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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6157 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the exception from 
the 10 percent penalty for early withdrawals from governmental plans 
for qualified public safety employees. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2008 
Mr. MEEK of Florida 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 modify 
the exception from the 10 percent penalty for early with-
drawals from governmental plans for qualified public 
safety employees. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF EXCEPTION FROM 10 PER-
CENT EARLY WITHDRAWAL PENALTY FOR 
PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES. 
(a) REPEAL OF RESTRICTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT 
PLANS.—Subparagraph (A) of section 72(t)(10)(A) of the 
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Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘which is a defined benefit plan’’. 
(b) APPLICATION TO ANNUITIES COMMENCING BE-
FORE THE PENSION PROTECTION ACT OF 2006.—Para-
graph (10) of section 72(t) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) TRANSITIONAL
RULE
FOR
ANNU-
ITIES.—Paragraph (4) shall not apply to any 
modification to a series of substantially equal 
periodic payments which are made with respect 
to a qualified public safety employee if such se-
ries of payments commenced— 
‘‘(i) before the date of the enactment 
of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, and 
‘‘(ii) after such qualified public safety 
employee’s separation from service after 
attainment of age 50.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) REPEAL
OF
RESTRICTION
TO
DEFINED 
BENEFIT
PLANS.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to distributions made after 
the date of the enactment of the Pension Protection 
Act of 2006. 
(2) TRANSITIONAL RULE FOR ANNUITIES.—The 
amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply to 
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modifications made after the date of the enactment 
of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. 
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counting years beginning on or after October 1, 2008, the 
Secretary shall adjust the ‘cap amount’ using the same 
geographic index, in the same manner, as is used to deter-
mine payment rates for hospice care, except that in apply-
ing the work geographic index, the Secretary shall increase 
the index to 1.00 for any locality for which such index 
is less than 1.00.’’. 
(b) SUBMISSION OF COMPREHENSIVE DATA ON HOS-
PICE CARE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of such sec-
tion is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘The Secretary shall expand such data to include 
comprehensive data that reflect the number, type, 
and length of services provided to beneficiaries by all 
members of the hospice interdisciplinary group and 
by all hospice employees and volunteers, taking into 
account the unique features of the hospice benefit, 
including the focus on palliative care and the inter-
disciplinary team approach to providing care to 
beneficiaries and their families.’’. 
(2) 
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The 
Secretary 
of 
Health and Human Services may not require the 
submission by hospice programs of comprehensive 
data under the amendment made by paragraph (1) 
before January 1, 2009. 
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(3) RELATION TO CHANGE REQUEST 5567.—The 
reporting of comprehensive data under such amend-
ment shall supercede any requirement for the report-
ing of an expanded level of claims data under 
Change Request 5567. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6159 
To provide for a land exchange involving certain National Forest System 
lands in the Mendocino National Forest in the State of California, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2008 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for a land exchange involving certain National 
Forest System lands in the Mendocino National Forest 
in the State of California, 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 ‘‘Deafy Glade Land Ex-
change Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST, 
CALIFORNIA. 
(a) LAND EXCHANGE REQUIRED.—If Solano County, 
California (in this section referred to as the ‘‘County’’) 
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conveys to the Secretary of Agriculture all right, title, and 
interest of the County in and to four parcels of land con-
sisting of a total of approximately 160 acres identified on 
the map entitled ‘‘Fouts Springs-Deafy Glade Federal and 
Non-Federal Lands’’ and dated April 15, 2008, the Sec-
retary shall convey to the County, in exchange, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the parcel 
of land in the Mendocino National Forest in the State of 
California (including any improvements on the land) com-
prising approximately 82 acres and known as the Fouts 
Springs Ranch, as also depicted on the map. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map referred to in 
subsection (a) shall be on file and available for public in-
spection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service. 
(c) LAND EXCHANGE PROCESS.—Section 206 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1716) shall apply to the land exchange under this 
section. 
(d) MANAGEMENT OF ACQUIRED LAND.—The lands 
acquired by the Secretary under subsection (a) shall be 
added to and administered as part of the Mendocino Na-
tional Forest and managed in accordance with the Act of 
March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the Weeks Act; 16 
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U.S.C. 480 et seq.) and the laws and regulations applica-
ble to the National Forest System. 
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(b) INCREASE IN NATIONAL LIMITATION.—Section 
54(f) (relating to limitation on amount of bonds des-
ignated) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘, and for the period beginning 
after the date of the enactment of the Clean Energy 
Tax Stimulus Act of 2008 and ending before Janu-
ary 1, 2010, $400,000,000’’ after ‘‘$1,200,000,000’’ 
in paragraph (1), 
(2) by striking ‘‘$750,000,000 of the’’ in para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘$750,000,000 of the 
$1,200,000,000’’, and 
(3) by striking ‘‘bodies’’ in paragraph (2) and 
inserting ‘‘bodies, and except that the Secretary may 
not allocate more than 1⁄3 of the $400,000,000 na-
tional clean renewable energy bond limitation to fi-
nance qualified projects of qualified borrowers which 
are public power providers nor more than 1⁄3 of such 
limitation to finance qualified projects of qualified 
borrowers which are mutual or cooperative electric 
companies described in section 501(c)(12) or section 
1381(a)(2)(C)’’. 
(c) PUBLIC POWER PROVIDERS DEFINED.—Section 
54(j) is amended— 
(1) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
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(E) REPORT.—The head of each executive agency shall report 
the waivers granted under subparagraphs (A) and (B) for that 
agency to the Board on an annual basis. 
(c) REQUIRED BOARD ACTION FOR PRESCRIBING STANDARDS AND IN-
TERPRETATIONS.—Before prescribing cost accounting standards and inter-
pretations, the Board shall— 
(1) take into account, after consultation and discussions with the 
Comptroller General, professional accounting organizations, contrac-
tors, and other interested parties— 
(A) the probable costs of implementation, including any infla-
tionary effects, compared to the probable benefits; 
(B) the advantages, disadvantages, and improvements antici-
pated in the pricing and administration of, and settlement of dis-
putes concerning, contracts; and 
(C) the scope of, and alternatives available to, the action pro-
posed to be taken; 
(2) prepare and publish a report in the Federal Register on the 
issues reviewed under paragraph (1); 
(3)(A) publish an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking in the 
Federal Register to solicit comments on the report prepared under 
paragraph (2); 
(B) provide all parties affected at least 60 days after publication to 
submit their views and comments; and 
(C) during the 60-day period, consult with the Comptroller General 
and consider any recommendation the Comptroller General may make; 
and 
(4) publish a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register 
and provide all parties affected at least 60 days after publication to 
submit their views and comments. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—Rules, regulations, cost accounting standards, 
and modifications thereof prescribed or amended under this chapter shall 
have the full force and effect of law, and shall become effective within 120 
days after publication in the Federal Register in final form, unless the 
Board determines that a longer period is necessary. The Board shall deter-
mine implementation dates for contractors and subcontractors. The dates 
may not be later than the beginning of the second fiscal year of the con-
tractor or subcontractor after the standard becomes effective. 
(e) ACCOMPANYING
MATERIAL.—Rules, regulations, cost accounting 
standards, and modifications thereof prescribed or amended under this 
chapter shall be accompanied by prefatory comments and by illustrations, 
if necessary.
pants and beneficiaries under such plans in a form that 
is easily understandable. 
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 ‘‘Health Insurance Re-
strictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) ERISA.—Section 702(a)(2)(B) of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 
1182(a)(2)(B)) is amended by inserting before the period 
at the end the following: ‘‘so long as— 
‘‘(i) such limitations and restrictions 
are explicit and clear; 
‘‘(ii) in the case of such limitations 
and restrictions in health insurance cov-
erage offered in connection with the group 
health plan, such limitations and restric-
tions have been disclosed in writing to the 
plan sponsor in advance of the point of 
sale to the plan; 
‘‘(iii) the plan sponsor of the health 
insurance coverage provide, to participants 
and beneficiaries in the plan in advance of 
the point of their enrollment under the 
plan, a description of such limitations and 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 615 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase inpatient hospital 
payments under the Medicare Program to Puerto Rico hospitals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 22, 2007 
Mr. FORTUN˜O (for himself, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. MARIO 
DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. 
DENT, Mr. WELLER of Illinois, Mr. GUTIERREZ, and Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase 
inpatient hospital payments under the Medicare Program 
to Puerto Rico hospitals. 
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 ‘‘Puerto Rico Medicare 
Reimbursement Equity Act of 2007’’. 
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‘‘(A) The term ‘self-constructed facility’ 
means any facility if it is reasonable to believe 
that more than half of the qualified nuclear fa-
cility expenditures for such facility will be made 
directly by the tax-payer. 
‘‘(B) A component of a facility shall be 
treated as not self-constructed if the cost of the 
component is at least 5 percent of the expected 
cost of the facility and the component is ac-
quired by the taxpayer. 
‘‘(4) ELECTION.—An election shall be made 
under this section for a qualified nuclear power facil-
ity by claiming the nuclear power facility construc-
tion credit for expenditures described in paragraph 
(1) on a tax return filed by the due date for such 
return (taking into account extensions). Such an 
election shall apply to the taxable year for which 
made and all subsequent taxable years. Such an 
election, once made, may be revoked only with the 
consent of the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For pur-
poses of this section: 
‘‘(1) QUALIFIED NUCLEAR POWER FACILITY.— 
The term ‘qualified nuclear power facility’ means an 
advanced nuclear power facility, as defined in section 
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SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF MEDICARE INPATIENT HOS-
PITAL PAYMENT RATE FOR PUERTO RICO 
HOSPITALS. 
Section 1886(d)(9)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(9)(E)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (iii); 
(2) in clause (iv), by inserting ‘‘and before April 
1, 2007,’’ after ‘‘2004,’’ and by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(v) on or after April 1, 2007, the applicable 
Puerto Rico percentage is 0 percent and the applica-
ble Federal percentage is 100 percent.’’. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6118 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to annually des-
ignate at least one city in the United States as an 
‘‘American World War II Heritage City’’, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage 
the Conservation Area— 
(A) as a component of the National Land-
scape Conservation System; 
(B) in a manner that conserves, protects, 
and enhances the resources of the Conservation 
Area described in section 2(b); and 
(C) in accordance with— 
(i) the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.); 
(ii) this Act; and 
(iii) any other applicable laws. 
(2) USES.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
allow only such uses of the Conservation Area 
as the Secretary determines would further the 
purposes for which the Conservation Area is es-
tablished. 
(B) USE OF MOTORIZED VEHICLES.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), use of motorized vehicles in 
the Conservation Area shall be allowed— 
(I) before the effective date of 
the management plan, only on roads 
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portion of the Gunnison River in the Wilder-
ness. 
(2) EFFECT ON WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in 
this Act— 
(A) affects the use or allocation, in exist-
ence on the date of enactment of this Act, of 
any water, water right, or interest in water; 
(B) affects any vested absolute or decreed 
conditional water right in existence on the date 
of enactment of this Act, including any water 
right held by the United States; 
(C) affects any interstate water compact in 
existence on the date of enactment of this Act; 
(D) authorizes or imposes any new re-
served Federal water rights; 
(E) unreasonably limits access for mainte-
nance, operation, modification, repair, or re-
placement of facilities that are— 
(i) in existence as of the date of en-
actment of this Act; and 
(ii) associated with any water rights 
referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B); or 
(F) shall be considered to be a relinquish-
ment or reduction of any water rights reserved 
or appropriated by the United States in the 
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tion of hunting and fishing, on public land within the Con-
servation Area. 
(j) LITTLE DOMINGUEZ CREEK ACCESS.—Nothing in 
this Act affects— 
(1) the letter of agreement between the Bureau 
of Land Management and Mr. Billyie Rambo, dated 
September 28, 1988; or 
(2) the life estate described in the letter of 
agreement. 
SEC. 8. MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop 
a comprehensive management plan for the long-range pro-
tection and management of the Conservation Area. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The management plan shall— 
(1) describe the appropriate uses and manage-
ment of the Conservation Area; 
(2) be developed with extensive public input; 
(3) take into consideration any information de-
veloped in studies of the land within the Conserva-
tion Area; and 
(4) include a comprehensive travel management 
plan. 
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allowed under paragraph (2) for such year, 
shall be treated as an ordinary loss. 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF LOSSES.— 
‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—Any net loss with re-
spect to such interest shall be allowed for any 
partnership taxable year only to the extent that 
such loss does not exceed the excess (if any) 
of— 
‘‘(i) the aggregate net income with re-
spect to such interest for all prior partner-
ship taxable years, over 
‘‘(ii) the aggregate net loss with re-
spect to such interest not disallowed under 
this subparagraph for all prior partnership 
taxable years. 
‘‘(B) CARRYFORWARD.—Any net loss for 
any partnership taxable year which is not al-
lowed by reason of subparagraph (A) shall be 
treated as an item of loss with respect to such 
partnership interest for the succeeding partner-
ship taxable year. 
‘‘(C) BASIS ADJUSTMENT.—No adjustment 
to the basis of a partnership interest shall be 
made on account of any net loss which is not 
allowed by reason of subparagraph (A). 
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6124 
AN ACT 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to authorize 
voluntary agreements for coverage of Indian tribal coun-
cil members, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 612 
AN ACT 
To establish a grant program at the Department of Home-
land Security to promote cooperative research and devel-
opment between the United States and Israel on cyberse-
curity. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
the Social Security Act with respect to items and services 
furnished in months beginning after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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374 
lated to the agriculture and forestry sectors in order 
to accelerate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions 
from agriculture and increases in biological seques-
tration from agriculture and forestry; 
(3) recommendations as to how to amend title 
VII of the Clean Air Act, this Act, or other Federal 
policies in order to avoid dangerous atmospheric 
concentrations of greenhouse gases or a dangerous 
increase in global average temperature, including 
consideration of the feasibility and effectiveness of— 
(A) expanding the definition of the term 
covered entity under title VII of the Clean Air 
Act; 
(B) expanding the scope of the compliance 
obligation established under section 712 of the 
Clean Air Act; 
(C) reducing the number of emission allow-
ances comprising the Emission Allowance Ac-
count for 1 or more calendar years under sec-
tion 711 of the Clean Air Act; 
(D) establishing policies for reducing 
greenhouse gas emissions over and above the 
policies established by title VII of the Clean Air 
Act; and 
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practicable, the information shall distinguish 
between employment statistics for preoperation-
al and postoperational levels. 
‘‘(H) Any information that is required by 
State or Federal law to be provided with re-
spect to any violations of environmental laws 
(including regulations) by the owner, the oper-
ator, and any subsidiary of the owner or oper-
ator, the disposition of enforcement proceedings 
taken with respect to the violations, and correc-
tive action and rehabilitation measures taken as 
a result of the proceedings. 
‘‘(I) Any information that is required by 
State or Federal law to be provided with re-
spect to gifts and contributions made by the 
owner or operator. 
‘‘(J) Any information that is required by 
State or Federal law to be provided with re-
spect to compliance by the owner or operator 
with the State solid waste management plan. 
‘‘(4) PRIOR
NOTIFICATION.—Prior to taking 
formal action with respect to granting authorization 
to receive out-of-State municipal solid waste pursu-
ant to a new host community agreement under this 
subsection, an affected local government shall— 
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‘‘(i) a permit if the permit establishes 
a higher limit or does not establish any 
limit on the amount of out-of-State munic-
ipal solid waste which may be received an-
nually at the facility; and 
‘‘(ii) a host community agreement if 
the host community agreement establishes 
a higher limit or does not establish any 
limit on the amount of out-of-State munic-
ipal solid waste which may be received an-
nually at the facility, but only to the extent 
that the landfill or incinerator, at the time 
the host community agreement was entered 
into, had specifically permitted capacity to 
receive the solid waste authorized by the 
host community agreement. 
‘‘(C) LIMIT
FOR
PARTICULAR
FACILI-
TIES.—An affected local government that has 
not executed a host community agreement with 
a particular landfill or incinerator may limit the 
amount of out-of-State municipal solid waste 
received annually at the landfill or incinerator 
concerned to the limitation amount described in 
paragraph (2). No such limit may conflict with 
provisions of a permit specifically authorizing 
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