposition of 
a United States real property interest— 
‘‘(A) the person (including any attorney or 
title company) responsible for closing the trans-
action, other than the transferor’s agent, and 
‘‘(B) the transferee’s agent.’’.
ance program under this title, including a description of 
the financial status of the National Flood Insurance Fund 
and current and projected levels of claims, premium re-
ceipts, expenses, and borrowing under the program.’’. 
SEC. 15. FLOOD INSURANCE OUTREACH GRANTS. 
Chapter I of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4011 et seq.), as amended by the pre-
ceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1326. GRANTS FOR OUTREACH TO PROPERTY OWN-
ERS AND RENTERS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director may, to the extent 
amounts are made available pursuant to subsection (h), 
make grants to local governmental agencies responsible for 
floodplain management activities (including such agencies 
of Indians tribes, as such term is defined in section 4 of 
the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103)) in communities 
that participate in the national flood insurance program 
under this title, for use by such agencies to carry out out-
reach activities to encourage and facilitate the purchase 
of flood insurance protection under this Act by owners and 
renters of properties in such communities and to promote 
educational activities that increase awareness of flood risk 
reduction. 
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‘‘(b) OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.—Amounts from a grant 
under this section shall be used only for activities designed 
to— 
‘‘(1) identify owners and renters of properties 
in communities that participate in the national flood 
insurance program, including owners of residential 
and commercial properties; 
‘‘(2) notify such owners and renters when their 
properties become included in, or when they are ex-
cluded from, an area having special flood hazards 
and the effect of such inclusion or exclusion on the 
applicability of the mandatory flood insurance pur-
chase requirement under section 102 of the Flood 
Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4012a) 
to such properties; 
‘‘(3) educate such owners and renters regarding 
the flood risk and reduction of this risk in their 
community, including the continued flood risks to 
areas that are no longer subject to the flood insur-
ance mandatory purchase requirement; 
‘‘(4) educate such owners and renters regarding 
the benefits and costs of maintaining or acquiring 
flood insurance, including, where applicable, lower- 
cost preferred risk policies under this title for such 
properties and the contents of such properties; and 
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‘‘(II) 6 percent of the sum of the 
business credit increase amount, and 
the AMT credit increase amount, deter-
mined with respect to such corporation 
under subparagraph (E). 
‘‘(iv) AGGREGATION
RULE.—All cor-
porations which are treated as a single em-
ployer under section 52(a) shall be treat-
ed— 
‘‘(I) as 1 taxpayer for purposes of 
this paragraph, and 
‘‘(II) as having elected the appli-
cation of this paragraph if any such 
corporation so elects. 
‘‘(D) ELIGIBLE QUALIFIED PROPERTY.—For 
purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘eligible 
qualified property’ means qualified property 
under paragraph (2), except that in applying 
paragraph (2) for purposes of this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) ‘March 31, 2008’ shall be sub-
stituted for ‘December 31, 2007’ each place 
it appears in subparagraph (A) and clauses 
(i) and (ii) of subparagraph (E) thereof, 
and
H. Res. 563 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
February 28, 2012. 
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. 2117) to prohibit the Department of Education 
from overreaching into academic affairs and program eligi-
bility under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All 
points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 
General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex-
ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce. After general debate the bill shall be con-
sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be 
in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce now printed in the bill. The
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(a) shall furnish to each person with respect to whom such 
a return is required a written statement showing— 
‘‘(1) the name, address, and phone number of the 
information contact of the person required to make 
such return, and 
‘‘(2) the gross amount of the reportable payment 
transactions with respect to the person required to be 
shown on the return. 
The written statement required under the preceding sen-
tence shall be furnished to the person on or before January 
31 of the year following the calendar year for which the 
return under subsection (a) was required to be made. Such 
statement may be furnished electronically, and if so, the 
email address of the person required to make such return 
may be shown in lieu of the phone number. 
‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may prescribe 
such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary or 
appropriate to carry out this section, including rules to pre-
vent the reporting of the same transaction more than once.’’. 
(b) PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO FILE.— 
(1) RETURN.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
6724(d)(1) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 
(xx),
gors under mortgages on 1- to 4-family residences to be in-
sured under this title who have insufficient credit histories 
for determining their creditworthiness. Such alternative 
credit rating information may include rent, utilities, and 
insurance payment histories, and such other information 
as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
‘‘(b) SCOPE.—The Secretary may carry out the pilot 
program under this section on a limited basis or scope, and 
may consider limiting the program to first-time home-
buyers. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—In any fiscal year, the aggregate 
number of mortgages insured pursuant to the automated 
process established under this section may not exceed 5 per-
cent of the aggregate number of mortgages for 1- to 4-family 
residences insured by the Secretary under this title during 
the preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(d) SUNSET.—After the expiration of the 5-year pe-
riod beginning on the date of the enactment of the Building 
American Homeownership Act of 2008, the Secretary may 
not enter into any new commitment to insure any mort-
gage, or newly insure any mortgage, pursuant to the auto-
mated process established under this section.’’. 
(b) GAO REPORT.—Not later than the expiration of 
the two-year period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this subtitle, the Comptroller General of the United States