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should not be building the Nation’s most important 
military command and control aircraft. 
(6) Decisions to outsource production almost 
never take into account the loss of jobs and the ad-
verse economic impact it has on communities 
throughout America. In a time when the economy is 
in recession, the Nation cannot afford to lose more 
manufacturing jobs. 
(7) EADS is supported largely by European 
subsidies designed to put American competitors that 
do not rely on similar revenue sources at a disadvan-
tage in an effort to command market share. The 
United States currently has a World Trade Organi-
zation case pending against Airbus as a result of 
these actions. 
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT THAT AN AIRCRAFT USED AS AIR 
FORCE ONE BE MADE IN AMERICA BY AN 
AMERICAN-OWNED COMPANY. 
The Secretary of Defense may enter into a contract 
for the procurement of an aircraft for use as Air Force 
One by the President only if that aircraft is manufactured 
in the United States by an American-owned company. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITION OF AMERICAN-OWNED COMPANY. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘American-owned company’’ 
means a company— 
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(1) the chief executive officer of which is a cit-
izen of the United States; 
(2) at least two-thirds of the board of directors 
and other managing officers of which are citizens of 
the United States; and 
(3) that is under the actual control of citizens 
of the United States. 
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self-government, imposes a total term of imprisonment of 
more than 1 year on a defendant, the Indian tribe shall— 
‘‘(1) provide to the defendant the right to effec-
tive assistance of counsel at least equal to that guar-
anteed by the United States Constitution; and 
‘‘(2) at the expense of the tribal government, pro-
vide an indigent defendant the assistance of a defense 
attorney licensed to practice law by any jurisdiction 
in the United States that applies appropriate profes-
sional licensing standards and effectively ensures the 
competence and professional responsibility of its li-
censed attorneys; 
‘‘(3) require that the judge presiding over the 
criminal proceeding— 
‘‘(A) has sufficient legal training to preside 
over criminal proceedings; and 
‘‘(B) is licensed to practice law by any ju-
risdiction in the United States; 
‘‘(4) prior to charging the defendant, make pub-
licly available the criminal laws (including regula-
tions and interpretative documents), rules of evidence, 
and rules of criminal procedure (including rules gov-
erning the recusal of judges in appropriate cir-
cumstances) of the tribal government; and
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) payments for expenses incurred with 
respect to the operation of medicare operated 
prescription drug plans under section 1860D– 
11A.’’. 
(5) Section 1860D–41(a) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w–151(a)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(19) MEDICARE
OPERATED
PRESCRIPTION 
DRUG PLAN.—The term ‘medicare operated prescrip-
tion drug plan’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 1860D–11A(c).’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of section 101 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, 
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. 
SEC. 3. IMPROVED APPEALS PROCESS UNDER THE MEDI-
CARE OPERATED PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN. 
Section 1860D–4(h) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1305w–104(h)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(5) maintain a record of the criminal pro-
ceeding, including an audio or other recording of the 
trial proceeding. 
‘‘(d) SENTENCES.—In the case of a defendant sen-
tenced in accordance with subsections (b) and (c), a tribal 
court may require the defendant— 
‘‘(1) to serve the sentence— 
‘‘(A) in a tribal correctional center that has 
been approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
for long-term incarceration, in accordance with 
guidelines to be developed by the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs (in consultation with Indian tribes) 
not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010; 
‘‘(B) in the nearest appropriate Federal fa-
cility, at the expense of the United States pursu-
ant to the Bureau of Prisons tribal prisoner 
pilot program described in section 304(c) of the 
Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010; 
‘‘(C) in a State or local government-ap-
proved detention or correctional center pursuant 
to an agreement between the Indian tribe and 
the State or local government; or 
‘‘(D) in an alternative rehabilitation center 
of an Indian tribe; or
per capita actuarial cost of offering the medicare op-
erated prescription drug plan for the year involved, 
including administrative expenses. 
‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENTAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG COV-
ERAGE.—Insofar as a medicare operated prescrip-
tion drug plan offers supplemental prescription drug 
coverage, the Secretary may adjust the amount of 
the premium charged under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(e) USE OF A FORMULARY AND FORMULARY INCEN-
TIVES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the oper-
ation of a medicare operated prescription drug plan, 
the Secretary shall establish and apply a formulary 
(and may include formulary incentives described in 
paragraph (2)(C)(ii)) in accordance with this sub-
section in order to— 
‘‘(A) increase patient safety; 
‘‘(B) increase appropriate use and reduce 
inappropriate use of drugs; and 
‘‘(C) reward value. 
‘‘(2) DEVELOPMENT OF INITIAL FORMULARY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In selecting covered 
part D drugs for inclusion in a formulary. the 
Secretary shall consider clinical benefit and 
price. 
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‘‘(B) ROLE OF AHRQ.—The Director of the 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 
shall be responsible for assessing the clinical 
benefit of covered part D drugs and making 
recommendations to the Secretary regarding 
which drugs should be included in the for-
mulary. In conducting such assessments and 
making such recommendations, the Director 
shall— 
‘‘(i) consider safety concerns including 
those identified by the Federal Food and 
Drug Administration; 
‘‘(ii) use available data and evalua-
tions, with priority given to randomized 
controlled trials, to examine clinical effec-
tiveness, comparative effectiveness, safety, 
and enhanced compliance with a drug regi-
men; 
‘‘(iii) use the same classes of drugs 
developed by United States Pharmacopeia 
for this part; 
‘‘(iv) consider evaluations made by— 
‘‘(I) the Director under section 
1013 of Medicare Prescription Drug, 
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(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘OR PO-
LITICAL INTELLIGENCE’’ after ‘‘LOBBYING’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or political intelligence 
contact’’ after ‘‘lobbying contact’’ each place 
that term appears; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or po-
litical intelligence activity, as the case may be’’ 
after ‘‘lobbying activity’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or political 
intelligence contact’’ after ‘‘lobbying contact’’. 
(g) ANNUAL AUDITS
AND REPORTS
BY COMP-
TROLLER GENERAL.—Section 26 of the Lobbying Disclo-
sure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1614) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘political in-
telligence firms, political intelligence consultants,’’ 
after ‘‘lobbying firms’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘polit-
ical intelligence firms, political intelligence consult-
ants,’’ after ‘‘lobbying firms’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or political 
intelligence consultant’’ after ‘‘a lobbyist’’. 
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SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect at the end of the 90-day period beginning on 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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‘‘(4) APPEALS PROCESS FOR MEDICARE OPER-
ATED PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
develop a well-defined process for appeals for 
denials of benefits under this part under the 
medicare operated prescription drug plan. Such 
process shall be efficient, impose minimal ad-
ministrative burdens, and ensure the timely 
procurement of non-formulary drugs or exemp-
tion from formulary incentives when medically 
necessary. Medical necessity shall be based on 
professional medical judgment, the medical con-
dition of the beneficiary, and other medical evi-
dence. Such appeals process shall include— 
‘‘(i) an initial review and determina-
tion made by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(ii) for appeals denied during the ini-
tial review and determination, the option of 
an external review and determination by 
an independent entity selected by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(B) CONSULTATION IN DEVELOPMENT OF 
PROCESS.—In developing the appeals process 
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
consult with consumer and patient groups, as 
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well as other key stakeholders to ensure the 
goals described in subparagraph (A) are 
achieved.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 685 
To require a study of the feasibility of establishing the United States Civil 
Rights Trail System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2009 
Mr. CLAY (for himself and Mr. WAMP) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To require a study of the feasibility of establishing the 
United States Civil Rights Trail System, 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 ‘‘United States Civil 
Rights Trail System Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. FEASIBILITY STUDY. 
(a) STUDY.—The Archivist of the United States, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, and with 
the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to lands adminis-
tered by such Secretary, shall conduct a study of the feasi-
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bility of establishing the United States Civil Rights Trail 
System, as described in subsection (b), in substantially the 
same manner as studies performed by the Secretary of the 
Interior under section 5(b) of the National Trails System 
Act (Public Law 109–418). 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF UNITED STATES CIVIL RIGHTS 
TRAIL SYSTEM.—For purposes of this section, the United 
States Civil Rights Trail System is a system of trails 
marking the geographic locations in the United States (in-
cluding its territories) of historically significant events re-
lated to struggles for civil rights based on racial equality, 
including signage or printed materials (or both) that pro-
vide information about the people and events involved in 
such struggles and associated with such location. 
SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
establish and maintain individual trails marking the geo-
graphic locations of historically significant events related 
to struggles for civil rights based on racial equality. The 
Secretary shall provide for each trail signage or printed 
materials (or both) that provide information about the 
people and events involved in such struggles and associ-
ated with such locations. 
(b) LOCATION AND TIMING.—The Secretary may es-
tablish such a trail in each State where a significant civil 
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‘‘(m) DETERMINATION OF ALLOTMENTS FOR THE 50 
STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR FISCAL 
YEARS 2009 THROUGH 2013.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the pre-
ceding provisions of this subsection and subject to 
paragraph (3), the Secretary shall allot to each sub-
section (b) State for each of fiscal years 2009 
through 2013, the amount determined for the fiscal 
year that is equal to the product of— 
‘‘(A) the amount available for allotment 
under subsection (a) for the fiscal year, reduced 
by the amount of allotments made under sub-
section (c) (determined without regard to para-
graph (4) thereof) for the fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) the sum of the State allotment fac-
tors determined under paragraph (2) with re-
spect to the State and weighted in accordance 
with subparagraph (B) of that paragraph for 
the fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) STATE ALLOTMENT FACTORS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para-
graph (1)(B), the State allotment factors are 
the following: 
‘‘(i) The ratio of the projected expend-
itures for targeted low-income children 
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rights event occurred. The Secretary shall establish at 
least 6 such trails as soon as practicable after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section there are authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary of the Interior such sums as are necessary 
for fiscal years 2010 through 2016. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 686 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit local public agencies 
to act as Medicaid enrollment brokers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2009 
Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. FILNER, and Mr. 
ISSA) 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 permit 
local public agencies to act as Medicaid enrollment brokers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PERMITTING LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCIES TO ACT 
AS MEDICAID ENROLLMENT BROKERS. 
Section 1903(b)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396b(b)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C)(i) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not 
apply in the case of a local public agency that is act-
ing as an enrollment broker under a contract or 
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memorandum with a State medicaid agency, pro-
vided the local public agency does not have a direct 
or indirect financial interest with any medicaid man-
aged care plan for which it provides enrollment 
broker services. 
‘‘(ii) In determining whether a local public 
agency has a direct or indirect financial interest with 
a medicaid managed care plan under clause (i), the 
status of a local public agency as a contractor of the 
plan does not constitute having a direct or indirect 
financial interest with the plan.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 687 
To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to repeal wage requirements 
applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway 
and public transportation construction projects. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2009 
Ms. FOXX (for herself, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. PITTS, and Mr. 
HENSARLING) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to repeal 
wage requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics 
employed on Federal-aid highway and public transpor-
tation construction projects. 
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 ‘‘Highway Trust Fund 
Reform Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. PREVAILING RATE OF WAGE REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed: 
(1) Section 113 of title 23, United States Code 
(and the item relating to such section in the analysis 
for chapter 1 of such title). 
(2) Section 5333(a) of title 49, United States 
Code. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subject to paragraph 
(2), the amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the 31st day following the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(2) EXISTING
CONTRACTS.—The amendments 
made by this section shall not affect any contract in 
existence on the date of enactment of this Act or 
made pursuant to an invitation for bids outstanding 
on such date of enactment. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 689 
To interchange the administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands be-
tween the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2009 
Mr. HERGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To interchange the administrative jurisdiction of certain Fed-
eral lands between the Forest Service and the Bureau 
of Land Management, 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. INTERCHANGE OF LANDS TO THE BUREAU OF 
LAND MANAGEMENT. 
(a) INTERCHANGE.—Administrative jurisdiction of 
the federally owned lands described in subsection (b) is 
transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Sec-
retary of the Interior to be subject to the laws, rules, and 
regulations applicable to the public lands administered by 
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(A) the Secretary of Agriculture shall re-
main responsible for any cleanup of hazardous 
substances on the Federal land described in sec-
tion 2(b); and 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior shall re-
main responsible for any cleanup of hazardous 
substances on the Federal land described in sec-
tion 3(b). 
(c) EFFECT ON EXISTING RIGHTS AND AUTHORIZA-
TIONS.—Nothing in this Act affects— 
(1) any valid existing rights; or 
(2) the validity or term and conditions of any 
existing withdrawal, right-of-way, easement, lease, li-
cense, or permit on the land to which administrative 
jurisdiction is transferred under this Act, except that 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 
head of the agency to which administrative jurisdic-
tion over the land is transferred shall be responsible 
for administering the interests or authorizations (in-
cluding reissuing the interests or authorizations in 
accordance with applicable law). 
Attest: 
Secretary.
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‘‘(A) in the same manner in which the 
original appointment was made; and 
‘‘(B) not later than 60 days after the date 
on which the vacancy occurred. 
‘‘(c) OPERATION.— 
‘‘(1) CHAIRPERSON.—Not later than 15 days 
after the date on which all members of the Commis-
sion have been appointed, the Commission shall select 
1 member to serve as Chairperson of the Commission. 
‘‘(2) MEETINGS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
meet at the call of the Chairperson. 
‘‘(B) INITIAL MEETING.—The initial meet-
ing shall take place not later than 30 days after 
the date described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 
the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a less-
er number of members may hold hearings. 
‘‘(4) RULES.—The Commission may establish, 
by majority vote, any rules for the conduct of Com-
mission business, in accordance with this Act and 
other applicable law. 
‘‘(d) COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
SYSTEM RELATING TO INDIAN COUNTRY.—The Commission
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(3) salutes health care professionals and volun-
teers, families of organ donors, and all organ donors. 
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condition, as determined under paragraph (2); 
and 
‘‘(B) is included in the applicable list of 
WTC-related health conditions or— 
‘‘(i) with respect to a WTC responder, 
is provided certification of coverage under 
subsection (b)(2)(B)(iii); or 
‘‘(ii) with respect to a screening-eligi-
ble WTC survivor or certified-eligible WTC 
survivor, is provided certification of cov-
erage under subsection (b)(2)(B)(iii), as ap-
plied under section 3322(a). 
In the case of a WTC responder described in section 
3311(a)(2)(A)(ii) (relating to a surviving immediate 
family member of a firefighter), such term does not 
include an illness or health condition described in 
subparagraph (A)(i). 
‘‘(2) 
DETERMINATION.—The 
determination 
under paragraph (1) or subsection (b) of whether the 
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were substan-
tially likely to be a significant factor in aggravating, 
contributing to, or causing an individual’s illness or 
health condition shall be made based on an assess-
ment of the following:
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cer or a certain type of cancer should not be 
added to such list of WTC-related health condi-
tions, the WTC Program Administrator shall 
publish an explanation for such determination 
in the Federal Register. Any such determination 
to not make such an addition shall not preclude 
the addition of cancer or the certain type of can-
cer to such list at a later date. 
‘‘(6) ADDITION OF HEALTH CONDITIONS TO LIST 
FOR WTC RESPONDERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Whenever the WTC 
Program Administrator determines that a pro-
posed rule should be promulgated to add a health 
condition to the list of health conditions in para-
graph (3), the Administrator may request a rec-
ommendation of the Advisory Committee or may 
publish such a proposed rule in the Federal Reg-
ister in accordance with subparagraph (D). 
‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATOR’S OPTIONS AFTER RE-
CEIPT OF PETITION.—In the case that the WTC 
Program Administrator receives a written peti-
tion by an interested party to add a health con-
dition to the list of health conditions in para-
graph (3), not later than 60 days after the date