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criteria described in subparagraphs (A) through 
(I). 
(3) TWENTY-FIRST
CENTURY
LAMP
PRIZE.— 
The Secretary shall award a Twenty-First Century 
Lamp Prize to an entrant that produces a solid- 
state-light-light capable of— 
(A) producing a light output greater than 
1,200 lumens; 
(B) having an efficiency greater than 150 
lumens per watt; 
(C) having a color rendering index greater 
than 90; 
(D) having a color coordinate temperature 
between 2,800 and 3,000 degrees Kelvin; and 
(E) having a lifetime exceeding 25,000 
hours. 
(c) PRIVATE FUNDS.—The Secretary may accept and 
use funding from private sources as part of the prizes 
awarded under this section. 
(d) TECHNICAL REVIEW.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a technical review committee composed of non-Federal 
officers to review entrant data submitted under this sec-
tion to determine whether the data meets the prize speci-
fications described in subsection (b). 
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ommendations the Sentencing Commission may have 
for combating offenses described in paragraph (1). 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS IN REVIEW.—In carrying out 
this section, the Sentencing Commission is requested to— 
(1) ensure that the sentencing guidelines and 
policy statements reflect the serious nature of such 
offenses and the need for aggressive and appropriate 
law enforcement action to prevent such offenses; 
(2) assure reasonable consistency with other 
relevant directives and with other guidelines; 
(3) account for any aggravating or mitigating 
circumstances that might justify exceptions, includ-
ing circumstances for which the sentencing guide-
lines currently provide sentencing enhancements; 
(4) make any necessary conforming changes to 
the sentencing guidelines; and 
(5) assure that the guidelines adequately meet 
the purposes of sentencing as set forth in section 
3553 (a)(2) of title 18, United States Code. 
(c) EMERGENCY AUTHORITY AND DEADLINE FOR 
COMMISSION ACTION.—The United States Sentencing 
Commission is requested to promulgate the guidelines or 
amendments provided for under this section as soon as 
practicable, and in any event not later than the 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, in accordance with 
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the procedures sent forth in section 21(a) of the Sen-
tencing Reform Act of 1987, as though the authority 
under that Act had not expired. 
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H. Res. 90
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
March 14, 2001.
Resolved, That the following named Member be, and she
is hereby, elected to the following standing committee of the
House of Representatives:
COMMITTEE
ON STANDARDS
OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT:
Mrs. Jones of Ohio.
Attest:
Clerk.
the Afghanistan National Solidarity Pro-
gram, and the Afghanistan Compact, in-
cluding a description of the goals and ob-
jectives that have yet to be achieved, and 
the impediments in achieving such goals 
and objectives; 
‘‘(ii) include a mechanism for tracking 
and oversight of the reconstruction funding 
provided by countries participating in 
ISAF and other donor countries, inter-
national organizations, and international 
financial entities, including a description of 
the progress by such parties in fulfilling 
their pledges of financial, technical, and 
other assistance; 
‘‘(iii) include a mechanism for track-
ing and increasing oversight of the recon-
struction programs implemented by the 
provincial reconstruction teams, including 
the amount of reconstruction funding 
spent by such teams, the purpose of such 
funding, and the evaluation of the success 
of such programs; 
‘‘(iv) provide for a mechanism to en-
hance coordination between the Depart-
ment of State and the United States Agen-
cy for International Development and 
other relevant departments and agencies of 
the United States Government in carrying 
out reconstruction programs, by— 
‘‘(I) coordinating existing and fu-
ture efforts in the reconstruction pro-
grams carried out by the Department 
of State and the United States Agen-
cy for International Development with 
the reconstruction programs carried 
out by other relevant departments and 
agencies of the United States Govern-
ment; and 
‘‘(II) coordinating existing and 
future efforts needed to achieve en-
hanced coordination between the De-
partment of State and the United 
States Agency for International Devel-
opment and other relevant depart-
ments and agencies of the United 
States Government in the design and 
implementation of reconstruction pro-
grams;
‘‘(v) include a plan to enhance moni-
toring, evaluation, and oversight of recon-
struction programs to ensure the effective 
impact of such programs on Afghanistan 
and its people; 
‘‘(vi) provide a plan to identify and 
implement 
critical 
reconstruction 
pro-
grams, by project, including in the areas of 
security, rule of law, counter-narcotics, 
power, 
rural 
development, 
education, 
health, and governance and anti-corrup-
tion, that will improve the security and 
economic stability of Afghanistan, and the 
amount of funding needed to implement 
such programs; 
‘‘(vii) include actions to significantly 
increase contributions from countries par-
ticipating in ISAF and from other inter-
national partners for reconstruction pro-
grams, including in the areas of security, 
rule of law, counternarcotics, power, rural 
development, education, health, and gov-
ernance and anti-corruption sectors; 
‘‘(viii) provide a plan to improve the 
employment situation in Afghanistan, in-
cluding a plan to increase job creation op-
portunities, create an environment condu-
cive to Afghan small business development, 
and enhance private sector development in 
Afghanistan; 
‘‘(ix) include actions to ensure en-
hancement of the capacity of the Govern-
ment of Afghanistan, on all levels, to re-
spond to the needs of its people; 
‘‘(x) include actions to enhance the 
design and implementation of programs 
carried out by the Government of Afghani-
stan, on all levels, including efforts to in-
crease funding and implementation of re-
construction programs carried out by the 
National Solidarity Program; 
‘‘(xi) include a plan to increase sig-
nificantly the number of Provincial Recon-
struction Teams (PRTs), particularly in 
the southern and eastern regions of Af-
ghanistan by December 31, 2009, includ-
ing a review of the operation of and lessons 
learned from existing PRTs prior to the 
preparation of the strategy;
‘‘(xii) clarify a single chain of com-
mand and operations plans for PRTs, in-
cluding their relationship with ISAF; 
‘‘(xiii) increase staffing, particularly 
staffing of civilian specialists, and increase 
staff training for PRTs; 
‘‘(xiv) incorporate measures to im-
prove the effectiveness of PRTs in pro-
viding reconstruction and development as-
sistance and in promoting security and sta-
bility in their areas of operations, including 
coordination between PRT civilian ele-
ments and ISAF reconstruction goals; and 
‘‘(xv) include efforts to ensure that a 
significant amount of the material, finan-
cial, and personnel support for the increase 
in the number of PRTs is provided by for-
eign sources. 
‘‘(B) COUNTER-NARCOTICS STRATEGY.—A 
comprehensive 
interagency 
counter-narcotics 
strategy for Afghanistan, including objectives 
for the strategy, a plan to implement the objec-
tives of the strategy, and a long-term budget to 
carry out the strategy. The strategy shall—
‘‘(i) address the five pillars that com-
prise Afghanistan’s counter-narcotics strat-
egy and implementation plan: public infor-
mation, rural development (alternative live-
lihoods), elimination and eradication activi-
ties, interdiction, and law enforcement and 
justice reform; 
‘‘(ii) identify the roles and responsibil-
ities of relevant departments and agencies 
of the United States Government with re-
spect to the activities described in clause 
(i); 
‘‘(iii) include the strategic direction of 
current and planned activities of the 
United States relating to counter-narcotics 
efforts in Afghanistan, and shall specifi-
cally include a description of steps that 
have been conducted and planned to— 
‘‘(I) improve coordination with all 
relevant departments and agencies of 
the United States Government; 
‘‘(II) strengthen significantly the 
Afghanistan National Counter-Nar-
cotics Police;
‘‘(III) build the capacity of the 
Afghan Government to assume great-
er responsibility for counter-narcotics 
related-activities; 
‘‘(IV) strengthen anti-corruption 
measures that target narcotics pro-
ducers and traffickers and the individ-
uals influenced by them; 
‘‘(V) improve counter-narcotics 
intelligence capabilities; 
‘‘(VI) 
strengthen 
narcotics-re-
lated interdiction activities; 
‘‘(VII) strengthen the capacity of 
the judicial sector to investigate, pros-
ecute, and penalize narcotics pro-
ducers and traffickers and govern-
ment officials benefitting from nar-
cotics-related activities; 
‘‘(VIII) effectively address any 
problems with eradication strategies; 
and 
‘‘(IX) significantly increase the 
focus on creating alternative liveli-
hoods for the Afghan people; and
‘‘(iv) include current and planned ac-
tions to involve and coordinate with the 
United Kingdom and other appropriate 
international 
partners 
in 
supporting 
counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan. 
‘‘(C) SUSTAINABILITY OF THE AFGHANI-
STAN
NATIONAL
SECURITY
FORCES.—A com-
prehensive interagency strategy for building and 
sustaining the Afghanistan National Security 
Forces (ANSF), including objectives for the 
strategy, a plan to implement the objectives of 
the strategy, and a long-term budget to carry 
out the strategy. The strategy shall— 
‘‘(i) include a mechanism for tracking 
funding, including obligations and expendi-
tures, as well as equipment, training, and 
services provided for the ANSF by the 
United States, countries participating in 
the 
International 
Security 
Assistance 
Force, and other international partners; 
‘‘(ii) include actions to build and sus-
tain effective Afghan security institutions 
with fully-capable leadership and staff, in-
cluding—
‘‘(I) a reformed Ministry of Inte-
rior, a fully-established Ministry of 
Defense, and logistics, intelligence, 
medical, and recruiting units (ANSF- 
sustaining institutions); 
‘‘(II) fully-trained, equipped, and 
capable ANSF in sufficient numbers; 
‘‘(III) strong ANSF-readiness as-
sessment tools and metrics; 
‘‘(IV) a strong core of senior-level 
ANSF officers; 
‘‘(V) strong ANSF command, 
control, and communication between 
central ANSF headquarters and re-
gions, provinces, and districts; 
‘‘(VI) a robust mentoring and ad-
vising program for the ANSF; 
‘‘(VII) a strong professional mili-
tary training and education program 
for all junior, mid-level, and senior 
ANSF personnel; 
‘‘(VIII) effective merit-based sal-
ary, rank, promotion, and incentive 
structures for the ANSF;
‘‘(IX) an established code of pro-
fessional standards for the ANSF; 
‘‘(X) a mechanism for incor-
porating lessons learned and best 
practices into ANSF operations; 
‘‘(XI) An ANSF personnel ac-
countability system with effective in-
ternal discipline procedures and mech-
anisms; 
‘‘(XII) a system for addressing 
ANSF personnel complaints; and 
‘‘(XIII) a strong record-keeping 
and accountability system to track 
ANSF 
equipment 
and 
personnel 
issues, and other ANSF oversight 
mechanisms; and 
‘‘(iii) provide for coordination between 
all relevant departments and agencies of 
the United States Government, as well as 
ISAF countries and other international 
partners, including on— 
‘‘(I) funding; 
‘‘(II) reform and establishment of 
ANSF-sustaining institutions; and
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the individual programs described in subsection (a)(2), ex-
cept that the Secretary may contract out to 1 or more 
collaborating universities the management of 1 or more 
of the fellowship programs. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section, to remain available until 
expended.’’. 
SEC. 7140. AQUACULTURE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. 
Section 1477 of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3324) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 7141. RANGELAND RESEARCH GRANTS. 
Section 1483(a) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3336(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 7142. SPECIAL AUTHORIZATION FOR BIOSECURITY 
PLANNING AND RESPONSE. 
Section 1484(a) of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3351(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2012’’. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 210 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to waive the requirement 
for proof of citizenship during first year of life for children born in 
the United States to a Medicaid-eligible mother. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Mr. SERRANO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to waive 
the requirement for proof of citizenship during first year 
of life for children born in the United States to a Med-
icaid-eligible mother. 
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 ‘‘Medicaid Newborn 
Coverage Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT OF PROOF OF CITIZEN-
SHIP DURING FIRST YEAR OF LIFE FOR CHIL-
DREN BORN IN THE UNITED STATES TO A 
MEDICAID-ELIGIBLE MOTHER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1903(x)(2) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396b(x)(2)), as amended by section 405(c)(1) 
of the Medicare Improvements and Extension Act of 2006 
(division B of Public Law 109–432, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(C); 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (E); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) and is a child born to a woman eligible for 
and receiving medical assistance under this title on 
the date of the child’s birth, without regard to the 
child’s basis of eligibility for medical assistance, but 
only with respect to medical assistance for items and 
services furnished during the child’s first year of life; 
or’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and section 1903(x)(2)(D) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, as inserted by subsection (a)(4), shall apply to 
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children born on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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tees a report on actions by Pakistan to permit or im-
pede transit of shipments described in subsection 
(a). The report required by this subsection may be 
included in the report required by section 304 of the 
Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (as 
amended by section 302 of this Act). 
(2) SUNSET.—The requirement to transmit the 
report under paragraph (1) shall cease to apply if 
the President determines and transmits to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a determination 
that India no longer needs to make shipments to Af-
ghanistan for the purposes described in subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 306. REAUTHORIZATION OF RADIO FREE AFGHANI-
STAN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Since January 30, 2002, RFE/RL, Incor-
porated (formerly known as Radio Free Europe/ 
Radio Liberty) has provided 12 hours of daily surro-
gate broadcasting services through Radio Free Af-
ghanistan in Dari and Pashto languages to the peo-
ple of Afghanistan. 
(2) Radio Free Afghanistan is the leading 
broadcaster in Afghanistan with an audience of 
nearly 60 percent of the adult population.
(3) It is in the national interest to continue 
Radio Free Afghanistan’s surrogate broadcasts to 
Afghanistan in order to provide accurate news and 
information, help give voice to ordinary Afghans, 
and provide programs on the fundamentals of de-
mocracy. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For each 
of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010, such sums as may 
be necessary are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors for grants to support 
12 hours of daily surrogate broadcasting services through 
Radio Free Afghanistan in Dari and Pashto languages to 
the people of Afghanistan. 
SEC. 307. ELIGIBILITY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES FOR 
AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF AF-
GHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN TO RECEIVE A 
REWARD 
UNDER 
THE 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
STATE REWARDS PROGRAM. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Subsection (f) of section 36 of the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 2708(f)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(f) INELIGIBILITY.—An offi-
cer’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(f) INELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An officer’’;
(2) in paragraph (1), as so designated by para-
graph (1) of this subsection, by inserting ‘‘, except 
as provided in paragraph (2),’’ before ‘‘of a foreign 
government’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) 
EXCEPTION
IN
CERTAIN
CIR-
CUMSTANCES.—The Secretary may pay a reward to 
an officer or employee of the government of Afghani-
stan or Pakistan (or any entity thereof) who, while 
in the performance of his or her official duties, fur-
nishes information described in such subsection, if 
the Secretary determines that such payment satisfies 
the following conditions: 
‘‘(A) Such payment is appropriate in light 
of the exceptional or high-profile nature of the 
information furnished pursuant to such sub-
section and such information relates in any way 
to the commission of an act in Afghanistan. 
‘‘(B) Such payment may aid in furnishing 
further information described in such sub-
section. 
‘‘(C) Such payment is formally requested 
by such agency.’’.
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‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—An eligible institution seeking a 
grant under this section shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(c) PRIORITIES.—The Secretary shall give priority 
to applications that— 
‘‘(1) are from institutions of higher education 
in which not less than 50 percent of the institution’s 
entering first-year students who are subject to man-
datory assessment, are assessed as needing develop-
mental courses to bring reading, writing, or mathe-
matics skills up to college-level; and 
‘‘(2) propose to replicate practices that have 
proven effective with adults or propose to collaborate 
with adult education providers. 
‘‘(d) PEER REVIEW.—The Secretary shall convene a 
peer review process to review applications for grants under 
this section and to make recommendations to the Sec-
retary regarding the selection of grantees. 
‘‘(e) MANDATORY ACTIVITY.—An eligible institution 
that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant 
funds to create workforce bridge programs that customize 
developmental education curricula, including English lan-
guage instruction, to the content of the for-credit occupa-
tional certificate or degree programs, or clusters of such
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programs, in which developmental education students seek 
to enroll. Such bridge programs may include those that 
integrate the curricula and the instruction of both develop-
mental and college-level coursework or that dually enroll 
students in remediation and college-level coursework. 
‘‘(f) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligible institu-
tion that receives a grant under this section, in addition 
to creating workforce bridge programs, may use the grant 
funds to carry out the following: 
‘‘(1) Design and implement innovative ways to 
improve retention in and completion of develop-
mental education courses, including enrolling stu-
dents in cohorts, accelerating course content, inte-
grating remediation and college-level curricula and 
instruction, dually enrolling students in develop-
mental and college-level courses, tutoring, providing 
counseling and other supportive services, and giving 
small, material incentives for attendance and per-
formance. 
‘‘(2) In consultation with faculty in the appro-
priate departments, redesignating class schedules to 
meet the needs of working adults, such as by cre-
ating evening, weekend, modular, compressed, dis-
tance-learning formats, or other alternative sched-
ules.
sponsibility under this title (and the amendments 
made by this title) are administered so as to have 
the same effect at all times; and 
(2) coordination of policies relating to enforcing 
the same requirements through such Secretaries in 
order to have a coordinated enforcement strategy 
that avoids duplication of enforcement efforts and 
assigns priorities in enforcement. 
TITLE 
II—PROHIBITING 
EM-
PLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION 
ON THE BASIS OF GENETIC 
INFORMATION 
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Equal Employment Opportunity Commis-
sion as created by section 705 of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–4). 
(2) 
EMPLOYEE; 
EMPLOYER; 
EMPLOYMENT 
AGENCY; LABOR ORGANIZATION; MEMBER.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘employee’’ 
means—
(i) an employee (including an appli-
cant), as defined in section 701(f) of the
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b) of 
such section (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)) is amended in the mat-
ter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘or to any officer 
or employee of a foreign government in accordance with 
subsection (f)(2)’’ after ‘‘individual’’. 
SEC. 308. UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD IRAN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) It is of grave concern that General Peter 
Pace, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
stated in late April 2007 that United States and Co-
alition forces ‘‘have intercepted weapons in Afghani-
stan headed for the Taliban that were made in 
Iran’’. 
(2) Iran’s provision of weaponry and techno-
logical expertise to terrorist and criminal elements 
operating in Afghanistan have reportedly included— 
(A) 107 mm mortars, rocket-propelled gre-
nades, C–4 explosives, and small arms; 
(B) surface-to-air missiles reportedly sup-
plied by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard; 
(C) explosively-formed projectiles, one of 
which was recently discovered in Kabul; and 
(D) Iranian 240 mm rockets, with a range 
of up to 30 miles, which have been used re-
cently by Shiite extremists against United 
States and British targets in Basra and Bagh-
dad. 
(3) An increase in both the quantity and quality 
of Iranian arms shipments and technological exper-
tise to the Taliban, other terrorist organizations, 
and criminal elements has the potential to signifi-
cantly change the battlefield in Afghanistan, and 
lead to a large increase in United States, Inter-
national Security Assistance Force, Coalition, and 
Afghan casualties. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
or any amendment made by this Act shall be construed 
to limit the ability of the United States to respond to Ira-
nian-supported or facilitated attacks against United 
States Armed Forces or interests in Afghanistan. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 6, 2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.