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(c) PREFERENCE.—In providing grants under this 
title, the Secretary may give preference to projects that 
carry out the purposes of both the program and the Save 
America’s Treasures Program. 
(d) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall con-
sult with the Council in preparing the list of projects 
to be provided grants for a fiscal year under the pro-
gram. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days be-
fore the date on which the Secretary provides grants 
for a fiscal year under the program, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate, the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate, the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives a list of any eligible projects that 
are to be provided grants under the program for the 
fiscal year. 
(e) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal share of 
the cost of carrying out a project provided a grant 
under this title shall be not less than 50 percent of 
the total cost of the project. 
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PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $73,013,000, to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That, in determining 
between or among carriers competing to provide service 
to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 
subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 
That, if the funds under this heading are insufficient to 
meet the costs of the essential air service program in the 
current fiscal year, the Secretary shall transfer such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the essential air service 
program from any available amounts appropriated to or 
directly administered by the Office of the Secretary for 
such fiscal year. 
COMPENSATION FOR AIR CARRIERS 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts made available under this heading, 
all unobligated balances as of the date of enactment of 
this Act are hereby permanently rescinded. 
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† HR 1388 EAS 
‘‘(A) include an assessment of the strengths and 
areas in need of improvement of a program assisted 
under this section; 
‘‘(B) include an assessment of whether such pro-
gram has adequately addressed population and com-
munity-wide needs; 
‘‘(C) include an assessment of the efforts of such 
program to collaborate with other community-based 
organizations, units of government, and entities pro-
viding services to seniors, taking into account barriers 
to such collaboration that such program may encoun-
ter; 
‘‘(D) include a protocol for fiscal management 
that shall be used to assess such program’s compliance 
with the program requirements for the appropriate 
use of Federal funds; 
‘‘(E) include an assessment of whether the pro-
gram is in conformity with the eligibility, outreach, 
enrollment, and other requirements for programs as-
sisted under this section; and 
‘‘(F) contain other measures of performance de-
veloped by the Corporation, in consultation with the 
review teams described in subsection (f)(4). 
‘‘(2)(A) The performance measures, outcomes, and 
other criteria established under this subsection may be up-
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. 
Section 101(a)(2)(C) of the Bankruptcy Abuse Pre-
vention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109–8) is amended by adding at the end of para-
graph (2) of section 707(b) of title 11 of the United States 
Code, as added by such Act, the following: 
‘‘(E) Subparagraphs (A) through (C) shall not apply, 
and the court may not dismiss or convert a case filed 
under this chapter based on any form of means testing— 
‘‘(i)(I) while the debtor is on, and during the 
180-day period beginning immediately after the 
debtor is released from, a period of active duty (as 
defined in section 101(d)(1) of title 10) of not less 
than 60 days; or 
‘‘(II) while the debtor is performing, and during 
the 180-day period beginning immediately after the 
debtor is no longer performing, a homeland defense 
activity (as defined in section 901(1) of title 32) per-
formed for a period of not less than 60 days; and 
‘‘(ii) if after September 11, 2001, the debtor 
while a member of a reserve component of the 
Armed Forces or a member of the National Guard, 
was called to such active duty or performed such 
homeland defense activity.’’. 
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SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), this Act and the amendment made by this Act 
shall take effect on April 20, 2005. 
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend-
ment made by this Act shall apply only with respect to 
cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code 
after April 20, 2005. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3973 
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain reusable grocery bags. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 25, 2007 
Mr. BERMAN (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of California) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain reusable grocery 
bags. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CERTAIN REUSABLE GROCERY BAGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading: 
‘‘ 
9902.42.01 
Reusable bags, of poly-
propylene (provided for in 
subheading 4202.92.90, 
6307.90.98, or 3923.29.00), 
principally used to carry 
food or beverages purchased 
in grocery stores, super-
markets, and pharmacies .....
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2010 
’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer the unexpended balances available for the 
bonding assistance program from ‘‘Office of the Secretary, 
Salaries and expenses’’ to ‘‘Minority Business Outreach’’. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap-
prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 
to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 
Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 
have completed the normal reprogramming process for 
Congressional notification. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be obligated or expended to establish or im-
plement a program under which essential air service com-
munities are required to assume subsidy costs commonly 
referred to as the EAS local participation program. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary or his or her designee may 
engage in activities with States and State legislators to 
consider proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle 
fatalities. 
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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations and research activities related to commercial space 
transportation, administrative expenses for research and 
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 
to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 
available by Public Law 108–176, $9,042,467,000, of 
which $5,238,005,000 shall be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed 
$7,099,019,000 shall be available for air traffic organiza-
tion activities; not to exceed $1,164,597,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; not to exceed 
$14,094,000 shall be available for commercial space trans-
portation activities; not to exceed $111,004,000 shall be 
available for financial services activities; not to exceed 
$96,091,000 shall be available for human resources pro-
gram activities; not to exceed $331,000,000 shall be avail-
able for region and center operations and regional coordi-
nation activities; not to exceed $180,859,000 shall be 
available for staff offices; and not to exceed $46,500,000 
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SECTION 1. MARINE CORPS CORPORAL STEVEN P. GILL 
POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 797 Sam Bass Road in Round 
Rock, Texas, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Ma-
rine Corps Corporal Steven P. Gill Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Marine Corps Cor-
poral Steven P. Gill Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 13, 
2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3974 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 797 Sam Bass Road in 
Round Rock, Texas, as the ‘‘Marine Corps Cor-
poral Steven P. Gill Post Office Building’’.
H. R. 3974 
One Hundred Tenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 797 Sam 
Bass Road in Round Rock, Texas, as the ‘‘Marine Corps Corporal Steven P. 
Gill Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MARINE CORPS CORPORAL STEVEN P. GILL POST OFFICE 
BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 797 Sam Bass Road in Round Rock, Texas, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Marine Corps Corporal 
Steven P. Gill Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Marine Corps Corporal Steven P. Gill Post Office Building’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
SECTION 1. MARINE CORPS CORPORAL STEVEN P. GILL 
POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 797 Sam Bass Road in Round 
Rock, Texas, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Ma-
rine Corps Corporal Steven P. Gill Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Marine Corps Cor-
poral Steven P. Gill Post Office Building’’. 
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IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3974 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 797 Sam Bass Road in Round Rock, Texas, 
as the ‘‘Marine Corps Corporal Steven P. Gill Post Office 
Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. MARINE CORPS CORPORAL STEVEN P. GILL 
POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 797 Sam Bass Road in Round 
Rock, Texas, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Ma-
rine Corps Corporal Steven P. Gill Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Marine Corps Cor-
poral Steven P. Gill Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 13, 
2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3978 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to establish a pro-
gram to improve the health and education of children through grants 
to expand school breakfast programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 25, 2007 
Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin (for herself, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. 
TOWNS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. WYNN, Mr. LEWIS of 
Georgia, Ms. WATSON, Ms. LEE, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. KIND, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, and Ms. SHEA-PORTER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
to establish a program to improve the health and edu-
cation of children through grants to expand school break-
fast programs, 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 ‘‘Student Breakfast and 
Education Improvement Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
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(1) approximately 60 percent of students in the 
United States are eligible to receive free or reduced- 
price school lunches under the school lunch program 
established under the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); 
(2) in fiscal year 2006, 7,700,000 students in 
the United States consumed free or reduced-price 
school breakfasts provided under the school break-
fast program established by section 4 of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); 
(3) as of the date of enactment of this Act, ap-
proximately 83 percent of all public schools in the 
United States provide 9,500,000 school breakfasts 
each year under the program established by section 
4 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1773) to at least 130,000 
students; 
(4) less than 1⁄2 of the low-income students who 
participate in the school lunch program also partici-
pate in the school breakfast program; 
(5) many students who are eligible for reduced- 
price breakfasts and lunches can afford only 1 of 
those meals per day; 
(6) almost 17,000 schools that participate in 
the school lunch program do not participate in the 
school breakfast program; 
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(3) LIMITATION.—In providing grants under 
this title, the Secretary shall only provide 1 grant to 
each eligible project selected for a grant. 
(f) CONSULTATION
AND NOTIFICATION
BY SEC-
RETARY.— 
(1) CONSULTATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary shall consult with the 
National Endowment for the Arts, the National 
Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of 
Museum and Library Services, the National 
Trust for Historic Preservation, and the Presi-
dent’s Committee on Arts and Humanities in 
preparing the list of projects to be provided 
grants for a fiscal year by the Secretary under 
the program. 
(B) LIMITATION.—If an entity described in 
subparagraph (A) has submitted an application 
for a grant under the program, the entity shall 
be recused by the Secretary from the consulta-
tion requirements under that subparagraph and 
subsection (a). 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days be-
fore the date on which the Secretary provides grants 
for a fiscal year under the program, the Secretary 
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•HR 4137 EH2S 
mathematics, science, special education, and instruc-
tion of limited English proficient students; and 
‘‘(2) more closely linking the training provided 
by the institution with the needs of schools and the 
instructional decisions new teachers face in the 
classroom. 
‘‘(b) ASSURANCE.—Each institution described in sub-
section (a) shall provide an assurance to the Secretary 
that— 
‘‘(1) training provided to prospective teachers 
responds to the identified needs of the local edu-
cational agencies or States where the institution’s 
graduates are likely to teach, based on past hiring 
and recruitment trends; 
‘‘(2) prospective special education teachers re-
ceive course work in core academic subjects and re-
ceive training in providing instruction in core aca-
demic subjects; 
‘‘(3) general education teachers receive training 
in providing instruction to diverse populations, in-
cluding children with disabilities, limited English 
proficient students, and children from low-income 
families; and
952 
nautical charting and cartography are available for activi-
ties conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working 
Capital Fund: Provided further, That none of the funds 
in this Act may be obligated or expended for an employee 
of the Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store 
gift card or gift certificate through use of a Government- 
issued credit card. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of air navi-
gation and experimental facilities and equipment, as au-
thorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United 
States Code, including initial acquisition of necessary sites 
by lease or grant; engineering and service testing, includ-
ing construction of test facilities and acquisition of nec-
essary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing 
of quarters and related accommodations for officers and 
employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta-
tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 
not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of air-
craft from funds available under this heading, including 
aircraft for aviation regulation and certification; to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$2,742,095,000, of which $2,281,595,000 shall remain 
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available until September 30, 2011, and of which 
$460,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex-
penses incurred in the establishment and modernization 
of air navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon ini-
tial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2010 
President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital invest-
ment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which 
includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 
2010 through 2014, with total funding for each year of 
the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years 
as estimated and approved by the Office of Management 
and Budget: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Transportation shall conduct an analysis that compares 
the current status of air traffic management and the na-
tional airspace system to the planned architecture of the 
‘‘next generation’’ air transportation system: Provided fur-
ther, That upon initial submission to the Congress of the 
fiscal year 2010 President’s budget, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall transmit to the Congress an interim 
architecture for the ‘‘next generation’’ air transportation 
system that establishes a list of priority capabilities to be 
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(A) A project for the conduct of— 
(i) research on, and documentation of, 
the history of a community; and 
(ii) surveys of the historic resources of 
a community. 
(B) 
An 
education 
and 
interpretation 
project that conveys the history of a community 
or site. 
(C) A planning project (other than build-
ing rehabilitation) that advances economic de-
velopment using heritage tourism and historic 
preservation. 
(D) A marketing project that promotes 
and enhances the visitor experience to a com-
munity. 
(E) A training project that provides oppor-
tunities for professional development in areas 
that would aid a community in using and pro-
moting its historic resources. 
(F) A project to support heritage tourism 
in a Preserve America Community designated 
under section 104. 
(2) LIMITATION.—In providing grants under 
this title, the Secretary shall only provide 1 grant to 
each eligible project selected for a grant. 
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SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title $50,000,000 for each fiscal year, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
TITLE III—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING CERTAIN ACTIVITIES. 
None of the funds provided pursuant to this Act may 
be used to study or establish a National Heritage Area 
or fund a National Heritage Area management entity. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 8, 2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3981 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Preserve America Program and 
Save America’s Treasures Program, and for 
other purposes.