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‘‘SEC. 32. REFUSAL OR WITHDRAWAL OF INSPECTION OF 
ESTABLISHMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may, for such pe-
riod, or indefinitely, as the Secretary considers necessary 
to carry out this Act, refuse to provide or withdraw inspec-
tion under this Act with respect to an establishment if the 
Secretary determines, after opportunity for a hearing on 
the record is provided to the applicant for, or recipient 
of, inspection, that the applicant or recipient, or any per-
son responsibly connected with the applicant or recipient 
(within the meaning of section 18(a)), has committed a 
willful violation or repeated violations of this Act (includ-
ing a regulation promulgated under this Act). 
‘‘(b) DENIAL OR SUSPENSION OF INSPECTION PEND-
ING HEARING.—The Secretary may deny or suspend in-
spection under this Act, pending opportunity for an expe-
dited hearing, with respect to an action under subsection 
(a), if the Secretary determines that the denial or suspen-
sion is in the public interest to protect the health or wel-
fare of consumers or to ensure the effective performance 
of an official duty under this Act. 
‘‘(c) JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A determination and order 
of the Secretary with respect to the refusal or with-
drawal of inspection under this section shall be final 
unless, not later than 30 days after the effective 
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4917
AN ACT
To provide for an exchange of lands with the
United Water Conservation District of California
to eliminate private inholdings in the Los Padres
National Forest, and for other purposes.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 64 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Whereas there are more than 1.8 million family members of 
regular component members of the Armed Forces and an 
additional 1.1 million family members of reserve compo-
nent members; 
Whereas slightly more than half of all members of the regular 
and reserve components are married, and just over 40 
percent 
of 
military 
spouses 
are 
years 
or
date of the order, the affected applicant for, or re-
cipient of, inspection— 
‘‘(A) files a petition for judicial review of 
the order; and 
‘‘(B) simultaneously sends a copy of the 
petition by certified mail to the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) REFUSAL
OR
WITHDRAWAL
OF
INSPEC-
TION PENDING REVIEW.—Inspection shall be refused 
or withdrawn as of the effective date of the order 
pending any judicial review of the order unless the 
Secretary directs otherwise. 
‘‘(3) VENUE; RECORD.—Judicial review of the 
order shall be— 
‘‘(A) in— 
‘‘(i) the United States court of ap-
peals for the circuit in which the applicant 
for, or recipient of, inspection resides or 
has its principal place of business; or 
‘‘(ii) the United States Court of Ap-
peals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 
and 
‘‘(B) on the record on which the deter-
mination and order are based. 
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IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 65 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that James Brown, 
also known as the ‘‘Godfather of Soul’’, should be recognized for his 
contributions to American music as one of the greatest and most influen-
tial entertainers of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s as an American cultural 
icon. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2009 
Mr. RANGEL submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and Labor 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
James Brown, also known as the ‘‘Godfather of Soul’’, 
should be recognized for his contributions to American 
music as one of the greatest and most influential enter-
tainers of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s as an American 
cultural icon. 
Whereas James Brown was a musician and bandleader, en-
trepreneur, philanthropist, advocate for education, and 
creator of the musical background for the Civil Rights 
Movement; 
Whereas James Brown was born on May 3, 1933, in Barn-
well, South Carolina; 
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rector, the employee shall be permitted to select an alter-
nate Federal health insurance program within 30 days of 
such election or notice, without regard to any other regu-
larly scheduled open season. 
SEC. 304. TRANSFER OF PROPERTY AND FACILITIES. 
Upon the abolishment under section 301(a), all prop-
erty of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight 
shall transfer to the Director of the Federal Housing Fi-
nance Agency. 
Subtitle B—Federal Housing 
Finance Board 
SEC. 321. ABOLISHMENT OF THE FEDERAL HOUSING FI-
NANCE BOARD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective at the end of the 6- 
month period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Federal Housing Finance Board (in this title re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Board’’) is abolished. 
(b) DISPOSITION OF AFFAIRS.—During the 6-month 
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Board, for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the 
Board and in addition to carrying out its other responsibil-
ities under law— 
(1) shall manage the employees of such Board 
and provide for the payment of the compensation 
and benefits of any such employee which accrue be-
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fore the effective date of the transfer of such em-
ployee under section 323; and 
(2) may take any other action necessary for the 
purpose of winding up the affairs of the Board. 
(c) STATUS OF EMPLOYEES BEFORE TRANSFER.— 
The amendments made by titles I and II and the abolish-
ment of the Board under subsection (a) may not be con-
strued to affect the status of any employee of such Board 
as employees of an agency of the United States for pur-
poses of any other provision of law before the effective 
date of the transfer of any such employee under section 
323. 
(d) USE OF PROPERTY AND SERVICES.— 
(1) PROPERTY.—The Director of the Federal 
Housing Finance Agency may use the property of 
the Board to perform functions which have been 
transferred to the Director of the Federal Housing 
Finance Agency for such time as is reasonable to fa-
cilitate the orderly transfer of functions transferred 
under any other provision of this Act or any amend-
ment made by this Act to any other provision of law. 
(2) AGENCY
SERVICES.—Any agency, depart-
ment, or other instrumentality of the United States, 
and any successor to any such agency, department, 
or instrumentality, which was providing supporting 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3485 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Prod-
ucts Inspection Act to improve the safety of food, meat, and poultry 
products through enhanced traceability, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2007 
Ms. DEGETTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, 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 juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products In-
spection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to 
improve the safety of food, meat, and poultry products 
through enhanced traceability, 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 ‘‘Tracing and Recalling 
Agricultural Contamination Everywhere Act of 2007’’ or 
‘‘TRACE Act of 2007’’. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3486 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for 
improving mine safety. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2007 
Mr. ELLSWORTH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
incentives for improving mine safety. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ADVANCED MINE SAFETY EQUIPMENT CREDIT 
IN LIEU OF EXPENSING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4917
AN ACT
To provide for an exchange of lands with the United Water
Conservation District of California to eliminate private
inholdings in the Los Padres National Forest, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘SEC. 45O. ADVANCED MINE SAFETY EQUIPMENT CREDIT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 38, the 
advanced mine safety equipment credit determined under 
this section for the taxable year is an amount equal to 
50 percent of the amount paid or incurred by the taxpayer 
during the taxable year for qualified advanced mine safety 
equipment property. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFIED ADVANCED MINE SAFETY EQUIP-
MENT PROPERTY.—For purposes of this section, the term 
‘qualified advanced mine safety equipment property’ 
means any advanced mine safety equipment property for 
use in any underground mine located in the United 
States— 
‘‘(1) the original use of which commences with 
the taxpayer, 
‘‘(2) which is property of a character subject to 
the allowance for depreciation, and 
‘‘(3) which is placed in service by the taxpayer 
after the date of the enactment of this section. 
‘‘(c) ADVANCED MINE SAFETY EQUIPMENT PROP-
ERTY.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘advanced 
mine safety equipment property’ means any of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Emergency communication technology or 
device which is used to allow a miner to maintain 
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‘‘(A) a family child care program, center- 
based child care program, State prekinder-
garten program, school program, or other out- 
of-home early childhood development care pro-
gram, that— 
‘‘(i) is licensed or regulated by the 
State; and 
‘‘(ii) serves 2 or more unrelated chil-
dren who are not old enough to attend kin-
dergarten; 
‘‘(B) a Head Start Program carried out 
under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et 
seq.); or 
‘‘(C) an Early Head Start Program carried 
out under section 645A of the Head Start Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9840a). 
‘‘(5) LOW-INCOME
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘low-income community’ means a school attendance 
area (as defined in section 1113(a)(2)(A) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965)— 
‘‘(A) in which 70 percent of households 
earn less than 85 percent of the State median 
household income; or 
‘‘(B) that includes a high-need school.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3487 
To provide for a rotating schedule for regional selection of delegates to 
a national Presidential nominating convention, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2007 
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Ms. CASTOR, Mr. MEEK of Florida, 
and Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To provide for a rotating schedule for regional selection 
of delegates to a national Presidential nominating con-
vention, 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 ‘‘Regional Presidential 
Primary and Caucus Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CAUCUS.—The term ‘‘caucus’’ means any 
convention, meeting, or series of meetings held for 
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4931
AN ACT
To provide that the pension and individual retirement ar-
rangement provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax
Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 shall be permanent.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
the selection of delegates to a national Presidential 
nominating convention of a political party. 
(2) ELECTION YEAR.—The term ‘‘election year’’ 
means a year during which a Presidential election is 
to be held. 
(3) NATIONAL
COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘na-
tional committee’’ means the organization which, by 
virtue of the bylaws of a political party, is respon-
sible for the day-to-day operation of such political 
party at the national level, as determined by the 
Federal Election Commission. 
(4) POLITICAL
PARTY.—The term ‘‘political 
party’’ means an association, committee, or organi-
zation which— 
(A) nominates a candidate for election to 
any Federal office whose name appears on the 
election ballot as the candidate of such associa-
tion, committee, or organization; and 
(B) won electoral votes in the preceding 
Presidential election. 
(5) PRIMARY.—The term ‘‘primary’’ means a 
primary election held for the selection of delegates to 
a national Presidential nominating convention of a 
political party, but does not include a caucus, con-
vention, or other indirect means of selection. 
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‘‘(C) the enterprise shall withdraw its re-
quest or submit a written request for approval of 
the product pursuant to subsection (c). 
‘‘(e) CONDITIONAL APPROVAL.—The Director may con-
ditionally approve the offering of any product by an enter-
prise, and may establish terms, conditions, or limitations 
with respect to such product with which the enterprise must 
comply in order to offer such product. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITION OF PRODUCT.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘product’ does not include— 
‘‘(1) the automated loan underwriting system of 
an enterprise in existence as of the date of the enact-
ment of the Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 
2007, including any upgrade to the technology, oper-
ating system, or software to operate the underwriting 
system; or 
‘‘(2) any modification to the mortgage terms and 
conditions or mortgage underwriting criteria relating 
to the mortgages that are purchased or guaranteed by 
an enterprise: Provided, That such modifications do 
not alter the underlying transaction so as to include 
services or financing, other than residential mortgage 
financing, or create significant new exposure to risk 
for the enterprise or the holder of the mortgage. 
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‘‘(g) NO LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
deemed to restrict— 
‘‘(1) the safety and soundness authority of the 
Director over all new and existing products or activi-
ties; or 
‘‘(2) the authority of the Director to review all 
new and existing products or activities to determine 
that such products or activities are consistent with 
the statutory mission of the enterprise.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) FANNIE MAE.—Section 302(b)(6) of the Fed-
eral National Mortgage Association Charter Act (12 
U.S.C. 1717(b)(6)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘implement any new pro-
gram’’ and inserting ‘‘initially offer any prod-
uct’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 1303’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 1321(f)’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘before obtaining the ap-
proval of the Secretary under section 1322’’ and 
inserting ‘‘except in accordance with section 
1321’’. 
(2) FREDDIE MAC.—Section 305(c) of the Fed-
eral Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 
U.S.C. 1454(c)) is amended— 
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SEC. 3. SCHEDULE. 
(a) SCHEDULE.— 
(1) FIRST ELECTION CYCLE.— 
(A) LOTTERY.—The Election Assistance 
Commission shall establish procedures for the 
conduct of a lottery by not later than March 1, 
2010, to select which of the 4 regions described 
in subsection (b) will hold the first primary in 
accordance with the schedule under subpara-
graph (B). Based on such selection, the pri-
maries shall be conducted in the following 
order: 
(i) In the case where Region I is se-
lected to hold the first primary— 
(I) Region II shall hold the sec-
ond primary; 
(II) Region III shall hold the 
third primary; and 
(III) Region IV shall hold the 
fourth primary. 
(ii) In the case where Region II is se-
lected to hold the first primary— 
(I) Region III shall hold the sec-
ond primary; 
(II) Region IV shall hold the 
third primary; and 
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Presidential nominating convention of a political party 
through a caucus held by any political party which has 
the authority to nominate a candidate, the State shall hold 
a caucus during the period in which the region the State 
is in (as determined under section 3(b)) is scheduled to 
hold a primary (as determined under paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of section 3(a)). 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The States described in para-
graphs (1)(G) and (3)(C) of section 3(b) may hold a cau-
cus on a date prior to the beginning of the period de-
scribed in section 3(a)(1)(B)(i). In the case where such 
a State does not elect to hold a caucus prior to the begin-
ning of such period, if the State elects to hold a caucus, 
the State shall hold a caucus during the period in which 
the region the State is in (as determined under section 
3(b)) is scheduled to hold a primary (as determined under 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 3(a)). 
SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act— 
(1) shall be construed as requiring a State to 
hold a primary or a caucus for the selection of dele-
gates to a national Presidential nominating conven-
tion of a political party; or 
(2) is intended to confer to the Election Assist-
ance Commission any power concerning the selection 
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amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 45Q. PREMIUMS PAID UNDER QUALIFIED COVERAGE 
BUY-IN ARRANGEMENTS. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—For purposes of section 38, 
the qualified coverage buy-in arrangement credit deter-
mined under this section for any taxable year is the aggre-
gate amount paid in the taxable year as premiums for 
qualified participants under a qualified coverage buy-in ar-
rangement. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) QUALIFIED COVERAGE BUY-IN ARRANGE-
MENT.—The term ‘qualified coverage buy-in ar-
rangement’ means— 
‘‘(A) a State coverage buy-in arrangement, 
and 
‘‘(B) a small employer coverage buy-in ar-
rangement. 
‘‘(2) STATE COVERAGE BUY-IN ARRANGEMENT; 
SMALL
EMPLOYER
COVERAGE
BUY-IN
ARRANGE-
MENT.—The terms ‘State coverage buy-in arrange-
ment’ and ‘small employer coverage buy-in arrange-
ment’ have the respective meanings given such terms 
by subsections (e)(2) and (f)(2) of section 404 of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. 
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I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4378
To amend the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and
Human Services to equalize the labor and non-labor portions of the
standardized amounts used to determine the amount of payment made
to rural and urban hospitals under part A of the medicare program
for the operating costs of inpatient hospital services, to amend the
Public Health Service Act to improve the capacity of rural hospitals
to provide health services, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 10, 1994
Mr. CLINGER (for himself, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. PARKER and Mr. OBERSTAR)
introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees
on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Govern-
ment Operations
A BILL
To amend the Social Security Act to require the Secretary
of Health and Human Services to equalize the labor
and non-labor portions of the standardized amounts used
to determine the amount of payment made to rural and
urban hospitals under part A of the medicare program
for the operating costs of inpatient hospital services,
to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the
capacity of rural hospitals to provide health services,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
cate of the copy of the report, regardless of whether the 
request for those items is made before or after the copy 
of the report is transmitted to the victim advocate. 
‘‘(C) If, in the course of an investigation of an allega-
tion under this section, the Inspector General determines 
that it is not possible to submit the report required by 
subparagraph (A) within 180 days after the date of receipt 
of the allegation being investigated, the Inspector General 
shall provide to the Secretary of Defense and to the victim 
advocate making the allegation a notice— 
‘‘(i) of that determination including the reasons 
why the report may not be submitted within that 
time; and 
‘‘(ii) of the time when the report will be sub-
mitted. 
‘‘(D) The report on the results of the investigation 
shall contain a thorough review of the facts and cir-
cumstances relevant to the allegation and the complaint 
or disclosure and shall include documents acquired during 
the course of the investigation, including summaries of 
interviews conducted. The report may include a rec-
ommendation as to the disposition of the complaint. 
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense 
shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. In pre-
scribing regulations under this section, the Secretary of 
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