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ignated by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to sec-
tion 3506 of title 44, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘information technology system’’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘‘information tech-
nology’’ in section 5002 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 
1996 (40 U.S.C. 1401). 
SEC. 8067. During the current fiscal year, none of the 
funds available to the Department of Defense may be used 
to provide support to another department or agency of the 
United States if such department or agency is more than 
90 days in arrears in making payment to the Department 
of Defense for goods or services previously provided to such 
department or agency on a reimbursable basis: Provided, 
That this restriction shall not apply if the department is 
authorized by law to provide support to such department 
or agency on a nonreimbursable basis, and is providing the 
requested support pursuant to such authority: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restric-
tion on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate that it is in the national security inter-
est to do so. 
SEC. 8068. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 
10, United States Code, a Reserve who is a member of the 
National Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4331 
To provide for a Medicaid demonstration project for chronic disease 
management. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2005 
Miss MCMORRIS (for herself, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. 
OTTER, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. DICKS, and Mr. WALDEN of Oregon) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide for a Medicaid demonstration project for chronic 
disease management. 
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 ‘‘Medicaid Access 
Project through Information Technology (MAP IT) Act 
of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. MEDICAID CHRONIC DISEASE DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall establish a 2-year project to dem-
onstrate the impact of health information technology on 
disease management under the medicaid program under 
title XIX of the Social Security Act. 
(b) STRUCTURE OF PROJECT.—The demonstration 
project shall— 
(1) create a web-based virtual case management 
tool that provides access to best practices for man-
aging chronic disease; and 
(2) provide chronic disease patients and care-
givers access to their own medical records and to a 
single source of information on chronic disease. 
(c) COMPETITION.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary shall seek 
proposals from States to carry out the demonstration 
project. The Secretary shall select not less than four pro-
posals from those submitted by the States, and at least 
one proposal selected shall include a regional approach 
featuring access to an integrated hospital information sys-
tem in at least two adjoining States that permits the 
measurement of outcomes.
(d) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall provide for 
an evaluation of the project and a determination of the 
amount of cost-savings resulting from the project. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 to carry 
out the demonstration project under this section. Funds 
appropriated under this subsection shall remain available 
until expended without fiscal year limitation. 
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‘‘(B) for such company, or any depositor of 
or underwriter for any such company, or any 
other person, to sell such a certificate. 
‘‘(2) NO INVALIDATION OF EXISTING CERTIFI-
CATES.—Paragraph (1) shall not be construed to 
alter, invalidate, or otherwise affect any rights or ob-
ligations, including rights of redemption, under any 
periodic payment plan certificate issued and sold be-
fore 30 days after such date of enactment.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 27(i)(2)(B) 
of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘section 26(e)’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 26(f)’’. 
(c) REPORT ON REFUNDS, SALES PRACTICES, AND 
REVENUES FROM PERIODIC PAYMENT PLANS.—Within 6 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate, a report describing— 
(1) any measures taken by a broker or dealer 
registered with the Securities and Exchange Com-
mission pursuant to section 15(b) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o(b)) to volun-
tarily refund payments made by military service
members on any periodic payment plan certificate, 
and the amounts of such refunds; 
(2) after such consultation with the Secretary 
of Defense as the Commission considers appropriate, 
the sales practices of such brokers or dealers on 
military installations over the past 5 years and any 
legislative or regulatory recommendations to improve 
such practices; and 
(3) the revenues generated by such brokers or 
dealers in the sales of periodic payment plan certifi-
cates over the past 5 years and what products such 
brokers or dealers market to replace the revenue 
generated from the sales of periodic payment plan 
certificates prohibited under subsection (a) of this 
section. 
SEC. 4. METHOD OF MAINTAINING BROKER/DEALER REG-
ISTRATION, 
DISCIPLINARY, 
AND 
OTHER 
DATA. 
Subsection (i) of section 15A of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o–3(i)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(i) OBLIGATION TO MAINTAIN REGISTRATION, DIS-
CIPLINARY AND OTHER DATA.—
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‘‘(A) has been granted final approval by 
the Administrator under section 384(e); and 
‘‘(B) has entered into a participation 
agreement with the Administrator. 
‘‘(3) OPERATIONAL
ASSISTANCE.—The term 
‘operational assistance’ means management, mar-
keting, and other technical assistance that assists a 
small business concern with business development. 
‘‘(4) PARTICIPATION
AGREEMENT.—The term 
‘participation agreement’ means an agreement, be-
tween the Administrator and a company granted 
final approval under section 384(e), that— 
‘‘(A) details the company’s operating plan 
and investment criteria; and 
‘‘(B) requires the company to make invest-
ments in smaller enterprises primarily engaged 
in researching, manufacturing, developing, or 
bringing to market renewable energy sources. 
‘‘(5) RENEWABLE ENERGY.—The term ‘renew-
able energy means’ energy derived from resources 
that are regenerative or that cannot be depleted, in-
cluding but not limited to ethanol and biodiesel 
fuels. 
‘‘(6) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means such of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
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‘‘(1) MAINTENANCE OF SYSTEM TO RESPOND 
TO INQUIRIES.—A registered securities association 
shall— 
‘‘(A) establish and maintain a system for 
collecting and retaining registration informa-
tion; 
‘‘(B) establish and maintain a toll-free 
telephone listing, and a readily accessible elec-
tronic or other process, to receive and promptly 
respond to inquiries regarding— 
‘‘(i) registration information on its 
members and their associated persons; and 
‘‘(ii) registration information on the 
members and their associated persons of 
any registered national securities exchange 
that uses the system described in subpara-
graph (A) for the registration of its mem-
bers and their associated persons; and 
‘‘(C) adopt rules governing the process for 
making inquiries and the type, scope, and pres-
entation of information to be provided in re-
sponse to such inquiries in consultation with 
any registered national securities exchange pro-
viding information pursuant to subparagraph 
(B)(ii).
‘‘(2) RECOVERY OF COSTS.—Such an associa-
tion may charge persons making inquiries, other 
than individual investors, reasonable fees for re-
sponses to such inquiries. 
‘‘(3) PROCESS FOR DISPUTED INFORMATION.— 
Such an association shall adopt rules establishing an 
administrative process for disputing the accuracy of 
information provided in response to inquiries under 
this subsection in consultation with any registered 
national securities exchange providing information 
pursuant to paragraph (1)(B)(ii). 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.—Such an asso-
ciation, or an exchange reporting information to 
such an association, shall not have any liability to 
any person for any actions taken or omitted in good 
faith under this subsection. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘registration information’ means 
the information reported in connection with the reg-
istration or licensing of brokers and dealers and 
their associated persons, including disciplinary ac-
tions, regulatory, judicial, and arbitration pro-
ceedings, and other information required by law, or 
exchange or association rule, and the source and sta-
tus of such information.’’.
SEC. 5. FILING DEPOSITORIES FOR INVESTMENT ADVIS-
ERS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 204 of the Investment 
Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b-4) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Every investment’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Every investment’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) FILING DEPOSITORIES.—The Commission may, 
by rule, require an investment adviser— 
‘‘(1) to file with the Commission any fee, appli-
cation, report, or notice required to be filed by this 
title or the rules issued under this title through any 
entity designated by the Commission for that pur-
pose; and 
‘‘(2) to pay the reasonable costs associated with 
such filing and the establishment and maintenance 
of the systems required by subsection (c). 
‘‘(c) ACCESS TO DISCIPLINARY AND OTHER INFOR-
MATION.— 
‘‘(1) MAINTENANCE OF SYSTEM TO RESPOND 
TO INQUIRIES.—The Commission shall require the 
entity designated by the Commission under sub-
section (b)(1) to establish and maintain a toll-free 
telephone listing, or a readily accessible electronic or 
other process, to receive and promptly respond to in-
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4335 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Fluorobenzene. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2005 
Mr. SPRATT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 
Fluorobenzene. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FLUOROBENZENE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.03.05 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
Fluorobenzene) is amended in the effective period column 
by striking ‘‘12/31/2006’’ and inserting ‘‘12/31/2008’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3758 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the alternative 
minimum tax by increasing the exemption amounts and adjusting them 
for inflation and by making permanent law the allowance of the depend-
ent care credit, the child credit, and the adoption credit against such 
tax. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 4, 2007 
Mr. HALL of New York 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 reduce 
the alternative minimum tax by increasing the exemption 
amounts and adjusting them for inflation and by making 
permanent law the allowance of the dependent care cred-
it, the child credit, and the adoption credit against such 
tax. 
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 ‘‘Family Tax Relief Act 
of 2007’’. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4336 
To designate the visitor center and other related facilities at the U.S.S. 
Arizona Memorial in Hawaii as the ‘‘Pearl Harbor Memorial Site’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2005 
Mr. STUPAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To designate the visitor center and other related facilities 
at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial in Hawaii as the ‘‘Pearl 
Harbor Memorial Site’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF PEARL HARBOR MEMORIAL 
SITE VISITOR CENTER AND OTHER RELATED 
FACILITIES. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The visitor center, museum, 
bookstore, exhibits, and other related facilities located on 
the shore at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial in Hawaii, are 
hereby designated as the ‘‘Pearl Harbor Memorial Site’’.
(b) REFERENCE.—Any reference to the visitor center, 
museum, bookstore, exhibits, and other related facilities 
located on the shore at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial in 
Hawaii, in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or 
other paper of the United States shall be considered to 
be a reference to the ‘‘Pearl Harbor Memorial Site’’. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 23 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant 
Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits 
to certain individuals who served in the United States 
merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service 
and the Naval Transport Service) during World War 
II.
by insurers and producers on military installations of the 
United States and report to the Committee on Financial 
Services of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
Senate on such proposals within 6 months after the expi-
ration of the period referred to in subsection (a). 
SEC. 10. REQUIRED REPORTING OF DISCIPLINED INSUR-
ANCE AGENTS. 
(a) REPORTING BY INSURERS.—After the expiration 
of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, no insurer may enter into or renew a 
contractual relationship with a producer that solicits or 
sells life insurance on military installations of the United 
States unless the insurer has implemented a system to re-
port, to the State insurance commissioner of the State of 
the domicile of the insurer and the State of residence of 
the insurance producer, disciplinary actions taken against 
the producer with respect to the producer’s sales or solici-
tation of insurance on a military installation of the United 
States, as follows: 
(1) Any disciplinary action taken by any gov-
ernment entity that the insurer knows has been 
taken. 
(2) Any significant disciplinary action taken by 
the insurer.
‘‘(iii) the requirements of section 148 
are met with respect to all bonds issued 
under this paragraph.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to advance refundings after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. FEDERAL GUARANTEE OF CERTAIN STATE BONDS. 
(a) STATE BONDS DESCRIBED.—This section shall 
apply to a bond issued as part of an issue if— 
(1) the issue of which such bond is part is an 
issue of the State of Alabama, Louisiana, or Mis-
sissippi, 
(2) the bond is a general obligation of the 
issuing State and is in registered form, 
(3) the proceeds of the bond are distributed to 
one or more political subdivisions of the issuing 
State, 
(4) the maturity of such bond does not exceed 
5 years, 
(5) the bond is issued after the date of the en-
actment of this Act and before January 1, 2008, 
and 
(6) the bond is designated by the Secretary of 
the Treasury for purposes of this section. 
(b) APPLICATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury may only designate a bond for purposes of this 
section pursuant to an application submitted to the 
Secretary by the State which demonstrates the need 
for such designation on the basis of the criteria 
specified in paragraph (2). 
(2) CRITERIA.—For purposes of paragraph (1), 
the criteria specified in this paragraph are— 
(A) the loss of revenue base of one or more 
political subdivisions of the State by reason of 
Hurricane Katrina, 
(B) the need for resources to fund infra-
structure within, or operating expenses of, any 
such political subdivision, 
(C) the lack of access of such political sub-
division to capital, and 
(D) any other criteria as may be deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
(3) GUIDANCE FOR SUBMISSION AND CONSID-
ERATION OF APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall prescribe regulations or other guid-
ance which provide for the time and manner for the 
submission and consideration of applications under 
this subsection.
(c) FEDERAL GUARANTEE.—A bond described in 
subsection (a) is guaranteed by the United States in an 
amount equal to 50 percent of the outstanding principal 
with respect to such bond. 
(d) AGGREGATE LIMIT ON BOND DESIGNATIONS.— 
The maximum aggregate face amount of bonds which may 
be 
issued 
under 
this 
section 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$3,000,000,000. 
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(b) REPORTING BY STATES.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that within 2 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the States should collectively implement 
a system to— 
(1) receive reports of disciplinary actions taken 
against insurance producers by insurers or govern-
ment entities with respect to the producers’ sale or 
solicitation of insurance on a military installation; 
and 
(2) disseminate such information to all other 
States and to the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 11. REPORTING BARRED PERSONS SELLING INSUR-
ANCE OR SECURITIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall maintain a list of the name, address, and other ap-
propriate information of persons engaged in the business 
of securities or insurance that have been barred, banned, 
or otherwise limited in any manner that is not generally 
applicable to all such type of persons, from any or all mili-
tary installations of the United States. 
(b) NOTICE AND ACCESS.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that— 
(1) the appropriate Federal and State agencies 
responsible for securities and insurance regulation
are promptly notified upon the inclusion or removal 
of a person under such agencies’ jurisdiction; and 
(2) the list is kept current and easily acces-
sible— 
(A) for use by such agencies; and 
(B) for purposes of enforcing or consid-
ering any such bar, ban, or limitation by the 
appropriate Federal personnel, including com-
manders of military installations. 
(c) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue 
regulations in accordance with this subsection to 
provide for the establishment and maintenance of 
the list under this section, including appropriate due 
process considerations. 
(2) TIMING.— 
(A) PROPOSED REGULATIONS.—Not later 
than the expiration of the 60-day period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the 
appropriate Committees a copy of the regula-
tions under this subsection that are proposed to 
be published for comment. The Secretary may 
not publish such regulations for comment in the 
Federal Register until the expiration of the 15-
day period beginning upon such submission to 
the appropriate Committees. 
(B) FINAL REGULATIONS.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appro-
priate Committees a copy of the regulations 
under this section to be published as final. 
(C) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Such regulations 
shall become effective upon the expiration of the 
30-day period beginning upon such submission 
to the appropriate Committees. 
(3) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘appropriate Committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Financial Services 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate. 
SEC. 12. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that the Federal and 
State agencies responsible for insurance and securities 
regulation should provide advice to the appropriate Fed-
eral entities to consider—
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 23 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund 
to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States 
merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval 
Transport Service) during World War II. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2009 
Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant 
Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits 
to certain individuals who served in the United States 
merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service 
and the Naval Transport Service) during World War 
II. 
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 ‘‘Belated Thank You 
to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2009’’. 
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