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IV 
House Calendar No. 245 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1317 
[Report No. 110–744] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1286) to amend the National 
Trails System Act to designate the Washington-Rochambeau Revolu-
tionary Route National Historic Trail. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 8, 2008 
Mr. CARDOZA, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1286) to amend 
the National Trails System Act to designate the Wash-
ington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National His-
toric Trail. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
resolution 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 consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 1286) to amend the National Trails 
System Act to designate the Washington-Rochambeau 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2183 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 14, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 567 Tompkins Avenue in Staten Island, New 
York, as the ‘‘Vincent Palladino Post Office’’. 
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. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 567 Tompkins Avenue in Staten Island, New 
York, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Vincent 
Palladino Post Office’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Vincent Palladino Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 13, 2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
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‘‘(h) DEFINITION OF SMALL EMPLOYER.—For pur-
poses of this section— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘small employer’ 
means, with respect to any calendar year, any em-
ployer if such employer employed an average of at 
least 2 and not more than 50 qualified employees on 
business days during either of the 2 preceding cal-
endar years. For purposes of the preceding sentence, 
a preceding calendar year may be taken into account 
only if the employer was in existence throughout 
such year. 
‘‘(2) EMPLOYERS NOT IN EXISTENCE IN PRE-
CEDING YEAR.—In the case of an employer which 
was not in existence throughout the 1st preceding 
calendar year, the determination under paragraph 
(1) shall be based on the average number of quali-
fied employees that it is reasonably expected such 
employer will employ on business days in the current 
calendar year.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
subchapters for chapter 100 of such Code is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following item:
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House Calendar No. 246 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1318 
[Report No. 110–745] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5811) to amend title 44, United 
States Code, to require preservation of certain electronic records by 
Federal agencies, to require a certification and reports relating to Presi-
dential records, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 8, 2008 
Mr. WELCH of Vermont, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 
resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5811) to amend 
title 44, United States Code, to require preservation of 
certain electronic records by Federal agencies, to require 
a certification and reports relating to Presidential 
records, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution 
it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 
5811) to amend title 44, United States Code, to require 
preservation of certain electronic records by Federal agen-
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 194
To amend the Small Business Act to increase the maximum amount for 
which a loan can be made under the Microloan Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005
Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to increase the maximum 
amount for which a loan can be made under the 
Microloan Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. INCREASE OF MAXIMUM MICROLOAN AMOUNT. 
Section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(m)) is amended in paragraphs (1)(B)(iii), (3)(E), and 
(11)(B) by striking ‘‘$35,000’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘$50,000’’.
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‘‘SUBCHAPTER D—QUALIFIED HEALTH BENEFIT PURCHASING COALITION’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2006. 
SEC. 513. STATE GRANT PROGRAM FOR MARKET INNOVA-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall establish a program (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘program’’) to award demonstration grants 
under this section to States to allow States to demonstrate 
the effectiveness of innovative ways to increase access to 
health insurance through market reforms and other inno-
vative means. Such innovative means may include (and are 
not limited to) any of the following: 
(1) Alternative group purchasing or pooling ar-
rangements, such as purchasing cooperatives for 
small businesses, reinsurance pools, or high risk 
pools. 
(2) Individual or small group market reforms. 
(3) Consumer education and outreach. 
(4) Subsidies to individuals, employers, or both, 
in obtaining health insurance. 
(b) SCOPE; DURATION.—The program shall be lim-
ited to not more than 10 States and to a total period of
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1950
To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding 
the Do-not-call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message 
telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2005
Ms. FOXX introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regula-
tions regarding the Do-not-call registry to prohibit politi-
cally-oriented recorded message telephone calls to tele-
phone numbers listed on that registry.
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 ‘‘Robo COP Act: Robo 
Calls Off Phones’’.
SEC. 
2. 
POLITICALLY-ORIENTED 
RECORDED 
MESSAGE 
CALLS PROHIBITED. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commis-
sion shall revise the do-not-call registry provisions of the 
Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 C.F.R. 310.1 et seq.) to 
prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone 
calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF POLITICALLY-ORIENTED RE-
CORDED MESSAGE CALLS.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘politically-oriented recorded message telephone 
call’’ means any outbound telephone call—
(1) in which a person is not available to speak 
with the person answering the call, and the call in-
stead plays a recorded message; and 
(2) whose purpose is to promote, advertise, 
campaign, or solicit donations, for or against any po-
litical candidate or regarding any political issue, or 
uses in the recorded message any political can-
didate’s name.
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terms in section 801 of the Public Health Service 
Act. 
(3) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services. 
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5 years, beginning on the date the first demonstration 
grant is made. 
(c) CONDITIONS FOR DEMONSTRATION GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may not pro-
vide for a demonstration grant to a State under the 
program unless the Secretary finds that under the 
proposed demonstration grant— 
(A) the State will provide for demonstrated 
increase of access for some portion of the exist-
ing uninsured population through a market in-
novation (other than merely through a financial 
expansion of a program initiated before the 
date of the enactment of this Act); 
(B) the State will comply with applicable 
Federal laws; 
(C) the State will not discriminate among 
participants on the basis of any health status- 
related factor (as defined in section 2791(d)(9) 
of the Public Health Service Act), except to the 
extent a State wishes to focus on populations 
that otherwise would not obtain health insur-
ance because of such factors; and 
(D) the State will provide for such evalua-
tion, in coordination with the evaluation re-
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quired under subsection (d), as the Secretary 
may specify. 
(2) APPLICATION.—The Secretary shall not 
provide a demonstration grant under the program to 
a State unless— 
(A) the State submits to the Secretary 
such an application, in such a form and man-
ner, as the Secretary specifies; 
(B) the application includes information 
regarding how the demonstration grant will ad-
dress issues such as governance, targeted popu-
lation, expected cost, and the continuation after 
the completion of the demonstration grant pe-
riod; and 
(C) the Secretary determines that the dem-
onstration grant will be used consistent with 
this section. 
(3) FOCUS.—A demonstration grant proposal 
under section need not cover all uninsured individ-
uals in a State or all health care benefits with re-
spect to such individuals. 
(d) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall enter into a 
contract with an appropriate entity outside the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services to conduct an overall 
evaluation of the program at the end of the program pe-
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to consumers, or substantial harm to the public in-
terest prior to the completion of the proceedings, the 
Secretary may enter a temporary order requiring the 
respondent to cease and desist from the violation or 
threatened violation and to take such action to pre-
vent the violation or threatened violation and to pre-
vent dissipation or conversion of assets, significant 
harm to consumers, or substantial harm to the pub-
lic interest as the Secretary deems appropriate pend-
ing completion of such proceedings. Such an order 
shall be entered only after notice and opportunity for 
a hearing, unless the Secretary determines that no-
tice and hearing prior to entry would be impracti-
cable or contrary to the public interest. A temporary 
order shall become effective upon service upon the 
respondent and, unless set aside, limited, or sus-
pended by the Secretary or a court of competent ju-
risdiction, shall remain effective and enforceable 
pending the completion of the proceedings. 
(4) REVIEW OF TEMPORARY ORDERS.— 
(A) REVIEW BY SECRETARY.—At any time 
after the respondent has been served with a 
temporary cease-and-desist order pursuant to 
paragraph (3), the respondent may apply to the 
Secretary to have the order set aside, limited, 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2185 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to allocate transportation funds 
to metropolitan areas and increase planning funds to relieve metropolitan 
congestion, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2005 
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to allocate transpor-
tation funds to metropolitan areas and increase planning 
funds to relieve metropolitan congestion, 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 ‘‘Congestion Relief Act 
of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. 
(a) DIVISION
OF FUNDS BETWEEN URBANIZED 
AREAS
OF OVER 200,000 POPULATION
AND OTHER
AREAS.—Section 133(d)(3)(A) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘62.5 percent of’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘The remaining 37.5 percent 
may be obligated in any area of the State.’’. 
(b) OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Section 133(f)(1) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘the period of fiscal 
years 1998’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2003’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the period of fiscal years 2004 through 2006 and 
the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2009’’. 
SEC. 3. CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IM-
PROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) ALLOCATIONS.—Section 149 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) ALLOCATIONS OF APPORTIONED FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State shall allocate the 
amounts apportioned to the State for a fiscal year 
under section 104(b)(2) and the amounts appor-
tioned for the congestion mitigation and air quality 
improvement program under section 110 among 
metropolitan planning organizations and other agen-
cies responsible for air quality conformity determina-
tions in federally designated air quality areas in the 
ratio that—
‘‘(3) DETERMINATIONS.—Eligibility and appor-
tionment determinations under this subsection shall 
be made by the Secretary based on data from the 
most recent year for which data is available. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out 
this section $2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 
through 2009. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) TRAVEL TIME INDEX.—The term ‘travel 
time index’ means the travel time index developed by 
the Texas Transportation Institute and included in 
the performance plan of the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration. 
‘‘(2) PASSENGER MILES TRAVELED.—The term 
‘passenger miles traveled’ includes daily vehicle miles 
traveled and daily transit ridership as measured by 
Secretary.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating section 164 the following: 
‘‘165. Metropolitan congestion relief program.’’.
SEC. 7. TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 1 of title 
23, United States Code, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘§ 166. Operational improvement program 
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish and implement an operational improvement pro-
gram under which the Secretary shall make grants to 
States, metropolitan planning organizations, and local 
governments for projects to improve the operation of the 
Nation’s roadways. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE USES.—Grants to States, metropoli-
tan planning organizations, and local governments under 
this section may be used for the following purposes: 
‘‘(1) Incident management projects, including 
the following: 
‘‘(A) Development of a regionwide coordi-
nated plan to mitigate delays due to accidents 
and breakdowns. 
‘‘(B) Purchase or lease of telecommuni-
cations equipment for first responders. 
‘‘(C) Purchase or lease of towing and re-
covery equipment. 
‘‘(D) Payments to contractors for towing 
and recovery services.
H. Res. 131
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
February 7, 2007.
Whereas a native of Santiago de Cuba, Rafael Jose´ Diaz-
Balart completed his studies at the University of Havana 
with a law degree in 1919; 
Whereas soon after joining the Bar, he became a municipal 
judge in the city of Palma Soriano, where he served with 
distinction for four years until, by civil service examina-
tion, he obtained the post of civil law notary in the town 
of Banes in eastern Cuba; 
Whereas, while maintaining his law practice, Rafael Jose´ 
Diaz-Balart was elected City Council President and 
Mayor of Banes; 
Whereas he was later elected Congressman and transferred 
his law practice to the city of Holguı´n and subsequently 
to Havana, where he founded the law firm of Diaz-
Balart, Diaz-Balart and Amador, with his son, Rafael 
Lincoln, and Rolando Amador; 
Whereas, years later, also by examination, Rafael Jose´ Diaz-
Balart assumed the post of Land Registrar, a prominent 
achievement for lawyers in many civil law countries, in-
cluding Cuba; 
Whereas Rafael Jose´ Diaz-Balart lived in exile after 1959, 
and became a proud citizen of the United States;
‘‘(E) Rental of vehicle storage areas imme-
diately adjacent to roadways. 
‘‘(F) Service patrols. 
‘‘(G) Enhanced hazard materials incident 
response capacity. 
‘‘(H) Incident detection equipment. 
‘‘(I) Training. 
‘‘(2) Deployment of intelligent transportation 
systems technology, including the deployment of the 
national 511 traveler information telephone number. 
‘‘(3) Transportation demand management tech-
niques, including the following: 
‘‘(A) Commuter benefit programs. 
‘‘(B) Parking management programs. 
‘‘(C) Carpool and vanpool projects. 
‘‘(D) 
Geographic 
Information 
System 
based ride matching operations. 
‘‘(E) Employer based, real-time traveler in-
formation programs. 
‘‘(F) Telework programs. 
‘‘(G) Bicycle and pedestrian programs. 
‘‘(H) Access to transit investments. 
‘‘(I) Design and implementation of com-
muter-friendly facilities.
‘‘(J) Employer and employment-site based 
transit shuttle planning and operation. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out 
this section $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 
through 2009. 
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY OF NHS REQUIREMENTS.—All 
provisions of this chapter that are applicable to National 
Highway System funds, other than provisions relating to 
the apportionment formula and provisions limiting the ex-
penditures of such funds to Federal-aid systems, shall 
apply to funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section, except as determined by the Secretary to be 
inconsistent with this section and except that sums au-
thorized by this section shall remain available until ex-
pended.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating section 165 the following: 
‘‘166. Incident management program.’’. 
SEC. 8. METROPOLITAN PLANNING FUNDS. 
Section 104(f)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘1 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘2 per-
cent’’. 
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1740 
AN ACT 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Wash-
ington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1954
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for 
the transportation of food for charitable purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2005
Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself and Mrs. EMERSON) 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 
a tax credit for the transportation of food for charitable 
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 ‘‘Hunger Relief Truck-
ing Tax Credit Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR TRANSPORTATION OF FOOD FOR 
CHARITABLE PURPOSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart B 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: 
‘‘SEC. 30B. CREDIT FOR TRANSPORTATION OF FOOD FOR 
CHARITABLE PURPOSES. 
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—There shall be al-
lowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter 
for the taxable year an amount equal to 25 cents for each 
mile for which the taxpayer uses a qualified truck for a 
qualified charitable purpose during the taxable year. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFIED CHARITABLE PURPOSE.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘qualified charitable pur-
pose’ means the transportation of food in connection with 
the hunger relief efforts of an organization which is de-
scribed in section 501(c)(3) and is exempt from taxation 
under section 501(a) (other than a private foundation, as 
defined in section 509(a), which is not an operating foun-
dation, as defined in section 4942(j)(3)). 
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED TRUCK.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘qualified truck’ means a truck which—
‘‘(1) has a capacity of not less than 1,760 cubic 
square feet, 
‘‘(2) is owned, leased, or operated by the tax-
payer, and 
‘‘(3) is ordinarily used for hauling property in 
the course of a business.
‘‘(d) OTHER RULES.—
‘‘(1) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.—No credit 
shall be allowed under this section with respect to 
any amount for which a deduction is allowed under 
any other provision of this chapter. 
‘‘(2) NO
CREDIT
WHERE
TAXPAYER
IS
COM-
PENSATED.—No credit shall be allowed under this 
section if the taxpayer receives compensation in con-
nection with the use of the qualified truck for the 
qualified charitable purpose. 
‘‘(3) CAPACITY REQUIREMENT.—No credit shall 
be allowed under this section unless at least 50 per-
cent of the hauling capacity of the qualified truck 
(measured in cubic square feet) is used for the quali-
fied charitable purpose.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 
1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 30B. Credit for transportation of food for charitable purposes.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after De-
cember 31, 2004.
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