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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 71 
To amend the Federal Power Act to provide for enforcement, including 
criminal penalties, by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission of 
electric reliability standards, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2009 
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Power Act to provide for enforcement, 
including criminal penalties, by the Federal Energy Reg-
ulatory Commission of electric reliability standards, 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 ‘‘Save America’s Utility 
Infrastructure and Secure America Now Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that: 
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(1) The blackout of August 2003 in the North-
east, Midwest, and adjoining parts of Canada high-
lighted the need for infrastructure and operating im-
provements. 
(2) In 2005 Hurricane Wilma destroyed power 
in most of southern Florida, and within 6 months, 
Florida utility regulators inserted requirements that 
utilities harden their system over time and create a 
regular schedule of clearing vegetation from power 
lines to ensure electric reliability. 
(3) In Iowa, in 2008, over two dozen people 
were killed and 148 injured as a result of flooding. 
Flood warnings covered a span of about 325 miles 
from Dubuque, Iowa to St. Louis, Missouri with 
over 35,000 families evacuated from their homes. 
(4) The devastation from Hurricane Katrina 
and its calamitous results can still be seen across the 
Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina cost over 1,800 lives, 
billions of dollars in damage and catastrophic loss 
and the largest single loss in the history of insurance 
at $40.6 billion with more than 1.7 million claims 
across 6 States (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, 
Florida, Tennessee, and Georgia). 
(5) Early estimates of Hurricane Ike’s destruc-
tion are $9.8 billion in insured damages, which 
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† HR 725 EAS 
‘‘(17) submitting to the appropriate committees 
of Congress, for each fiscal year, a report summa-
rizing the technical assistance, training, and other 
support provided to tribal law enforcement and cor-
rections agencies that operate relevant programs pur-
suant to self-determination contracts or self-govern-
ance compacts with the Secretary; and 
‘‘(18) promulgating regulations to carry out this 
Act, and routinely reviewing and updating, as nec-
essary, the regulations contained in subchapter B of 
title 25, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor reg-
ulations).’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Division 
of Law Enforcement Services’’ and inserting 
‘‘Office of Justice Services’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)(i), in the first sen-
tence, by striking ‘‘Division’’ and inserting ‘‘Of-
fice of Justice Services’’; 
(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Division of 
Law Enforcement Services’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘Office of Justice Services’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) LONG-TERM PLAN FOR TRIBAL DETENTION PRO-
GRAMS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 720 
To allow seniors to file their Federal income tax on a new Form 1040S. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2009 
Mr. LEE of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To allow seniors to file their Federal income tax on a new 
Form 1040S. 
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 ‘‘Seniors’ Tax Sim-
plification Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. FORM 1040S FOR SENIORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury (or 
the Secretary’s delegate) shall make available a form, to 
be known as ‘‘Form 1040S’’, for use by individuals to file 
the return of tax imposed by chapter 1 of the Internal 
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Revenue Code of 1986. Such form shall be as similar as 
practicable to Form 1040EZ, except that— 
(1) the form shall be available to individuals 
who have attained age 65 as of the close of the tax-
able year, 
(2) the form may be used even if income for the 
taxable year includes— 
(A) social security benefits (as defined in 
section 86(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986), 
(B) distributions from qualified retirement 
plans (as defined in section 4974(c) of such 
Code), annuities or other such deferred pay-
ment arrangements, 
(C) interest and dividends, or 
(D) capital gains and losses taken into ac-
count in determining adjusted net capital gain 
(as defined in section 1(h)(3)), and 
(3) the form shall be available without regard 
to the amount of any item of taxable income or the 
total amount of taxable income for the taxable year. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The form required by sub-
section (a) shall be made available for taxable years begin-
ning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 721 
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 
JANUARY 27, 2009 
Mr. MEEK of Florida (for himself and Mr. BRADY of Texas) 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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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 722 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide an option of 
States to cover a children’s program of all-inclusive coordinated care 
(ChiPACC) under the Medicaid Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2009 
Mr. MORAN of Virginia (for himself and Mr. YOUNG of Florida) 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 provide 
an option of States to cover a children’s program of 
all-inclusive coordinated care (ChiPACC) under the Med-
icaid Program. 
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 ‘‘ChiPACC Act of 
2009’’. 
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HR 722 IH 
SEC. 2. OPTIONAL MEDICAID COVERAGE OF CHILDREN’S 
PROGRAM OF ALL-INCLUSIVE COORDINATED 
CARE (CHIPACC). 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1905(a) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(27); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (28) as para-
graph (29); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (27) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(28) services furnished under a children’s pro-
gram of all-inclusive coordinated care (ChiPACC) 
under section 1942; and’’. 
(b) CHILDREN’S PROGRAM OF ALL-INCLUSIVE CO-
ORDINATED CARE (CHIPACC).—Title XIX of such Act is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘CHILDREN’S PROGRAM OF ALL-INCLUSIVE 
COORDINATED CARE (CHIPACC) 
‘‘SEC. 1942. (a) STATE OPTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State may elect to pro-
vide medical assistance under this section with re-
spect to a children’s program of all-inclusive coordi-
nated care to ChiPACC eligible individuals who are 
eligible for medical assistance under the State plan 
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† HR 725 EAS 
(C) requires a high degree of commitment 
and cooperation among tribal, Federal, and 
State law enforcement officials; 
(5)(A) domestic and sexual violence against 
American Indian and Alaska Native women has 
reached epidemic proportions; 
(B) 34 percent of American Indian and Alaska 
Native women will be raped in their lifetimes; and 
(C) 39 percent of American Indian and Alaska 
Native women will be subject to domestic violence; 
(6) Indian tribes have faced significant increases 
in instances of domestic violence, burglary, assault, 
and child abuse as a direct result of increased meth-
amphetamine use on Indian reservations; and 
(7) crime data is a fundamental tool of law en-
forcement, but for decades the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs and the Department of Justice have not been 
able to coordinate or consistently report crime and 
prosecution rates in tribal communities. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this division are— 
(1) to clarify the responsibilities of Federal, 
State, tribal, and local governments with respect to 
crimes committed in Indian country;
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 26 
AN ACT 
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, to 
correct a provision on the prohibition on the use of 
a reverse auction, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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minimum of 5 years of experience in working with 
or assisting in the establishment of programs for 
comprehensive care of children meeting the descrip-
tion of ChiPACC eligible individuals under section 
1942(b) of the Social Security Act, as added by sub-
section (b). 
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(ii) The table referred to in clause (i) is as fol-
lows:
GREATER GLACIER/CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ECOSYSTEM
.
The following areas shall be incorporated into the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area:
Name of Wilderness Area
Approxi-
mate Acre-
age
Location
Bob Marshall Wilderness
Choteau Mountain/Teton High Peaks ....................
65,433
Lewis & Clark National
Forest/BLM
Deep Creek .............................................................
49,322
Lewis & Clark National
Forest/BLM
Renshaw .................................................................
57,591
Lewis & Clark National
Forest/BLM
Swan Front .............................................................
165,133
Flathead Lolo National
Forest
Swan Crest .............................................................
89,402
Flathead National For-
est
Limestone Caves/Lost Jack ....................................
57,640
Flathead National For-
est
Monture Creek ........................................................
99,846
Lolo National Forest
Total ................................................
584,367
.
The following areas shall be incorporated into the Great Bear Wilderness Area:
Middle Fork ............................................................
41,339
Flathead National For-
est
South Fork .............................................................
53,779
Flathead National For-
est
Total ................................................
95,118
.
The following areas shall be incorporated into the Scapegoat Wilderness Area:
Stonewall Mountain ................................................
54,238
Helena National Forest
Silver King/Falls Creek ..........................................
43,192
Lewis & Clark/Helena
National Forest
Benchmark/Elk Creek ............................................
32,314
Lewis & Clark National
Forest
Total ................................................
129,744
.
The following areas shall be incorporated into the Mission Mountains Wilderness Area:
Mission additions ....................................................
3,916
Flathead National For-
est
Marshall Peak .........................................................
9,757
Lolo National Forest
Total ................................................
13,673
.
The following areas shall be incorporated into the Rattlesnake Wilderness Area:
Rattlesnake reclassification and additions .............
26,780
Lolo National Forest
.
The following areas shall become components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System and each area shall take the name given to it in the table:
Badger-Two Medicine .............................................
125,353
Lewis & Clark National
Forest
Sawtooth Ridge ......................................................
15,195
Lewis & Clark National
Forest
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 725 
To protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable 
criminal proceedings, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2009 
Mr. PASTOR of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee 
on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement 
of applicable criminal proceedings, 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 ‘‘Indian Arts and Crafts 
Amendments Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS. 
(a) CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS; CIVIL ACTIONS; MIS-
REPRESENTATIONS.—Section 5 of the Act entitled ‘‘An 
Act to promote the development of Indian arts and crafts 
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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2704 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
equal employment opportunity functions of Department 
of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(i) a State legislature; 
‘‘(ii) a State commission; or 
‘‘(iii) another similar organization 
vested with State legislative tribal recogni-
tion authority; and’’. 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 234 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 725 
[Report No. 111–397, Part I] 
To protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable 
criminal proceedings, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2009 
Mr. PASTOR of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee 
on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
JANUARY 15, 2010 
Additional sponsors: Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona, Mr. REYES, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. BACA, and Mr. HEINRICH 
JANUARY 15, 2010 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources 
JANUARY 15, 2010 
Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 728 
To allow seniors to file their Federal income tax on a new Form 1040S. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2009 
Mr. PUTNAM (for himself and Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To allow seniors to file their Federal income tax on a new 
Form 1040S. 
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 ‘‘Seniors’ Tax Sim-
plification Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. FORM 1040S FOR SENIORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury (or 
the Secretary’s delegate) shall make available a form, to 
be known as ‘‘Form 1040S’’, for use by individuals to file 
the return of tax imposed by chapter 1 of the Internal 
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Revenue Code of 1986. Such form shall be as similar as 
practicable to Form 1040EZ, except that— 
(1) the form shall be available to individuals 
who have attained age 65 as of the close of the tax-
able year, 
(2) the form may be used even if income for the 
taxable year includes— 
(A) social security benefits (as defined in 
section 86(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986), 
(B) distributions from qualified retirement 
plans (as defined in section 4974(c) of such 
Code), annuities or other such deferred pay-
ment arrangements, 
(C) interest and dividends, or 
(D) capital gains and losses taken into ac-
count in determining adjusted net capital gain 
(as defined in section 1(h)(3) of such Code), 
and 
(3) the form shall be available without regard 
to the amount of any item of taxable income or the 
total amount of taxable income for the taxable year. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The form required by sub-
section (a) shall be made available for taxable years begin-
ning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as ‘‘Phylicia’s Law’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Students achieve their full academic poten-
tial when they have the ability to learn in a safe and 
secure environment. 
(2) Off-campus school trips comprise an inte-
gral part of the educational experience for our Na-
tion’s students. Each year millions of students enjoy 
these trips, which provide them with invaluable 
learning opportunities outside the classroom. 
(3) There exists no Federal law requiring public 
schools to develop safety plans for off-premises, 
overnight, school-sponsored trips. 
SEC. 3. SCHOOL SAFETY PLAN. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCIES.—Each local educational agency that receives 
funds under part A of title IV of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) 
shall develop and make publicly available a written school 
safety policy for off-premises, overnight field trips. 
(b) GUIDANCE FROM SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.— 
Congress encourages the Secretary of Education to pro-
vide guidance to local educational agencies described in 
subsection (a) by taking the steps necessary, such as
hosting a conference of interested parties, to assist in de-
veloping a model school safety policy that meets the re-
quirements described in such subsection. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 15, 2009. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 729 
AN ACT 
To help keep students safe on school-run, 
overnight, off-premises field trips.
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 729 
To help keep students safe on school-run, overnight, off-premises field trips. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2009 
Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To help keep students safe on school-run, overnight, off- 
premises field trips. 
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 ‘‘Phylicia’s Law’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Students achieve their full academic poten-
tial when they have the ability to learn in a safe and 
secure environment. 
(2) Off-campus school trips comprise an inte-
gral part of the educational experience for our Na-
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tion’s students. Each year millions of students enjoy 
these trips, which provide them with invaluable 
learning opportunities outside the classroom. 
(3) There exists no Federal law requiring public 
schools to develop safety plans for off-premises, 
overnight, school-sponsored trips. 
SEC. 3. STUDENT SAFETY ON FIELD TRIPS. 
Section 4114(d)(7) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7114(d)(7) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by adding ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) an assurance that— 
‘‘(i) before every off-premises, over-
night field trip, a written safety plan is de-
veloped by the school sponsoring the trip 
and provided to the parents of the children 
concerned; and 
‘‘(ii) each such safety plan shall in-
clude, at a minimum— 
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‘‘(I) policies on curfews, room 
checks, and chaperone qualifications; 
and 
‘‘(II) emergency procedures to be 
followed in the case of serious injury 
or death;’’. 
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