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(3) ELIGIBLE DUALLY-CERTIFIED FACILITY DE-
FINED.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘eli-
gible dually-certified facility’’ means, for a cost re-
porting period ending during a year (beginning no 
earlier than 2011) that is covered by the latest avail-
able Medicare cost report, a nursing facility that 
meets all of the following requirements: 
(A) The facility is participating as a nurs-
ing facility under title XIX of the Social Secu-
rity Act and as a skilled nursing facility under 
title XVIII of such Act during the entire year. 
(B) The base Medicaid payment rate (ex-
cluding any supplemental payments) to the fa-
cility is not less than the base Medicaid pay-
ment rate (excluding any supplemental pay-
ments) to such facility as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(C) As reported on the facility’s latest 
Medicare cost report— 
(i) the Medicaid share of patient days 
for such facility is not less than 60 percent 
of the combined Medicare and Medicaid 
share of resident days for such facility; and 
(ii) the combined Medicare and Med-
icaid share of resident days for such facil-
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IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5450 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 15, 2010 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 3894 Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles, 
California, as the ‘‘Tom Bradley Post Office 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. TOM BRADLEY POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 3894 Crenshaw Boulevard in Los 
Angeles, California, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Tom Bradley Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Tom Bradley Post 
Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
By DEBORAH M. SPRIGGS, 
Deputy Clerk. 
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II 
Calendar No. 632 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5450 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 15, 2010 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Reported by Mr. LIEBERMAN, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 3894 Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles, 
California, as the ‘‘Tom Bradley Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TOM BRADLEY POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 3894 Crenshaw Boulevard in Los 
Angeles, California, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Tom Bradley Post Office Building’’. 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Tom Bradley Post 
Office Building’’. 
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Calendar No. 632 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5450 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 3894 Crenshaw Boulevard 
in Los Angeles, California, as the ‘‘Tom Bradley 
Post Office Building’’. 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Reported without amendment 
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(1) The Forest Service owns the area sur-
rounding Connell Lake, located within the bound-
aries of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. 
Connell Lake serves as a major water source for the 
Borough and as a local recreation site. 
(2) The Borough has a great interest in the 
management of the Connell Lake area and desires to 
participate directly in the planning and management 
of the area. 
(3) The Borough would be eligible to obtain 
this land from the Federal Government under the 
Recreation and Public Purposes Act if the land was 
not located within a national forest. 
(4) Congress has passed legislation in similar 
circumstances to permit local governments to obtain 
National Forest System land under the Recreation 
and Public Purposes Act. 
(5) The management plan for Connell Lake 
under the Borough’s comprehensive plan is con-
sistent with the newly issued forest management 
plan for the area and with the terms and conditions 
of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to provide 
for the application of the Recreation and Public Purposes 
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Act to the Connell Lake area so the Borough may obtain 
that land under the basic terms and conditions of the Act. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) BOROUGH.—The term ‘‘Borough’’ means 
the Ketchikan Gateway Borough located in the State 
of Alaska. 
(2) 
RECREATION
AND
PUBLIC
PURPOSES 
ACT.—The term ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes 
Act’’ means the Act of June 14, 1926 (43 U.S.C. 
869 et seq.). 
SEC. 4. LAND CONVEYANCE, CONNELL LAKE AREA, KETCH-
IKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH, ALASKA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, in accordance with this Act and the Recreation 
and Public Purposes Act, and subject to valid existing 
rights, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of 
the Interior, as appropriate, shall convey to the Borough 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
to the Connell Lake Conveyance Area consisting of ap-
proximately 880 acres, as generally depicted on the map 
titled ‘‘Connell Lake Watershed—Aliquot Part Descrip-
tion’’. Such map shall be on file and available for inspec-
tion in the offices of the Chief of the Forest Service and 
the Forest Supervisor located in Ketchikan, Alaska. 
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(b) MANAGEMENT.—Once conveyed, the Connell 
Lake Conveyance Area shall be managed in accordance 
with the terms of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, 
including the reverter provisions required by that Act. 
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ity, as reported on the facility’s latest 
available Medicare cost report, is not less 
than 75 percent of the total resident days 
for such facility. 
(D) The facility has received Medicaid re-
imbursement (including any supplemental pay-
ments) for the provision of covered services to 
Medicaid eligible individuals, as reported on the 
facility’s latest available Medicare cost report, 
that is significantly less (as determined by the 
Secretary) than the allowable costs (as deter-
mined by the Secretary) incurred by the facility 
in providing such services. 
(E) The facility is not in the highest quar-
tile of costs per day, as determined by the Sec-
retary and as adjusted for case mix, wages, and 
type of facility. 
(F) The facility provides quality care, as 
determined by the Secretary, to— 
(i) Medicaid eligible individuals; and 
(ii) individuals who are entitled to 
items and services under part A of title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act. 
(G) In the most recent standard survey 
available, the facility was not cited for any im-
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2010. 
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SEC. 8. USE OF STIMULUS FUNDS TO OFFSET SPENDING. 
The unobligated balance of each amount appro-
priated or made available under the American Recovery 
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) (other 
than under title X of division A of such Act) is rescinded 
pro rata such that the aggregate amount of such rescis-
sions equals $13,000,000,000 in order to offset the net 
increase in spending resulting from the provisions of, and 
amendments made by, sections 2 through 7. The Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget shall report to 
each congressional committee the amounts so rescinded 
within the jurisdiction of such committee. 
SEC. 9. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The budgetary effects of this Act, 
for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As- 
You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to 
the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 
Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House 
Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been 
submitted prior to the vote on passage. 
(b) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION FOR CONGRESSIONAL 
ENFORCEMENT.—In the House of Representatives, this 
Act, with the exception of section 4, is designated as an 
emergency for purposes of pay-as-you-go principles. In the 
Senate, this Act is designated as an emergency require-
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ment pursuant to section 403(a) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fis-
cal year 2010. 
(c) EMERGENCY
DESIGNATION
FOR
STATUTORY 
PAYGO.—This Act, with the exception of section 4, is des-
ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Public 
Law 111–139; 2 U.S.C. 933(g)). 
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and organization skills to expand to other institu-
tional customers. 
(13) Farm-to-school programs can benefit local 
economies. A 2009 study of farm-to-school programs 
in Oregon found that for every one dollar invested 
in farm-to-school programs, the yield in economic ac-
tivity in the local community was $1.87. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) FARM-TO-SCHOOL
PROGRAM.—The term 
‘‘farm-to-school program’’ means a program that 
connects schools and small- and medium-sized agri-
cultural producers for the purposes of— 
(A) serving locally produced, healthy foods 
(including fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy, 
meat, fish, and poultry, and grains) in school 
cafeterias; 
(B) improving student nutrition; 
(C) providing educational opportunities for 
students in the areas of nutrition, health, and 
local agricultural food production; and 
(D) supporting local and regional agri-
culture and the growth of rural communities. 
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239 
‘‘(iii) on October 1, 2010, and each 
October 1 thereafter, $4,000,000.’’. 
SEC. 407. COMPLIANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
Section 22(d) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769c(d)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 
2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2011 through 2015’’. 
SEC. 408. INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE. 
Section 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended in 
the first sentence by striking ‘‘$250,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2005 through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015’’. 
PART 2—CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966 
SEC. 421. TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT. 
Section 7(i)(4) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1776(i)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘2005 
through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2010 through 2015’’. 
SEC. 422. STATE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 
Section 7(j) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1776(j)) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2009’’ 
and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2015’’. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1155 
AN ACT 
Ensuring that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic 
of China do not enter the United States market, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(3) will expand the access of pregnant and 
parenting students to each service described in sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION
ON AMOUNT
OF GRANT.—The 
amount of a grant awarded under subsection (a) shall not 
exceed $500,000. 
‘‘(d) GRANT CONDITIONS.—As a condition of receiv-
ing a grant under subsection (a), a local educational agen-
cy— 
‘‘(1) shall agree to enter into partnerships and 
share grant funds, when appropriate, with public 
agencies or with community-based organizations to 
carry out the purpose for which the grant is award-
ed; and 
‘‘(2) shall not use more than 10 percent of the 
amount of the grant for administrative costs. 
‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Uses of funds from a grant 
awarded under subsection (a) may include— 
‘‘(1) compensating teachers and other employ-
ees for performing additional services in carrying out 
the purpose of the grant; and 
‘‘(2) encouraging training practicums for grad-
uate students in social work to carry out the purpose 
of the grant. 
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‘‘(B) the methodologies used to determine 
such rates; and 
‘‘(C) justifications for the rates; and 
‘‘(2) an explanation of the process used by the 
State to allow providers, beneficiaries and their rep-
resentatives, and other concerned State residents a 
reasonable opportunity to review and comment on 
such rates, methodologies, and justifications before 
the State made such rates final.’’. 
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graph (2) in the premium rates charged under
subsection (a), and
(B) the issuer of the policy is entitled to
payment by the Federal Health Board of an
amount equal to the amount of such reduction.
(2) PERCENTAGE REDUCTION.—In the case of
an individual or family the total adjusted gross in-
come of whose members—
(A) does not exceed the Federal poverty
line (applicable to a family of the size involved),
the percentage reduction is 100 percent, or
(B) exceeds such line, the percentage re-
duction is 100 percent less 10 percent for each
dollar unit (specified in paragraph (4)) by
which such total adjusted gross income exceeds
the applicable Federal poverty line.
(3) MAXIMUM INCOME LEVEL.—The maximum
income level specified in this subparagraph for a
family is the sum of—
(A) the Federal poverty line, and
(B) 10 times the dollar unit specified in
paragraph (4),
applicable to a family of the size involved.
(4) DOLLAR UNIT.—The dollar unit specified in
this paragraph is—
(A) for a family of four, $1,000, and
(B) for a family of other size (including a
family consisting only of an individual), such
amount as bears the same ratio to the amount
specified in subparagraph (A) as the ratio of
the Federal poverty line applicable to a family
of the size involves bears to the Federal poverty
line applicable to a family of four.
The amounts determined under subparagraph (B)
may be rounded by the Federal Health Board to an
appropriate multiple of $10.
(5) FEDERAL
POVERTY
LINE.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘Federal poverty line’’ means the
official poverty line as defined by the Office of Man-
agement and Budget and revised annually in accord-
ance with section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981.
(c) EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS.—Nothing in this
section shall be construed as preventing an employer of
an individual from paying some or all of the premiums
for coverage of employees and family members under
health insurance policies.
(d) SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING
TO NATIVE
AMERICANS.—In the case of an individual who is a Native
American and who is an enrolled member of a Federally-
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1157 
AN ACT 
To provide for certain authorities of the Department of 
State, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1187 
AN ACT 
To provide for disclosure of additional material information 
about public companies and establish a Sustainable Fi-
nance Advisory Committee, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5458 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
To amend the Truth in Lending Act and the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 to require additional disclosures and 
protections for students and cosigners with respect to 
student loans, 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; FINDINGS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act’’ and 
‘‘Christopher’s Law’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) There is no requirement for Federal or pri-
vate educational lenders to provide information with 
respect to creating a durable power of attorney for 
financial decisionmaking in accordance with State 
law to be used in the event of the death, incapacita-
tion, or disability of the borrower or such cosigner 
(if any). 
(2) No requirement exists for private edu-
cational lenders’ master promissory notes to include 
a clear and conspicuous description of the respon-
sibilities of a borrower and cosigner in the event the 
borrower or cosigner becomes disabled, incapaci-
tated, or dies. 
(3) Of the 1,400,000 people who sustain a trau-
matic brain injury each year in the United States, 
50,000 die; 235,000 are hospitalized; and 1,100,000 
are treated and released from an emergency depart-
ment. 
(4) It is estimated that the annual incidence of 
spinal cord injury, not including those who die at the 
scene of an accident, is approximately 40 cases per 
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A BILL 
To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 
of 1977 to provide for use of excess funds available 
under that Act to provide for certain benefits, and for 
other purposes. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5461 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to cover screening computed 
tomography colonography as a colorectal cancer screening test under 
the Medicare Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 28, 2010 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Mr. KIRK, and Mr. BOREN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to cover 
screening computed tomography colonography as a 
colorectal cancer screening test under the Medicare Pro-
gram. 
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 ‘‘Virtual Screening for 
Colorectal Cancer Act of 2010’’. 
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‘‘(M) The model form for the State in 
which the institution is located with respect to 
durable power of attorneys published by the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tem in accordance with subsection (f)(3)(A) of 
section 140 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 
U.S.C. 1650) and, in the case of a borrower 
who is not a resident of the State in which the 
institution is located, information on how to ac-
cess such model form for the State in which the 
borrower is a resident.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 
2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5459 
To increase the limits on liability under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 28, 2010 
Mrs. CAPPS (for herself and Mr. WEINER) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To increase the limits on liability under the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act. 
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 ‘‘Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act Amendments Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. REMEDIES AND PENALTIES UNDER THE OUTER 
CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS ACT. 
(a) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Section 24(b) of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1350(b)) is 
amended— 
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(1) in the first sentence of paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘$20,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘may be as-
sessed’’ and inserting ‘‘of not more than $150,000 
for each day of the continuance of the failure shall 
be assessed’’. 
(b) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—The first sentence of 
section 24(c) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1350(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) take effect on April 15, 2010. 
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