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(1) NONTRADITIONAL
SUPPLIERS.—The term 
‘‘nontraditional suppliers’’ means firms that have re-
ceived contracts from the Department of Defense 
with a total value of not more than $100,000 in the 
previous 5 years. 
(2) MARKETS
OF
IMPORTANCE
TO
THE
DE-
PARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE.—The term ‘‘markets of 
importance to the Department of Defense’’ means 
industrial sectors in which the Department of De-
fense spends more than $500,000,000 annually. 
SEC. 402. COMMERCIAL PRICING ANALYSIS. 
Section 803(c) of the Strom Thurmond National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 Public Law 
105–261; 10 U.S.C. 2306a note) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(c) COMMERCIAL PRICE TREND ANALYSIS.— 
‘‘(1) The Secretary of Defense shall develop and 
implement procedures that, to the maximum extent 
practicable, provide for the collection and analysis of 
information on price trends for categories of exempt 
commercial items described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) A category of exempt commercial items re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) consists of exempt com-
mercial items that are in a single Federal Supply 
Group or Federal Supply Class, are provided by a 
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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 ‘‘Social Security for 
Americans Only Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON COVERAGE OF INDIVIDUALS 
BASED ON EARNINGS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO 
ARE NOT CITIZENS OR NATIONALS OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
Section 215(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
415(e)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(e)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) For purposes of subsections (b) and (d), in com-
puting an individual’s average indexed monthly earnings, 
or in the case of an individual whose primary insurance 
amount is computed under section 215(a) as in effect 
prior to January 1979, average monthly wage, such indi-
vidual shall not be credited with— 
‘‘(A) any wages paid to such individual after 
December 31, 2009, while such individual is not a 
citizen or national of the United States, or 
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‘‘(B) any self-employment income derived by 
such individual during any taxable year beginning 
after December 31, 2009, while such individual is 
not a citizen or national of the United States.’’. 
SEC. 3. REVISION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR TOTALIZATION 
AGREEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 233 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 433) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS 
‘‘SEC. 233. The President is authorized to enter into 
agreements (subject to the other provisions of this title 
and of chapters 2 and 21 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986) establishing arrangements between the United 
States and any foreign country for the purpose of resolv-
ing questions of entitlement to, and participation in, the 
social security system established by this title and the so-
cial security system of such foreign country. Any such 
agreement shall take into account the limitations on the 
crediting of wages and self-employment income under sec-
tion 215(e)(2).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE; TERMINATION OF EXISTING 
AGREEMENTS.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall apply with respect to agreements taking effect after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. Any agreement in 
effect on such date which was entered into under section 
233 of the Social Security Act (as in effect immediately 
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before such date of enactment) shall terminate on Decem-
ber 31, 2009 (or as provided in such agreement, if earlier). 
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I 
★
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1610 
To amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to limit the 
annual percentage rate of interest that may be charged by recipients 
of financial assistance under such Act with respect to consumer credit 
card accounts, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2009 
Ms. SPEIER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 
2008 to limit the annual percentage rate of interest 
that may be charged by recipients of financial assistance 
under such Act with respect to consumer credit card 
accounts, 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 ‘‘Interest Rate Equity 
Act’’ or the ‘‘IRE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CEILING ON CONSUMER CREDIT CARD INTEREST 
RATES IMPOSED BY TARP RECIPIENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 113 of the Emergency 
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5223) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) 
CEILING
ON
CONSUMER
CREDIT
CARD 
RATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any financial 
institution which receives financial assistance under 
this title and extends credit to any consumer 
through a credit card account under an open end 
consumer credit plan, the annual percentage rate ap-
plicable to any outstanding balance on any such ac-
count while any such assistance is outstanding may 
not exceed 18 percent. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the terms ‘consumer’, ‘credit’, ‘credit card’, 
and ‘open end credit plan’ have the same meanings 
as in section 103 of the Truth in Lending Act and 
the term ‘annual percentage rate’ means the annual 
percentage as determined in accordance with section 
107 of such Act.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to any finance charge imposed 
after the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date 
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of the enactment of this Act on any amount outstanding 
after the end of such period under a credit card account 
under an open end consumer credit plan. 
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through the Secretary, and with all other Federal 
agencies; 
(3) fully integrate the principle and practice of 
meaningful, regular, and appropriate consultation 
with the Native Hawaiian people by providing timely 
notice to, and consulting with the Native Hawaiian 
people prior to taking any actions that may affect 
traditional or current Native Hawaiian practices and 
matters that may have the potential to significantly 
or uniquely affect Native Hawaiian resources, rights, 
or lands, and upon the recognition of the Native Ha-
waiian government as provided for in section 7(d)(2) 
of this Act, fully integrate the principle and practice 
of meaningful, regular, and appropriate consultation 
with the Native Hawaiian government by providing 
timely notice to, and consulting with the Native Ha-
waiian people and the Native Hawaiian government 
prior to taking any actions that may have the poten-
tial to significantly affect Native Hawaiian re-
sources, rights, or lands; 
(4) consult with the Native Hawaiian Inter-
agency Task Force, other Federal agencies, and with 
relevant agencies of the State of Hawaii on policies, 
practices, and proposed actions affecting Native Ha-
waiian resources, rights, or lands; 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Lands Service 
Corps Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCE. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other 
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to 
a section or other provision of the Public Lands Corps 
Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.; title II of Public 
Law 91–378). 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE PUBLIC LANDS CORPS ACT 
OF 1993. 
(a) NAME AND PROJECT DESCRIPTION CHANGES.— 
The Act is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Public Lands Corps’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Public Lands Service 
Corps’’; 
(2) in the title heading, by striking ‘‘PUBLIC 
LANDS
CORPS’’
and
inserting
‘‘PUBLIC 
LANDS SERVICE CORPS’’; 
(3) in the section 204— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘PUBLIC
LANDS
CORPS’’
and
inserting 
‘‘PUBLIC LANDS SERVICE CORPS’’; and 
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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 ‘‘Public Lands Service 
Corps Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCE. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other 
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to 
a section or other provision of the Public Lands Corps 
Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.; title II of Public 
Law 91–378). 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE PUBLIC LANDS CORPS ACT 
OF 1993. 
(a) NAME AND PROJECT DESCRIPTION CHANGES.— 
The Act is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Public Lands Corps’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Public Lands Service 
Corps’’; 
(2) in the title heading, by striking ‘‘PUBLIC 
LANDS CORPS’’ and inserting ‘‘PUBLIC 
LANDS SERVICE CORPS’’; 
(3) in the section 204— 
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Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, 
and Mr. JACKSON of Illinois 
OCTOBER 23, 2009 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with amendments 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
OCTOBER 23, 2009 
Committees on Agriculture and Education and Labor discharged; committed 
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 19, 2009] 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to expand 
the authorization of the Secretaries of Agriculture, Com-
merce, and the Interior to provide service-learning oppor-
tunities on public lands, help restore the Nation’s nat-
ural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational, and 
scenic resources, train a new generation of public land 
managers and enthusiasts, and promote the value of 
public service. 
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II 
Calendar No. 609 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1612 
[Report No. 111–323] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 26 (legislative day, MARCH 25), 2010 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 
Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to expand 
the authorization of the Secretaries of Agriculture, Com-
merce, and the Interior to provide service opportunities 
for young Americans; help restore the nation’s natural, 
cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational and scenic 
resources; train a new generation of public land man-
agers and enthusiasts; and promote the value of public 
service. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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(1) a likely cost overrun greater than 10 per-
cent of the acquisition program baseline for that in-
dividual capability or asset or a class of capabilities 
or assets; 
(2) a likely delay of more than 180 days in the 
delivery schedule for any individual capability or 
asset or class of capabilities or assets; or 
(3) an anticipated failure for any individual ca-
pability or asset or class of capabilities or assets to 
satisfy any key performance threshold or parameter 
under the acquisition program baseline. 
(b) CONTENT.—The report submitted under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) a detailed description of the breach and an 
explanation of its cause; 
(2) the projected impact to performance, cost, 
and schedule; 
(3) an updated acquisition program baseline 
and the complete history of changes to the original 
acquisition program baseline; 
(4) the updated acquisition schedule and the 
complete history of changes to the original schedule; 
(5) a full life-cycle cost analysis for the capa-
bility or asset or class of capabilities or assets; 
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(A) the testing of a capability or asset and 
the sub-systems of the capability or asset to de-
termine whether they meet all contractual per-
formance requirements, including technical per-
formance requirements, supportability require-
ments, and interoperability requirements and 
related specifications; and 
(B) the evaluation of the results of such 
testing. 
(2) OPERATIONAL
TEST
AND
EVALUATION.— 
The term ‘‘operational test and evaluation’’ means— 
(A) the testing of a capability or asset and 
the sub-systems of the capability or asset, 
under conditions similar to those in which the 
capability or asset and subsystems will actually 
be deployed, for the purpose of determining the 
effectiveness and suitability of the capability or 
asset and sub-systems for use by typical Coast 
Guard users to conduct those missions for 
which the capability or asset and sub-systems 
are intended to be used; and 
(B) the evaluation of the results of such 
testing. 
(3) SAFETY CONCERN.—The term ‘‘safety con-
cern’’ means any hazard associated with a capability 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1615 
To amend section 435(o) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding 
the definition of economic hardship. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2009 
Mr. EHLERS (for himself, Mr. MCKEON, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. WILSON of South 
Carolina, Mr. HONDA, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, and Mr. 
PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend section 435(o) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 regarding the definition of economic hardship. 
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 ‘‘Medical Economic 
Deferment for Students (MEDS) Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF ECONOMIC HARDSHIP. 
Section 435(o) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1085(o)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (C); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) such borrower is working full-time 
and has a Federal educational debt burden that 
equals or exceeds 20 percent of such borrower’s 
adjusted gross income, and the difference be-
tween such borrower’s adjusted gross income 
minus such burden is less than 220 percent of 
the greater of— 
‘‘(i) the annual earnings of an indi-
vidual earning the minimum wage under 
section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938; or 
‘‘(ii) 150 percent of the poverty line, 
as defined under section 673(2) of the 
Community Services Block Grant Act, ap-
plicable to such borrower’s family size; or’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(1)(B)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(1)(C)’’. 
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single contractor, or are otherwise logically grouped 
for the purpose of analyzing information on price 
trends. 
‘‘(3) The analysis of information on price 
trends under paragraph (1) shall include, in any cat-
egory in which significant escalation in prices is 
identified, a more detailed examination of the causes 
of escalation for such prices within the category and 
whether such price escalation is consistent across the 
Department of Defense. 
‘‘(4) The head of a Department of Defense 
agency or the Secretary of a military department 
shall take appropriate action to address any unjusti-
fied escalation in prices being paid for items pro-
cured by that agency or military department as iden-
tified in an analysis conducted pursuant to para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(5) Not later than April 1 of each of year, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee 
on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
a report on the analyses of price trends that were 
conducted for categories of exempt commercial items 
during the preceding fiscal year under the proce-
dures prescribed pursuant to paragraph (1). The re-
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(A) by striking ‘‘Not later than June 15, 
1992, the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or (f)’’ after ‘‘subsection 
(d)’’. 
SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF DETERMINATIONS OF GRAND-
FATHER RIGHTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 127 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) GRANDFATHER RIGHTS.— 
‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—After the 270th day fol-
lowing the date of enactment of this subsection, a 
State may not allow, on a segment of the Interstate 
System, the operation of a vehicle or combination 
(other than a longer combination vehicle) exceeding 
an Interstate weight limit unless the operation is 
specified on the list published under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) LIST OF VEHICLES AND COMBINATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) PROCEEDING.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this sub-
section, the Secretary shall initiate a proceeding 
to determine and publish a list of vehicles and 
combinations (other than longer combination 
vehicles), otherwise exceeding an Interstate 
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‘‘§ 127a. Vehicle weight limitations—National High-
way System 
‘‘(a) NON-INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS ON NHS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After the 270th day fol-
lowing the date of enactment of this section, any 
Interstate weight limit that applies to vehicles and 
combinations (other than longer combination vehi-
cles) operating on the Interstate System in a State 
under section 127 shall also apply to vehicles and 
combinations (other than longer combination vehi-
cles) operating on non-Interstate segments of the 
National Highway System in such State unless such 
segments are subject to lower State weight limits as 
provided for in subsection (d). 
‘‘(2) EXISTING HIGHWAYS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1), in the case of a non-Interstate seg-
ment of the National Highway System that is 
open to traffic on June 1, 2008, a State may 
allow the operation of any vehicle or combina-
tion (other than a longer combination vehicle) 
on such segment that the Secretary determines 
under subsection (b) could be lawfully operated 
on such segment on June 1, 2008. 
‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY OF STATE LAWS AND 
REGULATIONS.—All operations described in 
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pare the reports the senior official submits to Con-
gress and prepares on behalf of the Department. 
‘‘(12) Any other responsibilities assigned by the 
Secretary or the senior official appointed under sec-
tion 222. 
‘‘(c) ROLE OF COMPONENT HEADS.—The head of a 
component identified in subsection (a)(2) shall ensure that 
the privacy official designated under subsection (a) for 
that component— 
‘‘(1) has the information, material, and re-
sources necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of 
such official under this section; 
‘‘(2) is advised of proposed policy changes and 
the development of new programs, rules, regulations, 
procedures, or guidelines during the planning stage 
and is included in the decisionmaking process; and 
‘‘(3) is given access to material and personnel 
the privacy official deems necessary to carry out the 
official’s responsibilities. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
considered to abrogate the role and responsibilities of the 
senior official appointed under section 222.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after 
the item related to section 222 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 222A. Privacy officials.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 24, 
2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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(b) PURPOSE.—The program under this section shall 
focus on— 
(1) the continued improvement and develop-
ment of new, cleaner, more efficient light-duty, me-
dium-duty, and heavy-duty natural gas vehicle en-
gines; 
(2) the integration of those engines into light- 
duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty natural gas vehi-
cles for onroad and offroad applications; 
(3) expanding product availability by assisting 
manufacturers with the certification of the engines 
or vehicles described in paragraph (1) or (2) to Fed-
eral or California certification requirements and in- 
use emission standards; 
(4) the demonstration and proper operation and 
use of the vehicles described in paragraph (2) under 
all operating conditions; 
(5) the development and improvement of na-
tionally recognized codes and standards for the con-
tinued safe operation of natural gas vehicles and 
their components; 
(6) improvement in the reliability and efficiency 
of natural gas fueling station infrastructure; 
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