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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Camp Hale Study 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY OF THE SUITABILITY 
AND FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING CAMP 
HALE AS A UNIT OF THE NATIONAL PARK 
SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, act-
ing through the Director of the National Park Service 
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), shall com-
plete a special resource study of Camp Hale to deter-
mine— 
(1) the suitability and feasibility of designating 
Camp Hale as a separate unit of the National Park 
System; and 
(2) the methods and means for the protection 
and interpretation of Camp Hale by the National 
Park Service, other Federal, State, or local govern-
ment entities or private or nonprofit organizations. 
(b) STUDY REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
conduct the study in accordance with section 8(c) of Pub-
lic Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5(c)). 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
on which funds are made available to carry out this Act, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
a report containing— 
(1) the results of the study; and 
(2) any recommendations of the Secretary. 
SEC. 3. EFFECT OF STUDY. 
Nothing in this Act shall affect valid existing rights, 
including— 
(1) all interstate water compacts in existence on 
the date of the enactment of this Act (including full 
development of any apportionment made in accord-
ance with the compacts); 
(2) water rights decreed at the Camp Hale site 
or flowing within, below, or through the Camp Hale 
site; 
(3) water rights in the State of Colorado; 
(4) water rights held by the United States; and 
(5) the management and operation of any res-
ervoir, including the storage, management, release, 
or transportation of water. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 2, 2009. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2330 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out 
a study to determine the suitability and feasi-
bility of establishing Camp Hale as a unit of the 
National Park System.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2330 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study to determine 
the suitability and feasibility of establishing Camp Hale as a unit of 
the National Park System. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2009 
Mr. LAMBORN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study 
to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing 
Camp Hale as a unit of the National Park System. 
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 ‘‘Camp Hale Study 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY OF THE SUITABILITY 
AND FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING CAMP 
HALE AS A UNIT OF THE NATIONAL PARK 
SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, act-
ing through the Director of the National Park Service 
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), shall com-
plete a special resource study of Camp Hale to deter-
mine— 
(1) the suitability and feasibility of designating 
Camp Hale as a separate unit of the National Park 
System; and 
(2) the methods and means for the protection 
and interpretation of Camp Hale by the National 
Park Service, other Federal, State, or local govern-
ment entities or private or nonprofit organizations. 
(b) STUDY REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
conduct the study in accordance with section 8(c) of Pub-
lic Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5(c)). 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
on which funds are made available to carry out this Act, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
a report containing— 
(1) the results of the study; and 
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IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2330 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 3, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study 
to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing 
Camp Hale as a unit of the National Park System. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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HR 2330 RFS 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Camp Hale Study 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY OF THE SUITABILITY 
AND FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING CAMP 
HALE AS A UNIT OF THE NATIONAL PARK 
SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, act-
ing through the Director of the National Park Service 
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), shall com-
plete a special resource study of Camp Hale to deter-
mine— 
(1) the suitability and feasibility of designating 
Camp Hale as a separate unit of the National Park 
System; and 
(2) the methods and means for the protection 
and interpretation of Camp Hale by the National 
Park Service, other Federal, State, or local govern-
ment entities or private or nonprofit organizations. 
(b) STUDY REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
conduct the study in accordance with section 8(c) of Pub-
lic Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5(c)). 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
on which funds are made available to carry out this Act, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
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HR 2330 RFS 
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
a report containing— 
(1) the results of the study; and 
(2) any recommendations of the Secretary. 
SEC. 3. EFFECT OF STUDY. 
Nothing in this Act shall affect valid existing rights, 
including— 
(1) all interstate water compacts in existence on 
the date of the enactment of this Act (including full 
development of any apportionment made in accord-
ance with the compacts); 
(2) water rights decreed at the Camp Hale site 
or flowing within, below, or through the Camp Hale 
site; 
(3) water rights in the State of Colorado; 
(4) water rights held by the United States; and 
(5) the management and operation of any res-
ervoir, including the storage, management, release, 
or transportation of water. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 2, 2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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regulation issued after notice and an opportunity for 
comment. 
‘‘(d) STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Before receipt the re-
ceipt in any fiscal year of a grant under subsection 
(c) by any grantee, the grantee shall have prepared 
a final statement of housing energy efficiency objec-
tives and projected use of funds as the Secretary 
shall require and shall have provided the Secretary 
with such certifications regarding such objectives 
and use as the Secretary may require. In the case 
of metropolitan cities, urban counties, units of gen-
eral local government, and insular areas receiving 
grants, the statement of projected use of funds shall 
consist of proposed housing energy efficiency activi-
ties. In the case of States receiving grants, the state-
ment of projected use of funds shall consist of the 
method by which the States will distribute funds to 
units of general local government. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary 
may establish requirements to ensure the public 
availability of information regarding projected use of 
grant amounts and public participation in deter-
mining such projected use. 
‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.— 
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District of Columbia, under which the Governor or 
the Mayor’’; 
(2) in subsection (g)(2), by striking ‘‘the com-
manding general of the District of Columbia Na-
tional Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of the Dis-
trict of Columbia’’; 
(3) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘the com-
manding general of the District of Columbia Na-
tional Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of the Dis-
trict of Columbia’’; and 
(4) in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘the com-
manding general of the District of Columbia Na-
tional Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of the Dis-
trict of Columbia’’. 
(h) ISSUANCE OF SUPPLIES.—Section 702(a) of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘commanding general of the 
National Guard of the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 
‘‘Mayor of the District of Columbia’’. 
(i) APPOINTMENT
OF FISCAL OFFICER.—Section 
708(a) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘commanding 
general of the National Guard of the District of Colum-
bia’’ and inserting ‘‘Mayor of the District of Columbia’’. 
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SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA HOME RULE ACT. 
Section 602(b) of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act (sec. 1–206.02(b), D.C. Official Code) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘the National Guard of the District of Co-
lumbia,’’. 
Æ 
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† HR 2346 EAS 
by military and civilian employees of the Department of 
Defense in Iraq and Afghanistan, up to a limit of $75,000 
per vehicle, notwithstanding other limitations applicable to 
passenger carrying motor vehicles. 
SEC. 308. Of the funds appropriated in Department 
of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 
hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs 
in the specified amounts: Provided, That none of the 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
as amended: 
‘‘Procurement, 
Marine 
Corps, 
2007/2009’’, 
$54,400,000; 
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Army, 
2008/2010’’, 
$29,300,000; 
‘‘Procurement, 
Marine 
Corps, 
2008/2010’’, 
$10,300,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Navy, 2008/2009’’, $5,000,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Air Force, 2008/2009’’, $36,107,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Defense-Wide, 2008/2009’’, $200,000,000;
TITLE 
IV—BROADENING 
THE 
WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTER 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 401. NOTIFICATION OF GRANTS; PUBLICATION OF 
GRANT AMOUNTS. 
Section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(o) NOTIFICATION OF GRANTS; PUBLICATION OF 
GRANT AMOUNTS.—The Administrator shall disburse 
funds to a women’s business center not later than 1 month 
after the center’s application is approved under this sec-
tion. At the end of each fiscal year the Administrator (act-
ing through the Office of Women’s Business ownership) 
shall publish on the Administration’s website a report set-
ting forth the total amount of the grants made under this 
Act to each women’s business center in the fiscal year for 
which the report is issued, the total amount of such grants 
made in each prior fiscal year to each such center, and 
the total amount of private matching funds provided by 
each such center over the lifetime of the center.’’. 
SEC. 402. COMMUNICATIONS. 
Section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
656), as amended, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection:
(A) The national Green Communities cri-
teria for residential construction that provides 
criteria for the design, development, and oper-
ation of affordable housing, as such criteria or 
successor criteria is in effect for purposes of this 
section pursuant to paragraph (7). 
(B) The LEED for Neighborhood Develop-
ment rating system for the LEED for New Con-
struction rating system, the LEED for Homes 
rating system, the LEED for Core and Shell rat-
ing system, as applicable, as such systems or suc-
cessor systems are in effect for purposes of this 
section pursuant to paragraph (7). 
(C) The Green Globes assessment and rating 
system of the Green Buildings Initiative. 
(D) For manufactured housing, Energy 
Star rating with respect to fixtures, appliances, 
and equipment in such housing, as such stand-
ard or successor standard is in effect for pur-
poses of this section pursuant to paragraph (7). 
(E) The 2008 National Green Building 
Standard (ICC 700). 
(F) Any other requirements, standards, cri-
teria, or rating systems for green building or 
sustainability as the Secretary may identify and 
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authorities of Afghanistan or Pakistan, as the 
case may be, and to the entity operating the 
program described in subsection (d); 
(D) assisting, in consultation and coordina-
tion with any other appropriate authorities of 
Afghanistan or Pakistan, as the case may be, 
textile or apparel producers listed in the reg-
istry described in subparagraph (A) in meeting 
the conditions set forth in subsection (d)(2); 
and 
(E) coordinating, with the assistance of the 
entity operating the program described in sub-
section (d), a tripartite committee comprised of 
appropriate representatives of government agen-
cies, employers, and workers, as well as other 
relevant interested parties, for the purposes of 
evaluating progress in implementing the pro-
gram described in subsection (d), and con-
sulting on improving core labor standards and 
working conditions in the textile and apparel 
sector in Afghanistan or Pakistan, as the case 
may be, and on other matters of common con-
cern relating to such core labor standards and 
working conditions.
† HR 2346 EAS 
in section 1701(c)(4)) expand their activities supporting 
climate change mitigation by— 
‘‘(1) significantly expanding support for invest-
ments in energy efficiency and renewable energy, in-
cluding zero carbon technologies; 
‘‘(2) reviewing all proposed infrastructure invest-
ments to ensure that all opportunities for integrating 
energy efficiency measures have been considered; 
‘‘(3) increasing the dialogue with the govern-
ments of developing countries regarding— 
‘‘(A) analysis and policy measures needed 
for low carbon emission economic development; 
and 
‘‘(B) reforms needed to promote private sec-
tor investments in energy efficiency and renew-
able energy, including zero carbon technologies; 
and 
‘‘(4) integrate low carbon emission economic de-
velopment objectives into multilateral development 
bank country strategies. 
‘‘(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this section, and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a re-
port on the status of efforts to implement this section to 
the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
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should replace the current practice of commu-
nicating salary review information by cable. 
(6) The Bureau of Human Resources, in co-
ordination with the Office of Management, Policy, 
Rightsizing and Innovation, should evaluate the pos-
sibility of using different pay setting data estab-
lishing different pay scales for blue-collar positions 
and for professional level positions, and should issue 
and distribute a written report on the findings and 
the possibility of implementing the findings. 
(7) 
The 
Office 
of 
Management, 
Policy, 
Rightsizing and Innovation should ensure that the 
working group on locally employed staff compensa-
tion considers the possibility of including members 
from other United States Government agencies that 
employ locally employed staff. Whether this rec-
ommendation is implemented or not, the Office of 
Management, Policy, Rightsizing and Innovation 
should document the decision in writing, and dis-
tribute the decision widely in the Department of 
State and to other agencies that employ locally em-
ployed staff. 
(8) 
The 
Office 
of 
Management, 
Policy, 
Rightsizing and Innovation should ensure that the 
working group on locally employed staff compensa-
104 
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(2) FORM.—Each report under this subsection 
may be submitted in classified or unclassified form. 
Any report submitted in classified form shall include 
an unclassified annex or summary of the matters con-
tained in the report. 
(3) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CONGRESS 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
committees of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the Committees on Armed Services, Ap-
propriations, Foreign Relations, Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs, and the Judi-
ciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate; and 
(B) the Committees on Armed Services, Ap-
propriations, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Secu-
rity, and the Judiciary and the Permanent Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives. 
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR ASSISTANCE FOR GEORGIA 
SEC. 1122. The amount appropriated by this title 
under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’ may be increased by up to $42,500,000, with 
the amount of the increase to be available for assistance for 
Georgia.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2337 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for certain 
transportation feasibility studies for southern New Mexico and west Texas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2009 
Mr. TEAGUE (for himself and Mr. REYES) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to make grants 
for certain transportation feasibility studies for southern 
New Mexico and west Texas. 
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 ‘‘Southwestern Transit 
Corridor Planning and Fuel Use Reduction Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RAIL RUNNER EXTENSION FEASIBILITY STUDY. 
The Secretary of Transportation shall make a grant 
to the New Mexico Mid Region Council of Governments 
to conduct, working in cooperation with the appropriate 
municipalities, metropolitan planning organizations, and 
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rural planning organizations in New Mexico and Texas, 
a transportation corridor feasibility study to evaluate and 
provide recommendations regarding the costs, benefits, ob-
stacles, impacts and feasibility of various transit tech-
nology, alignments, and funding options for extending the 
New Mexico rail runner express commuter rail service 
south from Belen, New Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, or to 
intermediate points. 
SEC. 3. LAS CRUCES AND EL PASO FEASIBILITY STUDY. 
The Secretary of Transportation shall make a grant 
to the city of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and the city of 
El Paso, Texas, to conduct, in cooperation with the Las 
Cruces metropolitan planning organization and the El 
Paso metropolitan planning organization, a transportation 
corridor feasibility study to evaluate and provide rec-
ommendations regarding the costs, benefits, obstacles, im-
pacts, and feasibility of various transit technology, align-
ments, and funding options for a public transit system, 
including the option of commuter rail, that would connect 
Las Cruces and El Paso. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out this Act. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2338 
To prohibit any alien formerly detained at the Department of Defense deten-
tion facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and brought 
into the United States from receiving any Federal, State, or local public 
benefit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2009 
Mr. TIAHRT (for himself, Mr. HERGER, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, and Mr. 
BURTON of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To prohibit any alien formerly detained at the Department 
of Defense detention facility at Naval Station, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba, and brought into the United States 
from receiving any Federal, State, or local public benefit. 
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 ‘‘No Welfare for Terror-
ists Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsections 
(b) and (c), this Act and the amendments made by this Act 
shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) LIMITATION.—No civil action under the antitrust 
laws may be filed with respect to any conduct or activity, 
including any agreement or provision thereof, that— 
(1) concluded or terminated before the expiration 
of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, and 
(2) was exempted by statute from the antitrust 
laws as the result of an order of the Interstate Com-
merce Commission or the Surface Transportation 
Board issued before the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(c) EXCLUSION.—No civil action under the antitrust 
laws may be filed for the purpose of dissolving or otherwise 
undoing any merger, acquisition, or transfer of control con-
summated before the date of the enactment of this Act that 
was exempted by statute from the antitrust laws as the re-
sult of an order described in subsection (b)(2). 
(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of subsections (b) and 
(c), the term ‘‘antitrust laws’’ has the meaning given it in 
subsection (a) of the 1st section of the Clayton Act (15 
U.S.C. 12(a)), but includes section 5 of the Federal Trade 
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