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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3841 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal carryover basis 
for decedents dying in 2009, to increase the estate tax exemption to 
$5,000,000, and to reduce the maximum estate and gift tax rate to 
45 percent. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 15, 2009 
Mr. SCHRADER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal 
carryover basis for decedents dying in 2009, to increase 
the estate tax exemption to $5,000,000, and to reduce 
the maximum estate and gift tax rate to 45 percent. 
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 and 
Family Farm Estate Tax Relief Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. RETENTION OF ESTATE TAX; REPEAL OF CARRY-
OVER BASIS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitles A and E of title V of 
the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act 
of 2001, and the amendments made by such subtitles, are 
hereby repealed; and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
shall be applied as if such subtitles, and amendments, had 
never been enacted. 
(b) SUNSET NOT TO APPLY.—Section 901 of the 
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 
2001 shall not apply to title V of such Act. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subsections (d) 
and (e) of section 511 of the Economic Growth and Tax 
Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and the amendments 
made by such subsections, are hereby repealed; and the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied as if such 
subsections, and amendments, had never been enacted. 
SEC. 3. MODIFICATIONS TO ESTATE AND GIFT TAX. 
(a) $5,000,000 APPLICABLE EXCLUSION AMOUNT.— 
Subsection (c) of section 2010 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (relating to applicable credit amount) is 
amended by striking all that follows ‘‘the applicable exclu-
sion amount’’ and inserting ‘‘. For purposes of the pre-
ceding sentence, the applicable exclusion amount is 
$5,000,000.’’. 
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(b) FREEZE MAXIMUM ESTATE
AND GIFT TAX 
RATES
AT 45 PERCENT.—Paragraph (1) of section 
2001(c) of such Code is amended by striking the last 3 
items in the table and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Over $1,500,000 ................................
$555,800, plus 45 percent of the ex-
cess 
of 
such 
amount 
over 
$1,500,000.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to estates of decedents dying, and 
gifts made, after December 31, 2009. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3842 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time 
homebuyer tax credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 15, 2009 
Mr. SCHRADER (for himself and Mr. DRIEHAUS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 
the first-time homebuyer tax credit. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER TAX 
CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (h) of section 36 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘December 1, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2010’’. 
(b) EXTENSION OF WAIVER OF RECAPTURE.—Sub-
paragraph (D) of section 36(f)(4) of such Code is amend-
ed— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘December 1, 2009’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘October 1, 2010’’, and 
(2) by striking ‘‘IN 2009’’ in the heading and in-
serting ‘‘AFTER 2008’’. 
(c) ELECTION TO TREAT PURCHASE
IN PRIOR 
YEAR.—Subsection (g) of section 36 of such Code is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘December 1, 2009’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘January 1, 2010’’, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In the 
case of a purchase of a principal residence after De-
cember 31, 2009, and before October 1, 2010, a tax-
payer may elect to treat such purchase as made on 
December 31, 2009, for purposes of this section 
(other than the preceding sentence and subsections 
(c) and (f)(4)(D)).’’. 
(d) COORDINATION WITH FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER 
CREDIT FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—Paragraph (4) of 
section 1400C(e) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘December 1, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2010’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to residences purchased after No-
vember 30, 2009. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3843 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to publish redacted medical quality-assurance records of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs on the Internet website of the Department. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 15, 2009 
Mr. SESTAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to publish redacted medical 
quality-assurance records of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs on the Internet website of the Department. 
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 ‘‘Transparency for 
America’s Heroes Act’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
RELEASE 
OF 
MEDICAL 
QUALITY-ASSURANCE 
RECORDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
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(1) DISCLOSURE.—Subsection (a) of section 
5705 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘except as provided in subsection (b) of this 
section’’ and inserting ‘‘if such record or document 
contains identifying information described in para-
graph (2) of subsection (b)’’. 
(2) INTERNET
DATABASE.—Paragraph (3) of 
section 5705(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) In addition to a disclosure made under para-
graph (1), and subject to paragraph (2), not later than 
30 days after a record or document described in subsection 
(a) is created, the Secretary shall make the record or docu-
ment available on the Internet website (or successor pro-
tocol) of the Department in a manner that is easily acces-
sible by the public.’’. 
(b) UNREDACTED DISCLOSURE.—Subsection (e) of 
section 5705 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘except 
as provided for in subsection (b) of this section’’ and in-
serting ‘‘that contains identifying information described in 
paragraph (2) of subsection (b)’’. 
(c) PRIOR RECORDS.—In carrying out subsection 
(b)(3) of section 5705 of title 38, United States Code, as 
amended by subsection (a)(2) of this section, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that records or documents 
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described in subsection (a) of such section 5705 that were 
created during the two-year period preceding the date of 
the enactment of this Act are made available on the Inter-
net website of the Department. 
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(ii) 
consumer 
awareness, 
under-
standing, and use of disclosures and com-
munications regarding consumer financial 
products or services; 
(iii) consumer awareness and under-
standing of costs, risks, and benefits of 
consumer financial products or services; 
(iv) consumer behavior with respect to 
consumer financial products or services, in-
cluding performance on mortgage loan; 
(v) experiences of traditionally under-
served consumers, including un-banked and 
under-banked consumers, regarding con-
sumer financial products or services, and 
the impact of Federal policies, including 
resource limits in means-tested Federal 
benefit programs (as defined in section 
318 of the Higher Education Act of 1965; 
20 U.S.C. 1059e), on such consumers in 
influencing banking behavior; and 
(vi) the nature, range, and size of 
variations between the credit scores sold to 
creditors and those sold to consumers by 
consumer reporting agencies that compile 
and maintain files on consumers on a na-
submit an application for an order or extension 
of an order under title IV of the Foreign Intel-
ligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and the request 
was not submitted to the court (including an ex-
amination of the basis for not submitting the ap-
plication); 
(D) whether bureaucratic or procedural im-
pediments to the use of pen registers and trap 
and trace devices under title IV of the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 prevent the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation from taking full 
advantage of the authorities provided under that 
title; 
(E) any noteworthy facts or circumstances 
relating to the use of a pen register or trap and 
trace device under title IV of the Foreign Intel-
ligence Surveillance Act of 1978, including any 
improper or illegal use of the authority provided 
under that title; and 
(F) an examination of the effectiveness of 
the authority under title IV of the Foreign Intel-
ligence Surveillance Act of 1978 as an investiga-
tive tool, including— 
(i) the importance of the information 
acquired to the intelligence activities of the 
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(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$250,000’’; 
SEC. 702. EXTENSION OF RESTORATION PLAN PERIOD. 
Section 7(b)(3)(E)(ii) of the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(b)(3)(E)(ii)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘5-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘8-year period’’. 
SEC. 703. BORROWING AUTHORITY. 
Section 14(a) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1824(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$30,000,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$100,000,000,000’’; and 
(2) by inserting prior to the last sentence, the 
following new sentence: ‘‘The Corporation may re-
quest in writing to borrow, and the Secretary may 
authorize and approve the borrowing of, additional 
amounts above $100,000,000,000 to the extent that 
the Board of Directors and the Secretary determine 
such borrowing to be necessary.’’. 
SEC. 704. SYSTEMIC RISK SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. 
Section 13(c)(4)(G)(ii) of the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Act (12 U.S.C. 1823(c)(4)(G)(ii)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(ii) REPAYMENT OF LOSS.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Corpora-
tion shall recover the loss to the De-
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‘‘(D) a swap execution facility registered 
under section 5h; 
‘‘(E) a swap data repository; and’’; 
(19) by inserting after paragraph (41) (as redes-
ignated by paragraph (1)) the following: 
‘‘(42) SECURITY-BASED SWAP.—The term ‘secu-
rity-based swap’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78c(a)). 
‘‘(43) SECURITY-BASED
SWAP
DEALER.—The 
term ‘security-based swap dealer’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 3(a) of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)).’’; 
(20) in paragraph (46) (as redesignated by 
paragraph (1)), by striking ‘‘subject to section 
2(h)(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to section 2(h)(5)’’; 
(21) by inserting after paragraph (46) (as redes-
ignated by paragraph (1)) the following: 
‘‘(47) SWAP.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the term ‘swap’ means any 
agreement, contract, or transaction— 
‘‘(i) that is a put, call, cap, floor, col-
lar, or similar option of any kind that is 
for the purchase or sale, or based on the
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3847 
To provide appropriate authority to the Department of Justice Inspector 
General to investigate attorney misconduct, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2009 
Mr. CONYERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To provide appropriate authority to the Department of Jus-
tice Inspector General to investigate attorney misconduct, 
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 called the ‘‘Department of Justice 
Inspector General Authority Improvement Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO SPECIAL PROVISIONS CON-
CERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO REQUIREMENT RELATING TO 
CERTAIN REFERRALS.—Section 8E(b) of the Inspector 
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‘‘(B) address such other issues as the Com-
mission determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(6) ANTITRUST CONSIDERATIONS.—Unless nec-
essary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this 
title, the security-based swap dealer or major secu-
rity-based swap participant shall not— 
‘‘(A) adopt any process or take any action 
that results in any unreasonable restraint of 
trade; or 
‘‘(B) impose any material anticompetitive 
burden on trading or clearing. 
‘‘(k) DESIGNATION
OF CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFI-
CER.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each security-based swap 
dealer and major security-based swap participant 
shall designate an individual to serve as a chief com-
pliance officer. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The chief compliance officer 
shall— 
‘‘(A) report directly to the board or to the 
senior officer of the security-based swap dealer or 
major security-based swap participant; 
‘‘(B) review the compliance of the security- 
based swap dealer or major security-based swap 
participant with respect to the security-based
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by strik-
ing paragraph (3). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 8E of 
such Act is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and paragraph (3)’’ in 
paragraph (2); 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (4) and in that paragraph by strik-
ing ‘‘(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘(3)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘, except with 
respect to allegations described in subsection 
(b)(3),’’. 
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‘‘(4) CALLS FOR PLAN REVISION.—In any case 
in which the Administrator determines that the wa-
tershed implementation plan for any area is inad-
equate to attain or maintain applicable pollution lim-
itations, the Administrator— 
‘‘(A) shall notify the Chesapeake Bay 
State of, and require the Chesapeake Bay State 
to revise the plan to correct, the inadequacies; 
‘‘(B) may establish reasonable deadlines 
(not to exceed 180 days after the date on which 
the Administrator provides the notification) for 
the submission of a revised watershed imple-
mentation plan; 
‘‘(C) shall make the findings of the Admin-
istrator under paragraph (3) and notice pro-
vided under subparagraph (A) public; and 
‘‘(D) shall require the Chesapeake Bay 
State to comply with the requirements applica-
ble under the initial watershed implementation 
plan, except that the Administrator may adjust 
any dates (other than attainment dates) appli-
cable under those requirements, as appropriate. 
‘‘(5) FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION.—If a Chesa-
peake Bay State fails to submit a watershed imple-
mentation plan, to submit a biennial report, or to 
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‘‘(B) A proceeding to enforce a subpoena may be 
brought in the United States District Court for the Dis-
trict of Columbia if the individual whose testimony is 
sought by the subpoena resides within 25 miles of the Dis-
trict of Columbia and if the complaint seeking enforce-
ment alleges that a significant portion of the matters that 
are expected to be the subject of the investigation occurred 
in the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(C) The Attorney General shall represent an Office 
of Inspector General in the enforcement of a subpoena 
under this subsection.’’. 
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picted on the map, to be administered as part of the Monu-
ment. 
(b) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION TO 
NPS.—The following Federal lands as generally depicted 
on the map are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, 
appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; lo-
cation, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and oper-
ation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws 
and mineral materials laws, and administrative jurisdic-
tion of such Federal lands is hereby transferred to the Na-
tional Park Service to be administered as part of the Monu-
ment: 
(1) The approximately 3.8 acres of Federal land 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management. 
(2) The approximately 7.41 acres of Federal land 
of administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 
(c) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION TO 
BIA.—Administrative jurisdiction of the approximately 3.5 
acres of Federal land administered by the National Park 
Service as generally depicted on the map as ‘‘Lands to be 
Transferred to BIA’’ are hereby transferred to the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs for the purposes of the San Carlos Irriga-
tion Project. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—Upon acquisition or transfer 
of the lands identified in subsections (a) and (b), the Sec-
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5591 
To designate the facility of the Federal Aviation Administration located at 
Spokane International Airport in Spokane, Washington, as the ‘‘Ray 
Daves Air Traffic Control Tower’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2010 
Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion located at Spokane International Airport in Spo-
kane, Washington, as the ‘‘Ray Daves Air Traffic Con-
trol Tower’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. RAY DAVES AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration located at Spokane International Air-
port in Spokane, Washington, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Ray Daves Air Traffic Control Tower’’. 
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‘‘(ii) under clause (ii) or (iii) of sub-
paragraph (A) shall not exceed 80 percent. 
‘‘(2) CHESAPEAKE
STEWARDSHIP
GRANTS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
subsection (g)(2) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2010 through 2014. 
‘‘(3) STORMWATER POLLUTION PLANNING AND 
IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—In addition to amounts authorized or 
otherwise made available to carry out this sec-
tion, there are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Administrator— 
‘‘(i) 
to 
carry 
out 
subsection 
(j)(8)(B)(i), $10,000,000; and 
‘‘(ii) 
to 
carry 
out 
subsection 
(j)(8)(B)(ii), $1,500,000,000. 
‘‘(B) COST-SHARING.—A grant provided 
for a project under— 
‘‘(i) subsection (j)(8)(B)(i) may not be 
used to cover more than 80 percent of the 
cost of the project; and 
‘‘(ii) subsection (j)(8)(B)(ii) may not 
be used to cover more than 75 percent of 
the cost of the project. 
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guarantee shall be limited to the extent of principal 
and interest on the guaranteed debentures which 
compose the trust or pool. In the event that a deben-
ture in such trust or pool is prepaid, either volun-
tarily or in the event of default, the guarantee of 
timely payment of principal and interest on the trust 
certificates shall be reduced in proportion to the 
amount of principal and interest such prepaid deben-
ture represents in the trust or pool. Interest on pre-
paid or defaulted debentures shall accrue and be 
guaranteed by the Administrator only through the 
date of payment on the guarantee. During the term 
of the trust certificate, it may be called for redemp-
tion due to prepayment or default of all debentures 
constituting the pool. 
‘‘(3) FULL FAITH AND CREDIT.—The full faith 
and credit of the United States is pledged to the 
payment of all amounts which may be required to be 
paid under any guarantee of such trust certificates 
issued by the Administrator or its agent pursuant to 
this section. 
‘‘(4) PROHIBITION
ON
GUARANTEE
FEE
FOR 
POOLS.—The Administrator shall not collect any fee 
for any guarantee under this section, provided that 
nothing herein shall preclude any agent of the Ad-
‘‘(4) LIMITATION
ON
ADMINISTRATIVE
EX-
PENSES.—Not more than 10 percent of the annual 
amount of any grant provided by the Administrator 
or Secretary under any program described in para-
graphs (1), (2), or (3) may be used for administra-
tive expenses. 
‘‘(5) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts authorized to be 
appropriated under this subsection shall remain 
available until expended.’’. 
SEC. 4. NONPOINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS. 
Section 319(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1329) is amended by striking ‘‘not to ex-
ceed $70,000,000’’ and all that follows through the period 
and inserting ‘‘$500,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2010 through 2015.’’. 
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such determination is made. Failure to provide 
this determination to the applicant shall be 
deemed to be a permanent waiver of the Admin-
istrator’s authority to remove an application 
pursuant to this subsection. 
‘‘(C) NON-DELEGABILITY.—The Adminis-
trator may rely on agency personnel to collect 
data or other material relevant to establishing 
a record, but the decision to remove the appli-
cation may not be delegated by the Adminis-
trator to any subordinate personnel in the agen-
cy. 
‘‘(4) NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO CURE NON- 
CONFORMANCE.— 
‘‘(A) NOTICE
OF
NON-CONFORMANCE.— 
Except for a determination made pursuant to 
paragraph (3), the Administrator shall provide 
an applicant described in paragraph (1) within 
60 days after receipt of the application a writ-
ten notice and description of any nonconform-
ance with any requirement of this subsection 
based on evidence in the agency record. 
‘‘(B) OPPORTUNITY TO CURE.—The appli-
cant shall have 30 days following the receipt of 
notice of nonconformance or the receipt of re-