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IV 
House Calendar No. 124 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 682 
[Report No. 110–350] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3567) to amend the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958 to expand opportunities for investments 
in small businesses, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 
Mr. CARDOZA, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3567) to amend 
the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to expand 
opportunities for investments in small businesses, and 
for other purposes. 
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. 3567) to amend the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958 to expand opportunities for invest-
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 436 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal 
the excise tax on medical devices. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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‘‘(f) IMPLEMENTATION OF NON-TITLE IV REVENUE 
REQUIREMENT.—
‘‘(1) CALCULATION.—In carrying out sub-
section (a)(24), an institution shall use the cash 
basis of accounting and count the following funds to-
ward the 10 percent of revenues from sources of 
funds other than funds provided under this title: 
‘‘(A) funds used by students to pay tuition, 
fees, and other institutional charges from 
sources other than funds provided under this 
title as long as the institution can reasonably 
demonstrate that such funds were used for such 
purposes; 
‘‘(B) institutional funds used to satisfy 
matching-fund 
requirements 
for 
programs 
under this title; 
‘‘(C) funds from savings plans for edu-
cational expenses established pursuant to the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 
‘‘(D) funds paid by a student, or on behalf 
of a student by a party other than the institu-
tion, for an education or training program that 
is not eligible for funds under this title, so long 
as the program is approved or licensed by the
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appropriate State agency or an accrediting 
agency recognized by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(E) institutional aid, as follows: 
‘‘(i) in the case of institutional loans, 
only the amount of loan repayments re-
ceived during the fiscal year; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of institutional schol-
arships, only those provided by the institu-
tion in the form of monetary aid or tuition 
discounts 
based 
upon 
the 
academic 
achievements or financial need of students, 
disbursed during the fiscal year from an 
established restricted account, and only to 
the extent that the funds in that account 
represent designated funds from an outside 
source or from income earned on those 
funds. 
‘‘(2) SANCTIONS.—An institution that fails to 
meet the requirements of subsection (a)(24) for 3 
consecutive years shall become ineligible to partici-
pate in the programs authorized by this title. In ad-
dition to such other means of enforcing the require-
ments of this title as may be available to the Sec-
retary, if an institution fails to meet the require-
ments of subsection (a)(24) in any year, the Sec-
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House Calendar No. 125 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 683 
[Report No. 110–351] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3121) to restore the financial 
solvency of the national flood insurance program and to provide for 
such program to make available multiperil coverage for damage resulting 
from windstorms and floods, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 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. 3121) to restore 
the financial solvency of the national flood insurance 
program and to provide for such program to make avail-
able multiperil coverage for damage resulting from wind-
storms and floods, and for other purposes. 
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. 3121) to restore the financial sol-
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the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 2
months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this section shall
not apply to obligations for support of active duty training
of reserve components or summer camp training of the Re-
serve Officers’ Training Corps.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of
Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter-
est, he may, with the approval of the Office of Management
and Budget, transfer not to exceed $3,700,000,000 of work-
ing capital funds of the Department of Defense or funds
made available in this Act to the Department of Defense
for military functions (except military construction) be-
tween such appropriations or funds or any subdivision
thereof, to be merged with and to be available for the same
purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropria-
tion or fund to which transferred: Provided, That such au-
thority to transfer may not be used unless for higher pri-
ority items, based on unforeseen military requirements,
than those for which originally appropriated and in no case
where the item for which funds are requested has been de-
nied by the Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary
of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers
made pursuant to this authority or any other authority in
this Act: Provided further, That no part of the funds in
this Act shall be available to prepare or present a request
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6674 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for 
building homeless shelters in areas warranting assistance due to incidents 
of national significance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2008 
Mr. JEFFERSON 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 provide 
incentives for building homeless shelters in areas war-
ranting assistance due to incidents of national signifi-
cance. 
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 ‘‘Duncan Plaza Home-
less Disaster Relief Act of 2008’’. 
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fairs from the Department of Defense Education Benefits
Fund when time spent as a full-time student is credited
toward completion of a service commitment: Provided, That
this section shall not apply to those members who have reen-
listed with this option prior to October 1, 1987: Provided
further, That this section applies only to active components
of the Army.
SEC. 8014. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
Act shall be available to convert to contractor performance
an activity or function of the Department of Defense that,
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, is per-
formed by more than 10 Department of Defense civilian em-
ployees unless—
(1) the conversion is based on the result of a pub-
lic-private competition that includes a most efficient
and cost effective organization plan developed by such
activity or function;
(2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines
that, over all performance periods stated in the solici-
tation of offers for performance of the activity or
function, the cost of performance of the activity or
function by a contractor would be less costly to the
Department of Defense by an amount that equals or
exceeds the lesser of—
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(A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi-
zation’s personnel-related costs for performance
of that activity or function by Federal employ-
ees; or
(B) $10,000,000; and
(3) the contractor does not receive an advantage
for a proposal that would reduce costs for the Depart-
ment of Defense by—
(A) not making an employer-sponsored
health insurance plan available to the workers
who are to be employed in the performance of
that activity or function under the contract; or
(B) offering to such workers an employer-
sponsored health benefits plan that requires the
employer to contribute less towards the premium
or subscription share than the amount that is
paid by the Department of Defense for health
benefits for civilian employees under chapter 89
of title 5, United States Code.
(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to
subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c)
of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, and notwith-
standing any administrative regulation, requirement, or
policy to the contrary shall have full authority to enter into
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lege Access and Opportunity Act of 2005’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking the second sentence; 
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘1993 through 1998’’ 
and inserting ‘‘1998 through 2004’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(as such section’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘Amendments of 
1998)’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘Higher Education 
Amendments of 1998.’’ and inserting ‘‘Col-
lege Access and Opportunity Act of 
2005.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Upon the submission’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘limited num-
ber of additional institutions for voluntary 
participation’’ and inserting ‘‘The Sec-
retary is authorized to continue the vol-
untary participation of institutions partici-
pating as of July 1, 2005,’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before the period at 
the end the following: ‘‘, and shall continue 
the participation of any such institution 
unless the Secretary determines that such
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create a payment obligation of a party or 
extinguishes a payment obligation of a 
party in whole or in part solely because of 
the status of such party as a nondefaulting 
party. 
‘‘(9) TRANSFER OF QUALIFIED FINANCIAL CON-
TRACTS.—In making any transfer of assets or liabil-
ities of a regulated entity in default which includes 
any qualified financial contract, the conservator or 
receiver for such regulated entity shall either— 
‘‘(A) transfer to 1 person— 
‘‘(i) all qualified financial contracts 
between any person (or any affiliate of such 
person) and the regulated entity in default; 
‘‘(ii) all claims of such person (or any 
affiliate of such person) against such regu-
lated entity under any such contract (other 
than any claim which, under the terms of 
any such contract, is subordinated to the 
claims of general unsecured creditors of such 
regulated entity); 
‘‘(iii) all claims of such regulated enti-
ty against such person (or any affiliate of 
such person) under any such contract; and
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‘‘(iv) all property securing, or any 
other credit enhancement for any contract 
described in clause (i), or any claim de-
scribed in clause (ii) or (iii) under any 
such contract; or 
‘‘(B) transfer none of the financial con-
tracts, claims, or property referred to under sub-
paragraph (A) (with respect to such person and 
any affiliate of such person). 
‘‘(10) NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The conservator or re-
ceiver shall notify any person that is a party to 
a contract or transfer by 5:00 p.m. (Eastern 
Standard Time) on the business day following 
the date of the appointment of the receiver in the 
case of a receivership, or the business day fol-
lowing such transfer in the case of a conservator-
ship, if— 
‘‘(i) the conservator or receiver for a 
regulated entity in default makes any trans-
fer of the assets and liabilities of such regu-
lated entity; and 
‘‘(ii) such transfer includes any quali-
fied financial contract.
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‘‘(B) CERTAIN
RIGHTS
NOT
ENFORCE-
ABLE.— 
‘‘(i) RECEIVERSHIP.—A person who is 
a party to a qualified financial contract 
with a regulated entity may not exercise 
any right that such person has to terminate, 
liquidate, or net such contract under para-
graph (8)(A) of this subsection or under sec-
tion 403 or 404 of the Federal Deposit In-
surance Corporation Improvement Act of 
1991, solely by reason of or incidental to the 
appointment of a receiver for the regulated 
entity (or the insolvency or financial condi-
tion of the regulated entity for which the re-
ceiver has been appointed)— 
‘‘(I) until 5:00 p.m. (Eastern 
Standard Time) on the business day 
following the date of the appointment 
of the receiver; or 
‘‘(II) after the person has received 
notice that the contract has been trans-
ferred pursuant to paragraph (9)(A). 
‘‘(ii) CONSERVATORSHIP.—A person 
who is a party to a qualified financial con-
tract with a regulated entity may not exer-
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cise any right that such person has to ter-
minate, liquidate, or net such contract 
under paragraph (8)(E) of this subsection 
or under section 403 or 404 of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation Improve-
ment Act of 1991, solely by reason of or in-
cidental to the appointment of a conservator 
for the regulated entity (or the insolvency or 
financial condition of the regulated entity 
for which the conservator has been ap-
pointed). 
‘‘(iii) NOTICE.—For purposes of this 
paragraph, the conservator or receiver of a 
regulated entity shall be deemed to have no-
tified a person who is a party to a qualified 
financial contract with such regulated enti-
ty, if the conservator or receiver has taken 
steps reasonably calculated to provide notice 
to such person by the time specified in sub-
paragraph (A). 
‘‘(C) BUSINESS
DAY
DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of this paragraph, the term ‘business day’ 
means any day other than any Saturday, Sun-
day, or any day on which either the New York
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Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve Bank of 
New York is closed. 
‘‘(11) DISAFFIRMANCE
OR
REPUDIATION
OF 
QUALIFIED FINANCIAL CONTRACTS.—In exercising the 
rights of disaffirmance or repudiation of a conser-
vator or receiver with respect to any qualified finan-
cial contract to which a regulated entity is a party, 
the conservator or receiver for such institution shall 
either— 
‘‘(A) disaffirm or repudiate all qualified fi-
nancial contracts between— 
‘‘(i) any person or any affiliate of such 
person; and 
‘‘(ii) the regulated entity in default; or 
‘‘(B) disaffirm or repudiate none of the 
qualified financial contracts referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) (with respect to such person or 
any affiliate of such person). 
‘‘(12) CERTAIN SECURITY INTERESTS NOT AVOID-
ABLE.—No provision of this subsection shall be con-
strued as permitting the avoidance of any legally en-
forceable or perfected security interest in any of the 
assets of any regulated entity, except where such an 
interest is taken in contemplation of the insolvency of 
the regulated entity, or with the intent to hinder,
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delay, or defraud the regulated entity or the creditors 
of such regulated entity. 
‘‘(13) AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE CONTRACTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
provision of a contract providing for termi-
nation, default, acceleration, or exercise of rights 
upon, or solely by reason of, insolvency or the 
appointment of, or the exercise of rights or pow-
ers by, a conservator or receiver, the conservator 
or receiver may enforce any contract, other than 
a contract for liability insurance for a director 
or officer, or a contract or a regulated entity 
bond, entered into by the regulated entity. 
‘‘(B) CERTAIN RIGHTS NOT AFFECTED.—No 
provision of this paragraph may be construed as 
impairing or affecting any right of the conser-
vator or receiver to enforce or recover under a li-
ability insurance contract for an officer or direc-
tor, or regulated entity bond under other appli-
cable law. 
‘‘(C) CONSENT REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 
provided under this section, no person may 
exercise any right or power to terminate, 
accelerate, or declare a default under any
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PART 1—GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH 
SEC. 4611. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(1) Industrial, agricultural, and other human 
activities, coupled with an expanding world popu-
lation, are contributing to processes of global change 
that are significantly altering the Earth habitat. 
(2) Such human-induced changes, in conjunc-
tion with natural fluctuations, may lead to signifi-
cant alterations of world climate patterns. Over the 
next century, these changes could adversely affect 
world agricultural and marine production, coastal 
habitability, biological diversity, human health, glob-
al social and political stability, and global economic 
activity. 
(3) Developments in interdisciplinary Earth 
sciences, global observing systems, and satellite and 
computing technologies make possible significant sci-
entific understanding of global changes and their ef-
fects, and have resulted in the significant expansion 
of environmental data and information. 
(4) Development of effective policies to prevent, 
mitigate, and adapt to global change will rely on im-
provement in scientific understanding of global envi-
ronmental processes and on development of informa-
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tion that is of use to decisionmakers at the local, re-
gional, and national levels. 
(5) Although the United States Global Change 
Research Program has made significant contribu-
tions to understanding Earth’s climate and the an-
thropogenic influences on Earth’s climate and its 
ecosystems, the Program now needs to produce more 
information to meet the expressed needs of decision-
makers. 
(6) Predictions of future climate conditions for 
specific regions have considerable uncertainty and 
are unlikely to be confirmed in a time period nec-
essary to inform decisions on land, water, and re-
source management. However, improved under-
standing of global change should be used to assist 
decisionmakers in the development of policies to en-
sure that ecological, social, and economic systems 
are resilient under a variety of plausible climate fu-
tures. 
(7) In order to most effectively meet the needs 
of decisionmakers, both the research agenda of the 
United States Global Change Research Program and 
its implementation must be informed by continuous 
feedback from documented users of information gen-
erated by the Program. 
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(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this part is to provide 
for the continuation and coordination of a comprehensive 
and integrated United States observation, research, and 
outreach program which will assist the Nation and the 
world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to the 
effects of human-induced and natural processes of global 
change. 
SEC. 4612. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this part— 
(1) the term ‘‘global change’’ means human-in-
duced or natural changes in the global environment 
(including alterations in climate, land productivity, 
oceans or other water resources, atmospheric chem-
istry, biodiversity, and ecological systems) that may 
alter the capacity of the Earth to sustain life; 
(2) the term ‘‘global change research’’ means 
study, monitoring, assessment, prediction, and infor-
mation management activities to describe and under-
stand— 
(A) the interactive physical, chemical, and 
biological processes that regulate the total 
Earth system; 
(B) the unique environment that the Earth 
provides for life; 
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(C) changes that are occurring in the 
Earth system; and 
(D) the manner in which such system, en-
vironment, and changes are influenced by 
human actions; 
(3) the term ‘‘interagency committee’’ means 
the interagency committee established under section 
4613; 
(4) the term ‘‘Plan’’ means the National Global 
Change Research and Assessment Plan developed 
under section 4615; 
(5) the term ‘‘Program’’ means the United 
States Global Change Research Program established 
under section 4614; and 
(6) the term ‘‘regional climate change’’ means 
the natural or human-induced changes manifested in 
the local or regional environment (including alter-
ations in weather patterns, land productivity, water 
resources, sea level rise, atmospheric chemistry, bio-
diversity, and ecological systems) that may alter the 
capacity of a specific region to support current or 
future social and economic activity or natural eco-
systems. 
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SEC. 4613. INTERAGENCY COOPERATION AND COORDINA-
TION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall establish 
or designate an interagency committee to ensure coopera-
tion and coordination of all Federal research activities per-
taining to processes of global change for the purpose of 
increasing the overall effectiveness and productivity of 
Federal global change research efforts. The interagency 
committee shall include representatives of both agencies 
conducting global change research and agencies with au-
thority over resources likely to be affected by global 
change. 
(b) FUNCTIONS
OF
THE
INTERAGENCY
COM-
MITTEE.—The interagency committee shall— 
(1) serve as the forum for developing the Plan 
and for overseeing its implementation; 
(2) serve as the forum for developing the vul-
nerability assessment under section 4617; 
(3) ensure cooperation among Federal agencies 
with respect to global change research activities; 
(4) work with academic, State, industry, and 
other groups conducting global change research, to 
provide for periodic public and peer review of the 
Program; 
(5) cooperate with the Secretary of State in— 
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(A) providing representation at inter-
national meetings and conferences on global 
change research in which the United States 
participates; and 
(B) coordinating the Federal activities of 
the United States with programs of other na-
tions and with international global change re-
search activities; 
(6) work with appropriate Federal, State, re-
gional, and local authorities to ensure that the Pro-
gram is designed to produce information needed to 
develop policies to reduce the vulnerability of the 
United States and other regions to global change; 
(7) facilitate ongoing dialog and information ex-
change with regional, State, and local governments 
and other user communities; and 
(8) identify additional decisionmaking groups 
that may use information generated through the 
Program. 
SEC. 4614. UNITED STATES GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall establish 
an interagency United States Global Change Research 
Program to improve understanding of global change, to 
respond to the information needs of communities and deci-
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