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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Poverty Act 
of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) More than one billion people worldwide live 
on less than $1 per day, and another 1.6 billion peo-
ple struggle to survive on less than $2 per day, ac-
cording to the World Bank. 
(2) At the United Nations Millennium Summit 
in 2000, the United States joined more than 180 
other countries in committing to work toward the 
United Nations Millennium Development Goals to 
improve life for the world’s poorest people by 2015. 
(3) The United Nations Millennium Develop-
ment Goals include the goal of reducing by one-half 
the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 
and 2015, that live on less than $1 per day, cutting 
in half the proportion of people suffering from hun-
ger and unable to access safe drinking water and 
sanitation, reducing child mortality by two-thirds, 
ensuring basic education for all children, and revers-
ing the spread of HIV/AIDS and malaria, while sus-
taining the environment upon which human life de-
pends. 
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(4) On March 22, 2002, President George W. 
Bush stated: ‘‘We fight against poverty because hope 
is an answer to terror. We fight against poverty be-
cause opportunity is a fundamental right to human 
dignity. We fight against poverty because faith re-
quires it and conscience demands it. We fight 
against poverty with a growing conviction that major 
progress is within our reach.’’. 
(5) The 2002 National Security Strategy of the 
United States notes: ‘‘[A] world where some live in 
comfort and plenty, while half of the human race 
lives on less than $2 per day, is neither just nor sta-
ble. Including all of the world’s poor in an expanding 
circle of development and opportunity is a moral im-
perative and one of the top priorities of United 
States international policy.’’. 
(6) The 2006 National Security Strategy of the 
United States notes: ‘‘America’s national interests 
and moral values drive us in the same direction: to 
assist the world’s poor citizens and least developed 
nations and help integrate them into the global econ-
omy.’’. 
(7) The bipartisan Final Report of the National 
Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United 
States recommends: ‘‘A comprehensive United 
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amount columns and inserting ‘‘PA’’, ‘‘Intersection 
signalization at SR 3020 (Newburg Road)/Country 
Club Road, Northampton County’’, and ‘‘$250,000’’, 
respectively; 
(228) in item number 1395 by striking the 
matters in the State, project description, and 
amount columns and inserting ‘‘PA’’, ‘‘Improve the 
intersection at SR 100/SR 29, Lehigh County’’, and 
‘‘$220,000’’, respectively; 
(229) 
in 
item 
number 
by 
striking 
‘‘$4,544,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$4,731,200’’; 
(230) in item number 2096 by striking 
‘‘$4,800,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,217,600’’; 
(231) in item number 1496 by striking the 
matters in the State, project description, and 
amount columns and inserting ‘‘PA’’, ‘‘Study future 
needs of East-West road infrastructure in Adams 
County’’, and ‘‘$115,200’’, respectively; 
(232) in item number 2193 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘710 Freeway 
Study to comprehensively evaluate the technical fea-
sibility of a tunnel alternative to close the 710 Free-
way gap, considering all practicable routes, in addi-
tion to any potential route previously considered, 
and with no funds to be used for preliminary engi-
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States strategy to counter terrorism should include 
economic policies that encourage development, more 
open societies, and opportunities for people to im-
prove the lives of their families and enhance pros-
pects for their children.’’. 
(8) At the summit of the Group of Eight (G– 
8) nations in July 2005, leaders from all eight coun-
tries committed to increase aid to Africa from the 
current $25 billion annually to $50 billion by 2010, 
and to cancel 100 percent of the debt obligations 
owed to the World Bank, African Development 
Bank, and International Monetary Fund by 18 of 
the world’s poorest nations. 
(9) At the United Nations World Summit in 
September 2005, the United States joined more 
than 180 other governments in reiterating their 
commitment to achieve the United Nations Millen-
nium Development Goals by 2015. 
(10) The United States has recognized the need 
for increased financial and technical assistance to 
countries burdened by extreme poverty, as well as 
the need for strengthened economic and trade oppor-
tunities for those countries, through significant ini-
tiatives in recent years, including the United States 
Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and 
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Malaria Act of 2003, the Millennium Challenge Act 
of 2003, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initia-
tive, and trade preference programs for developing 
countries, such as the African Growth and Oppor-
tunity Act. 
(11) In January 2006, United States Secretary 
of State Condoleezza Rice initiated a restructuring 
of the United States foreign assistance program, in-
cluding the creation of a Director of Foreign Assist-
ance, who maintains authority over Department of 
State and United States Agency for International 
Development (USAID) foreign assistance funding 
and programs. 
(12) In January 2007, Director of Foreign As-
sistance Randall L. Tobias added poverty reduction 
as an explicit, central component of the overall goal 
of United States foreign assistance. The official goal 
of United States foreign assistance is: ‘‘To help 
build and sustain democratic, well-governed states 
that respond to the needs of their people, reduce 
widespread poverty and conduct themselves respon-
sibly in the international system.’’. 
SEC. 3. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to promote the 
reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme 
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global poverty, and the achievement of the United Nations 
Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the 
proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, 
who live on less than $1 per day. 
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE 
STRATEGY. 
(a) STRATEGY.—The President, acting through the 
Secretary of State, and in consultation with the heads of 
other appropriate departments and agencies of the Gov-
ernment of the United States, international organizations, 
international financial institutions, the governments of de-
veloping and developed countries, United States and inter-
national nongovernmental organizations, civil society orga-
nizations, and other appropriate entities, shall develop and 
implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United 
States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction 
of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global pov-
erty, and the achievement of the United Nations Millen-
nium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the pro-
portion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who 
live on less than $1 per day. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 
(a) shall include, but not be limited to, specific and meas-
urable goals, efforts to be undertaken, benchmarks, and 
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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6156 
AN ACT 
To renew the authority of the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services to approve demonstration projects de-
signed to test innovative strategies in State child welfare 
programs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
timetables to achieve the objectives described in subsection 
(a). 
(c) GUIDELINES.—The strategy required by sub-
section (a) should adhere to the following guidelines: 
(1) Continued investment in existing United 
States initiatives related to international poverty re-
duction, such as the United States Leadership 
Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act 
of 2003, the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, the 
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, and 
trade preference programs for developing countries, 
such as the African Growth and Opportunity Act. 
(2) Increasing overall United States develop-
ment assistance levels while at the same time im-
proving the effectiveness of such assistance. 
(3) Enhancing and expanding debt relief. 
(4) Leveraging United States trade policy 
where possible to enhance economic development 
prospects for developing countries. 
(5) Coordinating efforts and working in co-
operation with developed and developing countries, 
international organizations, and international finan-
cial institutions. 
(6) Mobilizing and leveraging the participation 
of businesses, United States and international non-
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governmental organizations, civil society, and public- 
private partnerships. 
(7) Coordinating the goal of poverty reduction 
with other development goals, such as combating the 
spread of preventable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, 
tuberculosis, and malaria, increasing access to pota-
ble water and basic sanitation, and reducing hunger 
and malnutrition. 
(8) Integrating principles of sustainable devel-
opment into policies and programs. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President, acting through the Secretary of State, 
shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report that describes the strategy required 
by subsection (a). 
(2) SUBSEQUENT
REPORTS.—Not less than 
once every year after the submission of the initial re-
port under paragraph (1) until and including 2015, 
the President shall transmit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report on the status of the 
implementation of the strategy, progress made in 
achieving the global poverty reduction objectives de-
scribed in subsection (a), and any changes to the 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1116 
To require that the payment rate used to make any direct payments with 
respect to wheat for the 2008 through 2012 crop years be $1.20 per bushel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2007 
Mrs. MUSGRAVE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To require that the payment rate used to make any direct 
payments with respect to wheat for the 2008 through 
2012 crop years be $1.20 per bushel. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PAYMENT RATE FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS FOR 
WHEAT FOR 2008 THROUGH 2012 CROP YEARS. 
The payment rate to be used to make any direct pay-
ments with respect to wheat for the 2008 through 2012 
crop years under section 1103 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7913) or any suc-
cessor provision of law shall be $1.20 per bushel. 
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strategy since the date of the submission of the last 
report. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
(2) EXTREME
GLOBAL
POVERTY.—The term 
‘‘extreme global poverty’’ refers to the conditions in 
which individuals live on less than $1 per day, ad-
justed for purchasing power parity in 1993 United 
States dollars, according to World Bank statistics. 
(3) GLOBAL POVERTY.—The term ‘‘global pov-
erty’’ refers to the conditions in which individuals 
live on less than $2 per day, adjusted for purchasing 
power parity in 1993 United States dollars, accord-
ing to World Bank statistics. 
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220 
through grants to Urban Indian Organizations ad-
ministering contracts entered into or receiving 
grants under subsection (a) to prevent and treat 
child abuse (including sexual abuse) among Urban 
Indians. 
‘‘(2) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—Except as pro-
vided by paragraph (3)(A), a grant may not be made 
under this subsection to an Urban Indian Organiza-
tion until that organization has prepared, and the 
Service has approved, an assessment that documents 
the prevalence of child abuse in the Urban Indian 
population concerned and specifies the services and 
programs (which may not duplicate existing services 
and programs) for which the grant is requested. 
‘‘(3) PURPOSES OF GRANTS.—Grants may be 
made under this subsection for the following: 
‘‘(A) To prepare assessments required 
under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(B) For the development of prevention, 
training, and education programs for Urban In-
dians, including child education, parent edu-
cation, provider training on identification and 
intervention, education on reporting require-
ments, prevention campaigns, and establishing 
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neering or environmental review except to the extent 
necessary to determine feasibility’’; 
(233) in item number 2445 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘$600,000 for road 
and pedestrian safety improvements on Main Street 
in the Village of Patchogue; $900,000 for road and 
pedestrian safety improvements on Montauk High-
way, between NYS Route 112 and Suffolk County 
Road 101 in Suffolk County’’; 
(234) in item number 346 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Hansen Dam 
Recreation Area access improvements, including hill-
side stabilization and parking lot rehabilitation along 
Osborne Street between Glenoaks Boulevard and 
Dronfield Avenue’’; 
(235) in item number 449 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Route 30 and 
Mount Pleasant Road Interchange Safety Improve-
ments, Westmoreland County, install light installa-
tions at intersection and consolidate entrances and 
exits to Route 30’’; 
(236) in item number 3688 by striking ‘‘road’’ 
and inserting ‘‘trail’’; 
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more separate apparatus intended for the recreation 
of children including, but not limited to, sliding 
boards, swingsets, and teeterboards; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘youth center’ means any rec-
reational facility and/or gymnasium (including any 
parking lot appurtenant thereto), intended primarily 
for use by persons under 18 years of age, which reg-
ularly provides athletic, civic, or cultural activities. 
‘‘(3) the term ‘video arcade facility’ means any 
facility, legally accessible to children, intended pri-
marily for the use of pinball and video machines for 
amusement containing a minimum of ten machines 
that are either pinball or video machines; and 
‘‘(4) the term ‘swimming pool’ includes any 
parking lot appurtenant thereto.’’. 
SEC. 203. EMPLOYMENT OR USE OF PERSONS UNDER 18 
YEARS OF AGE IN DRUG OPERATIONS. 
Section 420 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 861) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘EMPLOYMENT OR USE OF PERSONS UNDER 18 YEARS OF 
AGE IN DRUG OPERATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 420. (a) Any person at least 18 years of age 
who knowingly— 
‘‘(1) employs, hires, uses, persuades, induces, 
entices, or coerces, a person under 18 years of age 
to violate any provision of this title or title III; 
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‘‘(2) employs, hires, uses, persuades, induces, 
entices, or coerces a person under 18 years of age 
to assist in avoiding detection or apprehension, for 
any such violation, by any Federal, State, or local 
law enforcement official; or 
‘‘(3) receives a controlled substance from a per-
son under 18 years of age, other than an immediate 
family member, in violation of this title or title III 
shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less 
than 3 years nor more than 10 years in addition and con-
secutive to any punishment under section 401(b). 
‘‘(b) Whoever violates subsection (a) after a prior 
conviction under section 401(a) has become final shall be 
sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 5 
years nor more than 20 years in addition and consecutive 
to any punishment under section 401(b). Penalties for 
third and subsequent convictions shall be governed by sec-
tion 401(b)(1)(A).’’. 
SEC. 204. MAINTAINING DRUG-INVOLVED PREMISES IN RE-
LATION TO INVOLVEMENT OF CHILDREN. 
Section 416(b) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 856(b)) is amended by inserting (1) before ‘‘Any 
person’’ and by adding the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Any person who violates subsection (a) 
knowing that the manufacture, distribution, storage, 
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(237) in item number 3695 by striking ‘‘in 
Soldotna’’ and inserting ‘‘in the Kenai River cor-
ridor’’; 
(238) in item number 3699 by striking ‘‘to im-
prove fish habitat’’; 
(239) in item number 3700 by inserting ‘‘and 
ferry facilities’’ after ‘‘a ferry’’; 
(240) in item number 3703 by inserting ‘‘or 
other roads’’ after ‘‘Cape Blossom Road’’; 
(241) in item number 3704 by striking ‘‘Fair-
banks’’ and inserting ‘‘Alaska Highway’’; 
(242) in item number 3705 by striking ‘‘in 
Cook Inlet for the Westside development/Williams-
port-Pile Bay Road’’ and inserting ‘‘for development 
of the Williamsport-Pile Bay Road corridor’’; 
(243) in item number 3828 by striking 
‘‘$2,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$11,000,000’’; 
(244) by striking item number 3829; 
(245) by striking item number 3832; 
(246) in item number 3861 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Creation of a 
greenway path along the Naugatuck River in Water-
bury’’; 
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or use of any controlled substance involves a person 
under the age of 18 shall be sentenced to a term of 
imprisonment of not less than 5 years nor more than 
20 years.’’. 
SEC. 205. MODIFICATION OF SAFETY VALVE PROVISION. 
Section 3553(f) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and was not 
engaged in a dangerous drug trafficking organiza-
tion (as defined in section 425 of the Controlled 
Substances Act)’’ after ‘‘section 408 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(4); 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (6); and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) no part of the offense or relevant conduct 
involved manufacturing, possessing with intent to 
distribute, or distributing any controlled substance 
in or near the presence of a child or conduct consti-
tuting an offense under section 418, 419, or 420 of 
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 859, 860, 
or 861); and’’. 
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TITLE 
III—NATIONAL 
DRUG 
TRAFFICKING ENFORCEMENT 
STRATEGY 
SEC. 301. NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT
OF STRATEGY.—The Attorney 
General, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, shall develop a National Drug Trafficking En-
forcement Strategy. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than February 1 of each 
year, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committees 
on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a report containing the following: 
(1) A description of the drug enforcement ac-
tivities of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the 
Drug Enforcement Agency, the Department of 
Homeland Security, and other Federal law enforce-
ment agencies, including international and domestic 
enforcement strategies and coordination efforts 
among all law enforcement agencies. 
(2) A description of the allocation of the re-
sources of the entities listed in paragraph (1) for the 
investigation and prosecution of alleged violations of 
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et 
seq.), including violations involving significant drug 
trafficking organizations. 
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(3) A description of measures being taken to 
give priority in the allocation of such resources de-
scribed in paragraph (2) to alleged violations involv-
ing— 
(A) persons who have imported into the 
United States substantial quantities of con-
trolled substances; and 
(B) persons involved in violations that have 
endangered children. 
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(7) The bipartisan Final Report of the National 
Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United 
States recommends: ‘‘A comprehensive United 
States strategy to counter terrorism should include 
economic policies that encourage development, more 
open societies, and opportunities for people to im-
prove the lives of their families and enhance pros-
pects for their children.’’. 
(8) At the summit of the Group of Eight (G– 
8) nations in July 2005, leaders from all eight coun-
tries committed to increase aid to Africa from the 
current $25 billion annually to $50 billion by 2010, 
and to cancel 100 percent of the debt obligations 
owed to the World Bank, African Development 
Bank, and International Monetary Fund by 18 of 
the world’s poorest nations. 
(9) At the United Nations World Summit in 
September 2005, the United States joined more 
than 180 other governments in reiterating their 
commitment to achieve the United Nations Millen-
nium Development Goals by 2015. 
(10) The United States has recognized the need 
for increased financial and technical assistance to 
countries burdened by extreme poverty, as well as 
the need for strengthened economic and trade oppor-
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