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including low rates of production of cellulosic biomass eth-
anol, as determined by the Secretary. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under the section, an entity shall— 
(1)(A) be an institution of higher education (as 
defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)) located in a State de-
scribed in subsection (a); 
(B) be an institution— 
(i) referred to in section 532 of the Equity 
in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–382; 7 U.S.C. 301 note); 
(ii) that is eligible for a grant under the 
Tribally Controlled College or University Assist-
ance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), in-
cluding Dine College; or 
(iii) that is eligible for a grant under the 
Navajo Community College Act (25 U.S.C. 
640a et seq.); or 
(C) be a consortium of such institutions of 
higher education, industry, State agencies, Indian 
tribal agencies, or local government agencies located 
in the State; and 
(2) have proven experience and capabilities with 
relevant technologies. 
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(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2010. 
SEC. 9316. STUDY OF EFFECT OF OIL PRICES. 
The Secretary of Energy shall conduct a study to re-
view the anticipated effects on renewable fuels production 
if oil were priced no lower than $40 per barrel. The Sec-
retary shall report the findings of such study to Congress 
by December 31, 2008. 
SEC. 9317. BIODIESEL AS ALTERNATIVE FUEL FOR CAFE´  
PURPOSES. 
Section 32901(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by redesignating subpara-
graphs (J) and (K) as subparagraphs (K) and (L), 
respectively, and inserting after subparagraph (I) 
the following: 
‘‘(J) B20 biodiesel blend;’’; and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through 
(16) as paragraphs (9) through (18), respectively, 
and insert after paragraph (6) the following: 
‘‘(7) ‘biodiesel’ means the monoalkyl esters of 
long chain fatty acids derived from plant or animal 
matter which meet— 
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‘‘(A) the registration requirements for 
fuels and fuel additives established by the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency under section 211 
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545); and 
‘‘(B) the requirements of the American So-
ciety of Testing and Materials D6751. 
‘‘(8) ‘B20 biodiesel blend’ means a mixture of 
biodiesel and diesel fuel approximately 20 percent of 
the content of which is biodiesel, and commonly 
known as ‘B20’.’’. 
PART 2—UNITED STATES-ISRAEL ENERGY 
COOPERATION 
SEC. 9321. SHORT TITLE. 
This part may be cited as the ‘‘United States-Israel 
Energy Cooperation Act’’. 
SEC. 9322. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) it is in the highest national security inter-
ests of the United States to ensure secure access to 
reliable energy sources; 
(2) the United States relies heavily on the for-
eign supply of crude oil to meet the energy needs of 
the United States, currently importing 58 percent of 
the total oil requirements of the United States, of 
which 45 percent comes from member states of the 
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other as necessary, utilizing information technology 
systems and radio communications systems, and to 
exchange voice, data, or video with one another on 
demand, in real time, as necessary. 
‘‘(3) OFFICE.—The term ‘office’ refers to the 
Office of Domestic Preparedness of the Office of 
State and Local Government Preparedness and Co-
ordination within the Department of Homeland Se-
curity. 
‘‘(4) SLIDING SCALE BASELINE ALLOCATION.— 
The term ‘sliding scale baseline allocation’ means 
0.0001 multiplied by the sum of— 
‘‘(A) the value of a State’s population rel-
ative to that of the most populous of the 50 
States of the United States, where the popu-
lation of such States has been normalized to a 
maximum value of 100; and 
‘‘(B) 1⁄4 of the value of a State’s popu-
lation density relative to that of the most dense-
ly populated of the 50 States of the United 
States, where the population density of such 
States has been normalized to a maximum 
value of 100.
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the pur-
poses of this section— 
‘‘(1) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
‘‘(2) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
‘‘(3) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
‘‘(4) $800,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(5) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 
‘‘(6) such sums as may be necessary for each 
subsequent fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 6. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 313 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 314. Interoperability assessment and report.’’ 
; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘TITLE XVIII—DEDICATED FUNDING TO ACHIEVE 
INTEROPERABILITY 
‘‘Sec. 1801. Interoperability grants.’’. 
SEC. 7. SOURCE OF FUNDS. 
Amounts appropriated to carry out this Act shall be 
made available from funds available for—
(1) reeducations in the Millennium Challenge 
Account; 
(2) the Export-Import Bank; 
(3) the Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion; and 
(4) the International Trade Administration. 
SEC. 8. TERMINATION. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
terminate on the date that is five years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
Æ
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 411 
To recognize the importance of livestock ranching to the history and continued 
economic vitality of the western United States and to compensate ranch-
ers when certain Government actions result in the loss or reduction 
in animal unit months authorized under a grazing permit or lease issued 
by a Federal land management agency, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2005 
Mr. RENZI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To recognize the importance of livestock ranching to the 
history and continued economic vitality of the western 
United States and to compensate ranchers when certain 
Government actions result in the loss or reduction in 
animal unit months authorized under a grazing permit 
or lease issued by a Federal land management agency, 
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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(B) to determine the parameters of the 
second phase of the study under paragraph (2). 
(2) A second phase, to be completed not later 
than three years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, to carry out a comprehensive assessment, 
in accordance with the parameters identified under 
the preliminary report required by paragraph (1), of 
the physical and mental health and other readjust-
ment needs of members and former members of the 
Armed Forces who deployed in Operation Iraqi 
Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom and their 
families as a result of such deployment, including, at 
a minimum— 
(A) an assessment of the psychological, so-
cial, and economic impacts of such deployment 
on such members and former members and 
their families; 
(B) an assessment of the particular im-
pacts of multiple deployments in Operation 
Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom 
on such members and former members and 
their families; 
(C) an assessment of the full scope of the 
neurological, psychiatric, and psychological ef-
fects of traumatic brain injury on members and 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 45 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to community- 
based organizations and local redevelopment agencies operating in low- 
income communities to promote increased access to and consumption 
of fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, and other healthy foods among residents 
of such communities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. CROWLEY, and Mr. TOWNS) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture and 
Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants 
to community-based organizations and local redevelop-
ment agencies operating in low-income communities to 
promote increased access to and consumption of fresh 
fruits, fresh vegetables, and other healthy foods among 
residents of such communities, 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 ‘‘Cattleman’s Bill of 
Rights Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS, NATIONAL POLICY, AND DEFINITIONS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Ranching is an important part of the cul-
ture and economy of many rural communities 
throughout the American West, and the rural West 
depends on a healthy and thriving ranching indus-
try. 
(2) Ranchers have a vested interest in their 
ranchland, and much of this land has been worked 
by the same ranch families for generations. 
(3) Congress has a responsibility both to pro-
tect the environment and to ensure the continued 
ability of Americans to produce the food and fiber 
needed for United States and world markets, and 
dispersed agriculture, such as ranching, can help se-
cure this food and fiber supply. 
(4) Rangeland grazing is a humane and natural 
food production technology. 
(5) Public land grazing permits and leases have 
a recognized value, and the voluntary relinquishment 
of grazing allotments on public land eliminates the 
infrastructure needed to support a viable grazing in-
dustry in the West.
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former members of the Armed Forces, including 
the effects of such effects on the family mem-
bers of such members and former members, and 
an assessment of the efficacy of current treat-
ment approaches for traumatic brain injury in 
the United States and the efficacy of screenings 
and treatment approaches for traumatic brain 
injury within the Department of Defense and 
the Department of Veterans Affairs; 
(D) an assessment of the effects of 
undiagnosed injuries such as post-traumatic 
stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, an 
estimate of the long-term costs associated with 
such injuries, and an assessment of the efficacy 
of screenings and treatment approaches for 
post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental 
health conditions within the Department of De-
fense and Department of Veterans Affairs; 
(E) an assessment of the gender- and eth-
nic group-specific needs and concerns of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces and veterans; 
(F) an assessment of the particular needs 
and concerns of children of members of the 
Armed Forces, taking into account differing age 
groups, impacts on development and education, 
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 359
AN ACT
To clarify the intent of Congress in Public Law 93–
632 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to
continue to provide for the maintenance and op-
eration of certain water impoundment structures
that were located in the Emigrant Wilderness at
the time the wilderness area was designated in
that Public Law.
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and the mental and emotional well being of chil-
dren; 
(G) an assessment of the particular edu-
cational and vocational needs of such members 
and former members and their families, and an 
assessment of the efficacy of existing edu-
cational and vocational programs to address 
such needs; 
(H) an assessment of the impacts on com-
munities with high populations of military fami-
lies, including military housing communities 
and townships with deployed members of the 
National Guard and Reserve, of deployments 
associated with Operation Iraqi Freedom and 
Operation Enduring Freedom, and an assess-
ment of the efficacy of programs that address 
community outreach and education concerning 
military deployments of community residents; 
(I) an assessment of the impacts of in-
creasing numbers of older and married mem-
bers of the Armed Forces on readjustment re-
quirements; 
(J) the development, based on such assess-
ments, of recommendations for programs, treat-
ments, or policy remedies targeted at pre-
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(6) American ranchers provide betterments and 
improvements to the land they work, providing a 
symbiotic relationship between the land and the cat-
tle. 
(7) Public land grazing permits and leases have 
a value recognized by many segments of society. 
(8) The United States has a vital interest in 
protecting and promoting the American ranching in-
dustry. 
(b) NATIONAL POLICY.—On the basis of the findings 
expressed in subsection (a), Congress supports a national 
policy of public grazing and appropriate compensation 
when ranchers are forced by law to relinquish their graz-
ing permits. 
(c) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY DE-
FINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘Federal land management 
agency’’ means the National Park Service, the Forest 
Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of 
Land Management. 
SEC. 3. COMPENSATION AS PART OF CERTAIN FEDERAL 
LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY ACTIONS. 
Whenever a land exchange, special-use land designa-
tion, or a biological opinion issued pursuant to the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) involv-
ing Federal land under the jurisdiction of a Federal land
management agency results in the elimination or reduction 
in permitted grazing animal unit months, the Federal land 
management agency shall— 
(1) to the extent practicable, make available al-
ternative, suitable, functionally equivalent forage to 
the holder of the grazing permit or lease eliminated 
or subject to the reduction; or 
(2) compensate the holder of the grazing permit 
or lease for the value of the permit or lease lost, 
when alternative forage is not available under para-
graph (1). 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF SUBLEASING OF GRAZING PER-
MITS AND LEASES. 
A Federal land management agency shall allow the 
holder of a grazing permit or lease issued by the Federal 
land management agency to sublease all or any portion 
of the Federal land allotment covered by the permit or 
lease, without any fee or charge imposed by the Federal 
land management agency, when the sublease will— 
(1) promote more sustainable use of forage 
within an area; 
(2) support ranchers who may be facing eco-
nomic distress; or 
(3) promote other objectives identified by the 
Federal land management agency.
SEC. 5. SOURCE OF COMPENSATION AND DETERMINATION 
OF COMPENSATION AMOUNT. 
(a) SOURCE.—The Federal land management agency 
that reduces or eliminates permitted grazing use for the 
purposes identified in this Act shall pay the compensation 
provided for under this Act out of the agency’s current 
appropriations. 
(b) COMPENSATION FACTORS.—Compensation under 
this Act shall include loss of value in base property, loss 
of value in vested water rights, loss of value of improve-
ments, and loss of business opportunity value. 
SEC. 6. EMPLOYEE SENSITIVITY TRAINING. 
The Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Interior, shall develop, implement, and 
periodically update a training course for employees of the 
Federal land management agencies regarding the histor-
ical uses of the Federal land managed by such employees. 
The Secretary shall require range managers to attend the 
training course, which at a minimum shall incorporate the 
following: 
(1) Quality of life impacts on livestock ranch-
ers. 
(2) Economic and production impacts. 
(3) Biodiversity benefits of such historical uses. 
Æ
Calendar No. 497 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3297 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 950 West Trenton Avenue 
in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Nate 
DeTample Post Office Building’’. 
NOVEMBER 14, 2007 
Reported without amendment 
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Union Calendar No. 450
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 233
[Report No. 103–804]
A BILL
To apply certain provisions of the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act to a segment of the North Fork of the
Payette River in Idaho.
OCTOBER 3, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2343
AN ACT
To amend the Forest Resources Conservation and
Shortage Relief Act of 1990 to permit States to
adopt timber export programs, and for other
purposes.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3298 
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow individuals called 
to military service to terminate or suspend certain service contracts 
entered into before the individual receives notice of a permanent change 
of station or deployment orders and to provide penalties for violations 
of interest rate limitations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2007 
Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. WALZ of Min-
nesota) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow indi-
viduals called to military service to terminate or suspend 
certain service contracts entered into before the indi-
vidual receives notice of a permanent change of station 
or deployment orders and to provide penalties for viola-
tions of interest rate limitations. 
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 ‘‘21st Century 
Servicemembers Protection Act’’. 
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H. Res. 343 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
May 15, 2007. 
Whereas the citizens of the United States highly value recre-
ation time and their ability to access 1 of the greatest 
natural resources of the United States, its waterways; 
Whereas, in 1928, the word ‘‘marina’’ was used for the first 
time to define a recreational boating facility; 
Whereas the United States is home to over 12,000 rec-
reational boating facilities that contribute substantially to 
their local communities by providing safe, reliable gate-
ways to boating for members of their communities and 
welcomed guests; 
Whereas marinas of the United States also serve as stewards 
of the environment, actively seeking to protect their sur-
rounding waterways not only for the enjoyment of the 
current generation, but for generations to come; 
Whereas marinas of the United States also provide their com-
munities and visitors a place where friends and families, 
united by a passion for the water, can come together for 
recreation, rest, and relaxation; and 
Whereas marinas throughout the United States will be cele-
brating National Marina Day on August 11, 2007: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
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scribed in the document negotiated between the re-
development authority and the Secretary of the 
Navy known as the draft ‘‘Summary of Acquisition 
Terms and Conditions’’ and dated September 18, 
2006, as such language may be amended, with value 
to be determined for the portion of the NAS Prop-
erty known as Parcel 3, and subsequently make pay-
ments to the Secretary in accordance with such doc-
ument. 
(2)(A) The redevelopment authority shall en-
sure that the entity that acquires title to the NAS 
Property for development (in this paragraph referred 
to as the ‘‘development entity’’) submits to the Sec-
retary of the Navy a down payment of $10,000,000 
dollars at the time the initial portion of the NAS 
Property is conveyed to the development entity. 
(B) In addition, the redevelopment entity shall 
submit to the Secretary 12 percent of all gross resi-
dential and commercial building sales to the first 
bona-fide, arms-length third-party buyer, whether as 
new construction or the sale of rehabilitated existing 
structures. In the event that the development entity 
transfers all or any portion of the NAS Property to 
a third party, including any subsidiaries, before the 
completion of new or rehabilitated construction, the
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amounts are collected from the City in advance of 
the Secretary incurring the actual costs, and the 
amount collected exceeds the costs actually incurred 
by the Secretary to carry out the conveyance, the 
Secretary shall refund the excess amount to the 
City. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received as reimbursements under para-
graph (1) shall be credited to the fund or account 
that was used to cover the costs incurred by the Sec-
retary in carrying out the conveyance. Amounts so 
credited shall be merged with amounts in such fund 
or account and shall be available for the same pur-
poses, and subject to the same conditions and limita-
tions, as amounts in such fund or account. 
(e) ADDITIONAL TERM AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may require such additional terms and conditions 
in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as 
the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the inter-
ests of the United States. 
SEC. 2856. LAND CONVEYANCE, JOHN SEVIER RANGE, KNOX 
COUNTY, TENNESSEE. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary 
of the Army may convey, without consideration, to the 
State of Tennessee all right, title, and interest of the
‘‘(e) PENALTY.—Any person who knowingly violates 
subsection (a) shall be fined in accordance with in title 
18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than one 
year, or both. 
‘‘(f) STATE ACTION.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—In addition to such other 
remedies as are provided under State law, if the 
chief law enforcement officer of a State, or an offi-
cial or agency designated by a State, has reason to 
believe that any person or organization has violated 
or is violating this section, the chief law enforcement 
officer may— 
‘‘(A) may bring an action to enjoin such 
violation in any appropriate United States dis-
trict court or in any other court of competent 
jurisdiction; and 
‘‘(B) may bring an action on behalf of the 
residents of the State to recover— 
‘‘(i) damages for which the creditor is 
liable to such residents under this section 
as a result of the violation; and 
‘‘(ii) damages of not more than 
$10,000 for each willful or negligent viola-
tion. 
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