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(iv) a depository institution (as de-
fined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)); 
(v) a Federal credit union or a State 
credit union (as defined in section 101 of 
the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 
1752)); or 
(vi) an insurance company organized 
under the laws of any State. 
(3) HOMEOWNER.—The term ‘‘homeowner’’, 
with respect to residential real property for which an 
action to foreclose on the mortgage or deed of trust 
on such real property is filed, means the person 
holding record title to such property as of the date 
on which such action is filed. 
(4) LOAN SERVICER.—The term ‘‘loan servicer’’ 
has the same meaning as the term ‘‘servicer’’ in sec-
tion 6(i)(2) of the Real Estate Settlement Proce-
dures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2605(i)(2)). 
(5) RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN.—The term 
‘‘residential mortgage loan’’ means any loan pri-
marily for personal, family, or household use that is 
secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or other equiv-
alent consensual security interest on a dwelling (as 
defined in section 103(v) of the Truth in Lending 
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(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 ‘‘Sergeant Jamie O. 
Maugans Post Office Building’’. 
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Calendar No. 693 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5135 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 201 West Greenway Street 
in Derby, Kansas, as the ‘‘Sergeant Jamie O. 
Maugans Post Office Building’’. 
APRIL 10, 2008 
Reported without amendment 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5136 
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to permit 
foreign jewelry manufacturers who purchase precious metals produced 
in the United States for use in the manufacture of jewelry abroad 
to pay import duties on the value of the imported jewelry articles less 
the value of all United States origin precious metals incorporated in 
the article. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2008 
Mr. TIBERI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States to permit foreign jewelry manufacturers who pur-
chase precious metals produced in the United States 
for use in the manufacture of jewelry abroad to pay 
import duties on the value of the imported jewelry arti-
cles less the value of all United States origin precious 
metals incorporated in the article. 
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. CERTAIN ARTICLES OF JEWELRY AND PARTS 
THEREOF, OF PRECIOUS METALS PRODUCED 
IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 98 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading: 
‘‘ 
9802.00.70 
Articles of jewelry and parts there-
of, of precious metal (as defined in 
note 4(a) to Chapter 71), if fab-
ricated in whole or in part with pre-
cious metal that is a product of the 
United States ..................................
A duty upon 
the value of the 
imported arti-
cle, less the 
cost or value of 
such products 
of the United 
States (see 
U.S. note 4 of 
this sub-
chapter) 
As provided for 
the imported 
article 
A duty upon 
the full value 
of the imported 
article, less the 
cost or value of 
such products 
of the United 
States (see 
U.S. note 4 of 
this sub-
chapter) ..........
’’. 
(b) U.S. NOTE 4.—U.S. Note 4 to subchapter II of 
chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States is amended— 
(1) by amending the heading to read as follows: 
‘‘4. ARTICLES ASSEMBLED ABROAD WITH COMPO-
NENTS PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES OR FAB-
RICATED ABROAD WITH PRECIOUS METALS PRODUCED 
IN THE UNITED STATES.—’’; 
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (a), by 
striking ‘‘headings 9802.00.80 and 9802.00.90’’ and 
inserting 
‘‘headings 
9802.00.70 
through 
9802.00.90’’; and 
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(3) in paragraph (a), by inserting ‘‘or fab-
ricated’’ after ‘‘assembled’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section apply to articles entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5137 
AN ACT 
To ensure that hunting remains a purpose of the 
New River Gorge National River.
IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5137 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 5, 2008 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To ensure that hunting remains a purpose of the New River 
Gorge National River. 
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. HUNTING IN NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL 
RIVER. 
Section 1106 of the National Parks and Recreation 
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460m–20) is amended in the first 
sentence by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 4, 
2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
By DEBORAH M. SPRIGGS, 
Deputy Clerk. 
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tempore of the Senate that it is important to the national 
security interests of the United States. 
(2) PERIOD
OF APPLICATION
OF WAIVER.—Any 
waiver pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be effective for no 
more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 
apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 
(c) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 
award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro-
priated by this Act, the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development may provide an exception to the fair 
opportunity process for placing task orders under such 
contracts when the order is placed with any category of 
small or small disadvantaged business. 
(d) VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.—Section 594(a) of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2005 (enacted as division D 
of Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3038) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 
(e) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHOR-
ITY.—In providing assistance with funds appropriated by 
this Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, support for a nation emerging from insta-
bility may be deemed to mean support for regional, dis-
trict, municipal, or other sub-national entity emerging 
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from instability, as well as a nation emerging from insta-
bility. 
(f) INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1 and 11 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and the Support for 
East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, shall be 
made available for assistance to address inhumane condi-
tions in prisons and other detention facilities administered 
by foreign governments that the Secretary of State deter-
mines are making efforts to address, among other things, 
prisoners’ health, sanitation, nutrition and other basic 
needs: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall des-
ignate a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bu-
reau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to have pri-
mary responsibility for diplomatic efforts related to inter-
national prison conditions. 
(g) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—The Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–167) is amended— 
(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and 
2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2008, and 2009’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2008’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2009’’; and 
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$250,000 in value, in any such real or personal 
property, cooperative, or burial plot.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Sections 
104(b)(1) and 104(b)(2) of title 11, the United States 
Code, are amended by inserting immediately after 
‘‘522(q),’’ ‘‘522(r),’’. 
SEC. 4. DISMISSAL OF A CASE OR CONVERSION TO A CASE 
UNDER CHAPTER 11 OR 13. 
Section 707(b) of title 11, the United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8)(A) No judge, United States trustee (or 
bankruptcy administrator, if any), trustee, or other 
party in interest may file a motion under paragraph 
(2) if the debtor is a medically distressed debtor or 
an economically distressed caregiver. 
‘‘(B) In this paragraph, the term ‘economically 
distressed caregiver’ means a caregiver who, within 
3 years before the date of the filing of the petition— 
‘‘(i) experienced a downgrade in employ-
ment status that correlates to a reduction in 
wages, work hours, business income or results 
in unemployment, to care for a relative for not 
less than 30 days; or 
‘‘(ii) in any consecutive 12-month period, 
has incurred or paid medical expenses on behalf 
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of a relative that were not paid by any third 
party payor and were in excess of the lesser 
of— 
‘‘(I) 25 percent of the debtor’s house-
hold income for such 12-month period; or 
‘‘(II) $10,000.’’. 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), this Act and the amendments made by this 
Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend-
ments made by this Act shall apply only with respect to 
cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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(1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 
secondary boycott of American firms that have com-
mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 
in the region and to United States investment and 
trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 
(2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret-
tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 
publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 
Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 
(3) all Arab League states should normalize re-
lations with their neighbor Israel; 
(4) the President and the Secretary of State 
should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab 
League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to 
demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking 
into consideration the participation of any recipient 
country in the boycott when determining to sell 
weapons to said country; and 
(5) the President should report to Congress an-
nually on specific steps being taken by the United 
States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 
their relations with Israel to bring about the termi-
nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, includ-
ing those to encourage allies and trading partners of 
the United States to enact laws prohibiting busi-
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 513 
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to enhance the protection 
of credit ratings of active duty military personnel who are activated 
for military service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2007 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to enhance 
the protection of credit ratings of active duty military 
personnel who are activated for military service. 
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 ‘‘National Heroes Credit 
Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF CREDIT RATINGS OF PERSONS AC-
TIVATED FOR MILITARY SERVICE. 
(a) CREDIT RATING PROTECTION.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Servicemembers Civil 
Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 501 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting at the end of title I the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 110. PROTECTION OF CREDIT RATINGS OF PERSONS 
ACTIVATED FOR MILITARY SERVICE. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS OF NOTATION OF DELINQUENT 
OR SLOW PAYMENT DUE TO MILITARY SERVICE.—Any 
person or entity engaged in the practice of assembling or 
evaluating consumer credit information that receives from 
a creditor a negative report of nonpayment or late pay-
ment with respect to a qualifying account of a person in 
military service shall enter with that negative report a no-
tation that the account is delinquent or paid slowly due 
to military service. 
‘‘(b) 
NEGATIVE
INFORMATION
TO
BE
DIS-
REGARDED.—Any future potential creditor of such person 
who receives a credit report that includes a notation re-
quired by subsection (a) shall disregard any negative in-
formation so noted in the credit report. 
‘‘(c) QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS.—For purposes of this 
section, a qualifying account is an account that was 
opened by a person in military service before the date on 
which that person entered that period of military service, 
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but only with respect to obligations incurred before such 
date.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 109 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 110. Protection of credit ratings of persons activated for military serv-
ice.’’. 
(b) 
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Section 
110 
of 
the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as added by subsection 
(a), shall apply with respect to a period of military service 
(as defined in such Act) that is being performed by a per-
son on the date of the enactment of this Act or to which 
a person is ordered on or after such date. 
Æ 
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4589
AN ACT
To reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
block grant program through September 30, 2004, 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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‘‘(4) The term ‘active duty’ has the meaning 
given that term under section 101(d)(1) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘consumer reporting agency’ has 
the meaning given that term under section 603 of 
the Fair Credit Reporting Act. 
‘‘(6) The term ‘reseller’ has the meaning given 
that term under section 603 of the Fair Credit Re-
porting Act. 
‘‘(7) The term ‘qualifying account’ means an 
account that was opened by a servicemember before 
the date on which the servicemember was deployed 
outside the continental United States in support of 
a contingency operation, but only with respect to ob-
ligations incurred before such date.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 207 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 208. Protection of credit ratings of certain servicemembers.’’. 
(c) MILITARY SERVICE DEPLOYMENT EXPLANATION 
NOT TO AFFECT CERTAIN FUTURE TRANSACTIONS.— 
Section 108 of such Act (50 U.S.C. App. 518) is amended 
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting after 
‘‘liability of that servicemember’’ the following: ‘‘, or the 
inclusion of a military service deployment explanation in 
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a file of the servicemember at a consumer reporting agen-
cy pursuant to section 208,’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 5, 
2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4593
AN ACT
To establish wilderness areas, promote conserva-
tion, improve public land, and provide for the
high quality development in Lincoln County, Ne-
vada, and for other purposes.
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(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available by this or prior ap-
propriations act, including funds made available by 
transfer, may be made available for obligation for se-
curity assistance for the West Bank and Gaza until 
the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations on the benchmarks that have been 
established for security assistance for the West 
Bank and Gaza and reports on the extent of Pales-
tinian compliance with such benchmarks. 
(d) AUDITS.— 
(1) The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall ensure 
that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 
and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 
sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro-
gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 
ensure, among other things, compliance with this 
section. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to 
$500,000 may be used by the Office of the Inspector 
General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development for audits, inspections, and 
other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 
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this subsection. Such funds are in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes. 
(e) Subsequent to the certification specified in sub-
section (a), the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treat-
ment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 
West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds pro-
vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2009 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’. The audit 
shall address— 
(1) the extent to which such Program complies 
with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c), 
and 
(2) an examination of all programs, projects, 
and activities carried out under such Program, in-
cluding both obligations and expenditures. 
(f) Funds made available in this Act for West Bank 
and Gaza shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(g) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations updating the report con-
tained in section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II of Public 
Law 109-13. 
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V 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1291 
To direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to convey to the Cornerstone 
Christian Academy, located in Cheboygan, Michigan, certain real property 
under the administrative jurisdiction of the Coast Guard, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2009 
Mr. STUPAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to convey 
to the Cornerstone Christian Academy, located in Che-
boygan, Michigan, certain real property under the admin-
istrative jurisdiction of the Coast Guard, 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. CONVEYANCE OF COAST GUARD PROPERTY IN 
CHEBOYGAN, MICHIGAN. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY.—The Commandant of 
the Coast Guard shall expeditiously convey to the Corner-
stone Christian Academy, located in Cheboygan, Michigan, 
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main available until expended, for necessary ex-
penses for a program to accelerate the research, de-
velopment, demonstration, and deployment of new 
technologies to improve the energy efficiency and re-
duce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, as 
authorized in section 422 of the Energy Independ-
ence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 
140). 
(8) ENERGY
STORAGE
FOR
TRANSPORTATION 
AND
ELECTRIC
POWER
APPLICATIONS.—For fiscal 
year 2008, the Secretary shall transfer $30,000,000 
to the account ‘‘Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy’’, to remain available until expended, for 
necessary expenses for a program to accelerate the 
research, development, demonstration, and deploy-
ment of new materials for improving the energy effi-
ciency of transportation, electric power and other 
technologies, as authorized by section 641 of the En-
ergy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public 
Law 110–140). 
(9) GEOTHERMAL
ENERGY
DEVELOPMENT.— 
(A) For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall trans-
fer $30,000,000 to the account ‘‘Energy Efficiency 
and Renewable Energy’’, to remain available until 
expended, for necessary expenses for a program for 
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plaining unemployment insurance eligibility condi-
tions.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to certifications of States for 
2008 and thereafter, except that section 3304(a)(20) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by sub-
section (a), shall not be a requirement for the State law 
of any State prior to July 1, 2009, if the legislature of 
such State does not meet in a regular session which closes 
during the calendar year 2008. 
Æ 
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