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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The cellulosic biofuel 
producer credit of any taxpayer is an amount 
equal to the applicable amount for each gallon 
of qualified cellulosic biofuel production. 
‘‘(B) APPLICABLE AMOUNT.—For purposes 
of subparagraph (A), the applicable amount 
means $1.01, except that such amount shall, in 
the case of cellulosic biofuel which is alcohol, be 
reduced by the sum of— 
‘‘(i) the amount of the credit in effect 
for such alcohol under subsection (b)(1) 
(without regard to subsection (b)(3)) at 
the time of the qualified cellulosic biofuel 
production, plus 
‘‘(ii) in the case of ethanol, the 
amount of the credit in effect under sub-
section (b)(4) at the time of such produc-
tion. 
‘‘(C) QUALIFIED
CELLULOSIC
BIOFUEL 
PRODUCTION.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘qualified cellulosic biofuel production’ 
means any cellulosic biofuel which is produced 
by the taxpayer, and which during the taxable 
year— 
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‘‘(II) which occurred or 
continued during the period 
involved; 
the amount of penalty imposed by 
subparagraph (A) by reason of 
such failures with respect to such 
individual shall not be less than 
$2,500. 
‘‘(ii) HIGHER MINIMUM PENALTY 
WHERE VIOLATIONS ARE MORE THAN 
DE MINIMIS.—To the extent viola-
tions for which any person is lia-
ble under this paragraph for any 
year are more than de minimis, 
clause (i) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘$15,000’ for ‘$2,500’ with 
respect to such person. 
‘‘(D) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) PENALTY
NOT
TO
APPLY 
WHERE
FAILURE
NOT
DISCOVERED 
EXERCISING
REASONABLE
DILI-
GENCE.—No penalty shall be im-
posed by subparagraph (A) on any 
failure during any period for 
which it is established to the sat-
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‘‘(i) is sold by the taxpayer to another 
person— 
‘‘(I) for use by such other person 
in the production of a qualified cel-
lulosic biofuel mixture in such other 
person’s trade or business (other than 
casual off-farm production), 
‘‘(II) for use by such other per-
son as a fuel in a trade or business, 
or 
‘‘(III) who sells such cellulosic 
biofuel at retail to another person and 
places such cellulosic biofuel in the 
fuel tank of such other person, or 
‘‘(ii) is used or sold by the taxpayer 
for any purpose described in clause (i). 
The qualified cellulosic biofuel production of 
any taxpayer for any taxable year shall not in-
clude any alcohol which is purchased by the 
taxpayer and with respect to which such pro-
ducer increases the proof of the alcohol by addi-
tional distillation. 
‘‘(D) QUALIFIED
CELLULOSIC
BIOFUEL 
MIXTURE.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 
term ‘qualified cellulosic biofuel mixture’ means 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3865 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect Medicare 
beneficiaries’ access to home health services under the Medicare Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 17, 2007 
Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself and Mr. JONES of North Carolina) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect 
Medicare beneficiaries’ access to home health services 
under the Medicare Program. 
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 ‘‘Home Health Care 
Access Protection Act of 2007’’. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3866 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize certain programs under the Small Business 
Act for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
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 
‘‘Small Business Programs Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Reauthorization of small business programs. 
Sec. 3. BusinessLINC grants reauthorization. 
Sec. 4. Small Business Development Center Program reauthorization. 
Sec. 5. Women’s Business Center Program reauthorization. 
Sec. 6. HUBZone reauthorization. 
Sec. 7. Office of Veterans Business Development reauthorization. 
Sec. 8. Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs extension. 
Sec. 9. National Women’s Business Council reauthorization. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF SMALL BUSINESS PRO-
GRAMS. 
Section 20 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 
note) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (b), (d), and (j); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (e) as 
(b) and (c), respectively; 
(3) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated; dis-
aster mitigation pilot program) by striking ‘‘2005’’ 
and ‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’ and ‘‘2009’’, re-
spectively; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (c) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(d) FISCAL YEAR 2008.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM
LEVELS.—The following pro-
gram levels are authorized for fiscal year 2008:
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 95 
To make funds available for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 for program integrity 
purposes, including the data mining project, under the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Mr. CARTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To make funds available for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 
for program integrity purposes, including the data min-
ing project, under the Federal Crop Insurance Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM INTEGRITY. 
For each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008, the Secretary 
of Agriculture may use not more than $3,600,000 of funds 
made available under section 522(e) of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) for program integrity 
purposes, including the data mining project. 
Æ 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3866 
To reauthorize certain programs under the Small Business Act for each 
of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 17, 2007 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ (for herself and Ms. CLARKE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To reauthorize certain programs under the Small Business 
Act for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
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 
‘‘Small Business Programs Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Reauthorization of small business programs. 
Sec. 3. BusinessLINC grants reauthorization. 
Sec. 4. Small Business Development Center Program reauthorization. 
Sec. 5. Women’s Business Center Program reauthorization. 
Sec. 6. HUBZone reauthorization. 
Sec. 7. Office of Veterans Business Development reauthorization. 
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‘‘(C) For the programs authorized by title 
III of the Small Business Investment Act of 
1958, the Administration is authorized to make 
$4,000,000,000 in guarantees of debentures. 
‘‘(D) For the programs authorized by part 
B of title IV of the Small Business Investment 
Act of 1958, the Administration is authorized 
to enter into guarantees not to exceed 
$6,000,000,000, of which not more than 50 
percent may be in bonds approved pursuant to 
section 411(a)(3) of that Act. 
‘‘(E) The Administration is authorized to 
make grants or enter into cooperative agree-
ments for a total amount of $7,000,000 for the 
Service Corps of Retired Executives program 
authorized by section 8(b)(1). 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Administration 
for fiscal year 2008 $20,000,000 to carry out the 
PRIME program. 
‘‘(e) FISCAL YEAR 2009.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM
LEVELS.—The following pro-
gram levels are authorized for fiscal year 2009: 
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‘‘(A) institute and utilize a feasible method-
ology, technology, or management program to 
alert the owner or operator to the occurrence of 
a sewer overflow in a timely manner; 
‘‘(B) notify the public of a sewer overflow as 
soon as practicable, but not later than 24 hours 
after the time the owner or operator becomes 
aware of such overflow, if such overflow has the 
potential to affect human health, except for over-
flows that are wastewater backups into single- 
family residences; 
‘‘(C) immediately notify public health au-
thorities and other affected entities, such as pub-
lic water systems, of any sewer overflow that 
may imminently and substantially endanger 
human health, except for overflows that are 
wastewater backups into single-family residences; 
‘‘(D) report each sewer overflow (other than 
a release of wastewater that occurs in the course 
of maintenance of the treatment works, is man-
aged consistently with the treatment works’ best 
management practices, and is intended to pre-
vent overflows) on its monthly discharge moni-
toring report to the Administrator or the State, 
as the case may be, by describing— 
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‘‘(i) the magnitude, duration, and sus-
pected cause of the overflow; 
‘‘(ii) the steps taken or planned to re-
duce, eliminate, or prevent recurrence of the 
overflow; and 
‘‘(iii) the steps taken or planned to 
mitigate the impact of the overflow; and 
‘‘(E) report to the Administrator or the 
State, as the case may be, the total number of 
sewer overflows (other than a release of waste-
water that occurs in the course of maintenance 
of the treatment works, is managed consistently 
with the treatment works’ best management 
practices, and is intended to prevent overflows) 
in a calendar year, including— 
‘‘(i) the details of how much waste-
water was released per incident; 
‘‘(ii) the duration of each sewer over-
flow; 
‘‘(iii) the location of the overflow and 
any potentially affected receiving waters; 
‘‘(iv) the responses taken to clean up 
the overflow; and 
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†
HR 3648 EAS
(c) LIMITATION ON DISCLOSURE OF TAXPAYER RE-
TURNS TO PARTNERS, S CORPORATION SHAREHOLDERS,
TRUST BENEFICIARIES, AND ESTATE BENEFICIARIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6103(e) of such Code
(relating to disclosure to persons having material in-
terest) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(10) LIMITATION
ON
CERTAIN
DISCLOSURES
UNDER THIS SUBSECTION.—In the case of an inspec-
tion or disclosure under this subsection relating to the
return of a partnership, S corporation, trust, or an
estate, the information inspected or disclosed shall not
include any supporting schedule, attachment, or list
which includes the taxpayer identity information of a
person other than the entity making the return or the
person conducting the inspection or to whom the dis-
closure is made.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this subsection shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsections (a) and (b) shall apply to returns required to
be filed after the date of the enactment of this Act.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3648 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude 
discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from 
gross income, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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‘‘(A) For the programs authorized by this 
Act, the Administration is authorized to 
make— 
‘‘(i) $90,000,000 in technical assist-
ance grants, as provided in section 7(m); 
and 
‘‘(ii) $120,000,000 in direct loans, as 
provided in 7(m). 
‘‘(B) For the programs authorized by this 
Act, the Administration is authorized to make 
$29,800,000,000 in deferred participation loans 
and other financings. Of such sum, the Admin-
istration is authorized to make— 
‘‘(i) $20,000,000,000 in general busi-
ness loans, as provided in section 7(a); 
‘‘(ii) $9,000,000,000 in certified de-
velopment company financings, as provided 
in section 7(a)(13) and as provided in sec-
tion 504 of the Small Business Investment 
Act of 1958; 
‘‘(iii) $750,000,000 in loans, as pro-
vided in section 7(a)(21); and 
‘‘(iv) $50,000,000 in loans, as pro-
vided in section 7(m). 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 963 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the rate of reimburse-
ment for motor vehicle travel under the beneficiary travel program of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be the same as the rate for 
private vehicle reimbursement for Federal employees. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 8, 2007 
Mr. STUPAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that 
the rate of reimbursement for motor vehicle travel under 
the beneficiary travel program of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs shall be the same as the rate for private 
vehicle reimbursement for Federal employees. 
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 ‘‘Veterans Travel Fair-
ness Act’’. 
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‘‘(v) the actions taken to mitigate im-
pacts and avoid further sewer overflows at 
the site. 
‘‘(2) REPORT TO EPA.—If a State receives a re-
port under paragraph (1)(E), the State shall report 
to the Administrator annually, in summary, the de-
tails of reported sewer overflows that occurred in that 
State. 
‘‘(3) RULEMAKING BY EPA.—Not later than one 
year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
Administrator shall, after providing notice and the 
opportunity for public comment, issue regulations 
to— 
‘‘(A) establish a set of criteria to guide own-
ers and operators of publicly owned treatment 
works in assessing whether a sewer overflow has 
the potential to affect human health or may im-
minently and substantially endanger human 
health; and 
‘‘(B) define the terms ‘feasible’ and ‘timely’ 
as such terms apply to paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(4) SITE
SPECIFIC
CONDITIONS.—The defini-
tions under paragraph (3)(B) shall include site spe-
cific conditions. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.— 
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108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 215
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Whereas chambers of commerce throughout the United
States contribute to the improvement of their commu-
nities and the strengthening of their local and regional
economies;
Whereas in the Detroit, Michigan area, the Detroit Regional
Chamber, originally known as the Detroit Board of Com-
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 907 
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to provide vouchers for the 
purchase of educational books for infants and children participating 
in the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and 
children under that Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2011 
Mrs. MALONEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to provide vouch-
ers for the purchase of educational books for infants 
and children participating in the special supplemental 
nutrition program for women, infants, and children 
under that Act. 
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 ‘‘Access to Books for 
Children Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 236
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Permitting the use of the Rotunda of the Capitol
for a ceremony to commemorate the unveiling of
the statue of Sakakawea provided by the State of
North Dakota for display in Statuary Hall.
IB 
Union Calendar No. 318 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3521 
[Report No. 110–521] 
To improve the Operating Fund for public housing of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 
Mr. SIRES (for himself, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, and Ms. WATERS) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services 
JANUARY 29, 2008 
Additional sponsors: Mr. WILSON of Ohio, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HARE, and Mr. 
HIGGINS 
JANUARY 29, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 10, 2007] 
A BILL 
To improve the Operating Fund for public housing of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3522 
AN ACT 
To ratify a conveyance of a portion of the Jicarilla Apache 
Reservation to Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, 
pursuant to the settlement of litigation between the 
Jicarilla Apache Nation and Rio Arriba County, State 
of New Mexico, to authorize issuance of a patent for 
said lands, and to change the exterior boundary of the 
Jicarilla Apache Reservation accordingly, and for other 
purposes.
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 257
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Presi-
dent should posthumously award the Presidential
Medal of Freedom to Harry W. Colmery.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mortgage Forgiveness 
Debt Relief Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. DISCHARGES OF INDEBTEDNESS ON PRINCIPAL 
RESIDENCE EXCLUDED FROM GROSS IN-
COME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 108(a) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting ‘‘, 
or’’, and by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) the indebtedness discharged is quali-
fied principal residence indebtedness.’’. 
(b) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO QUALIFIED PRIN-
CIPAL RESIDENCE INDEBTEDNESS.—Section 108 of such 
Code is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(h) SPECIAL RULES RELATING
TO QUALIFIED 
PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE INDEBTEDNESS.— 
‘‘(1) BASIS REDUCTION.—The amount excluded 
from gross income by reason of subsection (a)(1)(E) 
shall be applied to reduce (but not below zero) the 
basis of the principal residence of the taxpayer. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED
PRINCIPAL
RESIDENCE
IN-
DEBTEDNESS.—For purposes of this section, the
108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 259
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the
House of Representatives and a conditional re-
cess or adjournment of the Senate.
SEC. 2. MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT RATE 
UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS BENEFICIARY TRAVEL PROGRAM. 
(a) RATE.—Section 111(g) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 
paragraph (2) and any other provision of this section, the 
rate of reimbursement under this section for travel by a 
privately owned motor automobile shall be the rate in ef-
fect under section 5704 of title 5.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to travel after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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term ‘qualified principal residence indebtedness’ 
means acquisition indebtedness (within the meaning 
of section 163(h)(3)(B), applied by substituting 
‘$2,000,000 
($1,000,000’ 
for 
‘$1,000,000 
($500,000’ in clause (ii) thereof) with respect to the 
principal residence of the taxpayer. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
DISCHARGES 
NOT RELATED TO TAXPAYER’S FINANCIAL CONDI-
TION.—Subsection (a)(1)(E) shall not apply to the 
discharge of a loan if the discharge is on account of 
services performed for the lender or any other factor 
not directly related to a decline in the value of the 
residence or to the financial condition of the tax-
payer. 
‘‘(4) ORDERING
RULE.—If any loan is dis-
charged, in whole or in part, and only a portion of 
such loan is qualified principal residence indebted-
ness, subsection (a)(1)(E) shall apply only to so 
much of the amount discharged as exceeds the 
amount of the loan (as determined immediately be-
fore such discharge) which is not qualified principal 
residence indebtedness. 
‘‘(5) PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE.—For purposes of 
this subsection, the term ‘principal residence’ has 
the same meaning as when used in section 121.’’.
(c) COORDINATION.— 
(1) Subparagraph (A) of section 108(a)(2) of 
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘and (D)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(D), and (E)’’. 
(2) Paragraph (2) of section 108(a) of such 
Code is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) PRINCIPAL
RESIDENCE
EXCLUSION 
TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER INSOLVENCY EXCLU-
SION
UNLESS
ELECTED
OTHERWISE.—Para-
graph (1)(B) shall not apply to a discharge to 
which paragraph (1)(E) applies unless the tax-
payer elects to apply paragraph (1)(B) in lieu 
of paragraph (1)(E).’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to discharges of indebtedness on 
or after January 1, 2007. 
SEC. 3. LONG-TERM EXTENSION OF DEDUCTION FOR MORT-
GAGE INSURANCE PREMIUMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (E) of section 
163(h)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating 
to mortgage insurance premiums treated as interest) is 
amended by striking clauses (iii) and (iv) and inserting 
the following new clause: