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be allowed within the study area. In administering the 
study area, the Secretary of Agriculture shall give special 
consideration to preserving scenery, water quality and 
fisheries habitat, biological diversity, and wildlife habitat 
for threatened and endangered species. 
TITLE IV—WILD AND SCENIC 
RIVERS DESIGNATIONS 
SEC. 401. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS IN 
IDAHO, MONTANA, AND WYOMING. 
Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(
) SOUTH FORK PAYETTE, IDAHO.—The segment 
within the Boise and Sawtooth National Forests from the 
Sawtooth Wilderness Boundary downstream approxi-
mately 54 miles to confluence with the Middle Fork and 
then downstream on the main stem to the confluence with 
the North Fork, as generally depicted on the boundary 
map entitled ‘South Fork Payette Wild River’ and dated 
January 2003, which shall be administered by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) MIDDLE FORK PAYETTE, IDAHO.—The seg-
ment within the Boise National Forest from Railroad Pass 
downstream approximately 17.9 miles to Boiling Springs, 
as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘Mid-
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(4) convening regional workshops to facilitate 
information exchange and involvement of regional, 
State, and local decisionmakers, non-Federal ex-
perts, and other stakeholder groups in the activities 
of the Program. 
(d) WORKSHOPS.—The Director shall ensure that at 
least one workshop is held per year in each region identi-
fied by the Plan under section 4615(b)(11) to facilitate 
information exchange and outreach to regional, State, and 
local stakeholders as required by this subtitle. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy for carrying out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 
2013. 
SEC. 4615. NATIONAL GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH AND AS-
SESSMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall develop a Na-
tional Global Change Research and Assessment Plan for 
implementation of the Program. The Plan shall contain 
recommendations for global change research and assess-
ment. The President shall submit an outline for the devel-
opment of the Plan to the Congress within 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and shall submit a com-
pleted Plan to the Congress within 3 years after the date
220 
of enactment of this Act. Revised Plans shall be submitted 
to the Congress at least once every 5 years thereafter. In 
the development of each Plan, the President shall conduct 
a formal assessment process under this section to deter-
mine the needs of appropriate Federal, State, regional, 
and local authorities and other interested parties regard-
ing the types of information needed by them in developing 
policies to reduce society’s vulnerability to global change 
and shall utilize these assessments, including the reviews 
by the National Academy of Sciences and the National 
Governors Association under subsections (e) and (f), in 
developing the Plan. 
(b) CONTENTS OF THE PLAN.—The Plan shall— 
(1) establish, for the 10-year period beginning 
in the year the Plan is submitted, the goals and pri-
orities for Federal global change research which 
most effectively advance scientific understanding of 
global change and provide information of use to 
Federal, State, regional, and local authorities in the 
development of policies relating to global change; 
(2) describe specific activities, including efforts 
to determine user information needs, research activi-
ties, data collection, database development, and data 
analysis requirements, development of regional sce-
narios, assessment of model predictability, assess-
221 
ment of climate change impacts, participation in 
international research efforts, and information man-
agement, required to achieve such goals and prior-
ities; 
(3) identify relevant programs and activities of 
the Federal agencies that contribute to the Program 
directly and indirectly; 
(4) set forth the role of each Federal agency in 
implementing the Plan; 
(5) consider and utilize, as appropriate, reports 
and studies conducted by Federal agencies, the Na-
tional Research Council, or other entities; 
(6) make recommendations for the coordination 
of the global change research and assessment activi-
ties of the United States with such activities of other 
nations and international organizations, including— 
(A) a description of the extent and nature 
of international cooperative activities; 
(B) bilateral and multilateral efforts to 
provide worldwide access to scientific data and 
information; and 
(C) improving participation by developing 
nations in international global change research 
and environmental data collection;
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(7) detail budget requirements for Federal glob-
al change research and assessment activities to be 
conducted under the Plan; 
(8) catalog the type of information identified by 
appropriate Federal, State, regional, and local deci-
sionmakers needed to develop policies to reduce soci-
ety’s vulnerability to global change and indicate how 
the planned research will meet these decisionmakers’ 
information needs; 
(9) identify the observing systems currently em-
ployed in collecting data relevant to global and re-
gional climate change research and prioritize addi-
tional observation systems that may be needed to en-
sure adequate data collection and monitoring of 
global change; 
(10) describe specific activities designed to fa-
cilitate outreach and data and information exchange 
with regional, State, and local governments and 
other user communities; and 
(11) identify and describe regions of the United 
States that are likely to experience similar impacts 
of global change or are likely to share similar 
vulnerabilities to global change. 
(c) RESEARCH ELEMENTS.—The Plan shall include 
at a minimum the following research elements:
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(1) Global measurements, establishing world-
wide to regional scale observations prioritized to un-
derstand global change and to meet the information 
needs of decisionmakers on all relevant spatial and 
time scales. 
(2) Information on economic, demographic, and 
technological trends that contribute to changes in 
the Earth system and that influence society’s vulner-
ability to global and regional climate change. 
(3) Development of indicators and baseline 
databases to document global change, including 
changes in species distribution and behavior, extent 
of glaciations, and changes in sea level. 
(4) Studies of historical changes in the Earth 
system, using evidence from the geological and fossil 
record. 
(5) Assessments of predictability using quan-
titative models of the Earth system to simulate glob-
al and regional environmental processes and trends. 
(6) Focused research initiatives to understand 
the nature of and interaction among physical, chem-
ical, biological, land use, and social processes related 
to global and regional climate change.
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(7) Focused research initiatives to determine 
and then meet the information needs of appropriate 
Federal, State, and regional decisionmakers. 
(d) INFORMATION MANAGEMENT.—The Plan shall 
incorporate, to the extent practicable, the recommenda-
tions relating to data acquisition, management, integra-
tion, and archiving made by the interagency climate and 
other global change data management working group es-
tablished under section 4633. 
(e) NATIONAL ACADEMY
OF SCIENCES EVALUA-
TION.—The President shall enter into an agreement with 
the National Academy of Sciences under which the Acad-
emy shall— 
(1) evaluate the scientific content of the Plan; 
and 
(2) recommend priorities for future global and 
regional climate change research and assessment. 
(f) NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION EVALUA-
TION.—The President shall enter into an agreement with 
the National Governors Association Center for Best Prac-
tices under which that Center shall— 
(1) evaluate the utility to State, local, and re-
gional decisionmakers of each Plan and of the antici-
pated and actual information outputs of the Pro-
225 
gram for development of State, local, and regional 
policies to reduce vulnerability to global change; and 
(2) recommend priorities for future global and 
regional climate change research and assessment. 
(g) PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION.—In developing the 
Plan, the President shall consult with representatives of 
academic, State, industry, and environmental groups. Not 
later than 90 days before the President submits the Plan, 
or any revision thereof, to the Congress, a summary of 
the proposed Plan shall be published in the Federal Reg-
ister for a public comment period of not less than 60 days. 
SEC. 4616. BUDGET COORDINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall provide gen-
eral guidance to each Federal agency participating in the 
Program with respect to the preparation of requests for 
appropriations for activities related to the Program. 
(b) CONSIDERATION IN PRESIDENT’S BUDGET.—The 
President shall submit, at the time of his annual budget 
request to Congress, a description of those items in each 
agency’s annual budget which are elements of the Pro-
gram. 
SEC. 4617. VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Within 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and at least once every 5 years
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$12,000,000. 
‘‘(e) SUNSET OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of the 
Secretary to carry out any provisions of this section shall 
terminate 10 years after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 16ll the following:
‘‘Sec. 16ll. Eastern Municipal Water District Recycled Water System Pres-
surization and Expansion Project, California.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 10, 2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2460
To provide for the conveyance of the reversionary interest of the United 
States in certain lands to the Clint Independent School District, El 
Paso County, Texas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2003
Mr. REYES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on International Relations 
A BILL 
To provide for the conveyance of the reversionary interest 
of the United States in certain lands to the Clint Inde-
pendent School District, El Paso County, Texas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY. 
(a) CONVEYANCE.—Subject to section 2, the Sec-
retary of State shall execute and file in the appropriate 
office such instrument as may be necessary to release the 
reversionary interest of the United States in the land re-
ferred to in subsection (b).
(b) LAND DESCRIBED.—The land described in this 
subsection consists of Tracts 4–B, 5, and 7, Block 14, 
San Elizario Grant, County of El Paso, State of Texas. 
SEC. 2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 
The release under section 1 shall be made upon con-
dition that the Clint Independent School District in the 
County of El Paso, State of Texas, use any proceeds re-
ceived from the disposal of such land for public edu-
cational purposes.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1009
To designate the western breakwater for the project for navigation, New 
Haven Harbor, Connecticut, as the ‘‘Charles Hervey Townshend Breakwater’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2005
Ms. DELAURO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To designate the western breakwater for the project for 
navigation, New Haven Harbor, Connecticut, as the 
‘‘Charles Hervey Townshend Breakwater’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CHARLES HERVEY TOWNSHEND BREAKWATER, 
CONNECTICUT. 
The western breakwater for the project for naviga-
tion, New Haven Harbor, Connecticut, authorized by the 
first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropria-
tions for the construction, repair, and preservation of cer-
tain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved September 19, 1890 (26 Stat. 426),
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Charles Hervey 
Townshend Breakwater’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the break-
water referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the ‘‘Charles Hervey Townshend Breakwater’’.
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dle Fork Payette Wild and Recreational River’ and dated 
January 2003, which shall be administered by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as a wild river and the segment with-
in the Boise National Forest from Boiling Springs down-
stream approximately 14.7 miles to the national forest 
boundary, as generally depicted on such map, which shall 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a rec-
reational river. 
‘‘(
) DEADWOOD, IDAHO.—The segment within the 
Boise National Forest comprising approximately 21.3 
miles as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
‘Deadwood Wild and Scenic River’ and dated January 
2003, which shall be administered by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture, the 12.8 mile segment from Threemile Creek to 
Julie Creek, as a wild river, and the 8.9 mile segment from 
Julie Creek to the South Fork of the Payette, as a scenic 
river. 
‘‘(
) UPPER PRIEST, IDAHO.—The segment within 
the Panhandle National Forest from the Canadian border 
downstream approximately 18.5 miles to Upper Priest 
Lake, as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled 
‘Upper Priest Wild River’ and dated January 2003, which 
shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as 
a wild river.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2486
To provide for the geographic reclassification of a county for purposes of 
equitable hospital payment rates under the Medicare Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2003
Mr. VISCLOSKY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide for the geographic reclassification of a county 
for purposes of equitable hospital payment rates under 
the Medicare Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. HOSPITAL GEOGRAPHIC RECLASSIFICATION. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective 
for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2003, for 
purposes of making payments under section 1886(d) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)), Porter 
County, Indiana, is deemed to be located in the Chicago, 
Illinois, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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ment of this Act and shall apply to cases in which the 
final administrative removal order was issued before, on, 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) TRANSFER OF CASES.—If an alien’s case, brought 
under section 2241 of title 28, United States Code, and 
challenging a final administrative removal order, is pend-
ing in a district court on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, then the district court shall transfer the case (or 
the part of the case that challenges the removal order) 
to the court of appeals for the circuit in which a petition 
for review could have been properly filed under section 242 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1252), 
as amended by this section. The court of appeals shall 
treat the transferred case as if it had been filed pursuant 
to a petition for review under such section 242, except that 
subsection (b)(1) of such section shall not apply. 
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‘‘(
) COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO.—The segment within 
the Panhandle National Forest from the headwaters 
downstream approximately 110.4 miles as generally de-
picted on the boundary map entitled ‘Coeur d’Alene Wild 
and Recreational River’ and dated January 2003, which 
shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
8.5 miles from the headwaters downstream to Beaver 
Creek as a recreational river, the 15.2 miles from Road 
No. 3099 to Teepee Creek as a wild river, the 52 miles 
from the South Fork to Teepee Creek as a recreational 
river, the 7.7 miles from Mission Creek to the South Fork 
as a recreational river, and the 27 miles from Mission 
Creek to Lake Coeur d’Alene as a recreational river. 
‘‘(
) LITTLE NORTH FORK CLEARWATER, IDAHO.— 
The segment within the Panhandle National Forest from 
Adair Creek downstream approximately 23.5 miles to 
Cedar Creek, as generally depicted on the boundary map 
entitled ‘Little North Fork Clearwater Wild River’ and 
dated January 2003, which shall be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) KELLY CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment, includ-
ing all tributaries, within the Clearwater National Forest 
from its headwaters downstream approximately 19 miles 
to the forest service work station, as generally depicted 
on the boundary map entitled ‘Kelly Creek Wild and Rec-
reational River’ and dated January 2003, which shall be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild 
river and the 12-mile segment from USFS Road No. 581 
to the North Fork of the Clearwater River to be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a recreational 
river. 
‘‘(
) CAYUSE CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment within 
the Clearwater National Forest from its headwaters down-
stream approximately 39 miles to its mouth, as generally 
depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘Cayuse Creek Wild 
River’ and dated January 2003, which shall be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river. 
‘‘(
) BARGAMIN
CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment 
within the Nez Perce National Forest comprising approxi-
mately 21 miles, as generally depicted on the boundary 
map entitled ‘Bargamin Creek Wild and Scenic River’ and 
dated January 2003, which shall be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, the 15-mile segment from the 
North Boundary of the Frank Church River of No Return 
Wilderness to the Salmon River, as a wild river and the 
6-mile segment from its headwaters to USFS Road No. 
468, as a scenic river. 
‘‘(
) LAKE CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment within 
the Nez Perce National Forest from the wilderness bound-
ary downstream approximately 10 miles to Crooked Creek,
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1010
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain modifications 
to be made to qualified mortgages held by a REMIC or a grantor trust. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2005
Mr. FOLEY (for himself, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. SHAW, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. TAN-
NER, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. HOLT, and Mr. 
TERRY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow cer-
tain modifications to be made to qualified mortgages 
held by a REMIC or a grantor trust.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS PERMITTED TO 
QUALIFIED MORTGAGES HELD BY A REMIC 
OR A GRANTOR TRUST. 
(a) QUALIFIED MORTGAGES HELD BY A REMIC.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 
860G(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) QUALIFIED MODIFICATIONS.—
‘‘(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—An 
obligation 
shall not fail to be treated as a qualified 
mortgage solely because of a qualified 
modification of such obligation. 
‘‘(ii) QUALIFIED MODIFICATION.—For 
purposes of this section, the term ‘qualified 
modification’ means, with respect to any 
obligation, any amendment, waiver, or 
other modification which is treated as a 
disposition of such obligation under section 
1001 if such amendment, waiver or other 
modification does not—
‘‘(I) extend the final maturity 
date of the obligation, 
‘‘(II) increase the outstanding 
principal balance under the obligation 
(other than the capitalization of ac-
crued, unpaid interest), 
‘‘(III) result in a release of an in-
terest in real property securing the 
obligation such that the obligation is 
not principally secured by an interest
in real property (determined after giv-
ing effect to the release), or 
‘‘(IV) result in an instrument or 
property right which is not debt for 
Federal income tax purposes. 
‘‘(iii) DEFAULTS.—Under regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary, any amend-
ment, waiver, or other modification of an 
obligation which is in default or with re-
spect to which default is reasonably fore-
seeable may be treated as a qualified modi-
fication for purposes of this section. 
‘‘(iv) DEFEASANCE
WITH
GOVERN-
MENT SECURITIES.—The requirements of 
clause (ii)(III) shall be treated as satisfied 
if, after the release described in such 
clause, the obligation is principally secured 
by Government securities and the amend-
ment, waiver, or other modification to such 
obligation satisfies such requirements as 
the Secretary may prescribe.’’. 
(2) EXCEPTION
FROM
PROHIBITED
TRANS-
ACTION
RULES.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
860F(a)(2) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (iii), by striking the period
as generally depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘Lake 
Creek Wild River’ and dated January 2003, which shall 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild 
river. 
‘‘(
) MEADOW CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment within 
the Nez Perce National Forest from its headwaters down-
stream approximately 34 miles to Selway River, as gen-
erally depicted on the boundary map entitled ‘Meadow 
Creek Recreational River’ and dated January 2003, which 
shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as 
a wild river, except for the 1-mile segment above the con-
fluence with the Selway River which shall be administered 
as a recreational river. 
‘‘(
) RUNNING CREEK, IDAHO.—The segment with-
in the Nez Perce National Forest comprising approxi-
mately 14 miles, as generally depicted on the boundary 
map entitled ‘Running Creek Scenic River’ and dated Jan-
uary 2003, which shall be administered by the Secretary 
of Agriculture, the 7-mile segment from the wilderness 
boundary to the Selway River, as a wild river and the 8- 
mile segment from its headwaters to the wilderness bound-
ary, as a scenic river. 
‘‘(
) SOUTH FORK TWO MEDICINE RIVER, MON-
TANA.—The segment within the Lewis and Clark National 
Forest from its headwaters downstream approximately 10
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 122
AN ACT 
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to author-
ize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in 
the Eastern Municipal Water District Recycled 
Water System Pressurization and Expansion 
Project.
at the end of clause (iv) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and 
by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(v) a qualified modification (as de-
fined in section 860G(a)(3)(C)).’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Section 860G(a)(3) of such Code is 
amended—
(i) by redesignating clauses (i) and 
(ii) of subparagraph (A) as subclauses (I) 
and (II), respectively, 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(A) through (D) as clauses (i) through 
(iv), respectively, 
(iii) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term’’, and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘For purposes of sub-
paragraph (A)’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) TENANT-STOCKHOLDERS OF COOPER-
ATIVE HOUSING CORPORATIONS.—For purposes 
of subparagraph (A)(i)’’. 
(B) Section 860G(a)(3)(A)(iv) of such 
Code (as redesignated by subparagraph (A)) is 
amended—