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tion and Tobacco Control Act, the Secretary shall establish, 
and periodically revise as appropriate, a list of harmful 
and potentially harmful constituents, including smoke con-
stituents, to health in each tobacco product by brand and 
by quantity in each brand and subbrand. The Secretary 
shall publish a public notice requesting the submission by 
interested persons of scientific and other information con-
cerning the harmful and potentially harmful constituents 
in tobacco products and tobacco smoke. 
‘‘SEC. 905. ANNUAL REGISTRATION. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) 
MANUFACTURE, 
PREPARATION, 
COMPOUNDING, OR PROCESSING.—The term ‘manufac-
ture, preparation, compounding, or processing’ shall 
include repackaging or otherwise changing the con-
tainer, wrapper, or labeling of any tobacco product 
package in furtherance of the distribution of the to-
bacco product from the original place of manufacture 
to the person who makes final delivery or sale to the 
ultimate consumer or user. 
‘‘(2) NAME.—The term ‘name’ shall include in 
the case of a partnership the name of each partner 
and, in the case of a corporation, the name of each 
corporate officer and director, and the State of incor-
poration.
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‘‘(b) REGISTRATION BY OWNERS AND OPERATORS.— 
On or before December 31 of each year, every person who 
owns or operates any establishment in any State engaged 
in the manufacture, preparation, compounding, or proc-
essing of a tobacco product or tobacco products shall register 
with the Secretary the name, places of business, and all such 
establishments of that person. If enactment of the Family 
Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act occurs in the 
second half of the calendar year, the Secretary shall des-
ignate a date no later than 6 months into the subsequent 
calendar year by which registration pursuant to this sub-
section shall occur. 
‘‘(c) REGISTRATION BY NEW OWNERS AND OPERA-
TORS.—Every person upon first engaging in the manufac-
ture, preparation, compounding, or processing of a tobacco 
product or tobacco products in any establishment owned or 
operated in any State by that person shall immediately reg-
ister with the Secretary that person’s name, place of busi-
ness, and such establishment. 
‘‘(d) REGISTRATION OF ADDED ESTABLISHMENTS.— 
Every person required to register under subsection (b) or 
(c) shall immediately register with the Secretary any addi-
tional establishment which that person owns or operates in 
any State and in which that person begins the manufacture,
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 34
AN ACT 
To establish a pilot program in certain United 
States district courts to encourage enhancement 
of expertise in patent cases among district 
judges.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1105 
Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2009, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 23, 2009 
Mr. OBEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2009, 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 ‘‘Omnibus Appropria-
tions Act, 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement. 
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Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations. 
DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND 
DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2009 
Title I—Agricultural Programs 
Title II—Conservation Programs 
Title III—Rural Development Programs 
Title IV—Domestic Food Programs 
Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs 
Title VI—Related Agency and Food and Drug Administration 
Title VII—General Provisions 
DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 
Title I—Department of Commerce 
Title II—Department of Justice 
Title III—Science 
Title IV—Related Agencies 
Title V—General Provisions 
DIVISION C—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 
Title I—Department of Defense—Civil: Department of the Army 
Title II—Department of the Interior 
Title III—Department of Energy 
Title IV—Independent Agencies 
Title V—General Provisions 
DIVISION D—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 
Title I—Department of the Treasury 
Title II—Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the 
President 
Title III—The Judiciary 
Title IV—District of Columbia 
Title V—Independent Agencies 
Title VI—General Provisions—This Act 
Title VII—General Provisions—Government-wide 
Title VIII—General Provisions—District of Columbia 
DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 
Title I—Department of the Interior 
Title II—Environmental Protection Agency 
Title III—Related Agencies 
Title IV—General Provisions 
DIVISION F—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO-
PRIATIONS ACT, 2009 
Title I—Department of Labor 
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3514
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain
lands and improvements associated with the National
Forest System in the State of Pennsylvania, 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) PERIODIC REPORTING.—The Director of the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 
in consultation with the chief judge of each of the 
district courts designated under subsection (b) and 
the Director of the Federal Judicial Center, shall 
keep the committees referred to in paragraph (1) in-
formed, on a periodic basis while the pilot program 
is in effect, with respect to the matters referred to 
in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (1). 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
FOR TRAINING
AND CLERK-
SHIPS.—In addition to any other funds made available to 
carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro-
priated not less than $5,000,000 in each fiscal year for— 
(1) educational and professional development of 
those district judges designated under subsection 
(a)(1)(A) in matters relating to patents and plant 
variety protection; and 
(2) compensation of law clerks with expertise in 
technical matters arising in patent and plant variety 
protection cases, to be appointed by the courts des-
ignated under subsection (b) to assist those courts 
in such cases. 
Amounts made available pursuant to this subsection shall 
remain available until expended. 
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preparation, compounding, or processing of a tobacco prod-
uct or tobacco products. 
‘‘(e) UNIFORM PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM.— 
The Secretary may by regulation prescribe a uniform sys-
tem for the identification of tobacco products and may re-
quire that persons who are required to list such tobacco 
products under subsection (i) shall list such tobacco prod-
ucts in accordance with such system. 
‘‘(f) PUBLIC ACCESS
TO REGISTRATION INFORMA-
TION.—The Secretary shall make available for inspection, 
to any person so requesting, any registration filed under 
this section. 
‘‘(g) BIENNIAL INSPECTION OF REGISTERED ESTAB-
LISHMENTS.—Every establishment registered with the Sec-
retary under this section shall be subject to inspection under 
section 704 or subsection (h), and every such establishment 
engaged in the manufacture, compounding, or processing 
of a tobacco product or tobacco products shall be so in-
spected by 1 or more officers or employees duly designated 
by the Secretary at least once in the 2-year period begin-
ning with the date of registration of such establishment 
under this section and at least once in every successive 2- 
year period thereafter. 
‘‘(h) REGISTRATION BY FOREIGN ESTABLISHMENTS.— 
Any establishment within any foreign country engaged in
flects the change or correction made by the 
voter. 
‘‘(iii) Once a voter verifies that the 
vote shown on a paper record provided 
under clause (i) is the vote the voter in-
tends to cast (whether verified as originally 
entered or as changed and corrected as de-
scribed in clause (ii)), the vote shall be 
final and the record shall serve as a per-
manent paper record of the vote.’’. 
(b) PROHIBITING REMOVAL
OF PAPER RECORD 
FROM POLLING PLACE; CLARIFYING PURPOSES
FOR 
WHICH RECORD MAY BE USED.—Clause (iv) of section 
301(a)(2)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(2)(B)), as 
redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended by striking 
the period at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, and 
for such other official purposes as may be provided under 
State law, and may be removed from the polling place by 
and otherwise made available to an appropriate election 
official for such purposes, but the record (including any 
duplicate of the record or any photographic image of the 
record) may not be removed from the polling place by any 
other person or for any other purpose.’’. 
(c) REQUIRING VOLUNTARY VOTING SYSTEM GUIDE-
LINES TO INCLUDE GUIDELINES TO ENSURE SECURITY 
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OF ELECTRONIC DATA.—Section 221(b)(1) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 15361(b)(1)) is amended by striking the period 
at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, including guide-
lines to ensure the security of any data which is trans-
mitted or received electronically by voting systems’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
apply with respect to the regularly scheduled general elec-
tion for Federal office in November 2008 and each suc-
ceeding election for Federal office. 
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3536
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 210 Main Street in Malden,
Illinois, as the ‘‘Army Staff Sgt. Lincoln
Hollinsaid Malden Post Office’’.
SECTION 1. INDEBTEDNESS INCURRED BY A PARTNERSHIP 
IN ACQUIRING SECURITIES AND COMMOD-
ITIES NOT TREATED AS ACQUISITION IN-
DEBTEDNESS FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHICH 
ARE LIMITED PARTNERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 514 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to acquisition 
indebtedness) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) SECURITIES
AND
COMMODITIES
AC-
QUIRED BY PARTNERSHIPS IN WHICH AN ORGANIZA-
TION IS A LIMITED PARTNER.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any or-
ganization which is a limited partner in a part-
nership, the term ‘acquisition indebtedness’ 
does not, for purposes of this section, include 
indebtedness incurred or continued by such 
partnership in purchasing or carrying any 
qualified security or commodity. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN ALLOCA-
TION REQUIREMENTS.—The provisions of sub-
paragraph (A) shall not apply unless the re-
quirements of subclause (II) or (III) of para-
graph (9)(B)(vi) are met with respect to such 
partnership. 
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‘‘(C) 
QUALIFIED
SECURITY
OR
COM-
MODITY.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 
term ‘qualified security or commodity’ means 
any security (as defined in section 475(c)(2) 
without regard to the last sentence thereof), 
any 
commodity 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
475(e)(2)), or any option or derivative contract 
with respect to such a security or commodity. 
‘‘(D) APPLICATION TO TIERED PARTNER-
SHIPS
AND
OTHER
PASS-THRU
ENTITIES.— 
Rules similar to the rules of subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) shall apply in the case of tiered part-
nerships and other pass-thru entities. 
‘‘(E) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may 
prescribe such regulations as may be necessary 
or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this 
paragraph, including regulations providing for 
the application of rules similar to the rules of 
clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (9)(B) for 
purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this 
paragraph.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act . 
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(A) 
Subparagraph 
(B) 
of 
section 
6724(d)(1) of such Code (relating to defini-
tions) is amended by redesignating clauses (xiii) 
through (xviii) as clauses (xiv) through (xix), 
respectively, and by inserting after clause (xii) 
the following new clause: 
‘‘(xiii) section 6050U (relating to re-
turns relating to payments for qualified 
health insurance),’’. 
(B) Paragraph (2) of section 6724(d) of 
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end of the next to last subparagraph, by strik-
ing the period at the end of the last subpara-
graph and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and by adding at 
the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(CC) section 6050U(d) (relating to returns re-
lating to payments for qualified health insurance).’’. 
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for subpart B of part III of subchapter A of 
chapter 61 of such Code is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 6050T the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 6050U. Returns relating to payments for qualified health insurance.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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H. Res. 1316 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
May 26, 2010. 
Whereas the United States joins together each May to pay 
tribute to the contributions of generations of Asians and 
Pacific Islanders who have enriched the Nation’s history; 
Whereas the history of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the 
United States is inextricably tied to the story of the Na-
tion; 
Whereas the month of May was selected for Asian/Pacific 
American Heritage Month due to the following two his-
torical events, first, May 7, 1843, when the first Japa-
nese immigrants arrived in the United States, and sec-
ond, May 10, 1869, when, with substantial contributions 
from Chinese immigrants, the first transcontinental rail-
road was completed; 
Whereas today, according to the United States Census Bu-
reau, the Asian American and Pacific Islander commu-
nity is one of the fastest growing and most diverse popu-
lations in the United States, comprised of over 45 dis-
tinct ethnicities and over 28 language groups in the com-
munity; 
Whereas the United States Census Bureau estimates that 
there are 15,200,000 United States residents who iden-
tify themselves as Asian alone or in combination with one
‘‘(10) the term ‘next of kin’, used with respect 
to an individual, means the nearest blood relative of 
that individual; and 
‘‘(11) the term ‘serious injury or illness’, in the 
case of a member of the Armed Forces, means an 
injury or illness incurred by the member in line of 
duty on active duty in the Armed Forces that may 
render the member medically unfit to perform the 
duties of the member’s office, grade, rank, or rat-
ing.’’. 
(2) ENTITLEMENT TO LEAVE.—Section 6382(a) 
of such title is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) Subject to section 6383, an employee who 
is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin 
of a covered servicemember shall be entitled to a 
total of 26 administrative workweeks of leave during 
a 12-month period to care for the servicemember. 
The leave described in this paragraph shall only be 
available during a single 12-month period. 
‘‘(4) During the single 12-month period de-
scribed in paragraph (3), an employee shall be enti-
tled to a combined total of 26 administrative work-
weeks of leave under paragraphs (1) and (3). Noth-
ing in this paragraph shall be construed to limit the 
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availability of leave under paragraph (1) during any 
other 12-month period.’’. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO LEAVE.— 
(A) SCHEDULE.—Section 6382(b) of such 
title is amended— 
(i) in paragraph (1), in the second 
sentence— 
(I) 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
6383(b)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(b)(5) or (f) (as appropriate) of sec-
tion 6383’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘or under sub-
section 
(a)(3)’’ 
after 
‘‘subsection 
(a)(1)’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 
under subsection (a)(3)’’ after ‘‘subsection 
(a)(1)’’. 
(B) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.—Sec-
tion 6382(d) of such title is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ‘‘An employee may 
elect to substitute for leave under subsection 
(a)(3) any of the employee’s accrued or accu-
mulated annual or sick leave under subchapter 
I for any part of the 26-week period of leave 
under such subsection.’’. 
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(C) NOTICE.—Section 6382(e) of such title 
is amended by inserting ‘‘or under subsection 
(a)(3)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’. 
(4) CERTIFICATION.—Section 6383 of such title 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) An employing agency may require that a request 
for leave under section 6382(a)(3) be supported by a cer-
tification issued at such time and in such manner as the 
Office of Personnel Management may by regulation pre-
scribe.’’. 
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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, 
$609,000. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 
Service, $79,500,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service, $151,565,000, of which up to 
$37,265,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen-
sus of Agriculture. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 
Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and 
for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 
equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money 
to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the 
total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed-
eral ownership, $1,140,406,000, of which $112,571,000 
shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified 
in the table titled ‘‘Agricultural Research Service, Salaries 
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and Expenses, Congressionally-designated Projects’’ in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat-
ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
vided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for 
the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur-
chase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided 
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, 
and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless oth-
erwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building 
shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or green-
houses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and ex-
cept for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a 
cost not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering 
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 
10 percent of the current replacement value of the build-
ing or $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, 
That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act 
shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing 
facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 
easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: 
Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not 
apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the 
Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, 
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the manufacture, preparation, compounding, or processing 
of a tobacco product or tobacco products, shall register 
under this section under regulations promulgated by the 
Secretary. Such regulations shall require such establishment 
to provide the information required by subsection (i) and 
shall include provisions for registration of any such estab-
lishment upon condition that adequate and effective means 
are available, by arrangement with the government of such 
foreign country or otherwise, to enable the Secretary to de-
termine from time to time whether tobacco products manu-
factured, prepared, compounded, or processed in such estab-
lishment, if imported or offered for import into the United 
States, shall be refused admission on any of the grounds 
set forth in section 801(a). 
‘‘(i) REGISTRATION INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) PRODUCT
LIST.—Every person who reg-
isters with the Secretary under subsection (b), (c), (d), 
or (h) shall, at the time of registration under any 
such subsection, file with the Secretary a list of all to-
bacco products which are being manufactured, pre-
pared, compounded, or processed by that person for 
commercial distribution and which have not been in-
cluded in any list of tobacco products filed by that 
person with the Secretary under this paragraph or 
paragraph (2) before such time of registration. Such
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3537
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 185 State Street in Manhat-
tan, Illinois, as the ‘‘Army Pvt. Shawn Pahnke
Manhattan Post Office’’.