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House Calendar No. 156 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 824 
[Report No. 110–449] 
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 3773) to amend the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure 
for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2007 
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, from the Committee on Rules, reported the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered 
to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 3773) 
to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain 
acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other pur-
poses. 
Resolved, That during further consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 3773) to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing 
certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other 
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purposes, as amended, pursuant to House Resolution 746, 
the further amendment printed in the report of the Com-
mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be con-
sidered as adopted. Time for debate on the bill pursuant 
to House Resolution 746 shall be considered as expired. 
The bill, as amended, shall be debatable for one hour, with 
30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 
Judiciary and 30 minutes equally divided and controlled 
by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence. 
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House Calendar No. 156 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 824 
[Report No. 110–449] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 
3773) to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for 
authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intel-
ligence, and for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 14, 2007 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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H. Res. 825 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
November 15, 2007. 
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 bill (H.R. 3915) to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
reform consumer mortgage practices and provide account-
ability for such practices, to establish licensing and registra-
tion requirements for residential mortgage originators, to pro-
vide certain minimum standards for consumer mortgage 
loans, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill 
shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consider-
ation of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 
9 or 10 of rule XXI. General debate shall be confined to the 
bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con-
trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Financial Services. After general debate the 
bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 
rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for
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•HRES 825 EH 
the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 
Committee on Financial Services now printed in the bill. The 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 
considered as read. All points of order against the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived except 
those arising under clause 10 of rule XXI. Notwithstanding 
clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order ex-
cept those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution. Each such amendment may be 
offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered 
only by a Member designated in the report, shall be consid-
ered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 
report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except as speci-
fied in the report, and shall not be subject to a demand for 
division of the question in the House or in the Committee of 
the Whole. All points of order against such amendments are 
waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. 
At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment 
the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with 
such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 
may demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment 
adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the
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committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 
amendments thereto to final passage without intervening mo-
tion except one motion to recommit with or without instruc-
tions. 
SEC. 2. During consideration in the House of H.R. 3915 
pursuant to this resolution, notwithstanding the operation of 
the previous question, the Chair may postpone further consid-
eration of the bill to such time as may be designated by the 
Speaker. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
fund balance will be available in perpetuity for pro-
viding financial assistance in accordance with this 
title; 
‘‘(12) any fees charged by the State to recipi-
ents of assistance that are considered program in-
come will be used for the purpose of financing the 
cost of administering the fund or financing projects 
or activities eligible for assistance from the fund; 
‘‘(13) beginning in fiscal year 2011, the State 
will include as a condition of providing assistance to 
a municipality or intermunicipal, interstate, or State 
agency that the recipient of such assistance certify, 
in a manner determined by the Governor of the 
State, that the recipient— 
‘‘(A) has studied and evaluated the cost 
and effectiveness of the processes, materials, 
techniques, and technologies for carrying out 
the proposed project or activity for which assist-
ance is sought under this title, and has selected, 
to the extent practicable, a project or activity 
that maximizes the potential for efficient water 
use, reuse, and conservation, and energy con-
servation, taking into account the cost of con-
structing the project or activity, the cost of op-
erating and maintaining the project or activity
H. Res. 826 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 5, 2007. 
Whereas in the past two months, nooses have been found in 
a North Carolina high school, a Home Depot in New Jer-
sey, a Louisiana school playground, the campus of the 
University of Maryland, a Columbia University profes-
sor’s office door and a factory in Houston, Texas; 
Whereas the Southern Poverty Law Center has recorded be-
tween 40 and 50 suspected hate crimes involving nooses 
since September; 
Whereas since 2001, the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission has filed more than 30 lawsuits that involve 
the displaying of nooses in places of employment; 
Whereas nooses are reviled by many Americans as racist sym-
bols of lynchings that were once all too common; 
Whereas according to Tuskegee Institute, more than 4,700 
people were lynched between 1882 and 1959 in a cam-
paign of terror led by the Ku Klux Klan; 
Whereas the number of dead lynching victims in the United 
States exceeds the amount of people killed in the horrible 
attack on Pearl Harbor (2,333 dead) and Hurricane 
Katrina (1,836 dead) combined; and 
Whereas African-Americans, as well as Italians, Jews, and 
Mexicans, have comprised the vast majority of lynching
•HRES 826 EH 
victims and only when we erase the terrible symbols of 
the past can we finally begin to move forward: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Represent-
atives that— 
(1) the hanging of nooses is a horrible act when 
used for the purpose of intimidation and which under 
certain circumstances can be criminal; 
(2) this conduct should be investigated thoroughly 
by Federal authorities; and 
(3) any criminal violations should be vigorously 
prosecuted. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 827 
Honoring and recognizing the achievements of Carl Stokes, the first African- 
American mayor of a major American city, in the 40th year since 
his election as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2007 
Mrs. JONES of Ohio (for herself, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. WIL-
SON of Ohio, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Ms. KAPTUR, and Mr. REGULA) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring and recognizing the achievements of Carl Stokes, 
the first African-American mayor of a major American 
city, in the 40th year since his election as Mayor of 
Cleveland, Ohio. 
Whereas Carl Stokes was a pioneer in cultivating a positive 
climate for African-Americans to seek election to public 
office and made great strides toward improving race rela-
tions in a tumultuous period of United States history; 
Whereas Carl Stokes was born on June 27, 1927, in Cleve-
land, Ohio to Charles and Louise Stokes; 
Whereas Carl Stokes rose from poverty in Outhwaite Homes, 
Cleveland’s first federally funded housing project for the 
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poor, to be elected to the highest political office in Cleve-
land; 
Whereas Carl Stokes earned his bachelor’s degree from the 
University of Minnesota in 1954 and graduated from the 
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1956, and was ad-
mitted to the Ohio State Bar in 1957; 
Whereas, in 1962, Carl Stokes was elected to the Ohio Gen-
eral Assembly and served 3 terms as the first African- 
American Democrat to serve from Cuyahoga County; 
Whereas, in 1967, relying on his ability to mobilize support 
that transcended racial divides, Carl Stokes was elected 
Mayor of Cleveland and became the first African-Amer-
ican mayor of a major American city; 
Whereas, after declining to run for a 3rd term as Mayor of 
Cleveland, Carl Stokes became the first African-American 
to appear daily as an anchorman on a New York City tel-
evision outlet, WNBC–TV; 
Whereas Carl Stokes served as a municipal judge in Cleve-
land from 1983 to 1994, completing a political career en-
compassing each branch of government; and 
Whereas Carl Stokes maintained his dedication to public 
service throughout his life, serving as Ambassador to the 
Seychelles and representing the White House on numer-
ous goodwill trips abroad until his death in 1996: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the pioneering career of Carl 
Stokes, who helped expand political opportunity for 
minorities by becoming the first African-American 
mayor of a major American city; and 
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H. Res. 82
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 29, 2007.
Whereas on January 2, 2007, the University of Louisville 
Cardinals football team defeated the Wake Forest Demon 
Deacons 24–13 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Florida, to 
win the Orange Bowl; 
Whereas the Cardinals victory marked the climax of a 12–1 
season, which yielded the most wins in the program’s his-
tory, a Big East Championship, and the school’s first 
Bowl Championship Series victory; 
Whereas junior quarterback Brian Brohm was named the 
most valuable player of the game after completing 24 of 
34 passes for 311 yards, and junior wide receiver Harry 
Douglas tied an Orange Bowl record with 10 catches to-
taling 165 receiving yards and finished the season with 
a school record 1,265 receiving yards; 
Whereas the Cardinals offensive line provided protection and 
momentum throughout the season and was a major fac-
tor in the team’s 457 yards of offense in the Orange 
Bowl; 
Whereas the relentless defense of the Cardinals played a vital 
role in the Orange Bowl victory; 
Whereas the Cardinals defense was led by senior cornerback 
William Gay, who broke up 2 passes late in the game and
•HRES 82 EH 
extinguished the final hope of the Demon Deacons with 
an interception; 
Whereas the success of the Cardinals is due in no small part 
to the dedication of Coach Bobby Petrino and his staff, 
as well as the Cardinals coaches of the last 2 decades, 
who led a magnificent ascent begun by Coach Howard 
Schnellenberger; 
Whereas Cardinals fans, who stuck with the program through 
darker times, now have the team they deserve; 
Whereas the University of Louisville has achieved a formi-
dable football program, which is consistently among the 
strongest in college football; and 
Whereas the exceptional group of young men who comprised 
the 2006 Cardinals should be publicly recognized as the 
greatest football team in the history of the University of 
Louisville: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) commends the University of Louisville Cardinals 
football team for their victory in the 2007 Orange Bowl; 
(2) recognizes the achievements of the players, 
Coach Bobby Petrino and his staff, Director of Athletics 
Tom Jurich, and President James Ramsey at the Uni-
versity of Louisville for the hard work and dedication 
that led to the Cardinals Orange Bowl victory; and 
(3) directs the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives to transmit a copy of this resolution to the director
•HRES 82 EH 
of athletics at the University of Louisville for appro-
priate display. 
Attest:
Clerk.
•HRES 895 EH 
fice may do so, the individual shall execute a signed docu-
ment containing the following statement: ‘‘I agree not to be 
a candidate for the office of Senator or Representative in, or 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress for pur-
poses of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 until at 
least 3 years after I am no longer a member of the board 
or staff of the Office of Congressional Ethics.’’. 
(2) Copies of the signed and executed document shall be 
retained by the Clerk as part of the records of the House. 
The Clerk shall make the signatures a matter of public 
record, causing the names of each individual who has signed 
the document to be published in a portion of the Congres-
sional Record designed for that purpose, and make cumu-
lative lists of such names available on the web site of the 
Clerk. 
(3) The following rules shall be applicable to the staff 
of the Office: 
(A) The staff is to be assembled and retained as a 
professional, nonpartisan staff. 
(B) Each member of the staff shall be professional 
and demonstrably qualified for the position for which he 
is hired. 
(C) The staff as a whole and each member of the 
staff shall perform all official duties in a nonpartisan 
manner.
ner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
‘‘(b) CENTER
OF EATING DISORDERS EPIDEMI-
OLOGY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, shall establish a Center of 
Eating Disorders Epidemiology for the purpose of 
collecting and analyzing information on— 
‘‘(A) the number, incidence, incidence 
trends over time, correlates, mortality, and 
causes of eating disorders; 
‘‘(B) the effects of eating disorders on 
quality of life, including disability adjusted life 
years (DALY) and quality adjusted life years 
(QALY); and 
‘‘(C) economic analysis of the costs of eat-
ing disorders in the United States, including 
years of productive life lost, missed days of 
work, reduced work productivity, costs of med-
ical and mental health treatment, prescriptions, 
other medications, hospitalizations, costs of 
medical and psychiatric comorbidities, costs to 
family, and costs to society. 
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‘‘(2) GRANTS; COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.— 
The Center of Eating Disorders Epidemiology under 
paragraph (1) shall be established and operated 
through the awarding of grants or cooperative agree-
ments to one or more public or nonprofit private en-
tities that conduct research, which may include a 
university or other educational entity. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant or cooperative agreement under paragraph 
(2), an entity shall submit to the Secretary an appli-
cation containing such agreements and information 
as the Secretary may require, including an agree-
ment that the Center of Eating Disorders Epidemi-
ology will operate in accordance with the following: 
‘‘(A) The Center will collect, analyze, and 
report eating disorders data according to guide-
lines prescribed by the Director of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention, after con-
sultation with relevant State and local public 
health officials, private sector eating disorder 
researchers and clinicians, and advocates for 
those with eating disorders. 
‘‘(B) The Center will assist with the devel-
opment and coordination of State eating dis-
orders surveillance efforts within a region. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2965 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act with respect to the Small 
Business Innovation Research Program and the Small 
Business Technology Transfer Program, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(C) The Center will identify eligible cases 
and controls through its surveillance systems 
and conduct research into factors which may 
cause or increase the risk of eating disorders. 
‘‘(D) The Center will develop or extend an 
area of special research expertise (including ge-
netics, environmental exposures, and other rel-
evant research specialty areas). 
‘‘(c) 
CLEARINGHOUSE.—The 
Secretary, 
acting 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention and in consultation with leading eating 
disorders researchers and clinicians, shall carry out the 
following: 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish a clearinghouse within the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention for the collection and 
storage of data generated from the monitoring pro-
grams established under this section and part J of 
title IV. Through the clearinghouse, the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention shall serve as the 
coordinating agency for eating disorders surveillance 
activities. The functions of such clearinghouse shall 
include facilitating the coordination of research and 
policy development relating to the prevention, treat-
ment, and epidemiology of eating disorders. 
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‘‘(2) FACILITATION OF RESEARCH.—The Sec-
retary shall provide for the establishment of a pro-
gram under which samples of tissues and genetic 
and other biological materials that are of use in re-
search on eating disorders are donated, collected, 
preserved, and made available for such research. 
Such program shall be carried out in accordance 
with accepted scientific and medical standards for 
the donation, collection, and preservation of such 
samples, and shall be conducted so that the tissues 
and other materials saved, as well as any database 
compiled from such tissues and materials, are avail-
able to researchers at a reasonable cost. 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—The Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention shall coordinate research 
and surveillance activities of such Centers with the 
National Institutes of Health, other appropriate 
Federal agencies, and interested nonprofit private 
entities, which shall be updated as determined ap-
propriate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘eating 
disorder’ includes anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge 
eating disorder, and eating disorders not otherwise speci-
fied (EDNOS), as defined in the fourth edition of ‘Diag-
nostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders’. 
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‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.’’. 
TITLE II—EDUCATION AND 
PREVENTION 
SEC. 201. STUDY OF MANDATORY BMI REPORTING IN 
SCHOOL. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, in consultation with the Secretary of Edu-
cation and leading eating disorders researchers and clini-
cians, shall conduct a study and submit a report to the 
Congress on— 
(1) measuring the body mass index (in this sec-
tion referred to as ‘‘BMI’’) of students for those 
schools (at any level including pre-schools, kinder-
gartens, elementary schools, secondary schools, and 
institutions of higher education) that are measuring 
the BMI of students; 
(2) the impacts (both positive and negative) on 
students of such measures, including unhealthy 
weight control behaviors, perceptions of body image, 
eating disorder symptoms, and the incidence of teas-
ing or bullying based on body size; and 
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House Calendar No. 162 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 836 
[Report No. 110–473] 
RESOLUTION 
Granting the authority provided under clause 
4(c)(3) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives to the Committee on Education 
and Labor for purposes of its investigation into 
the deaths of 9 individuals that occurred at the 
Crandall Canyon Mine near Huntington, Utah. 
DECEMBER 5, 2007 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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H. Res. 836 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 5, 2007. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. GRANTING INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY TO COM-
MITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR. 
The Committee on Education and Labor is granted the 
authority provided under clause 4(c)(3) of rule X of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives in furtherance of the inves-
tigation by such Committee into the deaths of 9 individuals 
that occurred during August 2007 at the Crandall Canyon 
Mine (also known as the Genwal Mine) near Huntington, 
Utah, including the events that may have led to those deaths 
and into the administration of relevant laws by government 
agencies, including the Department of Labor and the Mine 
Safety and Health Administration, and into other related 
matters. 
Attest: 
Clerk.