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‘‘(ii) the sum of the credits allowable 
under subpart A (other than this section 
and sections 23 and 25D) and section 27 
for the taxable year. 
‘‘(h) TERMINATION.—This section shall not apply 
with respect to any property purchased after December 
31, 2010.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1)(A) Section 24(b)(3)(B) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘and 30D’’ and inserting 
‘‘30D, and 30E’’. 
(B) Section 25(e)(1)(C)(ii) of such Code is 
amended by inserting ‘‘30E,’’ after ‘‘30D,’’. 
(C) Section 25B(g)(2) of such Code is amended 
by striking ‘‘and 30D’’ and inserting ‘‘, 30D, and 
30E’’. 
(D) Section 26(a)(1) of such Code is amended 
by striking ‘‘and 30D’’ and inserting ‘‘30D, and 
30E’’. 
(E) Section 1400C(d)(2) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘and 30D’’ and inserting 
‘‘30D, and 30E’’. 
(2) Section 6501(m) of such Code is amended 
by inserting ‘‘30E(f),’’ after ‘‘30D(e)(9),’’. 
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(3) The table of sections for subpart B of part 
IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 30D the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 30E. Sales tax on purchase of automobile.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to vehicles purchased after Decem-
ber 31, 2008. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1010 
To amend the Black Lung Benefits Act to provide equity to certain survivors 
with regards to claims under that Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2009 
Mr. RAHALL (for himself, Mr. BOUCHER, and Mr. HOLDEN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Black Lung Benefits Act to provide equity 
to certain survivors with regards to claims under that Act. 
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 ‘‘Black Lung Benefits 
Survivors Equity Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. EQUITY FOR CERTAIN ELIGIBLE SURVIVORS. 
(a) REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION.—Section 411(c)(4) 
of the Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 921(c)(4)) is 
amended by striking the last sentence. 
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(b) CONTINUATION OF BENEFITS.—Section 422(l) of 
the Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 932(l)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘, except with respect to a claim filed under 
this part on or after the effective date of the Black Lung 
Benefits Amendments of 1981,’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1011 
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to mental health 
services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2009 
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas (for himself and Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsyl-
vania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to 
mental health services. 
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 ‘‘Community Mental 
Health Services Improvement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) almost 60,000,000 Americans, or one in 
four adults and one in five children, have a mental 
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retary for the purpose of management and protection in 
accordance with the provisions of this Act. The Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) protect and manage wild free-roaming 
horses and burros as components of the public lands; 
‘‘(2) designate and maintain specific ranges on 
public lands as sanctuaries for the protection and 
preservation of wild free-roaming horses and burros, 
where the Secretary, after consultation with the 
wildlife agency of the State where any such range is 
proposed and with the Advisory Board established in 
section 7, considers such action desirable. 
‘‘(3) manage wild free-roaming horses and bur-
ros in a manner that is designed to achieve and 
maintain a thriving natural ecological balance on the 
public lands; 
‘‘(4) consider the recommendations of qualified 
scientists in the field of biology and ecology, some of 
whom shall be independent of both Federal and 
State agencies and may include members of the Ad-
visory Board established in section 7; 
‘‘(5) ensure that management activities related 
to wild free-roaming horses and burros are at the 
minimal feasible level and carried out in consultation 
with the relevant State wildlife agency in order to 
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO TRANSFER IN-
DIVIDUALS DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO BAY, 
CUBA, TO THE UNITED STATES, OR TO CO-
ORDINATE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS OR 
AGENCIES FOR SUCH TRANSFER. 
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Defense may be used— 
(1) to transfer any enemy combatant detained 
by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba, to the United States; or 
(2) to coordinate with any other department or 
agency for the purposes of transferring of any such 
enemy combatant to the United States. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON USE OF CERTAIN CLOSED DE-
PARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE 
FACILITIES 
TO 
HOUSE ENEMY COMBATANTS. 
The Secretary of Defense may not use or authorize 
the use of any facility that is closed through a base closure 
process for housing any enemy combatant who, as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act, is detained by the 
United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1016 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 
advance appropriations authority for certain ac-
counts of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and for other purposes.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1012 
To prohibit the use of funds available to the Department of Defense to 
transfer enemy combatants detained by the United States at Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States, or to construct 
facilities for such enemy combatants at such locations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2009 
Mr. COLE (for himself, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. 
SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. WAMP, Mr. PITTS, Mrs. 
SCHMIDT, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. GINGREY of Geor-
gia, Mr. AKIN, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. PENCE, Mr. 
BROUN of Georgia, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. GARRETT of New Jer-
sey, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. MILLER of 
Florida, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. TIM MURPHY 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. CONAWAY, and Mrs. BACHMANN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of funds available to the Department 
of Defense to transfer enemy combatants detained by 
the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, to the United States, or to construct facilities 
for such enemy combatants at such locations. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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‘‘§ 117. Advance appropriations for certain accounts 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, beginning 
with fiscal year 2011, discretionary new budget authority 
provided in an appropriations Act for the appropriations 
accounts of the Department specified in subsection (c) 
shall— 
‘‘(1) be made available for that fiscal year; and 
‘‘(2) include, for each such appropriations ac-
count, advance discretionary new budget authority 
that first becomes available for the first fiscal year 
after the budget year. 
‘‘(b) ESTIMATES REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall in-
clude in documents submitted to Congress in support of 
the President’s budget submitted pursuant to section 1105 
of title 31, United States Code, detailed estimates of the 
funds necessary for the accounts of the Department speci-
fied in subsection (c) for the fiscal year following the fiscal 
year for which the budget is submitted. 
‘‘(c) ACCOUNTS SPECIFIED.—The accounts specified 
in this subsection are the following accounts of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs: 
‘‘(1) Medical Services. 
‘‘(2) Medical Support and Compliance. 
‘‘(3) Medical Facilities. 
‘‘(4) Information Technology Systems. 
‘‘(5) Medical and Prosthetic Research. 
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(A) the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, 
Appropriations, and the Budget of the Senate; 
and 
(B) the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, 
Appropriations, and the Budget of the House of 
Representatives. 
SEC. 6. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall submit 
to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, Appropriations, 
and the Budget of the Senate and House of Representatives 
a report on the requirements of this Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act. Such report shall include— 
(1) the Secretary’s plans for improving the capa-
bility of the Department of Veterans Affairs to better 
and more accurately estimate future health care costs 
and demands; and 
(2) a description of impediments, statutory or 
otherwise, to providing future year estimates and ad-
vance appropriations for the Medical Services, Med-
ical Support and Compliance, Medical Facilities, In-
formation Technology Systems, and Medical and 
Prosthetic Research accounts of the Department. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to provide advance appropria-
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SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON CONSTRUCTING, IMPROVING, 
MODIFYING, OR OTHERWISE ENHANCING ANY 
FACILITY IN THE UNITED STATES OR ITS 
TERRITORIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF HOUS-
ING ANY DETAINEE CURRENTLY OR PRE-
VIOUSLY HOUSED AT GUANTANAMO. 
The Secretary of Defense may not construct, im-
prove, modify, or otherwise enhance any facility in the 
United States or its territories for the purpose of housing 
any enemy combatant who, as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act, is detained by the United States at Naval Sta-
tion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or who has ever been so 
detained. 
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tions authority for certain accounts of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.’’. 
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Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands, but are sub-
ject to Federal taxes on income earned elsewhere. 
(12) In keeping with the early history and 
democratic traditions of the United States, the prin-
ciples established in the Constitution, and in con-
formance with the other territories of the United 
States which have delegates but no Representative, 
the residents of the District of Columbia should be 
exempt from paying United States Federal income 
taxes. 
SEC. 3. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME FOR INCOME 
FROM SOURCES WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part III of sub-
chapter N of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 938. INCOME FROM SOURCES WITHIN THE DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—In the case of an individual 
who is a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia 
during the entire taxable year, gross income shall not in-
clude— 
‘‘(1) income derived from sources within the 
District of Columbia, and 
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‘‘(2) income effectively connected with the con-
duct of a trade or business by such individual within 
the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(b) DEDUCTIONS, ETC. ALLOCABLE TO EXCLUDED 
AMOUNTS NOT ALLOWABLE.—An individual shall not be 
allowed— 
‘‘(1) as a deduction from gross income any de-
ductions (other than the deduction under section 
151, relating to personal exemptions), or 
‘‘(2) any credit, properly allocable or chargeable 
against amounts excluded from gross income under 
this section. 
‘‘(c) BONA FIDE RESIDENT AND OTHER APPLICA-
BLE RULES.—For purposes of this section, rules similar 
to the rules of section 876, 937, 957(c), 3401(a)(8)(D), 
and 7654 shall apply.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subpart D of part III of subchapter N of chapter 1 
of such Code is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 938. Income from sources within the District of Columbia.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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H. R. 1209—4 
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins minted under this Act 
shall include a surcharge as follows: 
(1) A surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 coin. 
(2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of title 31, United 
States Code, all surcharges received by the Secretary from the 
sale of coins issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by 
the Secretary to the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation 
to help finance the educational, scholarship and outreach programs 
of the Foundation. 
(c) AUDITS.—The Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation 
shall be subject to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) 
of title 31, United States Code, with regard to the amounts received 
under subsection (b). 
(d) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), no surcharge 
may be included with respect to the issuance under this Act of 
any coin during a calendar year if, as of the time of such issuance, 
the issuance of such coin would result in the number of commemora-
tive coin programs issued during such year to exceed the annual 
2 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under section 
5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act). The Secretary may issue guidance 
to carry out this subsection. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
II 
Calendar No. 129 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1016 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 24, 2009 
Received 
JULY 27, 2009 
Read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide advance 
appropriations authority for certain accounts of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Health Care 
Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the provision of 
health care services to veterans could be more effectively 
and efficiently planned and managed if funding was pro-
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vided for the management and provision of such services 
in the form of advance appropriations. 
SEC. 3. PRESIDENTS’ BUDGET SUBMISSIONS. 
Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(36) information on estimates of appropria-
tions for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for 
which the budget is submitted for the following ac-
counts of the Department of Veterans Affairs: 
‘‘(A) Medical Services. 
‘‘(B) Medical Support and Compliance. 
‘‘(C) Medical Facilities. 
‘‘(D) Information Technology Systems. 
‘‘(E) Medical and Prosthetic Research.’’. 
SEC. 4. ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN AC-
COUNTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS. 
(a) ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN AC-
COUNTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
116 the following new section: 
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‘‘(1) Adopt and employ the best scientific, peer- 
reviewed methods to accurately estimate wild free- 
roaming horse and burro populations on public lands 
for purposes of the inventory required in subsection 
(b). 
‘‘(2) Develop a policy and standards, with pub-
lic involvement, for setting consistent, appropriate 
management levels on public lands, based on sci-
entifically sound methodologies. 
‘‘(3) Provide a public process, including a pe-
riod for notice and comment, for finalizing appro-
priate management level standards. 
‘‘(4) Publish and distribute these standards to 
each field office so that the methodology for esti-
mating population and determining appropriate 
management levels is consistent across public lands. 
‘‘(5) Train Federal personnel on the use of 
these standard techniques to estimate population 
and determine appropriate management levels.’’. 
(4) By striking ‘‘shall consult with’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(6) Develop and finalize the standards in con-
sultation with—’’. 
(5)(A) By inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘the United 
States Fish’’.
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(D) by striking ‘‘of the State wherein such 
lands are located’’; 
(E) by striking ‘‘which inhabit such 
lands’’; and 
(F) by striking the period after ‘‘endan-
gered wildlife species’’ and inserting a semi-
colon. 
(10) By striking ‘‘Any’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) ensure that any’’. 
(11) In paragraph (6) (as so designated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘on any such lands shall 
take’’ and inserting ‘‘are made after taking’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘which inhabit such 
lands.’’ and inserting ‘‘; and’’. 
(12) At the end of such subsection, add the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) ensure that, to the extent practicable, the 
acreage available for wild and free-roaming horses 
and burros shall never be less than the acreage 
where wild and free-roaming horses and burros were 
found in 1971.’’. 
(b) Subsection (b)(1) of section 3 is amended as fol-
lows: 
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Union Calendar No. 87 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1016 
[Report No. 111–171] 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 
advance appropriations authority for certain 
medical care accounts of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 19, 2009 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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‘‘(F)(i) Any periodic payment which otherwise meets 
the requirements of subparagraph (A), but which is paid 
on other than a monthly basis, shall be allocated on a basis 
equivalent to a monthly payment (as determined by the 
Commissioner of Social Security), and such equivalent 
monthly payment shall constitute a monthly periodic pay-
ment for purposes of this paragraph. 
‘‘(ii) In the case of an individual who has elected to 
receive a periodic payment that has been reduced so as 
to provide a survivor’s benefit to any other individual, the 
payment shall be deemed to be increased (for purposes of 
any computation under this paragraph or subsection 
(d)(3) by the amount of such reduction. 
‘‘(iii) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘peri-
odic payment’ includes a payment payable in a lump sum 
if it is a commutation of, or a substitute for, periodic pay-
ments. 
‘‘(G)(i) In any case in which the primary insurance 
amount would otherwise be calculated under subparagraph 
(E)— 
‘‘(I) this paragraph shall not apply in the case 
of an individual who has 30 years or more of cov-
erage; and 
‘‘(II) in the case of an individual who has more 
than 20 years of coverage but less than 30 years of 
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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 ‘‘Chiropractic Care 
Available to All Veterans Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOR PROVISION OF CHIROPRACTIC 
CARE AND SERVICES TO VETERANS. 
Section 204(c) of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 (38 
U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The program’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The program shall be carried out at not fewer 
than 75 medical centers by not later than December 31, 
2011, and at all medical centers by not later than Decem-
ber 31, 2013.’’. 
SEC. 3. EXPANDED CHIROPRACTOR SERVICES AVAILABLE 
TO VETERANS. 
(a) MEDICAL SERVICES.—Paragraph (6) of section 
1701 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(H) Chiropractic services.’’.
(b) REHABILITATIVE SERVICES.—Paragraph (8) of 
such section is amended by inserting ‘‘chiropractic,’’ after 
‘‘counseling,’’. 
(c) PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES.—Paragraph 
(9) of such section is amended— 
(1) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(F) 
through (K) as subparagraphs (G) through (L), re-
spectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph (F): 
‘‘(F) periodic and preventative chiropractic ex-
aminations and services;’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 24, 2010. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1017 
AN ACT 
To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs 
Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 
2001 and title 38, United States Code, to require 
the provision of chiropractic care and services to 
veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs 
medical centers and to expand access to such 
care and services.