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atric device development, production, and distribu-
tion that has been facilitated by the consortium. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 
SEC. 306. AMENDMENTS TO OFFICE OF PEDIATRIC THERA-
PEUTICS AND PEDIATRIC ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE. 
(a) OFFICE OF PEDIATRIC THERAPEUTICS.—Section 
6(b) of the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (21 
U.S.C. 393a(b)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including in-
creasing pediatric access to medical devices’’ after ‘‘pedi-
atric issues’’. 
(b) PEDIATRIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 14 
of the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (42 U.S.C. 
284m note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘(including 
drugs and biological products) and medical devices’’ 
after ‘‘therapeutics’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(in-
cluding drugs and biological products) and med-
ical devices’’ after ‘‘therapeutics’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2453 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 
in commemoration of Mark Twain. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and 505B’’ and inserting ‘‘505B, 510(k), 
515, and 520(m)’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) identification of research priorities re-
lated to therapeutics (including drugs and bio-
logical products) and medical devices for pedi-
atric populations and the need for additional 
diagnostics and treatments for specific pediatric 
diseases or conditions;’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 
‘‘(including drugs and biological products) 
and medical devices’’ after ‘‘therapeutics’’. 
SEC. 307. POSTMARKET SURVEILLANCE. 
Section 522 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 360l) is amended— 
(1) by amending the section heading and des-
ignation to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 522. POSTMARKET SURVEILLANCE.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) POSTMARKET SURVEILLANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 208
AN ACT
To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow for
the contribution of certain rollover distributions
to accounts in the Thrift Savings Plan, to elimi-
nate certain waiting-period requirements for par-
ticipating in the Thrift Savings Plan, and for
other purposes.
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‘‘(A) CONDUCT.—The Secretary may by 
order require a manufacturer to conduct 
postmarket surveillance for any device of the 
manufacturer that is a class II or class III de-
vice— 
‘‘(i) the failure of which would be rea-
sonably likely to have serious adverse 
health consequences; 
‘‘(ii) that is expected to have signifi-
cant use in pediatric populations; or 
‘‘(iii) that is intended to be— 
‘‘(I) implanted in the human 
body for more than 1 year; or 
‘‘(II) a life-sustaining or life-sup-
porting device used outside a device 
user facility. 
‘‘(B) CONDITION.—The Secretary may 
order a postmarket surveillance under subpara-
graph (A) as a condition to approval or clear-
ance of a device described in subparagraph 
(A)(ii). 
‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The provisions 
of paragraph (1) shall have no effect on authorities 
otherwise provided under the Act or regulations 
issued under this Act.’’; and 
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‘‘(ii) Require that each teacher holds 
a baccalaureate degree in early childhood 
education or a related field if specialized 
training in early childhood education has 
also been completed. 
‘‘(iii) Require that each program pro-
vides full-day services at all locations. 
‘‘(iv) Require that each program pro-
vides comprehensive services to at-risk chil-
dren participating in the State-funded pre-
school program. 
‘‘(v) Require that each teacher partici-
pates in on-going professional development 
in child development and learning. 
‘‘(2) STATE DEFINITION AND APPLICABILITY.— 
For the purpose of establishing a priority for expan-
sion under paragraph (1), the State shall define 
what constitutes a high concentration of low-income 
children. In any State described in paragraph (1) in 
which all communities with high concentrations of 
low-income children are served by a State-funded 
preschool program, the priority for expansion de-
scribed in such paragraph shall not apply. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4240 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
10799 West Alameda Avenue in Lakewood, Colorado, as the ‘‘Felix 
Sparks Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2007 
Mr. PERLMUTTER
(for himself, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. 
SALAZAR, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. TANCREDO, and Mr. UDALL of Colorado) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 10799 West Alameda Avenue in Lakewood, 
Colorado, as the ‘‘Felix Sparks Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FELIX SPARKS POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 10799 West Alameda Avenue in 
Lakewood, Colorado, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Felix Sparks Post Office Building’’. 
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‘‘(B) Requirements for time-based valu-
ation of kilowatt hour reductions in planning 
and evaluation of energy efficiency programs. 
‘‘(C) Education and communication, in-
cluding to state energy officials and state regu-
lators, that build awareness of demand response 
and smart grid systems and technologies and 
their existing and potential relationship to such 
Agency programs. 
‘‘(b) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this section such sums as may be nec-
essary for fiscal year 2010, to remain available until ex-
pended.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
such Act is amended by adding the following after the 
items relating to part 4 of title V: 
‘‘PART 5—PEAK DEMAND REDUCTION 
‘‘Sec. 571. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 572. Federal Electricity Peak Demand Reduction Standard. 
‘‘Sec. 573. National action plan for demand response. 
‘‘Sec. 574. Report on environmental attributes and impacts of demand response 
and smart grid systems.’’. 
Subtitle C—Loan Guarantees 
SEC. 9201. AMOUNT OF LOANS GUARANTEED. 
Section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16512) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows:
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Calendar No. 691 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4240 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 29, 2008 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
APRIL 10, 2008 
Reported by Mr. LIEBERMAN, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 10799 West Alameda Avenue in Lakewood, 
Colorado, as the ‘‘Felix Sparks Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FELIX SPARKS POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 10799 West Alameda Avenue in 
Lakewood, Colorado, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Felix Sparks Post Office Building’’. 
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Calendar No. 175 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H.R. 3058 
[Report No. 109–109] 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and 
Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of 
Columbia, and independent agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
purposes. 
JUNE 29, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 
Appropriations 
JULY 26, 2005 
Reported with an amendment
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN MILEAGE RATE DEDUC-
TION. 
(a) RATE FOR BUSINESS, MEDICAL, AND MOVING 
USE
OF
AN AUTOMOBILE.—For purposes of sections 
162(a), 213(d)(1)(B), and 217 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986, the standard mileage rate for use of an 
automobile shall be 60 cents per mile for any use after 
August 31, 2005, and before January 1, 2007. 
(b) RATE
FOR CHARITABLE USE
OF
AN AUTO-
MOBILE.—Section 170(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by inserting ‘‘(60 cents per mile for any 
use after August 31, 2005, and before January 1, 2007)’’ 
before the period at the end. 
SEC. 3. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN REIMBURSEMENT RATE 
FOR USE OF AN AUTOMOBILE FOR FEDERAL 
EMPLOYEES. 
For purposes of section 5704 of title 5, United States 
Code, the standard mileage rate for use of an automobile 
for an employee who is engaged on official business for 
the Government shall be 60 cents per mile for any use 
after August 31, 2005, and before January 1, 2007. 
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under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall pay to the 
non-Federal entity the costs specified in paragraph 
(3), using funds deposited in the Standby Refinery 
Support Account established under subsection (c), 
if— 
(A) the non-Federal entity has substan-
tially completed construction of the new refinery 
or the refurbished refinery and the initial com-
mercial operation of the new refinery or of the 
refurbished refinery is delayed because of— 
(i) litigation that could not have been 
reasonably foreseen by the non-Federal en-
tity at the time the non-Federal entity en-
tered into the firm contract to construct; 
or 
(ii) a failure of an agency of the Fed-
eral Government or of a State government 
to grant an authorization within a period 
specified in the contract authorized by this 
section; or 
(B) the throughput level of commercial op-
eration of the new or refurbished refinery is 
substantially reduced due to—
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(i) State or Federal law or regulations 
enacted or implemented after the firm con-
tract was entered into; or 
(ii) litigation, that could not have 
been reasonably foreseen by the non-Fed-
eral entity, disputing actions taken by the 
non-Federal entity to conform with and 
satisfy Federal law or regulations enacted 
or implemented after the firm contract was 
entered into. 
(3) COVERED
COSTS.—Under a contract au-
thorized under this section, the Secretary shall 
pay— 
(A) in the case of a delay described in 
paragraph (2)(A), all costs of the delay in the 
initial commercial operation of a new refining 
or a refurbished refinery, including the prin-
cipal or interest due on any debt obligation of 
the new refinery or of the refurbished refinery 
during the delay, and any consequential dam-
ages; and 
(B) in the case of a substantial reduction 
described in paragraph (2)(B), all costs nec-
essary to offset the costs of the reduced
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throughput and the costs of complying with the 
new State or Federal law or regulations. 
(4) COSTS NOT COVERED.—The Secretary shall 
not enter into a contract under this section that 
would obligate the Secretary to pay any costs result-
ing from— 
(A) except as provided in paragraph 
(3)(B), a failure of the non-Federal entity to 
take any action required by law or regulation; 
or 
(B) events within the control of the non- 
Federal entity. 
(5) DEPOSIT.—The Secretary shall not enter 
into a contract authorized under this section until 
the Secretary has deposited into the Standby Refin-
ery Support Account amounts sufficient to cover the 
costs specified in paragraph (3). 
(c) STANDBY REFINERY SUPPORT ACCOUNT.—There 
is established in the Treasury an account known as the 
Standby Refinery Support Account. The Secretary shall 
deposit into this account amounts appropriated, in ad-
vance of entering into a contract authorized by this sec-
tion, to the Secretary for the purpose of carrying out this 
section and payments paid to the Secretary by any non- 
Federal source for the purpose of carrying out this section.
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2215 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
140 Merriman Road in Garden City, Michigan, as the ‘‘John J. Shivnen 
Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2009 
Mr. MCCOTTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 140 Merriman Road in Garden City, Michigan, 
as the ‘‘John J. Shivnen Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. JOHN J. SHIVNEN POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 140 Merriman Road in Garden 
City, Michigan, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘John J. Shivnen Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
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The Secretary may receive and accept payments from any 
non-Federal source, which shall be made available without 
further appropriation for the payment of the covered costs. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may issue regula-
tions necessary or appropriate to carry out this section. 
(e) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall file with Con-
gress annually a report of the Secretary’s activities under 
this section and the activities of the non-Federal entity 
under any contract entered into under this section. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such 
sums as are necessary to carry out this section. 
(g) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall only apply to 
refineries sited or proposed to be sited— 
(1) in a State whose governor has requested ap-
plicability of this section pursuant to section 
101(a)(1); or 
(2) on a site designated by the President under 
section 101(b). 
SEC. 105. MILITARY USE REFINERY. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—If the President determines 
that there is not sufficient refining capacity in the United 
States, the President may authorize the design and con-
struction of a refinery that will be— 
(1) located at a site—
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 305 
To repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation 
Act of 2001 with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and 
adoption assistance programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2005 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief 
Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the expansion 
of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs. 
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 ‘‘Adoption Tax Relief 
Guarantee Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SUNSET OF EXPANSION OF ADOPTION 
CREDIT AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAMS. 
Title IX of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Rec-
onciliation Act of 2001 shall not apply to section 202 of 
such Act (relating to expansion of adoption credit and 
adoption assistance programs). 
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‘‘(III) with respect to a leverage 
transaction merchant, a leverage trans-
action; 
‘‘(IV) with respect to a clearing 
organization, a contract for the pur-
chase or sale of a commodity for future 
delivery on, or subject to the rules of, 
a contract market or board of trade 
that is cleared by such clearing organi-
zation, or commodity option traded on, 
or subject to the rules of, a contract 
market or board of trade that is 
cleared by such clearing organization; 
‘‘(V) with respect to a commodity 
options dealer, a commodity option; 
‘‘(VI) any other agreement or 
transaction that is similar to any 
agreement or transaction referred to in 
this clause; 
‘‘(VII) any combination of the 
agreements or transactions referred to 
in this clause; 
‘‘(VIII) any option to enter into 
any agreement or transaction referred 
to in this clause;
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3061
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the dollar limitation 
on contributions to funeral trusts. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2005
Mr. CHOCOLA (for himself and Mr. MATHESON) 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 repeal 
the dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF DOLLAR LIMITATION ON CON-
TRIBUTIONS TO FUNERAL TRUSTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 685 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to treatment 
of funeral trusts) is repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsections (d), 
(e), and (f) of such section are redesignated as subsections 
(c), (d), and (e), respectively.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2005.
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‘‘(f) REDUCTION
OF
HIGHWAY
MOTOR
FUEL 
TAXES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—During the reduction pe-
riod, the rate of tax imposed by section 4041 (other 
than subsection (d) thereof) or 4081(a)(2)(A) on 
highway motor fuel shall be reduced by 10 cents per 
gallon. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS
AND
SPECIAL
RULE.—For 
purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) REDUCTION PERIOD.—The term ‘re-
duction period’ means the 1-year period begin-
ning on the date of enactment of the Gas Price 
Relief Act of 2005. 
‘‘(B) HIGHWAY MOTOR FUEL.—The term 
‘highway motor fuel’ means any fuel subject to 
tax under section 4041 or 4081 other than 
aviation gasoline and aviation-grade kerosene.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 
4. 
MAINTENANCE 
OF 
TRUST 
FUNDS 
DEPOSITS; 
AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED TO TRUST FUNDS 
TREATED AS TAXES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby appropriated (out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated)
to the Highway Trust Fund an amount equal to the excess 
(if any) of— 
(1) the amount (but for this subsection) of re-
duced revenues received in the Highway Trust Fund 
as a result of a reduction in a rate of tax by reason 
of section 4081(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (as added by section 3 of this Act), over 
(2) amounts appropriated to the Highway Trust 
Fund by section 9503(b)(1)(F) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to windfall profits tax 
on crude oil). 
(b) SPECIAL RULES.—Amounts appropriated by sub-
section (a) to the Highway Trust Fund— 
(1) shall be transferred from the general fund 
at such times and in such manner as to replicate to 
the extent possible the transfers which would have 
occurred had section 3 of this Act not been enacted, 
and 
(2) shall be treated for all purposes of Federal 
law as taxes received under the appropriate section 
referred to in such section 4081(f)(1). 
SEC. 5. FLOOR STOCK REFUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If— 
(1) before the tax rate reduction date, tax has 
been imposed under section 4081 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 on any highway motor fuel, 
and 
(2) on such date such fuel is held by a dealer 
and has not been used and is intended for sale, 
there shall be credited or refunded (without interest) to 
the person who paid such tax (hereafter in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘taxpayer’’) an amount equal to the ex-
cess of the tax paid by the taxpayer over the tax which 
would be imposed on such fuel had the taxable event oc-
curred on such date. 
(b) TIME FOR FILING CLAIMS.—No credit or refund 
shall be allowed or made under this section unless— 
(1) claim therefor is filed with the Secretary of 
the Treasury before the date which is 6 months 
after the tax rate reduction date based on a request 
submitted to the taxpayer before the date which is 
3 months after the tax rate reduction date by the 
dealer who held the highway motor fuel on such 
date, and 
(2) the taxpayer has repaid or agreed to repay 
the amount so claimed to such dealer or has ob-
tained the written consent of such dealer to the al-
lowance of the credit or the making of the refund. 
(c) EXCEPTION
FOR
FUEL
HELD
IN
RETAIL 
STOCKS.—No credit or refund shall be allowed under this
‘‘SEC. 10007. MATCHING REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘The Secretary shall not make a grant to a State 
under this title unless the State agrees to the following: 
‘‘(1) QUALIFIED
STATE.—In the case of a 
qualified State, the State will make available non- 
Federal contributions in an amount equal to not less 
than 50 percent of that portion of the Federal funds 
provided under the grant that represent the base al-
lotment under section 10003(b)(2). 
‘‘(2) SELECTED STATE.—In the case of a se-
lected State, the State will make available non-Fed-
eral contributions for State-funded preschool pro-
grams in an amount that exceeds, by at least 30 
percent, the amount of non-Federal contributions 
that the State made available for State-funded pre-
school programs for the most recent fiscal year for 
which it was not a selected State. 
‘‘SEC. 10008. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘Each State receiving funds under this title shall re-
port annually to the Secretary on the activities carried out 
under this title, including data on how the funds improved 
the quality of State-funded preschool programs. 
‘‘SEC. 10009. SPECIAL RULE. 
‘‘Funds under this title may not be used for the pur-
poses of assessments that provide rewards or sanctions for 
individual children or teachers. 
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