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(1) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘(other than 
subsections (g), (h), and (i))’’ after ‘‘this section’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) VETERANS BUSINESS CENTER PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a Veterans Business Center program within 
the Administration to provide entrepreneurial train-
ing and counseling to veterans in accordance with 
this subsection. 
‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—The Administrator shall ap-
point a Director of the Veterans Business Center 
program, who shall implement and oversee such pro-
gram and who shall report directly to the Associate 
Administrator for Veterans Business Development. 
‘‘(3) DESIGNATION
OF
VETERANS
BUSINESS 
CENTERS.—The Director shall establish by regula-
tion an application, review, and notification process 
to designate entities as veterans business centers for 
purposes of this section. The Director shall make 
publicly known the designation of an entity as a vet-
erans business center and the award of a grant to 
such center under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) FUNDING FOR VETERANS BUSINESS CEN-
TERS.— 
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TITLE 
X—RURAL 
ENTREPRE-
NEURSHIP ADVISORY COUN-
CIL 
SEC. 1001. RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ADVISORY COUN-
CIL. 
The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et. seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 45, as added by section 
301(b) of this Act, the following: 
‘‘SEC. 48. RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a rural entrepreneurship advisory council (herein-
after referred to in this section as the ‘council’). 
‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—The Administrator shall ensure 
that the council is composed of appropriate officials from 
the Administration, the rural development programs of the 
Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Com-
merce and of representatives, who volunteer for the coun-
cil, from the academic, small business, agriculture, and 
high-tech communities. 
‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
council shall submit to the Administrator and to 
Congress a report on the following:
‘‘(A) Entrepreneurship in rural commu-
nities compared to urban communities. 
‘‘(B) Potential barriers to entrepreneurship 
for individuals in rural communities. 
‘‘(C) Effective Federal policies that are ex-
panding entrepreneurship in rural communities. 
‘‘(D) Recommendations for Federal poli-
cies to foster entrepreneurship in rural commu-
nities and to ensure that rural entrepreneurs 
have equal access to technical assistance, entre-
preneurial opportunities, and educational out-
reach. 
‘‘(2) ADVICE.—The council shall provide ongo-
ing advice to the Administrator with respect to rural 
entrepreneurship and make recommendations to fos-
ter rural entrepreneurs, including through the effec-
tive use of broadband technology.’’. 
TITLE XI—ASSISTANCE RELATED 
TO CARBON EMISSION TAX 
SEC. 1101. ASSISTANCE RELATED TO CARBON EMISSION 
TAX. 
Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 648(c)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (S), by striking the final 
‘‘and’’;
(2) in subparagraph (T), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(U) providing information and technical 
assistance to any small business owner that 
faces an increase in costs as a result of the en-
actment of any program to impose a tax on car-
bon emissions, either directly or through the op-
eration of a cap and trade system on such emis-
sion limits.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 20, 2009. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2352 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act, and for other 
purposes.
(2) undergraduate students, graduate students, 
post-graduate 
students, 
and 
scholars 
from 
CARICOM countries will— 
(A) attend a public or private college or 
university, including a community college, in 
the United States; and 
(B) participate in activities designed to 
promote a greater understanding of the values 
and culture of the United States. 
(c) ELEMENTS OF PROGRAM.—The program author-
ized under subsection (b) shall meet the following require-
ments: 
(1) The program will offer scholarships to stu-
dents and scholars based on merit and need. It is 
the sense of Congress that scholarships should be of-
fered to students and scholars who evidence merit, 
achievement, and strong potential for the studies 
such students and scholars wish to undertake under 
the program and 60 percent of scholarships offered 
under the program should be based on financial 
need. 
(2) The program will seek to achieve gender 
equality in granting scholarships under the program. 
(3) Fields of study under the program will sup-
port the labor market and development needs of
SEC. 2. TEACHER RECIPROCITY. 
Section 1119(a) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6319(a)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) TEACHER RECIPROCITY.—Beginning with 
the first day of the first school year after the date 
of the enactment of the Educators Achieving Reci-
procity Now (E.A.R.N.) Act, each State educational 
agency receiving assistance under this part shall en-
sure that a teacher is considered highly qualified 
with respect to an academic subject without requir-
ing any further actions, if the teacher— 
‘‘(A) is (or was) considered highly qualified 
in such academic subject in at least 1 other 
State; and 
‘‘(B) has been teaching for at least 5 years 
in a public or private school.’’. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Health 
Options Program Act of 2009’’ or the ‘‘SHOP Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
ACT. 
The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE XXXI—SMALL BUSINESS 
HEALTH OPTIONS PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 3101. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In this title: 
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Administrator appointed under 
section 3102(a). 
‘‘(2) SMALL BUSINESS HEALTH BOARD.—The 
term ‘Small Business Health Board’ means the 
Board established under section 3102(d). 
‘‘(3) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘employee’ has the 
meaning given such term under section 3(6) of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
(29 U.S.C. 1002(6)). Such term shall not include an 
employee of the Federal Government. 
‘‘(4) EMPLOYER.—The term ‘employer’ has the 
meaning given such term under section 3(5) of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
(29 U.S.C. 1002(5)), except that such term shall in-
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2359 
To ensure parity between the temporary duty imposed on ethanol and tax 
credits provided on ethanol. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2009 
Mr. ENGEL (for himself and Mr. BARTLETT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To ensure parity between the temporary duty imposed on 
ethanol and tax credits provided on ethanol. 
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 ‘‘Imported Ethanol Par-
ity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ETHANOL TAX PARITY. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and semiannually thereafter, the Presi-
dent shall reduce the temporary duty imposed on ethanol 
under subheading 9901.00.50 of the Harmonized Tariff 
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Schedule of the United States by an amount equal to the 
reduction in any Federal income or excise tax credit under 
section 40(h), 6426(b), or 6427(e)(1) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 and take any other action necessary 
to ensure that the combined temporary duty imposed on 
ethanol under such subheading 9901.00.50 and any other 
duty imposed under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States is equal to, or lower than, any Federal 
income or excise tax credit applicable to ethanol under the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
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officer in such manner as the Secretary may require 
and shall contain, at a minimum, demonstrations of 
excellence in the following areas: 
(A) Work performance. 
(B) School and community involvement. 
(C) Leadership and commitment. 
(D) Local support. 
(E) Enhancement of classified school em-
ployees’ image in the community and schools. 
(F) Any other area of superior perform-
ance, such as health and safety promotion or ef-
ficient use of energy or other resources. 
(3) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall develop 
uniform national guidelines for evaluating nomina-
tions submitted under paragraph (2) in order to se-
lect the most deserving nominees based on the dem-
onstrations made in the areas described in such 
paragraph. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—The terms used in this Act shall 
have the meaning given such terms in section 9101 of the
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2361 
To require the accreditation of English language training programs, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2009 
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Texas) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To require the accreditation of English language training 
programs, 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. ACCREDITATION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE 
TRAINING PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (15)(F)(i), by striking ‘‘a lan-
guage’’ and inserting ‘‘an accredited language’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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each of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 1860D– 
14(a)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘consumer price index 
(all items; U.S. city average)’’ and inserting 
‘‘Consumer Price Index for Elderly Con-
sumers’’; 
(K) in section 1882(p)(11)(C)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘Consumer Price Index for all urban con-
sumers (all items; U.S. city average)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Consumer Price Index for Elderly Con-
sumers’’; 
(L) in each of clauses (iv) and (vi)(II) of 
section 1886(h)(2)(E), by striking ‘‘for all 
urban consumers’’; and 
(M) in section 1886(h)(5)(B), by striking 
‘‘Consumer Price Index for All Urban Con-
sumers (United States city average)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Consumer Price Index for Elderly Con-
sumers’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to deter-
minations made for periods ending after December 
31 of the second calendar year following the cal-
endar year in which this Act was enacted. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2366 
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public 
Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require 
group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans 
to provide for coverage of oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable 
than the coverage provided for intravenously administered anticancer 
medications. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2009 
Mr. HIGGINS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
Education and Labor and Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to require group and individual 
health insurance coverage and group health plans to 
provide for coverage of oral cancer drugs on terms no 
less favorable than the coverage provided for intra-
venously administered anticancer medications. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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‘‘(52) The term ‘accredited language training pro-
gram’ means a language training program that is accred-
ited by an accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary 
of Education.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by subsection (a) 
shall— 
(A) take effect on the date that is 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act; and 
(B) apply with respect to applications for 
a 
nonimmigrant 
visa 
under 
section 
101(a)(15)(F)(i) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(F)(i)) that 
are filed on or after the effective date described 
in subparagraph (A). 
(2) TEMPORARY EXCEPTION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 101(a)(15)(F)(i) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, as amended by subsection (a), 
during the 3-year period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, an alien seeking 
to enter the United States to pursue a course 
of study at a language training program that 
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has been certified by the Secretary of Home-
land Security and has not been accredited or 
denied accreditation by an entity described in 
section 101(a)(52) of such Act may be granted 
a nonimmigrant visa under such section 
101(a)(15)(F)(i). 
(B) 
ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENT.—An 
alien may not be granted a nonimmigrant visa 
under subparagraph (A) if the sponsoring insti-
tution of the language training program to 
which the alien seeks to enroll does not— 
(i) submit an application for the ac-
creditation of such program to a regional 
or national accrediting agency recognized 
by the Secretary of Education within 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act; and 
(ii) comply with the applicable accred-
iting requirements of such agency. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2364 
To amend section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act to change the definition 
of renewable biomass in the renewable fuel program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2009 
Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. MINNICK, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. 
DICKS, and Mr. WU) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act to change 
the definition of renewable biomass in the renewable 
fuel program, 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. DEFINITION OF RENEWABLE BIOMASS IN 
CLEAN AIR ACT. 
Section 211(o)(1)(I) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(o)(1)(I)) is amended by redesignating clauses (v) 
through (vii) as clauses (vi) through (viii), respectively and 
by inserting after clause (iv) the following: 
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‘‘(v) 
materials, 
pre-commercial 
thinnings, or removed invasive species from 
National Forest System land and public 
lands (as defined in section 103 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)) that are by-
products of preventative treatments (such 
as trees, wood, brush, thinnings, chips, and 
slash), that are removed to reduce haz-
ardous fuels, to reduce or contain disease 
or insect infestation, or to restore eco-
system health, and would not otherwise be 
used for higher-value products; and that 
are— 
‘‘(I) not from any of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(aa) components of the na-
tional Wilderness Preservation 
System; 
‘‘(bb) 
Wilderness 
Study 
Areas; 
‘‘(cc) Inventoried Roadless 
Areas or unroaded acres of at 
least 5,000 acres; 
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‘‘(dd) old growth or mature 
forest stands; 
‘‘(ee) components of the Na-
tional Landscape Conservation 
System; 
‘‘(ff) National Monuments; 
‘‘(gg) National Conservation 
Areas; 
‘‘(hh) Designated Primitive 
Areas; or 
‘‘(ii) Wild and Scenic Rivers 
corridors; 
‘‘(II) 
harvested 
in 
environ-
mentally sustainable quantities, as de-
termined by the appropriate Federal 
land manager; and 
‘‘(III) harvested in accordance 
with Federal and State law, and ap-
plicable land management plans.’’. 
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score, other than a credit score provided by a 
consumer reporting agency, may satisfy the ob-
ligation to provide a credit score by disclosing 
a credit score and associated key factors sup-
plied by a consumer reporting agency. 
‘‘(2) ACTIONS
NOT
REQUIRED
UNDER
THIS 
SUBSECTION.—This subsection shall not require any 
person to— 
‘‘(A) explain the information provided pur-
suant to subsection (f) of this section; 
‘‘(B) disclose any information other than a 
credit score or key factors, as defined in sub-
section (f); 
‘‘(C) disclose any credit score or related in-
formation obtained by the creditor after the 
consumer credit transaction has been con-
summated; 
‘‘(D) provide more than 1 disclosure per 
credit transaction; or 
‘‘(E) provide the disclosure required by 
this subsection when another person has made 
the disclosure to the consumer for that loan 
transaction. 
‘‘(3) NO OBLIGATION FOR CONTENT.— 
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the exporting country unless it is determined 
that such intervention was not a significant 
cause of the fundamental and actionable mis-
alignment. 
‘‘(2) MACROECONOMIC-BALANCE
APPROACH.— 
The term ‘macroeconomic-balance approach’ means 
a methodology under which the level of undervalu-
ation or overvaluation of the real effective exchange 
rate of the exporting country’s currency is defined as 
the change in the real effective exchange rate needed 
to achieve equilibrium in the exporting country’s bal-
ance of payments. 
‘‘(3) EQUILIBRIUM-REAL-EXCHANGE-RATE
AP-
PROACH.—The term ‘equilibrium-real-exchange-rate 
approach’ means a methodology under which the 
level of undervaluation or overvaluation of the real 
effective exchange rate of the exporting country’s 
currency is defined as the difference between the ob-
served real effective exchange rate and the real ef-
fective exchange rate predicted by an econometric 
model.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 771B the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 771C. Fundamental and actionable misalignment of a currency.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2368 
To encourage water efficiency. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2009 
Mr. HOLT (for himself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. MASSA, Ms. 
BORDALLO, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. 
LOBIONDO, 
Mr. 
SESTAK, 
Mr. 
CALVERT, 
Mr. 
CARDOZA, 
Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mr. HONDA, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, and Mr. 
COSTA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
Oversight and Government Reform and Armed Services, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To encourage water efficiency. 
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 ‘‘Water Advanced Tech-
nologies for Efficient Resource Use Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. WATERSENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established within the 
Environmental Protection Agency a WaterSense program 
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to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings 
and landscapes, and services in order— 
(1) to reduce water use; 
(2) to reduce the strain on water, wastewater, 
and stormwater infrastructure; 
(3) to conserve energy used to pump, heat, 
transport, and treat water; and 
(4) to preserve water resources for future gen-
erations, 
through voluntary labeling of, or other forms of commu-
nications about, products, buildings and landscapes, and 
services that meet the highest water efficiency and per-
formance standards. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall— 
(1) promote WaterSense labeled products, 
buildings and landscapes, and services in the market 
place as the preferred technologies and services 
for— 
(A) reducing water use; and 
(B) ensuring product and service perform-
ance; 
(2) work to enhance public awareness of the 
WaterSense label through public outreach, edu-
cation, and other means; 
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1206 
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) and its imple-
menting regulations. 
‘‘(4) HOUSEHOLD.— 
‘‘(A) The term ‘household’ means— 
‘‘(i) in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
subsection (c)(1) of this section, except as 
provided in subparagraph (C) of this para-
graph, an individual or a group of individ-
uals who are a household under section 
3(n) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(n)); 
‘‘(ii) in subsection (c)(1)(C) of this 
section, a single individual or married cou-
ple that receives benefits under section 
1860D–14 of this Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w– 
114); and 
‘‘(iii) in subsection (c)(1)(D) of this 
section, a single individual or married cou-
ple that receives benefits under the supple-
mental security income program under title 
XVI of this Act (42 U.S.C. 1381–1383f). 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall establish rules 
for providing the energy refund in an equitable 
and administratively simple manner to house-
holds where the group of individuals who live