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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SECU-
RITY ACT; REFERENCES; TABLE OF CON-
TENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization 
Act of 2007’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Ex-
cept as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this 
Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment 
to or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference 
shall be considered to be made to that section or other 
provision of the Social Security Act. 
(c) REFERENCES
TO
MEDICAID; CHIP; SEC-
RETARY.—In this Act: 
(1) CHIP.—The term ‘‘CHIP’’ means the 
State Children’s Health Insurance Program estab-
lished under title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.). 
(2) MEDICAID.—The term ‘‘Medicaid’’ means 
the program for medical assistance established under 
title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 
et seq.). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
(d) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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SEC. 213. TRAINING FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL OF FOR-
EIGN COUNTRIES THAT ARE TO BE DE-
PLOYED FOR SECURITY OPERATIONS IN AF-
GHANISTAN. 
Chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 550. TRAINING FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL OF FOR-
EIGN COUNTRIES THAT ARE TO BE DE-
PLOYED FOR SECURITY OPERATIONS IN AF-
GHANISTAN. 
‘‘(a) TRAINING AUTHORIZED.—The President is au-
thorized to furnish training under this chapter for military 
personnel of foreign countries that are to be deployed for 
security operations in Afghanistan, particularly in the 
areas of special operations, counter-insurgency, border se-
curity, counter-terrorism, and counter-narcotics. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the President $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2010. Amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated under this subsection are in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes.’’. 
SEC. 214. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR WAR VICTIMS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the President should be commended for and
‘‘(ii) Lamps rated at 65 watts that 
are BR30, BR40, or ER40 lamps. 
‘‘(iii) 
R20 
incandescent 
reflector 
lamps rated 45 watts or less. 
‘‘(D) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
‘‘(i) ER, BR, AND BPAR LAMPS.—The 
standards specified in subparagraph (B) 
shall apply with respect to ER incandes-
cent reflector lamps, BR incandescent re-
flector lamps, BPAR incandescent reflector 
lamps, and similar bulb shapes on and 
after January 1, 2008. 
‘‘(ii) 
LAMPS
BETWEEN
2.25–2.75 
INCHES
IN
DIAMETER.—The standards 
specified in subparagraph (B) shall apply 
with respect to incandescent reflector 
lamps with a diameter of more than 2.25 
inches, but not more than 2.75 inches, on 
and after January 1, 2008.’’. 
SEC. 213. BRIGHT TOMORROW LIGHTING PRIZES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, as part of the program 
carried out under section 1008 of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16396), the Secretary shall establish 
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should continue ongoing programs regarding assistance to 
innocent Afghan individuals or families of Afghan civilians 
who have suffered a serious loss during military operations 
conducted by United States forces. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the feasibility of expanding programs of assist-
ance described in subsection (a) to include— 
(1) the provision of special additional assistance 
to families of Afghan civilians who were injured or 
killed during such operations and who were the pri-
mary source of income for such families; 
(2) the provision of assistance in excess of 
$2,500 to families of Afghan civilians described in 
subsection (a); and 
(3) the provision of other payments that might 
be required as a result of ongoing military oper-
ations in Afghanistan. 
SEC. 215. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING UNITED NA-
TIONS MANDATE IN AFGHANISTAN. 
It is the sense of Congress that the United Nations 
Security Council should expand the United Nations man-
date in Afghanistan to—
H. Res. 77
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
March 6, 2001.
Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are
hereby, elected to the following standing committee of the
House of Representatives:
COMMITTEE
ON STANDARDS
OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT:
Mr. Sabo of Minnesota, Mr. Pastor of Arizona, and Ms.
Lofgren of California.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. Res. 7
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
January 3, 2001.
Resolved, That the following named Members be, and
they are hereby, elected to the following standing committee
of the House of Representatives:
COMMITTEE
ON RULES: Mr. Moakley, Mr. Frost of
Texas, Mr. Hall of Ohio, and Ms. Slaughter.
Attest:
Clerk.
(3) DOCUMENT.—The term ‘‘document’’ means 
writings, recordings, and photographs, as those 
terms are defined by Federal Rule of Evidence 1001 
(28 U.S.C. App.). 
(4) FEDERAL ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Federal en-
tity’’ means an entity or employee of the judicial or 
executive branch or an administrative agency of the 
Federal Government with the power to issue a sub-
poena or issue other compulsory process. 
(5) 
JOURNALISM.—The 
term 
‘‘journalism’’ 
means 
the 
gathering, 
preparing, 
collecting, 
photographing, recording, writing, editing, reporting, 
or publishing of news or information that concerns 
local, national, or international events or other mat-
ters of public interest for dissemination to the pub-
lic. 
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and award Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prizes for solid 
state lighting in accordance with this section. 
(b) PRIZE SPECIFICATIONS.— 
(1) 60-WATT
INCANDESCENT
REPLACEMENT 
LAMP PRIZE.—The Secretary shall award a 60-Watt 
Incandescent Replacement Lamp Prize to an entrant 
that produces a solid-state light package simulta-
neously capable of— 
(A) producing a luminous flux greater than 
900 lumens; 
(B) consuming less than or equal to 10 
watts; 
(C) having an efficiency greater than 90 
lumens per watt; 
(D) having a color rendering index greater 
than 90; 
(E) having a correlated color temperature 
of not less than 2,750, and not more than 
3,000, degrees Kelvin; 
(F) having 70 percent of the lumen value 
under subparagraph (A) exceeding 25,000 
hours under typical conditions expected in resi-
dential use; 
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manner and to the same extent that such penalties apply 
to violations of this part.’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS; EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services shall issue final reg-
ulations to carry out the revision required by section 
1180(a) of the Social Security Act, as added by sub-
section (a). The Secretary has the sole authority to 
promulgate such regulations, but shall promulgate 
such regulations in consultation with the Secretaries 
of Labor and the Treasury. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that 
is 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 106. ASSURING COORDINATION. 
Except as provided in section 105(b)(1), the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of 
Labor, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure, 
through the execution of an interagency memorandum of 
understanding among such Secretaries, that—
(1) regulations, rulings, and interpretations 
issued by such Secretaries relating to the same mat-
ter over which two or more such Secretaries have re-
‘‘(C) An assessment of the estimated 
strength of the insurgency in Afghanistan and 
the extent to which it is composed of non-Af-
ghan fighters, including whether insurgents are 
obtaining weapons and other military material 
from outside of Afghanistan and whether the 
insurgents are based in or use the territory of 
countries other than Afghanistan. 
‘‘(D) A description of the extent to which 
warlords in Afghanistan exercise effective con-
trol over personnel, natural resources, infra-
structure, villages and towns, and material that 
should be under the direct sovereign control of 
the Government of Afghanistan, including— 
‘‘(i) an identification of each warlord 
and the extent and means of control that 
the warlord exercises over personnel, nat-
ural resources, infrastructure, villages and 
towns, and material that should be under 
the direct sovereign control of the Govern-
ment of Afghanistan; and 
‘‘(ii) a description of actions under-
taken by the Governments of the United 
States, 
Afghanistan, 
countries 
partici-
pating in ISAF, and other Coalition coun-
tries, individually or collectively, in the pre-
vious year to diminish and ultimately 
eliminate control by each warlord identified 
under clause (i) over the Afghan resources 
described in clause (i), and a description of 
actions that will be undertaken in the com-
ing year. 
‘‘(E) A description of all militias, tribal 
forces, and terrorist and insurgent groups oper-
ating in Afghanistan, including the number, 
size, equipment strength, military effectiveness, 
sources of support, legal status, and efforts to 
disarm or reintegrate such militias, tribal 
forces, and terrorist and insurgent groups. 
‘‘(F) Efforts by ISAF to establish a uni-
fied command, unified rules of engagement, in-
formation detailing the specific restrictions 
placed by each country participating in ISAF, 
or any successor coalition force, on the military 
activities of its national military personnel with-
in Afghanistan, an assessment of the impact of 
such restrictions on ISAF’s effectiveness, and 
an assessment of the capabilities of ISAF 
forces, including any equipment and logistics 
shortages.
‘‘(2) With respect to the training and perform-
ance of security forces in Afghanistan, the following: 
‘‘(A) The training provided to Afghan mili-
tary and other Ministry of Defense forces and 
the equipment used by such forces. 
‘‘(B) Key criteria for assessing the capa-
bilities and readiness of the Afghan National 
Army and other Ministry of Defense forces, in-
cluding capability and readiness levels, includ-
ing recruiting, training, and equipping such 
forces. 
‘‘(C) The operational readiness status of 
the Afghan National Army, including the type, 
number, size, and organizational structure of 
Afghan battalions that are— 
‘‘(i) capable of conducting operations 
independently; 
‘‘(ii) capable of conducting operations 
with the support of United States or Coali-
tion forces or ISAF; or 
‘‘(iii) not ready to conduct operations. 
‘‘(D) The rates of recruitment, retention, 
and absenteeism in the Afghan National Army 
and the extent to which insurgents have infil-
trated such forces.
(G) having a light distribution pattern 
similar to a soft 60-watt incandescent A19 
bulb; 
(H) having a size and shape that fits with-
in the maximum dimensions of an A19 bulb in 
accordance with American National Standards 
Institute 
standard 
C78.20–2003, 
figure 
C78.20–211; 
(I) using a single contact medium screw 
socket; and 
(J) mass production for a competitive sales 
commercial market satisfied by the submission 
of 10,000 such units equal to or exceeding the 
criteria described in subparagraphs (A) through 
(I). 
(2) PAR TYPE
HALOGEN
REPLACEMENT 
LAMP
PRIZE.—The 
Secretary 
shall 
award 
a 
Parabolic Aluminized Reflector Type 38 Halogen 
Replacement Lamp Prize (referred to in this section 
as the ‘‘PAR Type 38 Halogen Replacement Lamp 
Prize’’) to an entrant that produces a solid-state- 
light package simultaneously capable of— 
(A) producing a luminous flux greater than 
or equal to 1,350 lumens; 
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‘‘(E) The training provided to Afghan Na-
tional Police and other Ministry of Interior 
forces and the equipment used by such forces. 
‘‘(F) Key criteria for assessing the capa-
bilities and readiness of the Afghan National 
Police and other Ministry of Interior forces, in-
cluding capability and readiness levels, includ-
ing recruiting, training, and equipping such 
forces, including— 
‘‘(i) the number of police recruits that 
have received classroom or field instruction 
and the duration of such instruction; 
‘‘(ii) the number of experienced vet-
eran police officers who have received 
classroom and field instruction and the du-
ration of such instruction; 
‘‘(iii) a description of any vetting that 
police candidates receive, the number of 
candidates vetted, the number of can-
didates derived from other entry proce-
dures, and the success rates of those 
groups of candidates; 
‘‘(iv) the number of Afghan National 
Police forces that have received field train-
ing by international police trainers and the 
duration of such training; and 
‘‘(v) attrition rates and measures of 
absenteeism and infiltration by insurgents. 
‘‘(G) The estimated total number of Af-
ghan National Army battalions needed for the 
Army to perform duties now being undertaken 
by United States, NATO, or Coalition forces, 
including securing the borders of Afghanistan 
and providing adequate levels of law and order 
throughout Afghanistan. 
‘‘(H) The effectiveness of the Afghan mili-
tary and police officer cadres and the chain of 
command. 
‘‘(I) The number of United States and Co-
alition trainers, advisors, and mentors needed 
to support the Afghan security and associated 
ministries. 
‘‘(J) An assessment of the quality of gov-
ernance in each province in Afghanistan, includ-
ing an assessment of the following: 
‘‘(i) The implementation of the rule of 
law, including the effects of any lack of 
such implementation on operations of the 
Afghan National Army, Afghan National
H. Res. 85
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
March 8, 2001.
Resolved, That the following named Member be, and he
is hereby, elected to the following standing committee of the
House of Representatives:
COMMITTEE
ON TRANSPORTATION
AND INFRASTRUC-
TURE: Mr. Pombo shall rank immediately after Mr. Moran of
Kansas.
Attest:
Clerk.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2103 
To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case 
of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, 
to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a 
life annuity commencing at age 60. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2007 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. ALLEN, 
Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SHEA- 
PORTER, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. 
PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mrs. MCCARTHY of 
New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Secu-
rity Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required 
by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actu-
arial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life 
annuity commencing at age 60. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pension Benefit Guar-
anty Corporation Pilots Equitable Treatment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AGE REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYEES. 
(a) SINGLE-EMPLOYER PLAN BENEFITS GUARAN-
TEED.—Section 4022(b)(3) of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1322(b)(3)) is 
amended, in the flush matter following subparagraph (B), 
by adding at the end the following: ‘‘If, at the time of 
termination of a plan under this title, regulations pre-
scribed by the Federal Aviation Administration require an 
individual to separate from service as a commercial airline 
pilot after attaining a specified age which is less than age 
65, the first sentence of this paragraph shall be applied 
to an individual who is a participant in the plan by reason 
of such service by substituting such age for age 65.’’. 
(b) AGGREGATE
LIMIT
ON
BENEFITS
GUARAN-
TEED.—Section 4022B(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
1322b(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘If, as of such date, regulations prescribed by the Federal 
Aviation Administration require an individual to separate 
from service as a commercial airline pilot after attaining 
a specified age which is less than age 65, this subsection 
shall be applied to an individual who is a participant in 
any such plan by reason of such service by substituting 
such age for age 65.’’. 
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SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply to ben-
efits payable on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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Police, and other Afghan National Security 
Forces. 
‘‘(ii) Whether and to what extent ac-
tions by Afghan National Security Forces 
have led to abuses of human rights and the 
extent to which such abuses, if any, under-
mine overall counterinsurgency efforts in 
such province and Afghanistan as a whole. 
‘‘(iii) The ability of courts and the ju-
dicial system to provide an effective justice 
system to support the civil-military side of 
military and police operations. 
‘‘(K) An assessment, in a classified annex 
if necessary, of United States military require-
ments, 
including 
planned 
force 
rotations, 
through the end of calendar year 2008. 
‘‘(3) With respect to the economic and political 
stability of Afghanistan, the following: 
‘‘(A) An estimate of the annual budget for 
the Government of Afghanistan for the Afghan 
fiscal year, including the costs of operating and 
maintaining the Afghan security forces. 
‘‘(B) An estimate of the amount of Afghan 
Government revenue and the amount of inter-
national assistance for budget support for the 
Afghan Government. 
‘‘(C) An estimate of the amount of funds 
pledged by all major donors for the calendar 
year and the amounts committed, obligated, 
and expended during the reporting period. 
‘‘(D) An assessment of United States re-
construction assistance programs in Afghani-
stan, including— 
‘‘(i) a description of existing efforts to 
improve the monitoring and evaluation of 
the reconstruction assistance programs, in-
cluding from the design of such programs 
through 
implementation 
and 
eventual 
transfer to the Government of Afghani-
stan; 
‘‘(ii) a description, by project, of on-
going and future reconstruction assistance 
programs and the amount of funding obli-
gated and expended to carry out such pro-
grams, including programs in the security, 
rule of law, counter-narcotics, power, rural 
development, education, health, and gov-
ernance and anti-corruption sectors;
‘‘(iii) an analysis of completed recon-
struction assistance programs, on a project 
basis, and a determination of the impact of 
and the benefits yielded from such pro-
grams on Afghanistan and its people; 
‘‘(iv) a description of ongoing efforts 
that have improved the employment situa-
tion in Afghanistan, including efforts that 
have created job opportunities and in-
creased private sector development; and 
‘‘(v) a description of the progress 
made in implementing all of the elements 
of the Interim Afghanistan National Devel-
opment Strategy, including— 
‘‘(I) the Afghanistan National 
Solidarity Program; and 
‘‘(II) the Afghanistan Compact, 
including a description of the goals 
and objectives in the Afghanistan 
Compact that have been achieved. 
‘‘(E) Key indicators of economic and polit-
ical development activity that should be consid-
ered the most important for determining the 
prospects of stability in Afghanistan, includ-
ing—
(B) consuming less than or equal to 11 
watts; 
(C) having an efficiency greater than 123 
lumens per watt; 
(D) having a color rendering index greater 
than or equal to 90; 
(E) having a correlated color coordinate 
temperature of not less than 2,750, and not 
more than 3,000, degrees Kelvin; 
(F) having 70 percent of the lumen value 
under subparagraph (A) exceeding 25,000 
hours under typical conditions expected in resi-
dential use; 
(G) having a light distribution pattern 
similar to a PAR 38 halogen lamp; 
(H) having a size and shape that fits with-
in the maximum dimensions of a PAR 38 halo-
gen lamp in accordance with American National 
Standards Institute standard C78–21–2003, 
figure C78.21–238; 
(I) using a single contact medium screw 
socket; and 
(J) mass production for a competitive sales 
commercial market satisfied by the submission 
of 10,000 such units equal to or exceeding the 
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‘‘(i) unemployment levels; 
‘‘(ii) agricultural production; 
‘‘(iii) construction of roads, irrigation, 
and other basic infrastructure; 
‘‘(iv) education rates, particularly of 
girls; 
‘‘(v) electricity rates; 
‘‘(vi) hunger and poverty levels; 
‘‘(vii) illiteracy rates; 
‘‘(viii) maternal and infant mortality 
rates; 
‘‘(ix) appropriate measures for the 
protection of human rights; 
‘‘(x) appropriate measures for the 
protection of political and religious free-
dom and freedom of association; 
‘‘(xi) access of women to political and 
civil society participation; and 
‘‘(xii) appropriate measure for the 
protection of freedom of the press. 
‘‘(4) With respect to opium production and 
counter-narcotics activities in Afghanistan, the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(A) An estimate of the number of hec-
tares and amount of poppy production for the 
current year, including by province. 
‘‘(B) The number of hectares and the 
amount of poppy destroyed by eradication. 
‘‘(C) The number of counter-narcotics 
raids against drug labs, storage facilities, and 
caches, including the number of narcotics con-
fiscated. 
‘‘(D) The number of raids against nar-
cotics traffickers and the number of traffickers 
arrested, prosecuted, convicted, sentenced, and 
extradited, including high-value targets. 
‘‘(E) The number of Afghan counter-nar-
cotics forces, including the Afghan National 
Counter-Narcotics Police, trained and equipped, 
the attrition rate of such forces, and the num-
ber of such forces available for counter-nar-
cotics operations, including an assessment of 
the number of operations such forces con-
ducted, the outcomes of such operations, and 
any additional resource needs of such forces. 
‘‘(F) The number and type of alternative 
livelihood programs, a description of where such 
programs have been conducted, and an assess-