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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 584 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 7, 2007 
Received 
AN ACT 
To designate the Federal building located at 400 Maryland 
Avenue Southwest in the District of Columbia as the 
‘‘Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education 
Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The Federal building located at 400 Maryland Ave-
nue Southwest in the District of Columbia shall be known 
and designated as the ‘‘Lyndon Baines Johnson Depart-
ment of Education Building’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal 
building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be 
a reference to the ‘‘Lyndon Baines Johnson Department 
of Education Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 6, 
2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5850 
To amend the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing associations of producers 
of aquatic products’’ to include persons engaged in the fishery industry 
as charter boats or recreational fishermen, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 17, 2008 
Mr. MILLER of Florida (for himself, Mr. BOYD of Florida, and Mr. BONNER) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing associations 
of producers of aquatic products’’ to include persons 
engaged in the fishery industry as charter boats or rec-
reational fishermen, 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 ‘‘Charter and Rec-
reational Fishing Collective Marketing Act of 2008’’. 
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SEC. 2. CHARTER BOATS AND RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act author-
izing associations of producers of aquatic products’’, ap-
proved June 25, 1934 (15 U.S.C. 521), is amended— 
(1) in the second undesignated paragraph, by 
inserting ‘‘and recreational’’ after ‘‘includes all com-
mercial’’; and 
(2) by inserting after the first undesignated 
paragraph the following: 
‘‘Persons engaged in the fishery industry, as charter 
boat or recreational fishermen catching aquatic products, 
may act together in associations, corporate or otherwise, 
with or without capital stock, in collectively catching, pro-
ducing, and marketing such aquatic products, including 
implementing a vessel capacity reduction program, im-
proving the operational and economic efficiency of a fish-
ery, undertaking research, and improving the conservation 
and management of a fishery resource.’’. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section or the 
amendments made by this section shall be construed to 
diminish or supersede any authority or provision of the 
Magnuson-Sevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Minute Man National 
Historical Park Boundary Revision Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MINUTE MAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK BOUND-
ARY REVISION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Minute Man 
National Historical Park is modified to include the area 
as generally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Minute Man Na-
tional Historical Park Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 
406/81001, and dated July 2007. The map shall be on 
file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices 
of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. 
(b) ACQUISITION OF LANDS.—The Secretary of the 
Interior may acquire land or interest in land with the area 
described in subsection (a), by purchase from willing sell-
ers with donated or appropriated funds, by donation, or 
by exchange. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS.—Lands added to 
the park under this section shall be administered by the 
Secretary of the Interior as part of the Minute Man Na-
tional Historical Park in accordance with applicable laws 
and regulations. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 
2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5853 
AN ACT 
To expand the boundary of the Minute Man Na-
tional Historical Park in the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts to include Barrett’s Farm, and 
for other purposes.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5853 
To expand the boundary of the Minute Man National Historical Park in 
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to include Barrett’s Farm, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 17, 2008 
Ms. TSONGAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To expand the boundary of the Minute Man National Histor-
ical Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to in-
clude Barrett’s Farm, 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 ‘‘Minute Man National 
Historical Park Boundary Revision Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MINUTE MAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK BOUND-
ARY REVISION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Minute Man 
National Historical Park is modified to include the area 
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as generally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Minute Man Na-
tional Historical Park Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 
406/81001, and dated July 2007. The map shall be on 
file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices 
of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. 
(b) ACQUISITION OF LANDS.—The Secretary of the 
Interior may acquire land or interest in land with the area 
described in subsection (a), by purchase from willing sell-
ers with donated or appropriated funds, by donation, or 
by exchange. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS.—Lands added to 
the park under this section shall be administered by the 
Secretary of the Interior as part of the Minute Man Na-
tional Historical Park in accordance with applicable laws 
and regulations. 
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(c) ACCOUNTABILITY.—The second sentence of sec-
tion 701(d) of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 
is amended by striking ‘‘issuance,’’ and inserting 
‘‘issuance of the last issue with respect to such project,’’. 
TITLE II—ONE-YEAR EXTENSION 
OF TEMPORARY PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Extensions Primarily 
Affecting Individuals 
SEC. 201. DEDUCTION FOR STATE AND LOCAL SALES 
TAXES. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Subparagraph (I) of section 
164(b)(5) is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2008’’ and 
inserting ‘‘January 1, 2009’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2007. 
SEC. 202. DEDUCTION OF QUALIFIED TUITION AND RE-
LATED EXPENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (e) of section 222 is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2008’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2007.
IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5853 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 23 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 17), 2008 
Received 
OCTOBER 2 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 17), 2008 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
AN ACT 
To expand the boundary of the Minute Man National Histor-
ical Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to in-
clude Barrett’s Farm, 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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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Minute Man National 
Historical Park Boundary Revision Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MINUTE MAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK BOUND-
ARY REVISION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Minute Man 
National Historical Park is modified to include the area 
as generally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Minute Man Na-
tional Historical Park Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 
406/81001, and dated July 2007. The map shall be on 
file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices 
of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. 
(b) ACQUISITION OF LANDS.—The Secretary of the 
Interior may acquire land or interest in land with the area 
described in subsection (a), by purchase from willing sell-
ers with donated or appropriated funds, by donation, or 
by exchange. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS.—Lands added to 
the park under this section shall be administered by the 
Secretary of the Interior as part of the Minute Man Na- 
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tional Historical Park in accordance with applicable laws 
and regulations. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 
2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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‘‘(i) the magnitude of the overall re-
ductions in exposure to the substance or 
substances which are the subject of the ap-
plication is substantial, such substance or 
substances are harmful, and the product as 
actually used exposes consumers to the 
specified reduced level of the substance or 
substances; 
‘‘(ii) the product as actually used by 
consumers will not expose them to higher 
levels of other harmful substances com-
pared to the similar types of tobacco prod-
ucts then on the market unless such in-
creases are minimal and the reasonably 
likely overall impact of use of the product 
remains a substantial and measurable re-
duction in overall morbidity and mortality 
among individual tobacco users; 
‘‘(iii) testing of actual consumer per-
ception shows that, as the applicant pro-
poses to label and market the product, con-
sumers will not be misled into believing 
that the product— 
‘‘(I) is or has been demonstrated 
to be less harmful; or 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Minute Man National 
Historical Park Boundary Revision Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MINUTE MAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK BOUND-
ARY REVISION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Minute Man 
National Historical Park is modified to include the area 
as generally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Minute Man Na-
tional Historical Park Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 
406/81001, and dated July 2007. The map shall be on 
file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices 
of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. 
(b) ACQUISITION OF LANDS.—The Secretary of the 
Interior may acquire land or interest in land with the area 
described in subsection (a), by purchase from willing sell-
ers with donated or appropriated funds, by donation, or 
by exchange. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS.—Lands added to 
the park under this section shall be administered by the 
Secretary of the Interior as part of the Minute Man Na-
tional Historical Park in accordance with applicable laws 
and regulations. 
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Union Calendar No. 539 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5853 
[Report No. 110–839] 
A BILL 
To expand the boundary of the Minute Man Na-
tional Historical Park in the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts to include Barrett’s Farm, and 
for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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SEC. 203. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DIVIDENDS OF REGU-
LATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES. 
(a) 
INTEREST-RELATED
DIVIDENDS.—Subpara-
graph (C) of section 871(k)(1) (defining interest-related 
dividend) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2008’’. 
(b) SHORT-TERM CAPITAL GAIN DIVIDENDS.—Sub-
paragraph (C) of section 871(k)(2) (defining short-term 
capital gain dividend) is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2008’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to dividends with respect to taxable 
years of regulated investment companies beginning after 
December 31, 2007. 
SEC. 204. TAX-FREE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL RE-
TIREMENT PLANS FOR CHARITABLE PUR-
POSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (F) of section 
408(d)(8) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2008’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to distributions made in taxable 
years beginning after December 31, 2007.
HR 5856 RFS 
(2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MEDICAL CEN-
TER FACILITY AT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.— 
Paragraph (7) of such section is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$406,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$600,400,000’’. 
(3) CONSTRUCTION
OF
A
NEW
OUTPATIENT 
CLINIC, LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA.—Paragraph (8) of 
such section is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘ambulatory’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘purchase,’’ and inserting ‘‘out-
patient clinic in’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$65,100,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$131,800,000’’. 
(4) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MEDICAL CEN-
TER
FACILITY, 
ORLANDO, 
FLORIDA.—Paragraph 
(11) of such section is amended by striking 
‘‘$377,700,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$656,800,000’’. 
(5) CONSOLIDATION OF CAMPUSES AT THE UNI-
VERSITY DRIVE AND H. JOHN HEINZ III DIVISIONS, 
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.—Paragraph (12) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘$189,205,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$295,600,000’’. 
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or suspended. If the respondent has been served 
with a temporary cease-and-desist order entered 
without a prior hearing before the Secretary, 
the respondent may, within 10 days after the 
date on which the order was served, request a 
hearing on such application and the Secretary 
shall hold a hearing and render a decision on 
such application at the earliest possible time. 
(B) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Within— 
(i) 10 days after the date the respond-
ent was served with a temporary cease- 
and-desist order entered with a prior hear-
ing before the Secretary; or 
(ii) 10 days after the Secretary ren-
ders a decision on an application and hear-
ing under paragraph (1), with respect to 
any temporary cease-and-desist order en-
tered without a prior hearing before the 
Secretary, 
the respondent may apply to the United States 
district court for the district in which the re-
spondent resides or has its principal place of 
business, or for the District of Columbia, for an 
order setting aside, limiting, or suspending the 
effectiveness or enforcement of the order, and 
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‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2008’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to contributions made in taxable 
years beginning after December 31, 2007. 
SEC. 205. TAX-FREE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL RE-
TIREMENT PLANS FOR CHARITABLE PUR-
POSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (F) of section 
408(d)(8) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2008’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to distributions made in taxable 
years beginning after December 31, 2007. 
SEC. 206. DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES OF ELE-
MENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACH-
ERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (D) of section 
62(a)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘or 2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘2007, or 2008’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2007. 
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TITLE I—ENERGY TAX 
INCENTIVES 
Subtitle A—Energy Production 
Incentives 
PART I—RENEWABLE ENERGY INCENTIVES 
SEC. 101. RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDIT. 
(a) EXTENSION OF CREDIT.— 
(1) 1-YEAR EXTENSION FOR WIND FACILITIES.— 
Paragraph (1) of section 45(d) is amended by striking 
‘‘January 1, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2010’’. 
(2) 3-YEAR EXTENSION FOR CERTAIN OTHER FA-
CILITIES.—Each of the following provisions of section 
45(d) is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘January 1, 2012’’: 
(A) Clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph 
(2)(A). 
(B) Clauses (i)(I) and (ii) of paragraph 
(3)(A). 
(C) Paragraph (4). 
(D) Paragraph (5). 
(E) Paragraph (6). 
(F) Paragraph (7). 
(G) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
graph (9). 
(b) MODIFICATION OF CREDIT PHASEOUT.— 
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‘‘(ii) the sum of the number computed 
under paragraph (3) and the number com-
puted under paragraph (4). 
‘‘(B) MINIMUM.—In no case shall the 
number computed under subparagraph (A) be 
less than 226,000. 
‘‘(2) NUMBER OF CERTAIN ALIENS NOT SUB-
JECT
TO
DIRECT
NUMERICAL
LIMITATIONS.—The 
number computed under this paragraph for a fiscal 
year is the number of aliens described in subpara-
graph (A) or (B) of subsection (b)(2) who were 
issued immigrant visas, or who otherwise acquired 
the status of an alien lawfully admitted to the 
United States for permanent residence, in the pre-
vious fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) UNUSED VISA NUMBERS FROM PREVIOUS 
FISCAL
YEAR.—The number computed under this 
paragraph for a fiscal year is the difference, if any, 
between— 
‘‘(A) the worldwide level established under 
paragraph (1) for the previous fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) the number of visas actually issued 
under section 203(a), subject to this subsection, 
during the previous fiscal year. 
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‘‘(34) INCLUDED ENERGY TRANSACTION.—The 
term ‘included energy transaction’ means a contract, 
agreement, or transaction in an energy commodity 
that is— 
‘‘(A)(i) executed or traded on an electronic 
trading facility; and 
‘‘(ii) entered into on a principal-to-prin-
cipal basis solely between persons that are eligi-
ble commercial entities at the time the persons 
enter into the agreement, contract, or trans-
action; or 
‘‘(B)(i) executed or traded not on or 
through a trading facility; and 
‘‘(ii) entered into solely between persons 
that are eligible contract participants at the 
time the persons enter into the agreement, con-
tract, or transaction, regardless of the means of 
execution of the agreement, contract, or trans-
action. 
‘‘(35) ENERGY COMMODITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘energy 
commodity’ means a commodity (other than an 
excluded commodity, a metal, or an agricultural 
commodity) that is used as a source of energy. 
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‘‘§ 7288. Annual report 
‘‘The chief judge of the Court shall annually submit 
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report summarizing the workload of the 
Court during the last fiscal year that ended before the sub-
mission of such report. Such report shall include, with re-
spect to such fiscal year, the following information: 
‘‘(1) The number of appeals filed. 
‘‘(2) The number of petitions filed. 
‘‘(3) The number of applications filed under 
section 2412 of title 28. 
‘‘(4) The number and type of dispositions, in-
cluding settlements. 
‘‘(5) The median time from filing to disposition. 
‘‘(6) The number of oral arguments. 
‘‘(7) The number and status of pending appeals 
and petitions and of applications described in para-
graph (3). 
‘‘(8) A summary of any service performed by 
recalled retired judges during the fiscal year. 
‘‘(9) The number of decisions or dispositions 
rendered by a single judge, multi-judge panels and 
the full Court. 
‘‘(10) The number of cases pending longer than 
18 months.’’.
(3) For each calendar year, the Managing Director 
of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls shall review 
not less than 2 percent of the total number of applications 
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) to 
ensure that the processing of such applications, including 
decisions to approve, deny, or return without action, is 
consistent with both policy and regulatory requirements 
of the Department of State. 
(c) UNITED
STATES
ALLIES.—Congress states 
that— 
(1) it shall be the policy of the Directorate of 
Defense Trade Controls of the Department of State 
to ensure that, to the maximum extent practicable, 
the processing time for review of applications de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1) to export items that are 
not subject to the requirements of section 36(b) or 
(c) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2776(b) or (c)) to United States allies in direct sup-
port of combat operations or peacekeeping or hu-
manitarian operations with United States Armed 
Forces is not more than 7 days from the date of re-
ceipt of the application; and 
(2) it shall be the goal, as appropriate, of the 
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls to ensure 
that, to the maximum extent practicable, the proc-
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5859 
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that State grants under that Act 
shall be given to States having consumer beverage container deposit 
laws on a priority basis, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 22, 2008 
Mr. ACKERMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that State grants 
under that Act shall be given to States having consumer 
beverage container deposit laws on a priority basis, 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. STATE GRANTS UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT. 
Section 105(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7405(b)(1)) is amended by adding the following at the end 
thereof: ‘‘Grants under such regulations shall be given to 
States that have enacted laws requiring a deposit on con-
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sumer beverage containers before any such grants may be 
given to other States.’’. 
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