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Union Calendar No. 440 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5060 
[Report No. 110–697] 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow athletes admitted 
as nonimmigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(P) of such Act to 
renew their period of authorized admission in 5-year increments. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2008 
Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California (for herself, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. 
ENGEL, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. 
COBLE, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. PASCRELL, Mrs. MCCARTHY of 
New York, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BISHOP 
of New York, and Mr. SERRANO) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
JUNE 5, 2008 
Additional sponsors: Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. 
MEEKS of New York, Mr. GOODLATTE, and Mr. SCHIFF 
JUNE 5, 2008 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow 
athletes admitted as nonimmigrants described in section 
101(a)(15)(P) of such Act to renew their period of au-
thorized admission in 5-year increments. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5315 
To amend the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 
to require the head of an agency to be reconfirmed by the Senate 
unless the agency is found to be in compliance with the requirements 
of such Act, as reported by the Comptroller General. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 9, 2006 
Mr. CARDOZA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Financial Management Improvement 
Act of 1996 to require the head of an agency to be 
reconfirmed by the Senate unless the agency is found 
to be in compliance with the requirements of such Act, 
as reported by the Comptroller General. 
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 ‘‘Accountability in Gov-
ernment Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR RECONFIRMATION OF AGENCY 
HEAD IF AGENCY IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE 
WITH FEDERAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IM-
PROVEMENT ACT OF 1996. 
Section 803 of the Federal Financial Management 
Improvement Act of 1996 (31 U.S.C. 3512 note) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) RECONFIRMATION
OF HEADS
OF AGENCIES 
FOUND NONCOMPLIANT.—In any case in which the report 
of the Comptroller General submitted by October 1 of a 
year under section 804(c), beginning with October 1, 
2008, states that an agency is not in compliance with the 
requirements of subsection (a), the head of the agency 
may not continue to serve as head of the agency unless, 
not later than April 1 of the following year, the person 
serving in that position is reappointed by the President 
with the advise and consent of the Senate.’’. 
Æ 
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(1) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B) appoint individuals to the peer review 
process who are— 
‘‘(i) representative of parents, teach-
ers, State educational agencies, local edu-
cational agencies, and professional edu-
cation associations; and 
‘‘(ii) skilled practitioners or education 
researchers with knowledge of fair, valid, 
and reliable assessment design, including 
individuals with expertise in 1 or more of 
the following: 
‘‘(I) 
Developing 
educational 
standards. 
‘‘(II) Developing valid and reli-
able assessments for all students, in-
cluding alternative assessments for 
students with disabilities and English 
language learners. 
‘‘(III) Creating valid account-
ability models. 
‘‘(IV) Accurately assessing the 
needs of low-performing schools. 
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HR 3222 EAS
individuals defined under section 4221(9) of title 25,
United States Code.
SEC. 8020. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be available to perform any cost study pursuant to
the provisions of OMB Circular A–76 if the study being
performed exceeds a period of 24 months after initiation
of such study with respect to a single function activity or
30 months after initiation of such study for a multi-func-
tion activity.
SEC. 8021. Funds appropriated by this Act for the
American Forces Information Service shall not be used for
any national or international political or psychological ac-
tivities.
SEC. 8022. During the current fiscal year, the Depart-
ment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not
to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in section
2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipation of
receipt of contributions, only from the Government of Ku-
wait, under that section: Provided, That upon receipt, such
contributions from the Government of Kuwait shall be cred-
ited to the appropriations or fund which incurred such obli-
gations.
SEC. 8023. (a) Of the funds made available in this
Act, not less than $31,905,000 shall be available for the
Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which—
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4232 
To amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code (popularly referred 
to as the Freedom of Information Act), to provide that the exemptions 
to that section shall not apply to matters relating to certain transactions 
executed by an instrumentality of the Federal Government operating 
in a commercial manner. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 21, 2012 
Mr. TURNER of Ohio (for himself, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, and Mr. BURTON of 
Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code (popu-
larly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), 
to provide that the exemptions to that section shall not 
apply to matters relating to certain transactions executed 
by an instrumentality of the Federal Government oper-
ating in a commercial manner. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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must be made in order to acquire capability for national 
security purposes: Provided further, That this restriction 
shall not apply to the purchase of ‘‘commercial items’’, as 
defined by section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act, except that the restriction shall apply to 
ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. 
SEC. 8048. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured 
in the United States, unless the Secretary of Defense cer-
tifies to the congressional defense committees that such an 
acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for 
national security purposes that is not available from 
United States manufacturers. 
SEC. 8049. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 
officer or employee of the Department of Defense who ap-
proves or implements the transfer of administrative respon-
sibilities or budgetary resources of any program, project, 
or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction of an-
other Federal agency not financed by this Act without the 
express authorization of Congress: Provided, That this limi-
tation shall not apply to transfers of funds expressly pro-
vided for in Defense Appropriations Acts, or provisions of 
Acts providing supplemental appropriations for the De-
partment of Defense. 
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4240 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act of 
2004, 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. 8050. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, none of the funds available to the Department of 
Defense for the current fiscal year may be obligated or ex-
pended to transfer to another nation or an international 
organization any defense articles or services (other than in-
telligence services) for use in the activities described in sub-
section (b) unless the congressional defense committees, the 
Committee on International Relations of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate are notified 15 days in advance of such transfer. 
(b) This section applies to— 
(1) any international peacekeeping or peace-en-
forcement operation under the authority of chapter VI 
or chapter VII of the United Nations Charter under 
the authority of a United Nations Security Council 
resolution; and 
(2) any other international peacekeeping, peace- 
enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation. 
(c) A notice under subsection (a) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A description of the equipment, supplies, or 
services to be transferred. 
(2) A statement of the value of the equipment, 
supplies, or services to be transferred. 
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‘‘(V) Adequately measuring the 
other educational needs of students so 
that issues relating to the education 
of the whole child are addressed.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through 
(F) as subparagraphs (F) through (I), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) (as 
amended by paragraph (1)) the following: 
‘‘(C) establish a list of individuals who are 
eligible to be appointed to a peer review panel 
under this subsection and ensure that from the 
list of eligible peer reviewers, each peer review 
team contains— 
‘‘(i) not less than 1 representative se-
lected from among recommendations from 
State educational agencies; 
‘‘(ii) not less than 1 representative se-
lected from among recommendations from 
local educational agencies; 
‘‘(iii) not less than 1 representative 
selected from among recommendations 
from professional educational associations; 
‘‘(iv) not less than 1 representative se-
lected by the Secretary; and 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3435 
To improve energy security of the United States through a reduction in 
the oil intensity of the economy of the United States and expansion 
of secure oil supplies, to be achieved by increasing the availability of 
alternative fuel sources, fostering responsible oil exploration and produc-
tion, and improving international arrangements to secure the global oil 
supply, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 3, 2007 
Mr. PICKERING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
Ways and Means, Science and Technology, Natural Resources, Armed 
Services, Foreign Affairs, and Select Intelligence (Permanent Select), for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To improve energy security of the United States through 
a reduction in the oil intensity of the economy of the 
United States and expansion of secure oil supplies, to 
be achieved by increasing the availability of alternative 
fuel sources, fostering responsible oil exploration and pro-
duction, and improving international arrangements to se-
cure the global oil supply, 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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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4295 
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish 
and carry out a program to provide loans directly to small business 
concerns, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2009 
Mr. COURTNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration to establish and carry out a program to provide 
loans directly to small business concerns, 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 ‘‘Small Business Emer-
gency Capital Assistance Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS DIRECT LENDING PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration shall establish and carry 
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serting ‘‘, TRANSFEREE’S AGENTS, OR QUALI-
FIED SUBSTITUTES’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to dispositions of United States 
real property interests after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 145. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF TAX-EXEMPT 
USE PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES OF THE RE-
HABILITATION CREDIT. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Clause 
(I) 
of 
section 
47(c)(2)(B)(v) is amended by striking ‘‘section 168(h)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 168(h), except that ‘50 percent’ 
shall be substituted for ‘35 percent’ in paragraph 
(1)(B)(iii) thereof’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to expenditures properly taken into 
account for periods after December 31, 2007. 
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(5) Conducting research on proven strategies 
for improving schools and local school districts or 
implementing research-proven, valid, and reliable im-
provement strategies in schools or local school dis-
tricts. 
(6) Training State educational agency staff, 
local educational agencies, administrators, and 
schools in making data-driven decisions. 
(7) Developing State educational agency or 
local educational agency capacity to provide tech-
nical assistance to schools in need of improvement. 
(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this subsection, a State educational agency or local 
educational agency shall submit an application to the Sec-
retary at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require, including, at 
a minimum— 
(1) a description of the privacy protections that 
the State educational agency or local educational 
agency has implemented or will implement pursuant 
to section 1120C of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, and assurances that the pro-
tections will be in place when the grant funds are 
made available to the State educational agency or 
local educational agency, if applying for grant fund-
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ing to create, maintain, or improve a State or local 
education database; 
(2) a description of the school improvement 
techniques the State educational agency or local edu-
cational agency will implement, and a description of 
how the techniques will meet the needs of the 
schools or local educational agencies in the State 
that are identified for school improvement, corrective 
action, or restructuring under section 1116 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6316), if applying for grant funding to develop ca-
pacity to provide school improvement technical as-
sistance; 
(3) a description of the multiple measures of 
student achievement that a State educational agency 
or local educational agency will include in its assess-
ment systems, if applying for grant funding to de-
velop assessment system capacity; 
(4) a description of the training programs that 
will be offered to staff of State educational agencies 
and local educational agencies to boost data-driven 
decisionmaking skills, if applying for grant funding 
to develop such training programs; 
(5) a method for establishing an application 
process whereby local educational agencies can apply 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4297 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
to review, update, and revise certain regulations relating to assistance 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2009 
Mr. HODES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency to review, update, and revise certain 
regulations relating to assistance under the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 
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 ‘‘Rural Disaster Assist-
ance Improvement Act of 2009’’. 
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to receive funds provided under this section from the 
State educational agency; 
(6) a description of how the State educational 
agency plans to assess the effectiveness of the State 
educational agency’s capacity building efforts under 
this section; and 
(7) a description of how the State educational 
agency plans to account for funds expended under 
this section. 
(e) DURATION.—A grant under this section shall be 
awarded for not less than 2 fiscal years and not more than 
5 fiscal years. 
(f) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to State educational 
agencies and local educational agencies that demonstrate 
in the application submitted under subsection (c) the 
greatest need for the grant and the greatest potential ben-
efit from receipt of the grant. 
(g) EVALUATION.— 
(1) STATE
EVALUATIONS.—Each State edu-
cational agency receiving a grant under this section 
shall submit a report at the end of the last year of 
the grant that provides a detailed analysis of how 
the grant funds were used and the effectiveness of 
the grant funds in improving State educational 
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of the retail station outlets of the covered owner 
specified in subparagraph (D). 
‘‘(D) APPLICABLE
PERCENTAGES.—For 
the purpose of subparagraph (C), the applicable 
percentage of the retail station outlets shall 
be— 
‘‘(i) during the 10-year period begin-
ning on the date of any determination 
made under subparagraph (C), 10 percent; 
and 
‘‘(ii) after the 10-year period de-
scribed in clause (i), 20 percent. 
‘‘(E) 
FINANCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY.—In 
promulgating regulations under subparagraph 
(C), the Secretary shall ensure that each cov-
ered owner described in that subparagraph as-
sumes full financial responsibility for the costs 
of installing or otherwise making available the 
pumps described in that subparagraph and any 
other equipment necessary (including tanks) to 
ensure that the pumps function properly. 
‘‘(F) PRODUCTION CREDITS FOR EXCEED-
ING ETHANOL-BLEND FUEL PUMPS INSTALLA-
TION REQUIREMENT.— 
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3235
AN ACT
To amend subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31,
United States Code, to improve enforcement of
antimoney laundering laws, and for other pur-
poses.
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 324
AN ACT
To require any person who is convicted of a State
criminal offense against a victim who is a minor
to register a current address with law enforce-
ment officials of the State for 10 years after re-
lease from prison, parole, or supervision.
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‘‘(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Adminis-
trator may require, as a condition of any supple-
mental grant made under this subsection, that the 
company or entity receiving the grant provide from 
resources (in a cash or in kind), other then those 
provided by the Administrator, a matching contribu-
tion equal to the amount of the supplemental grant. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—None of the assistance made 
available under this section may be used for any overhead 
or general and administrative expense of a Renewable 
Fuel Capital Investment company or a specialized small 
business investment company. 
‘‘SEC. 390. BANK PARTICIPATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), any national bank, any member bank of the Federal 
Reserve System, and (to the extent permitted under appli-
cable State law) any insured bank that is not a member 
of such system, may invest in any Renewable Fuel Capital 
Investment company, or in any entity established to invest 
solely in Renewable Fuel Capital Investment companies. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—No bank described in subsection 
(a) may make investments described in such subsection 
that are greater than 5 percent of the capital and surplus 
of the bank. 
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