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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5621 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend concurrent receipt authority 
to members and former members of the uniformed services who are 
entitled to voluntary separation incentive payments and are also entitled 
to veterans’ disability compensation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 13, 2008 
Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend concurrent 
receipt authority to members and former members of 
the uniformed services who are entitled to voluntary sep-
aration incentive payments and are also entitled to vet-
erans’ disability compensation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT PAYMENT OF VOLUNTARY SEPA-
RATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS AND VET-
ERANS’ DISABILITY COMPENSATION. 
(a) INCLUSION OF MEMBERS RECEIVING VSI PAY-
MENTS.—Section 1414(e)(2) of title 10, United States 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3046 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to deem certain training in geriatric 
medicine or geriatric psychiatry to be obligated service for purposes 
of the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2005 
Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, 
Mr. OWENS, and Mr. MCGOVERN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to deem certain 
training in geriatric medicine or geriatric psychiatry to 
be obligated service for purposes of the National Health 
Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, 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 ‘‘Geriatricians Loan 
Forgiveness Act of 2006’’.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS LOAN REPAY-
MENT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 338B(g) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l–1(g)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) OBLIGATED SERVICE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 
section, each year of training in geriatric medi-
cine or geriatric psychiatry that is required in 
order to obtain a certificate of added qualifica-
tion in geriatric medicine or geriatric psychiatry 
shall be deemed to be a year of obligated serv-
ice. Upon the completion of such training, an 
individual with respect to whom a year of train-
ing is deemed to be a year of obligated service 
under this paragraph shall, after consultation 
with the Secretary, provide services in geriatric 
medicine or geriatric psychiatry as appropriate 
during the remainder of such individual’s period 
of obligated service. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The number of fellow-
ship years in geriatric medicine or geriatric psy-
chiatry that are deemed to be a year of obli-
gated service under this paragraph shall not ex-
ceed 400 in any calendar year.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to applications submitted 
to the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
under section 338B of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 254l–1) on or after the date that is 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) FIRST YEAR OF PROGRAM.—For the period 
beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act and ending on December 
31 of the calendar year in which such period begins, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
ratably reduce the maximum number of fellowship 
years in geriatric medicine or geriatric psychiatry 
that may be deemed to be a year of obligated service 
under section 338B(g)(5)(B) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l–1(g)(5)(B)) (as added 
by subsection (a)) to reflect the portion of the year 
that the amendment made by subsection (a) is in ef-
fect. 
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with the estimate of the Federal Government’s 
costs to complete each project and each pro-
gram. 
(C) Operating expenses of any Federal de-
partments, agencies, or entities receiving appro-
priated funds for Hurricane Katrina recovery 
activities. 
(D) In the case of any contract described 
in paragraph (2)— 
(i) the amount of the contract or 
other agreement; 
(ii) a brief discussion of the scope of 
the contract or other agreement; 
(iii) a discussion of how the con-
tracting department or agency identified, 
and solicited offers from, potential contrac-
tors to perform the contract, together with 
a list of the potential contractors that were 
issued solicitations for the offers; and 
(iv) the justification and approval doc-
uments on which was based the determina-
tion to use procedures other than proce-
dures that provide for full and open com-
petition.
(2) A contract described in this paragraph is 
any major contract or other agreement that is en-
tered into by any department or agency of the 
United States Government that involves the use of 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
for Hurricane Katrina recovery with any public or 
private sector entity for any of the following pur-
poses: 
(A) To build or rebuild physical infrastruc-
ture. 
(B) To establish or reestablish a political 
or societal institution. 
(C) To provide products or services to the 
people. 
(3) Not later than 14 days after the appoint-
ment of the Special Inspector General, and every 30 
days thereafter until the submission of the first 
quarterly report described in paragraph (1), the Spe-
cial Inspector General shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress an interim report 
summarizing for the period from the date of ap-
pointment of the Special Inspector General in the 
case of the first interim report and from the date of 
the previous interim report for subsequent interim 
reports the activities of the Special Inspector Gen-
eral and the Hurricane Katrina recovery activities of 
the Federal Government. Each interim report shall 
include but not be limited to the following for the 
period covered by the interim report: 
(A) The state of the Office of the Special 
Inspector General for Hurricane Katrina Recov-
ery. 
(B) The status of auditors and investiga-
tors deployed to the Gulf of Mexico Region of 
the United States. 
(C) Strategic plan for oversight, including 
audits of no bid contracts. 
(D) Vulnerabilities identified and imme-
diate actions to address them. 
(E) Measures taken to coordinate inter-
agency oversight elements. 
(4) Not later than March 31, 2006, and semi-
annually thereafter, the Special Inspector General 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a report meeting the requirements of section 
5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978. 
(5) The Special Inspector General shall publish 
each report under this subsection on the Internet 
website of the Secretary of Homeland Security and 
the Secretary of Defense.
(6) Nothing in this subsection shall be con-
strued to authorize the public disclosure of informa-
tion that is— 
(A) specifically prohibited from disclosure 
by any other provision of law; 
(B) specifically required by Executive order 
to be protected from disclosure in the interest 
of national defense or national security or in 
the conduct of foreign affairs; or 
(C) a part of an ongoing criminal inves-
tigation. 
(j) REPORT COORDINATION.— 
(1) The Special Inspector General shall also 
submit each report under subsection (i) to the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of 
Defense. 
(2) Not later than 7 days after receipt of a re-
port under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Home-
land Security or the Secretary of Defense, respec-
tively, may submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress any comments on the matters covered by 
the report as the Secretary of Homeland Security or 
the Secretary of Defense, as the case may be, con-
siders appropriate. 
(k) TRANSPARENCY.—
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1804
AN ACT
To authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to
establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its
environs to soldiers who have lost their lives during
peacekeeping operations, humanitarian efforts, training,
terrorist attacks, or covert operations.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3048
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to retain indefinitely records 
(including images) of redeemed savings bonds. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2005
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to retain indefi-
nitely records (including images) of redeemed savings 
bonds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. RETENTION OF RECORDS (INCLUDING IMAGES) 
OF REDEEMED SAVINGS BONDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 31 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 3131. Retention of records of redeemed bonds 
‘‘The Secretary of the Treasury shall retain the 
records of each bond redeemed under this chapter, includ-
ing the image of the front and back of each such bond, 
indefinitely. This information may be stored electroni-
cally.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for sub-
chapter II of chapter 31 of title 31 of such Code is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 3131. Retention of records of redeemed bonds.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to any obligation re-
deemed under chapter 31, United States Code, the image 
of which has not been destroyed as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
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(1) Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
submittal to Congress of a report under subsection 
(i), the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Sec-
retary of Defense shall jointly make copies of such 
report available to the public upon request, and at 
a reasonable cost. 
(2) Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
submittal to Congress under subsection (j)(2) of 
comments on a report under subsection (i), the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of 
Defense shall jointly make copies of such comments 
available to the public upon request, and at a rea-
sonable cost. 
(l) WAIVER.— 
(1) The President may waive the requirement 
under paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (i) for the 
inclusion in a report under such paragraph of any 
element otherwise provided for under such para-
graph if the President determines that the waiver is 
justified for national security reasons. 
(2) The President shall publish a notice of each 
waiver made under this subsection in the Federal 
Register no later than the date on which the reports 
required under paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (i) 
are submitted to Congress. The reports required
under paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (i) shall 
specify whether waivers under this subsection were 
made and with respect to which elements. 
(m) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit-
tees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committees on Appropriations, Armed 
Services, and Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committees on Appropriations, Armed 
Services, Government Reform, and Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives. 
(n) TERMINATION.—The Office of Special Inspector 
General shall terminate on the date that is 10 months 
after the date, as determined by the Secretary of Home-
land Security and the Secretary of Defense, on which 80 
percent of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available for Hurricane Katrina recovery by the Federal 
Government have been expended. 
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production, with industry average utilization rates of 
95 percent of capacity or higher. 
(4) It serves the national interest to increase 
refinery capacity for gasoline, heating oil, diesel fuel, 
and jet fuel wherever located within the United 
States, to bring more reliable and economic supply 
to the American people. 
(5) According to economic analysis, households 
are conservatively estimated to spend an average of 
$1,948 this year on gasoline, up 45 percent from 3 
years ago, and households with incomes under 
$15,000 (1⁄5 of all households) this year will spend, 
on average, more than 1⁄10 of their income just on 
gasoline. 
(6) According to economic analysis, rural Amer-
ican households will spend $2,087 on gasoline this 
year. Rural Americans are paying an estimated 22 
percent more for gasoline than their urban counter-
parts because they must drive longer distances. 
(7) A growing reliance on foreign sources of re-
fined petroleum products impairs our national secu-
rity interests and global competitiveness. 
(8) Refiners are subject to significant environ-
mental and other regulations and face several new 
Clean Air Act requirements over the next decade.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3049
To amend section 42 of title 18, United States Code, popularly known 
as the Lacey Act, to add certain species of carp to the list of injurious 
species that are prohibited from being imported or shipped. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2005
Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend section 42 of title 18, United States Code, popu-
larly known as the Lacey Act, to add certain species 
of carp to the list of injurious species that are prohibited 
from being imported or shipped.
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 ‘‘Asian Carp Prevention 
and Control Act’’.
SEC. 2. ADDITION OF SPECIES OF CARP TO THE LIST OF IN-
JURIOUS SPECIES THAT ARE PROHIBITED 
FROM BEING IMPORTED OR SHIPPED. 
Section 42(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘Dreissena polymorpha;’’ the 
following: 
‘‘of 
the 
black 
carp 
of 
the 
species 
Mylopharyngodon piceus; of the bighead carp of the spe-
cies Hypophthalmichthys nobilis; of the silver carp of the 
species Hypophthalmichthys molitrix; of the largescale sil-
ver carp of the species Hypophthalmichthys harmandi;’’.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3738 
To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to declare Yo-Yo 
Waterball toys to be a banned hazardous product. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2005 
Mr. ANDREWS (for himself and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to de-
clare Yo-Yo Waterball toys to be a banned hazardous 
product. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Yo-Yo Waterballs (also known as water yo- 
yos) are inexpensive, easily accessible toys that pose 
a strangulation hazard and threaten the health of 
children. 
(2) Yo-Yo Waterballs are banned in France, the 
United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Australia, Brazil,
and Canada, and Germany and New Zealand have 
issued warnings concerning Yo-Yo Waterballs. 
(3) The New York State Consumer Protection 
Board has issued 2 warnings calling Yo-Yo 
Waterballs serious hazards to kids, and the Massa-
chusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business 
Regulation calls Yo-Yo Waterballs a great risk to 
children. 
(4) Illinois banned Yo-Yo Waterballs on June 8, 
2005. 
(5) Consumer Reports magazine rated Yo-Yo 
Waterballs as ‘‘not acceptable’’ in the December 
2003 issue. 
(6) World Against Toys Causing Harm labeled 
Yo-Yo Waterballs as one of the 10 Worst Toys of 
2003. 
(7) On July 2, 2003, a petition from New 
York’s Empire State Consumer Association reported 
that the fluid inside the balls is toxic and flammable. 
(8) The report of the Public Interest Research 
Group Education Funds dated November 2004, lists 
Yo-Yo Waterballs as a strangulation hazard. 
(9) The United States Consumer Product Safe-
ty Commission has reported that Yo-Yo Waterballs 
pose a potential risk of strangulation.
(10) According to the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, as of September 29, 2004, Yo-Yo 
Waterballs were responsible for 397 reported health 
incidents. 
(11) In spite of evidence concerning the danger 
to children caused by Yo-Yo Waterballs, the Con-
sumer Product Safety Commission has refused re-
peated attempts towards banning these dangerous 
toys. 
SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF YO-YO WATERBALL TOY A 
BANNED HAZARDOUS PRODUCT. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
shall promulgate a rule pursuant to section 9 of the Con-
sumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058) declaring the 
Yo-Yo Waterball toy a banned hazardous product under 
such Act. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘Yo-Yo Waterball 
toy’’ includes the Yo-Yo Waterball, and any similar water 
yo-yo that contains a rubber ball that is capable of being 
filled with liquid and that is attached to a rubber cord. 
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New Clean Air Act requirements will benefit the en-
vironment but will also require substantial capital 
investment and additional government permits. 
These new requirements increase business uncer-
tainty and dissuade investment in new refinery ca-
pacity. 
(9) There is currently a lack of coordination in 
permitting requirements and other regulations af-
fecting refineries at the Federal, State, and local lev-
els. There is no consistent national permitting pro-
gram for refineries, compared with the Federal En-
ergy Regulatory Commission’s lead agency role over 
interstate natural gas pipelines, liquefied natural 
gas, and hydroelectric power and the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission’s role over nuclear plant licens-
ing. More regulatory certainty and coordination is 
needed for refinery owners to stimulate investment 
in increased refinery capacity. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; 
(2) the term ‘‘refinery’’ means— 
(A) a facility designed and operated to re-
ceive, load, unload, store, transport, process,
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Union Calendar No. 336 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3049 
[Report No. 109–585] 
To amend section 42 of title 18, United States Code, popularly known 
as the Lacey Act, to add certain species of carp to the list of injurious 
species that are prohibited from being imported or shipped. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2005 
Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
JULY 20, 2006 
Additional sponsors: Mr. STUPAK, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. KEN-
NEDY of Minnesota, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. KLINE, Mr. EVANS, Mr. 
CONYERS, Mr. KIRK, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. LIPINSKI, and Mr. PETRI 
JULY 20, 2006 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To amend section 42 of title 18, United States Code, popu-
larly known as the Lacey Act, to add certain species 
of carp to the list of injurious species that are prohibited 
from being imported or shipped. 
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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 ‘‘Asian Carp Prevention 
and Control Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITION OF SPECIES OF CARP TO THE LIST OF IN-
JURIOUS SPECIES THAT ARE PROHIBITED 
FROM BEING IMPORTED OR SHIPPED. 
Section 42(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘Dreissena polymorpha;’’ the 
following: 
‘‘of 
the 
black 
carp 
of 
the 
species 
Mylopharyngodon piceus; of the bighead carp of the spe-
cies Hypophthalmichthys nobilis; of the silver carp of the 
species Hypophthalmichthys molitrix; of the largescale sil-
ver carp of the species Hypophthalmichthys harmandi;’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 336 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3049 
[Report No. 109–585] 
A BILL 
To amend section 42 of title 18, United States 
Code, popularly known as the Lacey Act, to add 
certain species of carp to the list of injurious spe-
cies that are prohibited from being imported or 
shipped. 
JULY 20, 2006 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3739 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
improve the Department of Justice drug court grant program, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2005 
Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. SOUDER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to improve the Department of Justice drug 
court grant program, 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 ‘‘Drug Courts Improve-
ment Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
DRUG COURT GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 2951 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797u) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsections: 
‘‘(c) MANDATORY DRUG TESTING AND MANDATORY 
SANCTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) MANDATORY
TESTING.—Grant amounts 
under this part may be used for a drug court only 
if the drug court has mandatory periodic testing as 
described in subsection (a)(3)(A). The Attorney 
General shall, by prescribing guidelines or regula-
tions, specify standards for the testing. The stand-
ards— 
‘‘(A) shall ensure that— 
‘‘(i) each participant is tested for 
every controlled substance or addictive sub-
stance that the participant has been known 
to abuse, and for every other commonly 
used controlled substance or addictive sub-
stance; and 
‘‘(ii) the testing is as accurate as 
practicable; and 
‘‘(B) may specify the regularity of the test-
ing.
‘‘(2) MANDATORY SANCTIONS.—Grant amounts 
under this part may be used for a drug court only 
if the drug court imposes immediate and dramatic 
punitive sanctions, therapeutic measures, or both 
whenever a participant fails a drug test. Such sanc-
tions and measures may include, but are not limited 
to, one or more of the following: 
‘‘(A) Incarceration. 
‘‘(B) Detoxification treatment. 
‘‘(C) Residential treatment. 
‘‘(D) Increased time in program. 
‘‘(E) Termination from the program. 
‘‘(F) Increased drug screening require-
ments. 
‘‘(G) Increased court appearances. 
‘‘(H) Increased counseling. 
‘‘(I) Increased supervision. 
‘‘(J) Electronic monitoring. 
‘‘(K) In-home restriction. 
‘‘(L) Community service. 
‘‘(M) Family counseling. 
‘‘(N) Anger management classes. 
‘‘(O) Public apology (in written form, 
verbal form, or both).