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(5) It is appropriate for Congress to recognize 
and honor the brave men and women in Federal law 
enforcement who are injured while putting them-
selves at personal risk in the line of duty. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF A BADGE. 
The Attorney General may award, and a Member of 
Congress or the Attorney General may present, in the 
name of Congress a Congressional Badge of Bravery (in 
this Act referred to as the ‘‘Badge’’) to a Federal law en-
forcement officer who is cited by the Attorney General, 
upon the recommendation of the Congressional Badge of 
Bravery Board, for sustaining a physical injury on or after 
January 1, 2007, while in the line of duty. 
SEC. 4. NOMINATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An agency head may nominate for 
a Badge an individual who meets the following criteria: 
(1) The individual is a Federal law enforcement 
officer working within the agency of the agency head 
making the nomination. 
(2) The individual sustained a physical injury 
while in the line of duty. 
(3) The individual faced personal risk when the 
injury described in paragraph (2) occurred. 
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(4) The injury described in paragraph (2) oc-
curred during some form of conduct characterized as 
bravery by the agency head making the nomination. 
(b) CONTENTS.—A nomination under subsection (a) 
shall include— 
(1) a written narrative, of not more than 2 
pages, describing the circumstances under which the 
nominee sustained a physical injury described in 
subsection (a) and how the circumstances meet the 
criteria described in such subsection; 
(2) the full name of the nominee; 
(3) the home mailing address of the nominee; 
(4) the agency in which the nominee served on 
the date when such nominee sustained a physical in-
jury described in subsection (a); 
(5) the occupational title and grade or rank of 
the nominee; 
(6) the field office address of the nominee on 
the date when such nominee sustained a physical in-
jury described in subsection (a); and 
(7) the number of years of service in the Fed-
eral government by the nominee as of the date when 
such nominee sustained a physical injury described 
in subsection (a). 
(c) SUBMISSION DEADLINE.— 
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(1) INJURIES
SUSTAINED
BEFORE
AUGUST 
15.—In the case of an individual who sustained a 
physical injury described in subsection (a) on or 
after January 1 of a year and before August 15 of 
such year, to nominate such individual under such 
subsection for a Badge, an agency head shall submit 
such nomination to the Congressional Badge of 
Bravery Board by February 15 of the following year. 
(2) INJURIES SUSTAINED ON OR AFTER AUGUST 
15.—In the case of an individual who sustained a 
physical injury described in subsection (a) on or 
after August 15 of a year, to nominate such indi-
vidual under such subsection for a Badge, an agency 
head shall submit such nomination to the Congres-
sional Badge of Bravery Board by February 15 of 
the second year following the date on which the indi-
vidual sustained such physical injury. 
SEC. 5. CONGRESSIONAL BADGE OF BRAVERY BOARD. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Department of Justice a Congressional Badge of Brav-
ery Board (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Board’’). 
(b) DUTIES.—The duties of the Board are the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Design the Badge with appropriate ribbons 
and appurtenances. 
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(2) Select an engraver to produce each Badge. 
(3) Not later than July 15 of each year, from 
among the nominations timely submitted to the Con-
gressional Badge of Bravery Board by February 
15th of such year, endorse as recipients of the 
Badge such nominations who meet the criteria de-
scribed in section 4(a) and submit to the Attorney 
General a list of such nominations so endorsed. 
(4) After submission to the Attorney General of 
the list described in paragraph (3)— 
(A) procure the Badges from the engraver 
selected under paragraph (2); 
(B) send a letter announcing the award of 
each Badge to the agency head who nominated 
the endorsed recipient of such Badge; 
(C) send a letter to each Member of Con-
gress representing the congressional district 
where the endorsed recipient of each Badge re-
sides to offer such Member an opportunity to 
present such Badge; 
(D) provide for the presentation of each 
Badge in accordance with section 7; and 
(E) provide for the posting of the name of 
each endorsed recipient of the Badge on the 
public Internet site of the Department of Jus-
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SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attor-
ney General such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 15, 2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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(B) selling, transferring, donating, or oth-
erwise disposing of the temporary housing units 
in the inventory of FEMA that are in excess of 
the number of temporary housing units that 
FEMA needs to maintain in stock, as deter-
mined by the Administrator under subsection 
(b). 
(2) REPORT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act 
and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall 
submit to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on 
the actions that the Administrator has taken to 
establish and implement the plan and guidelines 
established under paragraph (1). 
(B) REQUIRED
INFORMATION.—In each 
report submitted under subparagraph (A), the 
Administrator shall document the number of 
temporary housing units remaining in the in-
ventory of FEMA and the number of units sold, 
transferred, donated, and otherwise disposed of 
pursuant to this section.
II 
Calendar No. 905 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4056 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 16, 2008 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
JULY 28, 2008 
Reported by Mr. LEAHY, with an amendment and an amendment to the title 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
To establish an awards mechanism to honor Federal law 
enforcement officers injured in the line of duty. 
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 ‘‘Federal Law Enforce-
ment Officers Congressional Badge of Bravery Act of 
2008’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
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(1) According to the Department of Justice, in 
the past 7 years, an average of 150 Federal law en-
forcement officers per year sustained physical inju-
ries while dealing with an assaultive subject. 
(2) More than 70 Federal agencies employ Fed-
eral law enforcement officers but only 2 such agen-
cies have an awards mechanism to recognize Federal 
law enforcement officers who are injured in the line 
of duty. 
(3) In contrast to the lack of an awards mecha-
nism for Federal law enforcement officers, the Presi-
dent awards the Purple Heart for military personnel 
wounded or killed during armed service, and most 
State and local police departments have commenda-
tions and medals for officers who are injured in the 
line of duty. 
(4) Formal congressional recognition does not 
exist to honor Federal law enforcement officers who 
are injured in the line of duty. 
(5) It is appropriate for Congress to recognize 
and honor the brave men and women in Federal law 
enforcement who are injured while putting them-
selves at personal risk in the line of duty. 
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for improvements as follows with respect to the care, man-
agement, and transition of recovering service members: 
(1) COMPREHENSIVE RECOVERY PLAN FOR RE-
COVERING
SERVICE
MEMBERS.—The policy shall 
provide for uniform standards and procedures for 
the development of a comprehensive recovery plan 
for each recovering service member that covers the 
full spectrum of care, management, transition, and 
rehabilitation of the service member during recovery. 
(2) RECOVERY CARE COORDINATORS FOR RE-
COVERING SERVICE MEMBERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The policy shall provide 
for a uniform program for the assignment to 
recovering service members of recovery care co-
ordinators having the duties specified in sub-
paragraph (B). 
(B) DUTIES.—The duties under the pro-
gram of a recovery care coordinator for a recov-
ering service member shall include, but not be 
limited to, overseeing and assisting the service 
member in the service member’s course through 
the entire spectrum of care, management, tran-
sition, and rehabilitation services available from 
the Federal Government, including services pro-
vided by the Department of Defense, the De-
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(A) a position excepted from the competitive 
service because of its confidential, policymaking, 
policy-determining, or policy-advocating char-
acter; or 
(B) a noncareer position in the Senior Ex-
ecutive Service (within the meaning of section 
3132(a)(7) of title 5, United States Code). 
(d) REORGANIZATION.—If the Director determines, 
after the end of the 1-year period beginning on the effective 
date of the abolishment under section 1301(a), that a reor-
ganization of the combined workforce is required, that reor-
ganization shall be deemed a major reorganization for pur-
poses of affording affected employee retirement under sec-
tion 8336(d)(2) or 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(e) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any employee of the Office of 
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight accepting em-
ployment with the Agency as a result of a transfer 
under subsection (a) may retain, for 12 months after 
the date on which such transfer occurs, membership 
in any employee benefit program of the Agency or the 
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, as 
applicable, including insurance, to which such em-
360 
ployee belongs on the date of the abolishment under 
section 1301(a), if— 
(A) the employee does not elect to give up 
the benefit or membership in the program; and 
(B) the benefit or program is continued by 
the Director of the Federal Housing Finance 
Agency. 
(2) COST DIFFERENTIAL.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The difference in the 
costs between the benefits which would have been 
provided by the Office of Federal Housing Enter-
prise Oversight and those provided by this sec-
tion shall be paid by the Director. 
(B) HEALTH INSURANCE.—If any employee 
elects to give up membership in a health insur-
ance program or the health insurance program is 
not continued by the Director, the employee shall 
be permitted to select an alternate Federal health 
insurance program not later than 30 days after 
the date of such election or notice, without regard 
to any other regularly scheduled open season. 
SEC. 1304. TRANSFER OF PROPERTY AND FACILITIES. 
Upon the effective date of its abolishment under section 
1301(a), all property of the Office of Federal Housing En-
terprise Oversight shall transfer to the Agency.
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 290 
AN ACT 
To amend title 36, United States Code, to ensure that memo-
rials commemorating the service of the United States 
Armed Forces may contain religious symbols, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
361 
Subtitle B—Federal Housing 
Finance Board 
SEC. 1311. ABOLISHMENT OF THE FEDERAL HOUSING FI-
NANCE BOARD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective at the end of the 1-year 
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Federal Housing Finance Board (in this subtitle referred 
to as the ‘‘Board’’) is abolished. 
(b) DISPOSITION OF AFFAIRS.—During the 1-year pe-
riod beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Board, solely for the purpose of winding up the affairs of 
the Board— 
(1) shall manage the employees of the Board and 
provide for the payment of the compensation and ben-
efits of any such employee which accrue before the ef-
fective date of the transfer of such employee under sec-
tion 1313; 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 abolishment 
of the Board under subsection (a) may not be construed to 
affect the status of any employee of the Board as an em-
ployee of an agency of the United States for purposes of
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any other provision of law before the effective date of the 
transfer of any such employee under section 1313. 
(d) USE OF PROPERTY AND SERVICES.— 
(1) PROPERTY.—The Director may use the prop-
erty of the Board to perform functions which have 
been transferred to the Director, for such time as is 
reasonable to facilitate the orderly transfer of func-
tions transferred under any other provision of this 
Act or any amendment 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 
services to the Board before the expiration of the 1- 
year period under subsection (a) in connection with 
functions that are transferred to the Director shall— 
(A) continue to provide such services, on a 
reimbursable basis, until the transfer of such 
functions is complete; and 
(B) consult with any such agency to coordi-
nate and facilitate a prompt and reasonable 
transition. 
(e) CONTINUATION OF SERVICES.—The Director may 
use the services of employees and other personnel of the
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meets the requirements of both the Department of 
Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs in 
connection with the medical separation or retirement 
of a recovering service member from military service 
and for use by the Department of Veterans Affairs 
in disability evaluations. 
(17) Procedures for surveys and other mecha-
nisms to measure patient and family satisfaction 
with the provision by the Department of Defense 
and the Department of Veterans Affairs of care and 
services for recovering service members, and to fa-
cilitate appropriate oversight by supervisory per-
sonnel of the provision of such care and services. 
(18) Procedures to ensure the participation of 
recovering service members who are members of the 
National Guard or Reserve in the Benefits Delivery 
at Discharge Program, including procedures to en-
sure that, to the maximum extent feasible, services 
under the Benefits Delivery at Discharge Program 
are provided to recovering service members at— 
(A) appropriate military installations; 
(B) appropriate armories and military fam-
ily support centers of the National Guard; 
(C) appropriate military medical care fa-
cilities at which members of the Armed Forces 
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before the date on which the Secretary concerned enters 
into a lease the following information: 
‘‘(i) A copy of the report submitted under sub-
paragraph (A). 
‘‘(ii) A description of the differences between 
the report submitted under that subparagraph and 
the new report. 
‘‘(iii) A description of the agreement reached 
with the local municipality on taxation issues and 
other development issues related to the proposed 
project, including payments-in-lieu-of taxes. 
‘‘(iv) A description of the lessee payment re-
quired under this section.’’. 
(e) PROHIBITION ON ACCEPTANCE OF IN-KIND TO 
SUPPORT CERTAIN MWR PROJECTS.—Subsection (c) of 
such section is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) The Secretary concerned may not accept in-kind 
consideration under paragraph (1) with respect to a lease 
under this section to support the development of a project 
for a nonappropriated fund activity of the Department of 
Defense conducted for the morale, welfare, and recreation 
of members of the armed forces if the revenues estimated 
to be generated from the resulting facility would generally 
cover the operating expenses of the facility.’’.
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 292 
AN ACT 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the 
mandatory printing of bills and resolutions for the use 
of offices of Members of Congress. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
363 
Board, on a reimbursable basis, to perform functions which 
have been transferred to the Director for such time as is 
reasonable to facilitate the orderly transfer of functions pur-
suant to any other provision of this Act or any amendment 
made by this Act to any other provision of law. 
(f) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.— 
(1) EXISTING
RIGHTS, DUTIES, AND
OBLIGA-
TIONS NOT AFFECTED.—Subsection (a) shall not affect 
the validity of any right, duty, or obligation of the 
United States, a member of the Board, or any other 
person, which— 
(A) arises under the Federal Home Loan 
Bank Act, or any other provision of law applica-
ble with respect to the Board; and 
(B) existed on the day before the effective 
date of the abolishment under subsection (a). 
(2) CONTINUATION
OF
SUITS.—No action or 
other proceeding commenced by or against the Board 
in connection with functions that are transferred 
under this Act to the Director shall abate by reason 
of the enactment of this Act, except that the Director 
shall be substituted for the Board or any member 
thereof as a party to any such action or proceeding.
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stallation in the United States under the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary from a county or municipal government for 
the geographic area in which the installation is located. 
‘‘(b) COVERED MUNICIPAL SERVICES.—Only the fol-
lowing municipal services may be procured for a military 
installation under the authority of this section: 
‘‘(1) Refuse collection. 
‘‘(2) Refuse disposal. 
‘‘(c) 
EXCEPTION
FROM
COMPETITIVE
PROCE-
DURES.—The Secretary may enter in a contract under 
subsection (a) using procedures other than competitive 
procedures if— 
‘‘(1) the term of the proposed contract does not 
exceed five years; 
‘‘(2) the Secretary determines that the price for 
the municipal services to be provided under the con-
tract is fair and reasonable and represents the least 
cost to the Federal Government; and 
‘‘(3) the business case supporting the Sec-
retary’s determination under paragraph (2)— 
‘‘(A) describes the availability, benefits, 
and drawbacks of alternative sources; and 
‘‘(B) establishes that performance by the 
county or municipal government will not in-
crease costs to the Federal government, when
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SEC. 1312. CONTINUATION AND COORDINATION OF CER-
TAIN ACTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All regulations, orders, determina-
tions, and resolutions described under subsection (b) shall 
remain in effect according to the terms of such regulations, 
orders, determinations, and resolutions, and shall be en-
forceable by or against the Director until modified, termi-
nated, set aside, or superseded in accordance with applica-
ble law by the Director, any court of competent jurisdiction, 
or operation of law. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—A regulation, order, determina-
tion, or resolution is described under this subsection if it— 
(1) was issued, made, prescribed, or allowed to 
become effective by— 
(A) the Board; or 
(B) a court of competent jurisdiction, and 
relates to functions transferred by this Act; and 
(2) is in effect on the effective date of the abolish-
ment under section 1311(a). 
SEC. 1313. TRANSFER AND RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES OF THE 
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD. 
(a) TRANSFER.—Each employee of the Board shall be 
transferred to the Agency for employment, not later than 
the effective date of the abolishment under section 1311(a), 
and such transfer shall be deemed a transfer of function 
for purposes of section 3503 of title 5, United States Code.
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Subtitle E—Land Conveyances 
SEC. 2851. LAND CONVEYANCE, FORMER NAVAL AIR STA-
TION, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the 
Navy shall convey to the redevelopment authority for the 
former Naval Air Station Alameda, California (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘‘redevelopment authority’’), all 
right, title and interest of the United States in and to the 
real and personal property comprising Naval Air Station 
Alameda, except those parcels identified for public benefit 
conveyance and certain surplus lands at the Naval Air 
Station Alameda described in the Federal Register on No-
vember 5, 2007. In this section, the real and personal 
property to be conveyed under this section is referred to 
as the ‘‘NAS Property’’. 
(b) MULTIPLE CONVEYANCES.—The conveyance of 
the NAS Property may be conducted through multiple 
parcel transfers. 
(c) CONSIDERATION OPTIONS.—As consideration for 
the conveyance of the NAS Property under subsection (a), 
the Secretary of the Navy and the redevelopment authority 
shall agree upon one of the following options: 
(1) Not later than nine months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the redevelopment au-
thority shall accept the consideration terms de-
(as defined in section 1504(a) without 
regard to section 1504(b)). 
‘‘(III) RELATED FOREIGN PART-
NERSHIP.—A foreign partnership is 
related to a domestic partnership if 
they are under common control (with-
in the meaning of section 482), or 
they shared the same trademark or 
tradename.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to corporate expatriation 
transactions completed after September 11, 2001. 
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall also apply to corporate expatriation 
transactions completed on or before September 11, 
2001, but only with respect to taxable years of the 
acquiring corporation beginning after December 31, 
2005. 
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