I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7306 
To immediately terminate the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury 
under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to purchase 
troubled assets and to make a portion of the unused funding for such 
program available to meet critical infrastructure needs in the United 
States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2008 
Mr. GOHMERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, and Natural 
Resources, 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 immediately terminate the authority of the Secretary 
of the Treasury under the Emergency Economic Sta-
bilization Act of 2008 to purchase troubled assets and 
to make a portion of the unused funding for such pro-
gram available to meet critical infrastructure needs in 
the United States. 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop the Treasury Of-
fice Nationalization of the Economy Act of 2008’’ or 
‘‘STONE’’. 
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The authorities provided under 
section 101(a) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–343), excluding section 
101(a)(3) of such Act, and 102 shall terminate imme-
diately upon the enactment of this Act. 
(b) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—The termination 
under subsection (a) shall apply to any authority of the 
Secretary of the Treasury under the Emergency Economic 
Stabilization Act of 2008 to purchase preferred or other 
stock or equity in any financial institution. 
(c) REPEAL OF AUTHORITY FOR FINAL TRANCHE OF 
FUNDING.—Section 115 of the Emergency Economic Sta-
bilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–343) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3); 
and 
(2) by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f). 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The Emergency 
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 is amended by strik-
ing section 120. 
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SEC. 3. USE OF $100 BILLION OF TARP FUNDS FOR CRIT-
ICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF TARP FUNDS.—Effective upon 
the enactment of this Act, of the amounts of authority 
made available pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of sec-
tion 115(a) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–343) to purchase troubled as-
sets that remain unused as of such date of enactment, 
$100,000,000,000 shall be available, notwithstanding any 
provision of such Act, for use only for the purposes speci-
fied in subsection (b) of this section. 
(b) USE
FOR CRITICAL TRANSPORTATION INFRA-
STRUCTURE NEEDS.—The amount made available under 
subsection (a) may be used for any purpose eligible under 
chapters 1, 2, or 3 of title I of H.R. 7110 as passed the 
House on September 26, 2008. 
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