datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
‘‘(C) with respect to the initial qualifica-
tion or continuing qualification of an organiza-
tion as an organization described in subsection 
(c) (other than paragraph (3)) or (d) of section 
501 which is exempt from tax under section 
501(a), or’’. 
(b) COURT JURISDICTION.—Subsection (a) of section 
7428 is amended in the material following paragraph (2) 
by striking ‘‘United States Tax Court, the United States 
Claims Court, or the district court of the United States 
for the District of Columbia’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘United States Tax Court (in the case of any such deter-
mination or failure) or the United States Claims Court 
or the district court of the United States for the District 
of Columbia (in the case of a determination or failure with 
respect to an issue referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B) 
of paragraph (1)),’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to pleadings filed with respect to 
determinations (or requests for determinations) made 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 203. LANDOWNER INCENTIVES PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 126 is 
amended by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph
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grams, and need-based financial aid in order to ease the 
transition from high school to college; 
Whereas the National Association for College Admission 
Counseling is committed to promoting high ethical stand-
ards and social responsibility and providing quality pro-
fessional development among college counseling and ad-
mission professionals; and 
Whereas 2007 marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of 
the National Association for College Admission Coun-
seling in Oak Park, Illinois, and the establishment of its 
mission to support and advance the work of counseling 
and enrollment professionals as they help all students 
make the transition to postsecondary education: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog-
nizes and commends the National Association for College 
Admission Counseling for 70 years of outstanding service 
to college counseling and admission professionals and the 
students they serve. 
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(11) and by inserting after paragraph (9) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) Landowner initiatives programs to con-
serve threatened, endangered, or imperiled species, 
or protect or restore habitat carried out under— 
‘‘(A) the Fish and Wildlife Coordination 
Act (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), 
‘‘(B) the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 
(16 U.S.C. 742f), or 
‘‘(C) section 6 of the Endangered Species 
Act (16 U.S.C. 11531 et seq.).’’. 
(b) EXCLUDABLE PORTION.—Subparagraph (A) of 
section 126(b)(1) is amended by inserting after ‘‘Secretary 
of Agriculture’’ the following: ‘‘(the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, in the case of the landowner incentives programs de-
scribed in subsection (a)(10) and the programs described 
in subsection (a)(11) that are implemented by the Depart-
ment of the Interior)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to amounts received after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, in taxable years ending after 
such date. 
SEC. 204. MODIFICATIONS TO SECTION 512(B)(13). 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (13) of section 512(b) 
(relating to special rules for certain amounts received from
controlled entities) is amended by redesignating subpara-
graph (E) as subparagraph (F) and by inserting after sub-
paragraph (D) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) PARAGRAPH TO APPLY ONLY TO EX-
CESS PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) 
shall apply only to the portion of a speci-
fied payment received or accrued by the 
controlling organization that exceeds the 
amount which would have been paid or ac-
crued if such payment met the require-
ments prescribed under section 482. 
‘‘(ii) ADDITION
TO
TAX
FOR
VALU-
ATION MISSTATEMENTS.—The tax imposed 
by this chapter on the controlling organiza-
tion shall be increased by an amount equal 
to 20 percent of the larger of— 
‘‘(I) such excess determined with-
out regard to any amendment or sup-
plement to a return of tax, or 
‘‘(II) such excess determined 
with regard to all such amendments 
and supplements.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
‘‘(1) the quantity of such base sold at 
retail in such a product by a regulated 
seller, or a distributor required to submit 
reports by subsection (b)(3) may not, for 
any purchaser, exceed a daily amount of 
3.6 grams, without regard to the number 
of transactions; and 
‘‘(2) such a seller or distributor may 
not sell such a product in nonliquid form 
(including gell caps) at retail unless the 
product is packaged in blister packs, 
each blister containing not more than 2 
dosage units, or where the use of blister 
packs is technically infeasible, the prod-
uct is packaged in unit dose packets or 
pouches. 
‘‘(e) SCHEDULED
LISTED
CHEMICALS; BE-
HIND-THE-COUNTER ACCESS; LOGBOOK REQUIRE-
MENT; TRAINING OF SALES PERSONNEL; PRIVACY 
PROTECTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS REGARDING RETAIL 
TRANSACTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each regulated 
seller shall ensure that, subject to 
subparagraph (F), sales by such seller
of a scheduled listed chemical prod-
uct at retail are made in accordance 
with the following: 
‘‘(i) In offering the product for 
sale, the seller places the product 
such that customers do not have 
direct access to the product be-
fore the sale is made (in this para-
graph referred to as ‘behind-the- 
counter’ placement). For purposes 
of this paragraph, a behind-the- 
counter placement of a product 
includes circumstances in which 
the product is stored in a locked 
cabinet that is located in an area 
of the facility involved to which 
customers do have direct access. 
‘‘(ii) The seller delivers the 
product directly into the custody 
of the purchaser. 
‘‘(iii) The seller maintains, in 
accordance with criteria issued 
by the Attorney General, a writ-
ten or electronic list of such sales 
that identifies the products by
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2919
AN ACT
To promote preservation and public awareness of the history
of the Underground Railroad by providing financial as-
sistance, to the Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
H. Res. 214
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
March 7, 2007.
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. 569) to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act to authorize appropriations for sewer overflow 
control grants. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed 
with. All points of order against consideration of the bill are 
waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. 
General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex-
ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure. After general debate the bill shall 
be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It 
shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the pur-
pose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure now printed in
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to payments received or ac-
crued after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) PAYMENTS SUBJECT TO BINDING CONTRACT 
TRANSITION
RULE.—If the amendments made by 
section 1041 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 did 
not apply to any amount received or accrued in the 
first 2 taxable years beginning on or after the date 
of the enactment of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 
under any contract described in subsection (b)(2) of 
such section, such amendments also shall not apply 
to amounts received or accrued under such contract 
before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 205. SIMPLIFICATION OF LOBBYING EXPENDITURE 
LIMITATION. 
(a) 
REPEAL
OF
GRASSROOTS
EXPENDITURE 
LIMIT.—Paragraph (1) of section 501(h) (relating to ex-
penditures by public charities to influence legislation) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—In the case of an orga-
nization to which this subsection applies, exemption 
from taxation under subsection (a) shall be denied 
because a substantial part of the activities of such 
organization consists of carrying on propaganda, or 
otherwise attempting, to influence legislation, but
name, 
the 
quantity 
sold, 
the 
names 
and 
addresses 
of 
pur-
chasers, and the dates and times 
of the sales (which list is referred 
to in this subsection as the ‘log-
book’), except that such require-
ment does not apply to any pur-
chase by an individual of a single 
sales package if that package con-
tains not more than 60 milligrams 
of pseudoephedrine. 
‘‘(iv) In the case of a sale to 
which the requirement of clause 
(iii) applies, the seller does not 
sell such a product unless— 
‘‘(I) the prospective pur-
chaser— 
‘‘(aa) presents an iden-
tification card that pro-
vides a photograph and is 
issued by a State or the 
Federal Government, or a 
document that, with re-
spect to identification, is 
considered acceptable for
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2932
AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct
a study of the Golden Spike/Crossroads of the
West National Heritage Area Study Area and to
establish the Crossroads of the West Historic
District in the State of Utah.
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2938
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 424 South Michigan Street
in South Bend, Indiana, as the ‘‘John Brademas
Post Office’’.
enterprises shall be disclosed to the public, in order to make 
available to the public— 
‘‘(1) the same data from the enterprises that is 
required of insured depository institutions under the 
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975; and 
‘‘(2) information collected by the Director under 
section 1324(b)(6).’’. 
SEC. 1128. REVISION OF HOUSING GOALS. 
(a) REPEAL.—Sections 1331 through 1334 of the Fed-
eral Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4561 through 4564) are hereby re-
pealed. 
(b) HOUSING GOAL.—The Federal Housing Enter-
prises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 is 
amended by inserting before section 1335 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1331. ESTABLISHMENT OF HOUSING GOALS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall, by regulation, 
establish effective for the first calendar year that begins 
after the date of enactment of the Federal Housing Finance 
Regulatory Reform Act of 2008, and each year thereafter, 
annual housing goals, as described under this subpart, with 
respect to the mortgage purchases by the enterprises. 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL COUNTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall determine 
whether an enterprise shall receive full, partial, or no
IV 
House Calendar No. 20 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 214 
[Report No. 110–31] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 569) to amend the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for sewer over-
flow control grants. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2007 
Ms. MATSUI, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; 
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 569) to amend 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize 
appropriations for sewer overflow control grants. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
resolution 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 consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 569) to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for 
sewer overflow control grants. The first reading of the bill 
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2938
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 424 South Michigan Street in South Bend,
Indiana, as the ‘‘John Brademas Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(4) 
REFUNDS.—Section 
738(a)(2)(D) 
(21 
U.S.C. 379j(a)(2)(D)) is amended— 
(A) in clause (iii), by striking the last two 
sentences; and 
(B) by adding after clause (iii) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) MODULAR APPLICATIONS WITH-
DRAWN BEFORE FIRST ACTION.—The Sec-
retary shall refund 75 percent of the appli-
cation fee paid for an application sub-
mitted under section 515(c)(4) that is 
withdrawn before a second portion is sub-
mitted and before a first action on the first 
portion. 
‘‘(v) LATER
WITHDRAWN
MODULAR 
APPLICATIONS.—If an application sub-
mitted under section 515(c)(4) is with-
drawn after a second or subsequent portion 
is submitted but before any first action, 
the Secretary may return a portion of the 
fee. The amount of refund, if any, shall be 
based on the level of effort already ex-
pended on the review of the portions sub-
mitted. 
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‘‘(2) VESSEL FEATURES.—The design of a ves-
sel hull, deck, or combination of a hull and deck, in-
cluding a plug or mold, is subject to protection 
under 
this 
chapter, 
notwithstanding 
section 
1302(4).’’. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—Section 1301(a) of title 17, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—Department of Defense 
rights in a registered design under this chapter, in-
cluding the right to build to such registered design, 
shall be determined solely by operation of section 
2320 of title 10 or by the instrument under which 
the design was developed for the United States Gov-
ernment.’’. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1301(b) of title 17, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘vessel hull, 
including a plug or mold,’’ and inserting ‘‘vessel hull 
or deck, including a plug or mold,’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(4) A ‘hull’ is the exterior frame or body of a 
vessel, exclusive of the deck, superstructure, masts, 
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credit for a transaction toward achievement of any of 
the housing goals established pursuant to this section 
or sections 1332 through 1334. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making any deter-
mination under paragraph (1), the Director shall 
consider whether a transaction or activity of an en-
terprise is substantially equivalent to a mortgage pur-
chase and either (A) creates a new market, or (B) 
adds liquidity to an existing market, provided how-
ever that the terms and conditions of such mortgage 
purchase is neither determined to be unacceptable, nor 
contrary to good lending practices, and otherwise pro-
motes sustainable homeownership and further, that 
such mortgage purchase actually fulfills the purposes 
of the enterprise and is in accordance with the char-
tering Act of such enterprise. 
‘‘(c) ELIMINATING INTEREST RATE DISPARITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In establishing and imple-
menting the housing goals under this subpart, the Di-
rector shall require the enterprises to disclose appro-
priate information to allow the Director to assess if 
there are any disparities in interest rates charged on 
mortgages to borrowers who are minorities, as com-
pared with borrowers of similar creditworthiness who
In the Senate of the United States, 
September 10, 2008. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 6532) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund 
balance.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
On page 3, line 2, strike øSeptember 30, 2008¿ and 
insert the date of the enactment of this Act 
Attest: 
Secretary.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3670 
To extend for persons affected by Hurricane Katrina the time for appeal 
to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims of certain 
decisions of the Board of Veterans Appeals that are rendered during 
the period from June 1, 2005, through November 30, 2005. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2005 
Mr. EVANS (for himself, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. CORRINE BROWN 
of Florida, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. STRICK-
LAND, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. REYES, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. UDALL of New Mex-
ico, and Mrs. DAVIS of California) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To extend for persons affected by Hurricane Katrina the 
time for appeal to the United States Court of Appeals 
for Veterans Claims of certain decisions of the Board 
of Veterans Appeals that are rendered during the period 
from June 1, 2005, through November 30, 2005. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION FOR PERSONS AFFECTED BY HUR-
RICANE KATRINA OF TIME FOR APPEAL OF 
CERTAIN DECISIONS RENDERED BY BOARD 
OF VETERANS APPEALS. 
(a) APPEAL PERIOD.—Section 7266(a) of title 38, 
United States Code, shall be applied in the case of a per-
son who is a Hurricane Katrina-affected person by sub-
stituting ‘‘240 days’’ for ‘‘120 days’’ with respect to any 
decision of the Board of Veterans Appeals that is rendered 
during the period beginning on June 1, 2005, and ending 
on November 30, 2005. 
(b) HURRICANE KATRINA-AFFECTED PERSON DE-
FINED.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Hurri-
cane Katrina-affected person’’ means a person— 
(1) who as of August 28, 2005, resided in a 
county identified as being adversely affected by Hur-
ricane Katrina in the State of Florida, Louisiana, 
Mississippi, or Alabama by Federal Disaster Dec-
laration notice 1602, 1603, 1604, or 1605, respec-
tively (as amended), issued by the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency; or 
(2) whose claim is under the jurisdiction of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs regional office in 
New Orleans, Louisiana, or Jackson, Mississippi. 
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purposes 
of 
sections 
274a.2(b)(1)(v)(A) 
and 
274a.2(b)(1)(v)(B) of title 8, 
Code of Federal Regula-
tions (as in effect on or 
after the date of the enact-
ment of the Combat Meth-
amphetamine 
Epidemic 
Act of 2005); and 
‘‘(bb) signs the log-
book and enters in the 
logbook his or her name, 
address, and the date and 
time of the sale; and 
‘‘(II) the seller— 
‘‘(aa) determines that 
the name entered in the 
logbook 
corresponds 
to 
the 
name 
provided 
on 
such 
identification 
and 
that the date and time en-
tered are correct; and 
‘‘(bb) enters in the log-
book the name of the
product and the quantity 
sold. 
‘‘(v) The logbook includes, in 
accordance with criteria of the 
Attorney General, a notice to pur-
chasers that entering false state-
ments or misrepresentations in 
the logbook may subject the pur-
chasers 
to 
criminal 
penalties 
under section 1001 of title 18, 
United States Code, which notice 
specifies the maximum fine and 
term of imprisonment under such 
section. 
‘‘(vi) 
The 
seller 
maintains 
each entry in the logbook for not 
fewer than two years after the 
date on which the entry is made. 
‘‘(vii) In the case of individ-
uals who are responsible for de-
livering such products into the 
custody of purchasers or who 
deal directly with purchasers by 
obtaining payments for the prod-
ucts, the seller has submitted to
the Attorney General a self-cer-
tification that all such individuals 
have, in accordance with criteria 
under subparagraph (B)(ii), un-
dergone training provided by the 
seller to ensure that the individ-
uals understand the requirements 
that apply under this subsection 
and subsection (d). 
‘‘(viii) The seller maintains a 
copy of such certification and 
records demonstrating that indi-
viduals referred to in clause (vii) 
have undergone the training. 
‘‘(ix) If the seller is a mobile 
retail vendor: 
‘‘(I) The seller complies 
with clause (i) by placing the 
product in a locked cabinet. 
‘‘(II) The seller does not 
sell more than 7.5 grams of 
ephedrine 
base, 
pseudoephedrine 
base, 
or 
phenylpropanolamine base in
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3671 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services to provide 100 percent as the Federal 
medical assistance percentage for displaced Medicaid recipients receiving 
medical assistance outside their State of residence due to a declared 
public health emergency. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2005 
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to authorize 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide 
100 percent as the Federal medical assistance percentage 
for displaced Medicaid recipients receiving medical assist-
ance outside their State of residence due to a declared 
public health emergency. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZING 100 PERCENT FMAP UNDER MED-
ICAID FOR OUT-OF-STATE MEDICAL ASSIST-
ANCE FURNISHED DURING A DECLARED PUB-
LIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1905(b) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding the first sen-
tence of this subsection, the Secretary may provide that 
the Federal medical assistance percentage applied under 
this title shall be 100 percent with respect to medical as-
sistance for items and services furnished to individuals 
who were residents of an area in which a public health 
emergency has been declared under section 319 of the 
Public Health Service Act but who left such area in a 
State and are furnished such items and services in another 
State during the period in which such public health emer-
gency is in effect in such area.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to items and services furnished 
on or after August 29, 2005, for public health emergencies 
declared on or after such date. 
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