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Calendar No. 678 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2142 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 17, 2010 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
DECEMBER 7, 2010 
Reported by Mr. LIEBERMAN, with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
To require quarterly performance assessments of Government 
programs for purposes of assessing agency performance 
and improvement, and to establish agency performance 
improvement officers and the Performance Improvement 
Council. 
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 
‘‘Government Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Performance 
Improvement Act of 2010’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes. 
Sec. 3. Agency defined. 
Sec. 4. Sense of Congress regarding the need for increased consultation be-
tween Congress and Federal agencies on performance manage-
ment issues. 
Sec. 5. Performance assessments. 
Sec. 6. Strategic planning amendments. 
Sec. 7. Improving Government performance. 
Sec. 8. Assessments and reports. 
Sec. 9. Additions to performance plan. 
Sec. 10. Savings. 
Sec. 11. Funding. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1)
Weaknesses
in
established
management 
processes pertaining to the use of information about 
the performance of Federal agencies undermine the 
confidence of the American people in the Govern-
ment and reduce the Federal Government’s ability to 
adequately address public needs. 
(2) To restore the confidence of the American 
people in its Government and to increase the Fed-
eral Government’s ability to adequately address vital 
public needs, the Federal Government must contin-
ually seek to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, 
and accountability of Federal programs. 
(3) With the passage of the Government Per-
formance and Results Act of 1993, Congress di-
rected the executive branch to seek improvements in 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1665 
AN ACT 
To direct the National Science Foundation to support STEM 
education research focused on early childhood. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 2. GLOBAL WARMING ECONOMIC OVERSIGHT COMMIS-
SION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 
the Global Warming Economic Oversight Commission 
(hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Commis-
sion’’). 
(b) DUTIES.— 
(1) ONGOING REVIEW.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
conduct ongoing oversight of, and submit re-
ports to the appropriate committees of the Con-
gress on, the use by the Federal Government of 
funds from any auction or sale of greenhouse 
gas emissions allowances. 
(B) DEFINITION.—In subparagraph (A), 
the term ‘‘appropriate committees of the Con-
gress’’ means— 
(i) the Committees on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation, Energy and 
Natural Resources, Environment and Pub-
lic Works, Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions, and Small Business and Entre-
preneurship of the Senate; and 
(ii) the Committees on Education and 
Labor, Energy and Commerce, Oversight 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2143 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the Secretary of 
the Treasury to not impose a penalty for failure to disclose reportable 
transactions when there is reasonable cause for such failure, to modify 
such penalty, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2009 
Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana (for himself, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. MOORE 
of Kansas, and Mr. PLATTS) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the 
Secretary of the Treasury to not impose a penalty for 
failure to disclose reportable transactions when there is 
reasonable cause for such failure, to modify such penalty, 
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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‘‘(3) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Rules similar 
to the rules of section 1400C(f) (as so in effect) 
shall apply. 
‘‘(f) BASIS ADJUSTMENT.—For purposes of this sub-
title, if a credit is allowed under this section with respect 
to the purchase of any residence, the basis of such resi-
dence shall be reduced by the amount of the credit so al-
lowed.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 25D the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 25E. Credit for certain home purchases.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after Feb-
ruary 29, 2008. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2144 
To permit a State to elect to receive the State’s contributions to the Highway 
Trust Fund in lieu of its Federal-aid Highway program apportionment 
for the next fiscal year, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2009 
Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. ROHRABACHER, and 
Ms. FALLIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To permit a State to elect to receive the State’s contributions 
to the Highway Trust Fund in lieu of its Federal-aid 
Highway program apportionment for the next fiscal year, 
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 ‘‘Highway Fairness and 
Reform Act of 2009’’. 
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and Government Reform, and Small Busi-
ness of the House of Representatives. 
(2) REPORTING.—The Commission shall submit 
a report under paragraph (1)— 
(A) not later than 3 months after the first 
auction or sale of greenhouse gas emissions al-
lowances by any agency or instrumentality of 
the United States; and 
(B) not less than every 6 months there-
after. 
(3) FOCUS.—In conducting oversight and sub-
mitting reports under this section, the Commission 
shall focus on the following: 
(A) NEW
JOBS.—The use of funds de-
scribed in paragraph (1) to create new jobs in 
industries that produce renewable energy. 
(B) PRESERVATION OF EXISTING JOBS.— 
The use of such funds to preserve jobs in exist-
ing, previously carbon-intensive industries. 
(C) ASSISTING
WITH
EFFECTS
ON
LOW 
AND MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES.—The use of 
such funds to assist working families with any 
increases in the costs of energy, transportation, 
housing, health care, food, and other necessities 
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was complete, and on the basis of that information 
and other information available to the Secretary, 
shall determine whether the requirements of this sec-
tion were met in all respects. 
(2) INCORRECT PAYMENT.—On a determination 
of the Secretary under paragraph (1) that a pay-
ment was made incorrectly to a party, or that suffi-
cient information was not submitted to the Federal 
Rebate Processing System to enable such determina-
tion, the Secretary— 
(A) may— 
(i) recoup the amount of the incorrect 
payment; or 
(ii) withhold the amount of the incor-
rect payment from a payment made to the 
party pursuant to a subsequent request; 
and 
(B) shall, to the extent the Secretary de-
termines the benefit of the rebate was not 
passed through to the homeowner through a 
discount on the price of the retrofit work, order 
the contractor or vendor to pay the amount of 
rebate benefit not previously passed through to 
the homeowner. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2146 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the additional 
standard deduction for State and local real property taxes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2009 
Mrs. HALVORSON 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 extend 
the additional standard deduction for State and local 
real property taxes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF ADDITIONAL STANDARD DE-
DUCTION 
FOR 
STATE 
AND 
LOCAL 
REAL 
PROPERTY TAXES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section 
63(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by striking ‘‘2008 or 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2008, 2009, 
2010, or 2011’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2009. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1668 
AN ACT 
To establish minimum security standards for Internet of 
Things devices owned or controlled by the Federal Gov-
ernment, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2153 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to increase the extent 
to which State law is used in determining whether a criminal conviction 
under State law is sufficient to deny a person the right to ship, transport, 
possess, or receive a firearm. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2009 
Mr. STUPAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to 
increase the extent to which State law is used in deter-
mining whether a criminal conviction under State law 
is sufficient to deny a person the right to ship, transport, 
possess, or receive a firearm. 
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 ‘‘Second Amendment 
Restoration Act’’. 
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applicant for a firearm permit pursuant to sec-
tion 922B of title 18, United States Code’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘the system shall 
provide such reasons to the individual,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘except for any information the disclo-
sure of which the Attorney General has deter-
mined would likely compromise national secu-
rity’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in the 1st sentence, by inserting after 
‘‘subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, 
United States Code or State law’’ the following: 
‘‘or if the Attorney General has made a deter-
mination pursuant to section 922A or 922B of 
such title,’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, except any information 
the disclosure of which the Attorney General 
has determined would likely compromise na-
tional security’’ before the period; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Any petition for review of information with-
held by the Attorney General under this sub-
section shall be made in accordance with section 
925A of title 18, United States Code.’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITED RESTORATION OF FIREARMS RIGHTS 
UNDER STATE LAW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 921(a)(20) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(20) The term ‘‘crime punishable by imprisonment 
for a term exceeding one year’’ does not include— 
‘‘(A) any Federal or State offenses pertaining 
to antitrust violations, unfair trade practices, re-
straints of trade, or other similar offenses relating 
to the regulation of business practices; or 
‘‘(B) any State offense classified by the laws of 
the State as a misdemeanor and punishable by a 
term of imprisonment of 2 years or less, or by an 
indeterminate sentence. 
What constitutes a conviction of such a crime shall be de-
termined in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in 
which the proceedings were held. Any conviction which has 
been expunged or set aside, or for which a person has been 
pardoned, has had civil rights restored, or has not lost 
civil rights, shall not be considered a conviction for pur-
poses of this chapter, except to the extent that the pardon, 
expungement, or restoration of civil rights, or State or 
Federal law, expressly provides that the person may not 
ship, transport, possess, or receive any firearm.’’. 
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(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to proceedings brought or pending 
before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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‘‘(b)(1) Section 1502(a)(3) does not prohibit any 
State or local officer or employee from being a candidate 
for any office of any local unit of general purpose govern-
ment which has a population of less than 100,000 (deter-
mined in accordance with regulations under section 
1302(d) based on the most recent population data avail-
able under section 183(a) of title 13). 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘local 
unit of general purpose government’ has the meaning 
given such term by section 184 of title 13.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) The heading for section 1503 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and certain other’’ 
before ‘‘candidacies permitted’’. 
(2) The table of sections for chapter 15 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the item relat-
ing to section 1503 and inserting the following: 
‘‘1503. Nonpartisan and certain other candidacies permitted.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2155 
To provide for the limitation on entry of steel, drywall, and cement products 
that fail to meet industry standards. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2009 
Mr. STUPAK (for himself and Mr. BRALEY of Iowa) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide for the limitation on entry of steel, drywall, 
and cement products that fail to meet industry standards. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON ENTRY OF STEEL, DRYWALL, 
AND CEMENT PRODUCTS THAT FAIL TO MEET 
INDUSTRY STANDARDS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall direct the Commis-
sioner responsible for U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion, at the discretion of the Commissioner, to prohibit the 
entry into the United States of steel, drywall, and cement 
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products that do not meet appropriate industry standards 
to ensure product quality and safety. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1690 
AN ACT 
To require carbon monoxide alarms or detectors in certain 
federally assisted housing, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(B) have consulted with affected State and 
local governments, community groups, private 
providers of commercial motor vehicle parking, 
and motorist and trucking organizations; and 
(C) 
demonstrate 
that 
their 
proposed 
projects are likely to have positive effects on 
highway safety, traffic congestion, or air qual-
ity. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall submit to Congress a report on the 
results of the pilot program. 
(d) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this 
section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 
through 2015. 
(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds authorized 
under this subsection shall be available for obligation 
in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned 
under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, ex-
cept that such funds shall not be transferable and 
shall remain available until expended, and the Fed-
eral share of the cost of a project under this section 
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shall be determined in accordance with sections 
120(b) and 120(c) of such title. 
(e) TREATMENT
OF PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, projects funded under this sec-
tion shall be treated as projects on a Federal-aid system 
under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1704 
AN ACT 
To foster commercial relations with foreign countries and 
support United States economic and business interests 
abroad in the conduct of foreign policy, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
continuing any measures or actions ordered under sub-
section (c) upon the earliest of the following: 
‘‘(1) When the President (either directly or 
through the Secretary of Energy) issues a written 
order or directive provided to the Commission to the 
effect that the threat to the bulk power system that 
requires such measures, or actions no longer exists. 
‘‘(2) When the Commission determines in writ-
ing that the ordered measures or actions are no 
longer needed to address the identified threat. 
‘‘(3) When a reliability standard developed and 
approved pursuant to section 215 is implemented to 
address the identified threat. 
‘‘(4) With respect to orders under subsection 
(c), one year after the issuance of an order unless 
the President (either directly or through the Sec-
retary) issues a determination reaffirming the con-
tinuing nature of the threat. A determination issued 
under this paragraph shall expire upon the imple-
mentation of a standard under section 215 to ad-
dress the identified threat. 
The Commission shall issue such order to be effective 
within 30 days of the relevant triggering event set out in 
paragraphs (1) through (4). 
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issued by the agency for official use, annotated 
with the limitations on amounts that are appli-
cable to the use of each such card by that travel 
charge cardholder. 
‘‘(B) Rebates and refunds based on 
prompt payment on travel charge card accounts 
are properly recorded as a receipt of the agency 
that employs the cardholder. 
‘‘(C) Periodic reviews are performed to de-
termine whether each travel charge cardholder 
has a need for the travel charge card. 
‘‘(D) Appropriate training is provided to 
each travel charge cardholder and each official 
with responsibility for overseeing the use of 
travel charge cards issued by an executive agen-
cy. 
‘‘(E) Each executive agency has specific 
policies regarding the number of travel charge 
cards issued by various organizations and cat-
egories of organizations, the credit limits au-
thorized for various categories of cardholders, 
and categories of employees eligible to be issued 
travel charge cards, and that those policies are 
designed to minimize the financial risk to the 
Federal Government of the issuance of the trav-
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II 
Calendar No. 142 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2162 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 14, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
JULY 30, 2009 
Reported by Mr. LIEBERMAN, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 123 11th Avenue South in Nampa, Idaho, 
as the ‘‘Herbert A Littleton Postal Station’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. HERBERT A LITTLETON POSTAL STATION. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 123 11th Avenue South in 
Nampa, Idaho, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Herbert A Littleton Postal Station’’. 
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