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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2915 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Health 
Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2007 
Mr. BRALEY of Iowa (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. BOS-
WELL, and Mr. LOEBSACK) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the 
National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan 
Repayment Programs. 
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 ‘‘National Health Serv-
ice Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs Re-
authorization Act of 2007’’. 
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$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 
to carry out this section. Amounts appropriated are au-
thorized to remain available until expended, and may be 
used by the Secretary to make additional grants, in ac-
cordance with this section, in a fiscal year beginning with 
fiscal year 2013.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for that Act is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 2368 the following: 
‘‘SUBPART 6—TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAMS 
‘‘Sec. 2371. Grants for teacher residency programs.’’. 
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SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE 
CORPS SCHOLARSHIP AND LOAN REPAY-
MENT PROGRAMS. 
(a) REAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sec-
tion 338H(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
254q(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘$146,250,000’’ and all 
that 
follows 
through 
the 
period 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 
2011.’’. 
(b) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS.—Sec-
tion 338H of such Act is further amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(d) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS.—Of 
the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) for a fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall obligate $30,000,000 for con-
tracts for scholarships under this subpart to individuals 
who are accepted for enrollment, or enrolled, in a course 
of study or program described in section 338A(b)(1)(B) 
that leads to a degree in medicine or osteopathic medi-
cine.’’. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2916 
To prevent Members of Congress from receiving the automatic pay adjustment 
scheduled to take effect in 2008. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2007 
Mr. BURTON of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prevent Members of Congress from receiving the 
automatic pay adjustment scheduled to take effect in 2008. 
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 ‘‘Members of Congress 
Personal Fiscal Responsibility Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENT 
FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN 2008. 
For purposes of the provision of law amended by sec-
tion 704(a)(2)(B) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (5 
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U.S.C. 5318 note), no adjustment under section 5303 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall be considered to have 
taken effect in fiscal year 2008 in the rates of basic pay 
for the statutory pay systems. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2917 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to report on measures 
being taken to inform the public of the transition to digital format 
television broadcasting. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2007 
Mr. BUTTERFIELD (for himself, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MEEKS 
of New York, Mr. WYNN, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mr. LEWIS 
of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to re-
port on measures being taken to inform the public of 
the transition to digital format television broadcasting. 
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 ‘‘Transition Education 
Accountability Report Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT REQUIRED. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Within 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Communica-
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tions Commission shall submit a report to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate describing the measures taken by the 
Commission, the National Telecommunications and Infor-
mation Administration, and other agencies of the Federal 
Government to inform the public of the transition to dig-
ital format television broadcasting and the termination of 
broadcasting in analog format. Such report shall include— 
(1) the measures taken directly by agencies of 
the Government to so inform the public; 
(2) the efforts undertaken to enlist the vol-
untary efforts of programming producers, distribu-
tors, broadcasters, cable operators, satellite carriers, 
and others in developing, distributing, and transmit-
ting public service announcements that will so in-
form the public; and 
(3) the identity and affiliations of important 
contributors to those voluntary efforts. 
(b) PUBLIC DISSEMINATION.—The Federal Commu-
nications Commission shall provide for the public dissemi-
nation of the report required by subsection (a), which shall 
include— 
(1) posting of the report on the Internet 
website of the Commission; and 
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(2) transmission of the report to the Digital 
Television Transition Coalition. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 261 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an alternate release 
date for certain nonviolent offenders, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2007 
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an alter-
nate release date for certain nonviolent offenders, 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 ‘‘Federal Prison Bureau 
Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. EARLY RELEASE FOR CERTAIN NONVIOLENT OF-
FENDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3624 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘at the early 
release date provided in subsection (g), if applicable, 
or otherwise’’ after ‘‘A prisoner shall be released by 
the Bureau of Prisons’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) EARLY RELEASE FOR CERTAIN NONVIOLENT 
OFFENDERS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Bureau of Prisons, pursuant to a good time pol-
icy, shall release from confinement a prisoner who has 
served one half or more of his term of imprisonment (in-
cluding any consecutive term or terms of imprisonment) 
if that prisoner— 
‘‘(1) has attained the age of 45 years; 
‘‘(2) has never been convicted of a crime of vio-
lence; and 
‘‘(3) has not engaged in any violation, involving 
violent conduct, of institutional disciplinary regula-
tions.’’. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2918 
To permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the State 
of California, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2007 
Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FARR, 
Ms. SOLIS, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. WAXMAN, 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. HONDA, Ms. 
WOOLSEY, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. STARK, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. LORETTA 
SANCHEZ of California, Ms. WATSON, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. LEE, Ms. 
HARMAN, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. ROYBAL-AL-
LARD, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, and Mr. 
SHERMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast 
of the State of California, 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 ‘‘California Ocean and 
Coastal Protection Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN CER-
TAIN AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL 
SHELF. 
Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1337) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(q) PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN 
CERTAIN AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act or any other law and except as 
provided in paragraph (2), beginning on the date of 
enactment of this subsection, the conduct of oil and 
gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities is pro-
hibited in areas of the outer Continental Shelf lo-
cated off the coast of the State of California. 
‘‘(2) EFFECT.—Nothing in this subsection af-
fects any rights under leases issued under this Act 
before the date of enactment of this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 3. COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF OUTER CONTI-
NENTAL SHELF OIL AND NATURAL GAS RE-
SOURCES. 
Section 357(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15912(a)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘Conti-
nental Shelf’’ the following: ‘‘(other than the areas of the 
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outer Continental Shelf off the coast of the State of Cali-
fornia)’’. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2454 
AN ACT 
To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, 
reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean 
energy economy. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
banking
agencies
and
the
National
Credit 
Union Administration Board’’; 
(2) in the third sentence of paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘each such Board’’ and in-
serting ‘‘each such banking agency and the Na-
tional Credit Union Administration Board’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘banks or savings and loan 
institutions described in paragraph (3)’’ each 
place such term appears and inserting ‘‘deposi-
tory institutions’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘with respect to banks, 
savings and loan institutions’’ and inserting 
‘‘with respect to depository institutions’’; 
(3) by adding at the end of paragraph (1) the 
following new sentence: ‘‘For purposes of this sub-
section, the terms ‘Federal banking agency’ and ‘de-
pository institution’ have the same meaning as in 
section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.’’; 
(4) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘by the Di-
rector of the Office of Thrift Supervision’’ before the 
period at the end; 
(5) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘by the Na-
tional Credit Union Administration’’ before the pe-
riod at the end; and 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2919 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine 
the suitability and feasibility of designating the Virgin Islands Military 
and Veterans Memorial, to be located in Fredericksted, St. Croix, U.S. 
Virgin Islands, as a unit of the National Park System. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2007 
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
study to determine the suitability and feasibility of desig-
nating the Virgin Islands Military and Veterans Memo-
rial, to be located in Fredericksted, St. Croix, U.S. Vir-
gin Islands, as a unit of the National Park System. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STUDY REGARDING 
THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS MILITARY AND 
VETERANS MEMORIAL MUSEUM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows: 
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(1) The U.S. Virgin Islands Military and Vet-
erans Memorial will be a tribute to the over 3000 
war veterans of Virgin Island descent who reside in 
St. Croix, Virgin Islands. 
(2) The Memorial will include exhibits, arti-
facts, and memorabilia of conflicts that involved vet-
erans of Virgin Island descent, including members of 
the 332nd Fighter Group, more commonly known as 
the Tuskegee Airmen. 
(3) The Memorial will feature a Wall of Re-
membrance listing and identifying every Virgin Is-
land veteran by war or conflict to provide a lasting 
homage to their courage and resolve. 
(4) The plan for the Memorial includes estab-
lishment of a veterans medical clinic on the Memo-
rial site, to extend and enhance medical services for 
veterans on the Island of St. Croix. 
(5) In 2001, the 24th Legislature of the Virgin 
Islands enacted legislation, known as the Virgin Is-
lands Military Museum and Veterans Memorial Act, 
authorizing the establishment of a memorial in the 
Virgin Islands to the over 3000 registered Virgin Is-
land War Veterans who reside in the Virgin Islands. 
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(6) It is anticipated that funding to construct 
the Memorial will come from a combination of Fed-
eral, local, and private funding sources. 
(b) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Interior shall carry 
out a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
designating the U.S. Virgin Islands Military and Veterans 
Memorial, to be located on ten acres in Fredericksted, St. 
Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, as a unit of the National Park 
System. 
(c) STUDY PROCESS
AND COMPLETION.—Section 
8(c) of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5(c)) shall 
apply to the conduct and completion of the study required 
by this section. 
(d) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit a report 
describing the results the study required by this section 
to the Committee on Resources of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate. 
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H. Res. 1036 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
March 12, 2008. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union for consideration of 
the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 312) revising the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for 
fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the 
United States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setting 
forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 
through 2013. The first reading of the concurrent resolution 
shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consider-
ation of the concurrent resolution are waived. General debate 
shall not exceed four hours, with three hours confined to the 
congressional budget equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
the Budget and one hour on the subject of economic goals 
and policies equally divided and controlled by Representative 
Maloney of New York and Representative Saxton of New Jer-
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2622 
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
to require de novo review of claims determinations made by employee 
benefit plans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 7, 2007 
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Secu-
rity Act of 1974 to require de novo review of claims 
determinations made by employee benefit plans. 
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 ‘‘Equality for Workers 
under ERISA Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. DE NOVO REVIEW OF CLAIMS DETERMINATIONS BY 
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 502(e) of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 
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1132(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) Any action commenced under subsection 
(a)(1)(B) shall be adjudicated as a de novo proceeding 
without deference to any claim determination made prior 
to the commencement of such action.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to claim determina-
tions made by plans on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2623 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the collec-
tion of copayments for all hospice care furnished by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON COLLECTION OF COPAY-
MENTS FOR ALL HOSPICE CARE FURNISHED 
BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
Title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 1710(f)(1), by inserting ‘‘(except 
if such care constitutes hospice care)’’ after ‘‘nurs-
ing home care’’; 
(2) in section 1710(g)(1), by inserting ‘‘(except 
if such services constitute hospice care)’’ after ‘‘med-
ical services’’; and 
(3) in section 1710B(c)(2), by striking subpara-
graph (B) and inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
following new subparagraph (B): 
‘‘(B) to a veteran being furnished inpatient or 
outpatient hospice care by the Department; or’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 30, 2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2623 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit 
the collection of copayments for all hospice care 
furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(3) WORKING GROUPS.—The Chair shall des-
ignate 5 working groups within the Task Force, 
each of which shall conduct one of the following ac-
tivities: 
(A) Survey the methods of risk classifica-
tion used by each jurisdiction, as of the date of 
enactment of this Act, and identify changes to 
such methods that jurisdictions could imple-
ment to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and 
consistency of sex offender registries. 
(B) Research and analyze the effectiveness 
of the most recently developed tools available 
(as of the date of enactment of this Act) to as-
sess the dangers posed by sex offenders and to 
classify sex offenders based on risk. 
(C) Identify the strengths and weaknesses 
of Federal, State, and local sex offender reg-
istration and notification procedures in use as 
of the day before the date of enactment of this 
Act, and propose methods to improve any such 
weaknesses. 
(D) Analyze Federal, State, and local law 
enforcement agency procedures for community 
notification regarding sex offenders (as of the 
date of enactment of this Act), and determine 
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the most appropriate procedures to notify com-
munities regarding sex offenders of varying 
risk-based classifications. 
(E) Develop a resource guide that Federal, 
State, and local law enforcement agencies may 
use to educate the public about the prevention 
of sex offenses, the dangers posed by sex of-
fenders, the systems used to classify sex offend-
ers, and the access and use of sex offender reg-
istries. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall con-
sist of 20 members, who shall be appointed by the 
Attorney General within 45 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and who shall include— 
(A) the Chair; 
(B) one representative from each of the 
following: 
(i) the Safe NOW Project; 
(ii) the National Association to PRO-
TECT Children; 
(iii) Parents For Megan’s Law, Inc.; 
(iv) the Association for the Treatment 
of Sexual Abusers; 
(v) the National Sheriffs’ Association; 
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(vi) the National Association of Police 
Organizations; 
(vii) the American Probation and Pa-
role Association; 
(viii) the American Psychological As-
sociation; 
(ix) the National Association of Crimi-
nal Defense Lawyers; 
(x) the Washington State Institute for 
Public Policy; 
(xi) the National Center for Missing 
and Exploited Children; 
(xii) the Office for Victims of Crime; 
(xiii) the Center for Sex Offender 
Management; 
(xiv) the National Law Enforcement 
and Corrections Technology Center; 
(xv) the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion; and 
(xvi) the Center for Disease Control 
and Prevention; and 
(C) three representatives of the academic 
community who specialize in risk assessment of 
sex offenders. 
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