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leads to economic self-sufficiency. The Sec-
retary shall give priority to entities that 
serve individuals in families with income of 
less than 200 percent of the poverty 
threshold (as determined by the Bureau of 
the Census) or a self-sufficiency standard 
for the local areas where the training is 
conducted that specifies the income needs 
of families, by family size, the number and 
ages of children in the family, and sub- 
State geographical considerations. Grants 
shall be awards to ensure geographic diver-
sity. 
‘‘(ii) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eli-
gible to receive a grant an entity shall be 
a partnership that— 
‘‘(I) includes community-based 
non-profit organizations, educational 
institutions with expertise in serving 
low-income adults or youth, public or 
private employers from the industry 
sectors 
described 
in 
paragraph 
(1)(B)(ii), and labor organizations 
representing workers in such industry 
sectors; 
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‘‘(II) demonstrates experience in 
implementing and operating worker 
skills training and education pro-
grams; 
‘‘(III) 
coordinates 
activities, 
where appropriate, with the workforce 
investment system; and 
‘‘(IV) demonstrates the ability to 
recruit individuals for training and to 
support such individuals to successful 
completion in training programs car-
ried out under this grant, targeting 
populations of workers who are or will 
be engaged in activities related to en-
ergy efficiency and renewable energy 
industries. 
‘‘(iii) 
PRIORITIES.—In 
awarding 
grants under this paragraph, the Secretary 
shall give priority to applicants that— 
‘‘(I) target programs to benefit 
low-income 
workers, 
unemployed 
youth and adults, high school drop-
outs, or other underserved sectors of 
the workforce within areas of high 
poverty; 
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108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2673
AN ACT
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
‘‘(II) ensure that supportive serv-
ices are integrated with education and 
training, and delivered by organiza-
tions with direct access to and experi-
ence with targeted populations; 
‘‘(III) leverage additional public 
and private resources to fund training 
programs, including cash or in-kind 
matches from participating employers; 
‘‘(IV) 
involve 
employers 
and 
labor organizations in the determina-
tion of relevant skills and com-
petencies and ensure that the certifi-
cates or credentials that result from 
the training are employer-recognized; 
‘‘(V) deliver courses at alter-
native times (such as evening and 
weekend 
programs) 
and 
locations 
most convenient and accessible to par-
ticipants; and 
‘‘(VI) link adult remedial edu-
cation with occupational skills train-
ing. 
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108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2691
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of the
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2004, and for other pur-
poses.
523 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$50,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$60,000’’; and 
(B) 
in 
paragraph 
(2), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,000’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e)(1) Effective on October 1 of each year (beginning 
in 2009), the Secretary shall increase the amounts described 
in subsection (b)(2) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (d) in accordance with this subsection. 
‘‘(2) The increase in amounts under paragraph (1) to 
take effect on October 1 of a year shall be by an amount 
of such amounts equal to the percentage by which— 
‘‘(A) the residential home cost-of-construction 
index for the preceding calendar year, exceeds 
‘‘(B) the residential home cost-of-construction 
index for the year preceding the year described in 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall establish a residential home 
cost-of-construction index for the purposes of this subsection. 
The index shall reflect a uniform, national average change 
in the cost of residential home construction, determined on 
a calendar year basis. The Secretary may use an index de-
veloped in the private sector that the Secretary determines 
is appropriate for purposes of this subsection.’’.
‘‘(iv) DATA
COLLECTION.—Grantees 
shall collect and report the following infor-
mation: 
‘‘(I) The number of participants. 
‘‘(II) The demographic character-
istics of participants, including race, 
gender, age, parenting status, partici-
pation in other Federal programs, 
education and literacy level at entry, 
significant barriers to employment 
(such as limited English proficiency, 
criminal record, addiction or mental 
health problem requiring treatment, 
or mental disability). 
‘‘(III) The services received by 
participants, including training, edu-
cation, and supportive services. 
‘‘(IV) The amount of program 
spending per participant. 
‘‘(V) Program completion rates. 
‘‘(VI) Factors determined as sig-
nificantly interfering with program 
participation or completion. 
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118 
man Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improve-
ment Act (49 U.S.C. 108 note; 118 Stat. 2427) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘(including delegations by the Secretary 
of Transportation)’’ after ‘‘All orders’’. 
(i) SHIPPING PAPERS.—Section 5110(d)(1) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading by striking 
‘‘SHIPPERS’’ and inserting ‘‘OFFERORS’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘shipper’s’’ and inserting 
‘‘offeror’s’’. 
(j) NTSB RECOMMENDATIONS.—Section 19(1) of 
the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and 
Safety Act of 2006 (49 U.S.C. 60102 note; 120 Stat. 
3498) is amended by striking ‘‘165’’ and inserting 
‘‘1165’’. 
SEC. 303. HIGHWAY SAFETY. 
(a) STATE MINIMUM APPORTIONMENTS FOR HIGH-
WAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—Effective October 1, 2007, sec-
tion 402(c) of the title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘The annual apportionment to each State shall 
not be less than one-half of 1 per centum’’ and inserting 
‘‘The annual apportionment to each State shall not be less 
than three-quarters of 1 percent’’.
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lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 
purposes, $4,077,189,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2010. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and 
modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe-
cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au-
thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 
and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur-
poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 
plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor- 
owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 
for the foregoing purposes, $2,215,976,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2010. 
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in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the com-
mittee report, or the fiscal year 2008 budget request. 
SEC. 519. The Department of Labor and the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services shall provide con-
gressional budget justifications for their fiscal year 2009 
budget requests in the format and level of detail used by 
the Department of Education in its fiscal year 2008 con-
gressional budget justifications. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 
the Social Security Administration to develop guidelines, 
policies, or procedures, or to pay the compensation of em-
ployees of the Social Security Administration, to admin-
ister Social Security benefit payments, under any agree-
ment between the United States and any foreign country 
establishing totalization arrangements between the social 
security system established by title II of the Social Secu-
rity Act and the social security system of such foreign 
country, which would be inconsistent with existing statu-
tory law. 
SEC. 521. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract with an entity 
that does not participate in the basic pilot program de-
scribed in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Re-
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form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1324a note). 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 142 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3043 
[Report No. 110–231] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu-
cation, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2008, and for other pur-
poses. 
JULY 13, 2007 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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‘‘(VII) The rate of Job placement 
and the rate of employment retention 
after 1 year. 
‘‘(VIII) The average wage at 
placement, including any benefits, and 
the rate of average wage increase 
after 1 year. 
‘‘(IX) Any post-employment sup-
portive services provided. 
The Secretary shall assist grantees in the 
collection of data under this clause by 
making available, where practicable, low- 
cost means of tracking the labor market 
outcomes of participants, and by providing 
standardized reporting forms, where appro-
priate. 
‘‘(3) ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Activities to be car-
ried out under a program authorized by sub-
paragraphs (B), (D), or (E) of paragraph (2) 
shall be coordinated with existing systems or 
providers, as appropriate. Such activities may 
include— 
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‘‘(i) occupational skills training, in-
cluding curriculum development, on-the-job 
training, and classroom training; 
‘‘(ii) safety and health training; 
‘‘(iii) the provision of basic skills, lit-
eracy, GED, English as a second language, 
and job readiness training; 
‘‘(iv) individual referral and tuition 
assistance for a community college training 
program, or any training program leading 
to an industry-recognized certificate; 
‘‘(v) internship programs in fields re-
lated to energy efficiency and renewable 
energy; 
‘‘(vi) customized training in conjunc-
tion with an existing registered apprentice-
ship program or labor-management part-
nership; 
‘‘(vii) career ladder and upgrade 
training; 
‘‘(viii) the implementation of transi-
tional jobs strategies; and 
‘‘(ix) the provision of supportive serv-
ices. 
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‘‘(B) OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.—In addition 
to the activities authorized under subparagraph 
(A), activities authorized for programs under 
subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) may include 
the provision of outreach, recruitment, career 
guidance, and case management services. 
‘‘(4) 
WORKER
PROTECTIONS
AND
NON-
DISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) APPLICATION
OF
WIA.—The provi-
sions of sections 181 and 188 of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2931 and 
2938) shall apply to all programs carried out 
with assistance under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) CONSULTATION WITH LABOR ORGANI-
ZATIONS.—If a labor organization represents a 
substantial number of workers who are engaged 
in similar work or training in an area that is 
the same as the area that is proposed to be 
funded under this Act, the labor organization 
shall be provided an opportunity to be consulted 
and to submit comments in regard to such a 
proposal. 
‘‘(5) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
negotiate and reach agreement with the eligible 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3044 
To promote the use of anaerobic digesters by agricultural producers and 
rural small businesses to produce renewable energy and improve environ-
mental quality. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 13, 2007 
Mr. MCHUGH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To promote the use of anaerobic digesters by agricultural 
producers and rural small businesses to produce renew-
able energy and improve environmental quality. 
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 ‘‘Agrofuel Rural Energy 
Empowerment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. USE OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTERS TO PRODUCE RE-
NEWABLE ENERGY. 
Section 9006(a) of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106(a)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) promote the use of anaerobic digesters to 
produce renewable energy.’’. 
SEC. 3. USE OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTERS TO IMPROVE ENVI-
RONMENTAL QUALITY. 
Section 1240A(6)(A) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–1(6)(A)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘(including an anaerobic digester)’’ after ‘‘site-specific 
animal waste management facility’’. 
Æ 
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108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2691
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2004, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
strued to confer standing on any party seeking to bring, 
or jurisdiction on any court with respect to, any civil or 
criminal action, including suit for court costs, against 
Congress, either House of Congress, a Member of Con-
gress, a committee or subcommittee of a House of Con-
gress, any office or agency of Congress, or any officer or 
employee of a House of Congress or any office or agency 
of Congress. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL RIGHT TO SUBMIT CLARIFYING 
RESOLUTION.—In any suit referenced in subsection (a), 
the full Congress may pass a concurrent resolution declar-
ing its view of the proper interpretation of the Act of Con-
gress at issue, clarifying Congress’s intent or clarifying 
Congress’s findings of fact, or both. If Congress does pass 
such a concurrent resolution, the Federal or State court 
shall permit the United States Congress, through the Of-
fice of Senate Legal Counsel, to submit that resolution 
into the record of the case as a matter of right. 
(c) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.—It shall be the 
duty of each Federal or State court, including the Su-
preme Court of the United States, to advance on the dock-
et and to expedite to the greatest possible extent the dis-
position of any matter brought under subsection (a). 
Æ 
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death, payment to the former spouse may be rein-
stated for months after August 2007. 
(2) 
SUBSECTION
(a)(2).—The 
amendment 
made by subsection (a)(2) shall take effect upon the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 12. AMENDMENTS RELATED TO TITLE XI. 
(a) AMENDMENT RELATED TO SECTION 1104.—Sec-
tion 1104(d)(1) of the 2006 Act is amended by striking 
‘‘Act’’ the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘section’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS RELATED TO SECTION 1105.— 
Section 3304(a) of the 1986 Code is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (15)— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) of 
subparagraph (A) as subclauses (I) and (II), 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), 
(C) by striking the semicolon at the end of 
clause (ii) (as so redesignated) and inserting ‘‘, 
and’’, 
(D) by striking ‘‘(15)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(15)(A) subject to subparagraph (B),’’, and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) the amount of compensation shall not 
be reduced on account of any payments of gov-
ernmental or other pensions, retirement or re-
446 
included on a list of individuals recommended by the 
board of directors of the Bank involved, which shall 
be submitted to the Federal Housing Enterprise 
Board by such board of directors. The number of indi-
viduals on any such list submitted by a Bank’s board 
of directors shall be equal to at least two times the 
number of independent directorships to be filled. All 
independent directors appointed shall meet the fol-
lowing criteria: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each independent di-
rector shall be a bona fide resident of the district 
in which such Bank is located. 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC
INTEREST
DIRECTORS.—At 
least 2 of the independent directors under this 
paragraph of each Bank shall be representatives 
chosen from organizations with more than a 2- 
year history of representing consumer or commu-
nity interests on banking services, credit needs, 
housing, community development, economic de-
velopment, or financial consumer protections. 
‘‘(C) OTHER DIRECTORS.— 
‘‘(i) 
QUALIFICATIONS.—Each 
inde-
pendent director that is not a public inter-
est director under subparagraph (B) shall 
have demonstrated knowledge of, or experi-
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(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘without regard to 
this paragraph and’’, 
(II) 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
430(f)(4)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
430(f)(4)’’, and 
(III) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and 
(2)’’, and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘without regard to 
this paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘with-
out regard to the reduction in the 
value 
of 
assets 
under 
section 
430(f)(4)’’, and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘beginning’’ be-
fore ‘‘after’’ each place it appears. 
(F) Section 436 of the 1986 Code is 
amended by redesignating subsection (k) as 
subsection (m) and by inserting after subsection 
(j) the following new subsections: 
‘‘(k) SECRETARIAL AUTHORITY FOR PLANS WITH 
ALTERNATE VALUATION DATE.—In the case of a plan 
which has designated a valuation date other than the first 
day of the plan year, the Secretary may prescribe rules 
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tocol and initiated a dialogue (a ‘‘parallel process’’) 
under the Convention that engaged both the United 
States and developing countries in discussions on fu-
ture efforts. 
(11) At the twelfth Convention Conference of 
the Parties (COP–12) in November 2006 in Nairobi, 
Kenya, parties continued discussions on a second 
round of commitments under the Kyoto Protocol as 
a successor to the first commitment period (2008 
through 2012) and, in the parallel process, discussed 
enhanced cooperation under the Convention that 
would engage countries that did not have commit-
ments under the Protocol. 
(12) At a summit in Brussels, Belgium in 
March 2007, the head of governments of the Euro-
pean Union committed its Member States to cut 
greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent below 1990 lev-
els by 2020 and committed to move this target up 
to 30 percent if the United States and other major 
emitters joined the commitment. 
(13) On April 17, 2007, the United Nations Se-
curity Council held its first ever ‘‘open meeting’’ on 
the impact of climate change on international secu-
rity. British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, in 
her capacity as President of the Security Council, 
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pitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures 
and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; personnel 
services in the National Guard Bureau; travel expenses 
(other than mileage), as authorized by law for Army per-
sonnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division, 
regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting 
units in compliance with National Guard Bureau regula-
tions when specifically authorized by the Chief, National 
Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army Na-
tional Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of repair, 
modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 
equipment (including aircraft), $5,800,933,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and admin-
istering the Air National Guard, including medical and 
hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hos-
pitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures 
and facilities; transportation of things, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air National 
Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, modifica-
tion, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment, 
including those furnished from stocks under the control of 
agencies of the Department of Defense; travel expenses (other 
than mileage) on the same basis as authorized by law for 
Air National Guard personnel on active Federal duty, for