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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 332 
To amend the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act 
of 1996 to require that, in order to determine that a democratically 
elected government in Cuba exists, the government extradite to the 
United States convicted felon William Morales and all other individuals 
who are living in Cuba in order to escape prosecution or confinement 
for criminal offenses committed in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2005 
Mr. KING of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To amend the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 to require that, in order 
to determine that a democratically elected government 
in Cuba exists, the government extradite to the United 
States convicted felon William Morales and all other 
individuals who are living in Cuba in order to escape 
prosecution or confinement for criminal offenses com-
mitted in the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO LIBERTAD ACT. 
Section 206 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic 
Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6066) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) has proven its respect for the democratic 
rule of law by ceasing to provide a safe harbor to 
individuals who have been legally indicted or con-
victed of serious criminal offenses, including con-
victed felon William Morales, and all other individ-
uals who have fled from the United States to Cuba 
for the sole purpose of avoiding prosecution or con-
finement for serious criminal offenses committed in 
the United States.’’. 
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‘‘(h) LIMITATION ON AID AVAILABILITY.—Any per-
son receiving aid under this section may not receive addi-
tional aid under this section for essentially the same fore-
gone use of the same property and for the same period 
of time. 
‘‘(i) ANNUAL REPORTING.—The Secretary shall by 
January 15 of each year provide a report of all aid and 
grants awarded under this section to the Committee on 
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Envi-
ronment and Public Works Committee of the Senate and 
make such report electronically available to the general 
public on the website required under section 14.’’. 
SEC. 14. PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
Section 14 (relating to repeals of other laws, which 
have executed) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY 
‘‘SEC. 14. The Secretary shall make available on a 
publicly accessible website on the Internet—
‘‘(1) each list published under section 4(c)(1); 
‘‘(2) all final and proposed regulations and de-
terminations under section 4; 
‘‘(3) the results of all 5-year reviews conducted 
under section 4(c)(2)(A); 
‘‘(4) all draft and final recovery plans issued 
under section 5(a), and all final recovery plans 
issued and in effect under section 4(f)(1) of this Act
(C) in subparagraph (K), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 
at the end of such subparagraph, 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (K) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(L) the Surface Transportation Extension 
Act of 2005, Part III,’’, and 
(E) in the matter after subparagraph (L), 
as added by this paragraph, by striking ‘‘Sur-
face Transportation Extension Act of 2005, 
Part II’’ and inserting ‘‘Surface Transportation 
Extension Act of 2005, Part III’’. 
(3) EXCEPTION
TO
LIMITATION
ON
TRANS-
FERS.—Subparagraph (B) of section 9503(b)(6) of 
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘July 20, 2005’’ 
and inserting ‘‘July 22, 2005’’. 
(b) AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND.— 
(1) SPORT
FISH
RESTORATION
ACCOUNT.— 
Paragraph (2) of section 9504(b) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘Sur-
face Transportation Extension Act of 2005, Part II’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Surface Trans-
portation Extension Act of 2005, Part III’’. 
(2) BOAT SAFETY ACCOUNT.—Subsection (c) of 
section 9504 of such Code is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘July 20, 2005’’ and in-
serting ‘‘July 22, 2005’’, and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Surface Transportation 
Extension Act of 2005, Part II’’ and inserting 
‘‘Surface Transportation Extension Act of 
2005, Part III’’. 
(3) EXCEPTION
TO
LIMITATION
ON
TRANS-
FERS.—Paragraph (2) of section 9504(d) of such 
Code is amended by striking ‘‘July 20, 2005’’ and 
inserting ‘‘July 22, 2005’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(d) 
TEMPORARY
RULE
REGARDING
ADJUST-
MENTS.—During the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of the Surface Transportation Extension Act 
of 2003 and ending on July 21, 2005, for purposes of 
making any estimate under section 9503(d) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 of receipts of the Highway Trust 
Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury shall treat— 
(1) each expiring provision of paragraphs (1) 
through (4) of section 9503(b) of such Code which 
is related to appropriations or transfers to such 
Fund to have been extended through the end of the
24-month 
period 
referred 
to 
in 
section 
9503(d)(1)(B) of such Code, and 
(2) with respect to each tax imposed under the 
sections referred to in section 9503(b)(1) of such 
Code, the rate of such tax during the 24-month pe-
riod referred to in section 9503(d)(1)(B) of such 
Code to be the same as the rate of such tax as in 
effect on the date of the enactment of the Surface 
Transportation Extension Act of 2003. 
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‘‘(b) CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior 
to carry out section 8A(e) such sums as are necessary for 
fiscal years 2006 through 2010.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8(a) (16 
U.S.C. 1537(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 15’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 18’’. 
SEC. 18. MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.—Section 8 (16 
U.S.C. 1537) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) in the first sentence by 
striking ‘‘any endangered species or threatened spe-
cies listed’’ and inserting ‘‘any species determined to 
be an endangered species or a threatened species’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b) in paragraph (1), by strik-
ing ‘‘endangered species and threatened species list-
ed’’ and inserting ‘‘species determined to be endan-
gered species and threatened species’’. 
(b) MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY AND SCIENTIFIC AU-
THORITY.—Section 8A (16 U.S.C. 1537a)) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘of the Inte-
rior (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 
‘Secretary’)’’;
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Merchant 
Marine and Fisheries’’ and inserting ‘‘Resources’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (e)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of the 
Interior (hereinafter in this subsection referred 
to as the ‘Secretary’)’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and redesig-
nating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3). 
(c) PROHIBITED ACTS.—Section 9 (16 U.S.C. 1538) 
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘of this 
Act, with respect to any endangered species of 
fish or wildlife listed pursuant to section 4 of 
this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘, with respect to any 
species of fish or wildlife determined to be an 
endangered species under section 4’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)(G), by striking 
‘‘threatened species of fish or wildlife listed pur-
suant to section 4 of this Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘species of fish or wildlife determined to be a 
threatened species under section 4’’;
(1) the requirement under section 104(a)(2)(C) 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(a)(2)(C)) to hold public hear-
ings; 
(2) the requirements under subparagraphs (D) 
and (F) of section 104(a)(3) of such Act to make 
certifications in the detailed citizenship participation 
plan regarding public hearings; and 
(3) any requirement pursuant to section 
106(d)(7)(C) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306(d)(7)(C)) 
to hold public hearings. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act, the following definitions 
shall apply: 
(1) DIRECTLY
AFFECTED
COMMUNITY.—The 
term ‘‘directly affected community’’ means a unit of 
general local government or area that is located in 
an area for which the President has declared a 
major disaster as a result of Hurricane Katrina. 
(2) INDIRECTLY AFFECTED COMMUNITY.—The 
term ‘‘indirectly affected community’’ means a unit 
of general local government or area that— 
(A) is a metropolitan city or urban county 
(as such terms are defined in section 102(a) of
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grants on a cost-shared basis to State governments, 
local governments, metropolitan transportation au-
thorities, air pollution control districts, private or 
nonprofit entities or combinations thereof, to carry 
out a project or projects to encourage the use of 
plug-in electric drive vehicles or other emerging elec-
tric vehicle technologies, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish requirements for applications for grants 
under this section, including reporting of data to be 
summarized for dissemination to the Department, 
other grantees, and the public, including vehicle and 
component performance and vehicle and component 
life cycle costs. 
(3) SELECTION CRITERIA.— 
(A) PRIORITY.—When making awards 
under this subsection, the Secretary shall give 
priority consideration to applications that en-
courage early widespread utilization of such ve-
hicles and are likely to make a significant con-
tribution to the advancement of the production 
of such vehicles in the United States. 
(B) SCOPE OF PROGRAMS.—When making 
awards under this subsection, the Secretary
(C) in paragraph (2), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘of this 
Act, with respect to any endangered species of 
plants listed pursuant to section 4 of this Act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, with respect to any species of 
plants determined to be an endangered species 
under section 4’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (2)(E), by striking ‘‘list-
ed pursuant to section 4 of this Act’’ and in-
serting ‘‘determined to be a threatened species 
under section 4’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘SPECIES’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before the first sentence; 
(B) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence, 
by striking ‘‘adding such’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘: Provided, That’’ and inserting ‘‘de-
termining such fish or wildlife species to be an 
endangered species or a threatened species 
under section 4, if’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (1), in the second sen-
tence, by striking ‘‘adding such’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘deter-
mining such fish or wildlife species to be an en-
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shall ensure that the programs will maximize 
diversity in applications, manufacturers, end- 
uses and vehicle control systems. 
(4) AUTHORIZATIONS
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out the program under this sub-
section, such sums as may be necessary. 
(5) CERTAIN APPLICANTS.—A battery manufac-
turer that proposes to supply to an applicant for a 
grant under this section a battery with a capacity of 
greater than 1 kilowatt-hour for use in a plug-in 
electric drive vehicle shall— 
(A) ensure that the applicant includes in 
the application a description of the price of the 
battery per kilowatt hour; 
(B) on approval by the Secretary of the 
application, publish, or permit the Secretary to 
publish, the price described in subparagraph 
(A); and 
(C) for any order received by the battery 
manufacturer for at least 1,000 batteries, offer 
batteries at that price. 
(b) ELECTRIC DRIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 
a nationwide electric drive transportation education 
program under which the Secretary shall provide— 
(A) teaching materials to secondary schools 
and high schools; and 
(B) assistance for programs relating to 
electric drive system and component engineer-
ing to institutions of higher education. 
(2) ELECTRIC
VEHICLE
COMPETITION.—The 
program established under paragraph (1) shall in-
clude a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle competition for 
institutions of higher education, which shall be 
known as the ‘‘Dr. Andrew Frank Plug-In Hybrid 
Electric Vehicle Competition’’. 
(3) ENGINEERS.—In carrying out the program 
established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
provide financial assistance to institutions of higher 
education to create new, or support existing, degree 
programs to ensure the availability of trained elec-
trical and mechanical engineers with the skills nec-
essary for the advancement of— 
(A) plug-in electric drive vehicles; and 
(B) other forms of electric drive vehicles. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
(3) ADVANCED
NOTICE
OF
PROPOSED
RULE-
MAKING REQUIREMENT.—Section 3 of the Federal 
Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C. 1262) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘shall be commenced’’ in 
subsection (f) and inserting ‘‘may be com-
menced’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘in the notice’’ in sub-
section (g)(1) and inserting ‘‘in a notice’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘unless, not less than 60 
days after publication of the notice required in 
subsection (f), the’’ in subsection (h) and in-
serting ‘‘unless the’’. 
(4) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Federal 
Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C. 1261 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (d) of section 2 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) The term ‘Commission’ means the Con-
sumer Product Safety Commission.’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Commission’’ except— 
(i) in section 10(b) (15 U.S.C. 1269); 
(ii) in section 14 (15 U.S.C. 1273); 
and 
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2484
AN ACT
To provide that land which is owned by the Lower Sioux
Indian Community in the State of Minnesota but which
is not held in trust by the United States for the Commu-
nity may be leased or transferred by the Community
without further approval by the United States.
H. R. 3332—13
(E) in the matter after subparagraph (L), as added 
by this paragraph, by striking ‘‘Surface Transportation 
Extension Act of 2005, Part II’’ and inserting ‘‘Surface 
Transportation Extension Act of 2005, Part III’’. 
(3) EXCEPTION
TO
LIMITATION
ON
TRANSFERS.—Subpara-
graph (B) of section 9503(b)(6) of such Code is amended by 
striking ‘‘July 20, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘July 22, 2005’’. 
(b) AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND.—
(1) SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACCOUNT.—Paragraph (2) of 
section 9504(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by striking ‘‘Surface Transportation Extension Act 
of 2005, Part II’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Surface 
Transportation Extension Act of 2005, Part III’’. 
(2) BOAT SAFETY ACCOUNT.—Subsection (c) of section 9504 
of such Code is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘July 20, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘July 
22, 2005’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Surface Transportation Extension Act 
of 2005, Part II’’ and inserting ‘‘Surface Transportation 
Extension Act of 2005, Part III’’. 
(3) EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.—Paragraph 
(2) of section 9504(d) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘July 20, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘July 22, 2005’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) TEMPORARY RULE REGARDING ADJUSTMENTS.—During the 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Surface 
Transportation Extension Act of 2003 and ending on July 21, 2005, 
for purposes of making any estimate under section 9503(d) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of receipts of the Highway Trust 
Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury shall treat—
(1) each expiring provision of paragraphs (1) through (4) 
of section 9503(b) of such Code which is related to appropria-
tions or transfers to such Fund to have been extended through 
the end of the 24-month period referred to in section 
9503(d)(1)(B) of such Code; and 
(2) with respect to each tax imposed under the sections 
referred to in section 9503(b)(1) of such Code, the rate of such 
tax during the 24-month period referred to in section 
9503(d)(1)(B) of such Code to be the same as the rate of such
H. R. 3332—14
tax as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Surface 
Transportation Extension Act of 2003.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
dangered species or a threatened species under 
section 4’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘an en-
dangered species listed’’ and inserting ‘‘a species de-
termined to be an endangered species’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)(1)(A), by striking clause 
(i) and inserting the following: ‘‘(i) are not deter-
mined to be endangered species or threatened spe-
cies under section 4, and’’; 
(5) in subsection (e), by striking clause (1) and 
inserting the following: ‘‘(1) are not determined to 
be endangered species or threatened species under 
section 4, and’’; and 
(6) in subsection (f)—
(A) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence, 
by striking clause (A) and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘(A) are not determined to be endan-
gered species or threatened species under sec-
tion 4, and’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 
(d) HARDSHIP EXEMPTIONS.—Section 10(b) (16 
U.S.C. 1539(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘an endangered species’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘section 4 of this 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘an endangered species or a 
threatened species and the subsequent deter-
mination that the species is an endangered spe-
cies or a threatened species under section 4’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 9(a) of this Act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 9(a)’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘fish or wildlife listed by 
the Secretary as endangered’’ and inserting 
‘‘fish or wildlife determined to be an endan-
gered species or threatened species by the Sec-
retary’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or a threatened species’’ 
after ‘‘endangered species’’ each place it ap-
pears; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘list-
ed species’’ and inserting ‘‘endangered species 
or threatened species’’. 
(e) PERMIT
AND
EXEMPTION
POLICY.—Section 
10(d) (16 U.S.C. 1539(d)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘or threatened species’’ after 
‘‘endangered species’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘of this Act’’.
(f) PRE-ACT PARTS AND SCRIMSHAW.—Section 10(f) 
(16 U.S.C. 1539(f)) is amended—
(1) by inserting after ‘‘(f)’’ the following: ‘‘PRE-
ACT PARTS AND SCRIMSHAW.—’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘of this Act’’ 
each place it appears. 
(g) BURDEN OF PROOF IN SEEKING EXEMPTION OR 
PERMIT.—Section 10(g) (16 U.S.C. 1539(g)) is amended 
by inserting after ‘‘(g)’’ the following: ‘‘BURDEN
OF 
PROOF IN SEEKING EXEMPTION OR PERMIT.—’’. 
(h) ANTIQUE ARTICLES.—Section 10(h)(1)(B) (16 
U.S.C. 1539(h)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘endan-
gered species or threatened species listed’’ and inserting 
‘‘species determined to be an endangered species or a 
threatened species’’. 
(i) PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT.—Section 11 (16 
U.S.C. 1540) is amended in subsection (e)(3), in the sec-
ond sentence, by striking ‘‘Such persons’’ and inserting 
‘‘Such a person’’. 
(j) SUBSTITUTION
OF
GENDER-NEUTRAL
REF-
ERENCES.—
(1) ‘‘SECRETARY’’ for ‘‘he’’.—The following 
provisions are amended by striking ‘‘he’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’:
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Calendar No. 562 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4040 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 19, 2007 
Received and read the first time 
JANUARY 23, 2008 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To establish consumer product safety standards and other 
safety requirements for children’s products and to reau-
thorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. References. 
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retary to carry out this subsection such sums as may 
be necessary. 
SEC. 9404. PLUG-IN HYBRID DEMONSTRATION VEHICLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall es-
tablish a program to make grants to owners of domestic 
motor vehicle manufacturing or production facilities for 
the production of plug-in hybrid electric motors or conver-
sion modules to be used as electricity storage capacity for 
utilities. 
(b) PROGRAMS.—The Secretary of Energy shall es-
tablish programs to determine how to best integrate plug- 
in hybrid vehicles into the electric power grid and into the 
overall electricity infrastructure. These programs shall be 
conducted in 5 separate regions across the United States 
at the discretion of the Secretary. 
(c) PILOT PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall establish 
during the first 6 months of 2008, with other govern-
mental entities, no less than 5 separate pilot programs to 
convert at least 1000 vehicles in each program to plug- 
hybrid electric vehicles. 
(d) FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—The Department of 
Energy shall contribute up to 50 percent of the cost of 
conversion modules.
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(e) INSTALLATION.—Installations of electricity stor-
age devices shall be undertaken by trained and certified 
mechanics. 
(f) MONITORING.—The Secretary of Energy shall re-
quire the monitoring of reliability, efficiency, breakeven 
costs, and customer satisfaction for a period of 3 years. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 9405. INCENTIVE FOR FEDERAL AND STATE FLEETS 
FOR MEDIUM AND HEAVY DUTY HYBRIDS. 
Section 301 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 13211) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or a dual 
fueled vehicle’’ and inserting ‘‘, a dual fueled vehicle, 
or a medium or heavy duty vehicle that is a hybrid 
vehicle’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (11), (12), 
(13), and (14) as paragraphs (12), (14), (15), and 
(16), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (10) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) the term ‘hybrid vehicle’ means a vehicle 
powered both by a diesel or gasoline engine and an
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2239 
To award competitive grants to eligible partnerships to enable the partner-
ships to implement innovative strategies at the secondary school level 
to improve student achievement and prepare at-risk students for postsec-
ondary education and the workforce. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 4, 2009 
Mr. LOEBSACK (for himself and Ms. MATSUI) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To award competitive grants to eligible partnerships to en-
able the partnerships to implement innovative strategies 
at the secondary school level to improve student achieve-
ment and prepare at-risk students for postsecondary edu-
cation and the workforce. 
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 ‘‘Secondary School In-
novation Fund Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2488
AN ACT
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to sections
105 and 211 of the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2000.