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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5047 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Bismuth Subsalicylate. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2008 
Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Bismuth Subsalicylate. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. BISMUTH SUBSALICYLATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading: 
‘‘ 
9902.01.00 
Bismuth Subsalicylate (CAS 
No. 14882–18–9) (provided 
for in subheading 
2918.21.10) .........................
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2011 
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to articles entered, or withdrawn 
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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 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5048 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Acetoacetamide. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2008 
Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Acetoacetamide. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ACETOACETAMIDE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading: 
‘‘ 
9902.01.00 
Acetoacetamide (CAS No. 
5977–14–0) (provided for in 
subheading 2924.19.11) ......
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2011 
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to articles entered, or withdrawn 
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from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5051 
To suspend temporarily the duty on N,N-Dimethylacetoacetamide. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2008 
Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on N,N- 
Dimethylacetoacetamide. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. N,N-DIMETHYLACETOACETAMIDE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading: 
‘‘ 
9902.01.00 
N,N-Dimethylacetoacetamide 
(CAS No. 2044–64–6) di-
luted in water with a cal-
culated assay of not less 
than 93% and not more 
than 99% (provided for in 
subheading 2924.19.11) ......
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2011 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to articles 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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‘‘ 
9902.01.00 
Mixtures of N,N- 
Dimethylacetoacetamide 
(CAS No. 2044–64–6) with 
an additive that stabilizes 
color and diluted in water 
with a calculated assay of 
not less than 93% and not 
more than 99% (provided 
for in subheading 
2924.19.11) .........................
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2011 
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to articles 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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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5053 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Chlorodimethylacetoacetamide. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2008 
Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on 
Chlorodimethylacetoacetamide. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CHLORODIMETHYLACETOACETAMIDE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading: 
‘‘ 
9902.01.00 
Chlorodimethylacetoacetami-
de (CAS No. 5810–11–7) 
(provided for in subheading 
2924.19.11) .........................
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2011 
’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to articles 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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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5054 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Polyphenolcyanate. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2008 
Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Polyphenolcyanate. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. POLYPHENOLCYANATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading: 
‘‘ 
9902.01.00 
Polyphenolcyanate (provided 
for in subheading 
3911.90.45) .........................
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2011 
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to articles entered, or withdrawn 
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from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the 
International Security and Development Cooperation Act 
of 1980 (Public Law 96–533), $32,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That funds 
made available to grantees may be invested pending ex-
penditure for project purposes when authorized by the 
Board of Directors of the Foundation: Provided further, 
That interest earned shall be used only for the purposes 
for which the grant was made: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Develop-
ment Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the 
Board of Directors of the Foundation may waive the 
$250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect 
to a project and a project may exceed the limitation by 
up to $10,000 if the increase is due solely to foreign cur-
rency fluctuation: Provided further, That the Foundation 
shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions after each time such waiver authority is exercised. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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‘‘ 
9902.01.00 
Mixtures of N,N- 
Dimethylacetoacetamide 
(CAS No. 2044–64–6) with 
an additive that stabilizes 
color and diluted in water 
with a calculated assay of 
not less than 78% and not 
more than 84% (provided 
for in subheading 
2924.19.11) .........................
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2011 
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to articles 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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Council may hold elections of the officers of the Na-
tive Hawaiian governing entity. 
(6) 
REAFFIRMATION.—Notwithstanding 
any 
other provision of law, upon the certifications re-
quired under paragraph (4) and the election of the 
officers of the Native Hawaiian governing entity, the 
special political and legal relationship between the 
United States and the Native Hawaiian governing 
entity is hereby reaffirmed and the United States ex-
tends Federal recognition to the Native Hawaiian 
governing entity as the representative governing 
body of the Native Hawaiian people. 
SEC. 8. REAFFIRMATION OF DELEGATION OF FEDERAL AU-
THORITY; NEGOTIATIONS; CLAIMS. 
(a) REAFFIRMATION.—The delegation by the United 
States of authority to the State of Hawaii to address the 
conditions of the indigenous, native people of Hawaii con-
tained in the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the ad-
mission of the State of Hawaii into the Union’’ approved 
March 18, 1959 (Public Law 86–3, 73 Stat. 4), is re-
affirmed. 
(b) NEGOTIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the reaffirmation of 
the special political and legal relationship between 
the United States and the Native Hawaiian gov-
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Iran is appointed under section 3, and every 180 days 
thereafter, the United States representative or special 
envoy shall report to the committees set forth in sub-
section (b) on the status and progress of negotiations con-
ducted under section 3(c). Each such report may, when 
necessary or appropriate, be submitted in classified and 
unclassified form. 
(b) COMMITTEES.—The committees referred to in 
subsection (a) are— 
(1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed 
Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
Armed Services, and the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2008 and 2009. 
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In the Senate of the United States, 
September 25 (legislative day, September 17), 2008. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 5057) entitled ‘‘An Act to reauthorize the Debbie 
Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, and for other pur-
poses.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Debbie Smith Reauthor-
ization Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. GENERAL REAUTHORIZATION. 
Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination 
Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(3), by— 
(A) striking subparagraphs (A) through 
(D);
(B) redesignating subparagraph (E) and 
subparagraph (A); and 
(C) inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) For each of the fiscal years 2010 
through 2014, not less than 40 percent of the 
grant amounts shall be awarded for purposes 
under subsection (a)(2).’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (j) to read as follows: 
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General for 
grants under subsection (a) $151,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2009 through 2014.’’. 
SEC. 3. TRAINING AND EDUCATION. 
Section 303(b) of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act 
of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘2005 
through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2009 through 2014’’. 
SEC. 4. SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAM GRANTS. 
Section 304(c) of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act 
of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 14136a(c)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2005 through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2009 through 2014’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.
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2011, which shall be available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. 
DEBT RESTRUCTURING 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and 
loan guarantees, as the President may determine, for 
which funds have been appropriated or otherwise made 
available for programs within the International Affairs 
Budget Function 150, including the cost of selling, reduc-
ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as 
a result of concessional loans made to eligible countries, 
pursuant to parts IV and V of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, of modifying concessional credit agreements with 
least developed countries, as authorized under section 411 
of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
of 1954, as amended, of concessional loans, guarantees 
and credit agreements, as authorized under section 572 
of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100– 
461), and of canceling amounts owed, as a result of loans 
or guarantees made pursuant to the Export-Import Bank 
Act of 1945, by countries that are eligible for debt reduc-
tion pursuant to title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted into law 
by 
section 
1000(a)(5) 
of 
Public 
Law 
106–113, 
$60,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2011: Provided, That not less than $20,000,000 of the 
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funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail-
able to carry out the provisions of part V of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That amounts 
paid to the HIPC Trust Fund may be used only to fund 
debt reduction under the enhanced HIPC initiative by— 
(1) the Inter-American Development Bank; 
(2) the African Development Fund; 
(3) the African Development Bank; and 
(4) the Central American Bank for Economic 
Integration: 
Provided further, That funds may not be paid to the HIPC 
Trust Fund for the benefit of any country if the Secretary 
of State has credible evidence that the government of such 
country is engaged in a consistent pattern of gross viola-
tions of internationally recognized human rights or in mili-
tary or civil conflict that undermines its ability to develop 
and implement measures to alleviate poverty and to devote 
adequate human and financial resources to that end: Pro-
vided further, That on the basis of final appropriations, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with the Com-
mittees on Appropriations concerning which countries and 
international financial institutions are expected to benefit 
from a United States contribution to the HIPC Trust 
Fund during the fiscal year: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall notify the Committees on 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 484 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5057 
[Report No. 110–757] 
To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2008 
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. CONYERS, and Mr. SMITH of 
Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
JULY 14, 2008 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant 
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 ‘‘Debbie Smith Reau-
thorization Act of 2008’’. 
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H. R. 5057 
One Hundred Tenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and eight 
An Act 
To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Debbie Smith Reauthorization 
Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. GENERAL REAUTHORIZATION. 
Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 
2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(3), by— 
(A) striking subparagraphs (A) through (D); 
(B) redesignating subparagraph (E) and subparagraph 
(A); and 
(C) inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) For each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014, 
not less than 40 percent of the grant amounts shall be 
awarded for purposes under subsection (a)(2).’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (j) to read as follows: 
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Attorney General for grants under sub-
section (a) $151,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2014.’’. 
SEC. 3. TRAINING AND EDUCATION. 
Section 303(b) of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2004 
(42 U.S.C. 14136(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘2005 through 2009’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2009 through 2014’’.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1257 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration to require the disclosure of information 
relating to the fair market value and safety of damaged motor vehicles. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2009 
Mr. STEARNS (for himself and Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Na-
tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration to require 
the disclosure of information relating to the fair market 
value and safety of damaged motor vehicles. 
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 ‘‘Damaged Vehicle In-
formation Act’’. 
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SECTION 1. SCHEDULE FOR SALE OF OIL AND GAS LEASES 
FOR TRACTS WITHIN THE LEASE SALE 193 
AREA. 
(a) SCHEDULE.—The Secretary of the Interior may 
not sell any oil and gas lease for any tract located in the 
Lease Sale 193 Area of the Alaska Outer Continental 
Shelf Region before the earlier of— 
(1) the effective date of— 
(A) the listing of the polar bear as a 
threatened species or an endangered species 
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and 
(B) the final decision regarding the deter-
mination of critical habitat for such species 
under that Act; or 
(2) the date the Secretary publishes a deter-
mination that such listing is not warranted. 
(b) LEASE SALE 193 AREA DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion the term ‘‘Lease Sale 193 Area’’ means the area of-
fered for lease in the Final Notice of Sale (FNOS), OCS 
Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193, Chukchi Sea published in 
the Federal Register by the Minerals Management Service 
on January 2, 2008 (73 Fed Reg. 209). 
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(3) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country’ means— 
‘‘(A) a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country that had a per capita gross national 
product of less than $1,500 in 1998, as meas-
ured by the International Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development; 
‘‘(B) Botswana; 
‘‘(C) Namibia; and 
‘‘(D) Mauritius.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) apply to goods entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 
15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) 
RETROACTIVE
APPLICATION.—Notwith-
standing section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, upon 
proper request filed with U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection before the 90th day after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, if— 
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(A) an entry, or withdrawal from ware-
house for consumption, of a good was made on 
or after October 1, 2005, and before the 15th 
day after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and 
(B) there would have been no duty with re-
spect to such entry or withdrawal if the amend-
ments made by subsection (a) applied to such 
entry or withdrawal, 
such entry or withdrawal shall be liquidated or reliq-
uidated as if such amendments applied to such entry 
or withdrawal. 
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tion of the single Native Hawaiian governing 
entity; and 
(B) certifying that the adult members of 
the Native Hawaiian community proposed for 
inclusion on the roll meet the definition of Na-
tive Hawaiian in section 3(10). 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) APPOINTMENT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall appoint the mem-
bers of the Commission in accordance with 
subparagraph (B). 
(ii) CONSIDERATION.—In making an 
appointment under clause (i), the Sec-
retary may take into consideration a rec-
ommendation made by any Native Hawai-
ian organization. 
(B) REQUIREMENTS.—Each member of 
the Commission shall demonstrate, as deter-
mined by the Secretary— 
(i) not less than 10 years of experi-
ence in the study and determination of Na-
tive Hawaiian genealogy; and 
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