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to east Lynn Canal, to be administered by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as a wild river. 
‘‘(29) AARON, OERNS AND BERG CREEKS.—Ap-
proximately 37 miles of river within VCU 503 and 
508 of the Tongass National Forest, from their 
headwaters in the Coastal Range to Blake Channel, 
to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture 
as a wild river. 
‘‘(30) BLIND
RIVER
AND
SLOUGH.—Approxi-
mately 5 miles of river within VCU 451 of the 
Tongass National Forest, from its headwaters to the 
Wrangell Narrows, to be administered by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as a recreational river. 
‘‘(31) CASTLE RIVER.—Approximately 23 miles 
of river within VCU 435 of the Tongass National 
Forest, from its headwaters to Duncan Canal, to be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a 
wild river. 
‘‘(32) CRITTENDEN CREEK.—Approximately 8 
miles of river within VCU 501 of the Tongass Na-
tional Forest, from its headwaters to the boundary 
of State-owned land, to be administered by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as a wild river. 
‘‘(33) DUNCAN SALT CHUCK CREEK.—Approxi-
mately 12 miles of river within VCU 441, 424 and 
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shall be known as the Cross Canyon Wilder-
ness. 
(B) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 4,809 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Mares Tail Canyon Proposed 
Wilderness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, 
which shall be known as the Mares Tail Wilder-
ness. 
(C) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 33,467 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘McKenna Peak Proposed Wilder-
ness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, which 
shall be known as the McKenna Peak Wilder-
ness. 
(D) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 14,598 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Weber-Menefee Mountain Pro-
posed Wilderness Area’’, dated September 17, 
2007, which shall be known as the Weber- 
Menefee Mountain Wilderness. 
(14) 
Certain 
lands 
managed 
by 
the 
Uncompahgre and San Juan Field Offices which 
comprise approximately 41,133 acres, as generally 
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Dolores River Canyon 
Proposed Wilderness Area’’, dated September 17, 
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tion establishing a tobacco product standard 
and publish in the Federal Register findings on 
the matters referred to in subsection (c); or 
‘‘(B) publish a notice terminating the pro-
ceeding for the development of the standard to-
gether with the reasons for such termination. 
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—A regulation estab-
lishing a tobacco product standard shall set forth 
the date or dates upon which the standard shall take 
effect, but no such regulation may take effect before 
1 year after the date of its publication unless the 
Secretary determines that an earlier effective date is 
necessary for the protection of the public health. 
Such date or dates shall be established so as to min-
imize, consistent with the public health, economic 
loss to, and disruption or dislocation of, domestic 
and international trade. In establishing such effec-
tive date or dates, the Secretary shall consider infor-
mation submitted in connection with a proposed 
product standard by interested parties, including 
manufacturers and tobacco growers, regarding the 
technical achievability of compliance with the stand-
ard, and including information concerning the exist-
ence of patents that make it impossible to comply in 
the timeframe envisioned in the proposed standard.
SEC. 2. NO ACCRUAL OF INTEREST FOR ACTIVE DUTY 
SERVICE MEMBERS. 
Section 455 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1087e) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(n) NO ACCRUAL OF INTEREST FOR ACTIVE DUTY 
SERVICE MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this part, and except as provided in 
paragraph (3), interest on a loan made under this 
part shall not accrue for an eligible borrower. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE BORROWER.—In this subsection, 
the term ‘eligible borrower’ means an individual who 
is— 
‘‘(A) serving on active duty during a war 
or other military operation or national emer-
gency; or— 
‘‘(B) 
performing 
qualifying 
National 
Guard duty during a war or other military op-
eration or national emergency. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—An individual who qualifies 
as an eligible borrower under this subsection may re-
ceive the benefit of this subsection for not more than 
60 months.’’. 
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SEC. 3. CONSOLIDATION LOANS. 
Section 428C(b)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078–3(b)(5)) is amended by inserting 
after the first sentence the following: ‘‘In addition, in the 
event that a borrower chooses to obtain a consolidation 
loan for the purposes of using the no accrual of interest 
for active duty service members program offered under 
section 455(n), the Secretary shall offer any such bor-
rower who applies for it, a Federal Direct Consolidation 
loan.’’. 
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If the Secretary determines, based on the Sec-
retary’s evaluation of submitted comments, that a 
product standard can be met only by manufacturers 
requiring substantial changes to the methods of 
farming the domestically grown tobacco used by the 
manufacturer, the effective date of that product 
standard shall be not less than 2 years after the 
date of publication of the final regulation estab-
lishing the standard. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON POWER GRANTED TO THE 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION.—Because of the 
importance of a decision of the Secretary to issue a 
regulation— 
‘‘(A) banning all cigarettes, all smokeless 
tobacco products, all little cigars, all cigars 
other than little cigars, all pipe tobacco, or all 
roll-your-own tobacco products; or 
‘‘(B) requiring the reduction of nicotine 
yields of a tobacco product to zero, 
the Secretary is prohibited from taking such actions 
under this Act. 
‘‘(4) AMENDMENT; REVOCATION.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary, upon 
the Secretary’s own initiative or upon petition 
of an interested person, may by a regulation,
2007, which shall be known as the Dolores River 
Canyon Wilderness. 
(15) The following areas managed by the Little 
Snake Field Office: 
(A) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 50,536 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Cold Spring Mountain Proposed 
Wilderness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, 
which shall be known as the Cold Spring Moun-
tain Wilderness. 
(B) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 18,057 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Cross Mountain Proposed Wil-
derness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, 
which shall be known as the Cross Mountain 
Wilderness. 
(C) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 34,009 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Diamond Breaks Proposed Wil-
derness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, 
which shall be known as the Diamond Breaks 
Wilderness. 
(D) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 63,469 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Dinosaur Adjacent Proposed Wil-
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Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for payments to counties within the Columbia 
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 
663. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project 
funded under title V of the Older American Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 
Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 
purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 
be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec-
tion 502(c) of the Older American Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3056(c)(2)). 
Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 
$50,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of per-
forming facilities maintenance. Such assessments shall 
occur using a square foot rate charged on the same basis 
the agency uses to assess programs for payment of rent, 
utilities, and other support services. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ap-
propriations or funds available to the Forest Service not 
to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office 
of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri-
culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re-
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sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 
reviews, land purchase negotiations and similar non-litiga-
tion related matters. Future budget justifications for both 
the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture 
should clearly display the sums previously transferred and 
the requested funding transfers. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au-
gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and 
titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re-
spect to the Indian Health Service, $3,190,956,000, to-
gether with payments received during the fiscal year pur-
suant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b for services furnished 
by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made 
available to tribes and tribal organizations through con-
tracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or com-
pacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall 
be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or con-
tract award and thereafter shall remain available to the 
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derness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, 
which shall be known as the Dinosaur Wilder-
ness. 
(E) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 86,569 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Vermillion Basin Proposed Wil-
derness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, 
which shall be known as the Vermillion Basin 
Wilderness. 
(F) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 12,436 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Yampa River Proposed Wilder-
ness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, which 
shall be known as the Yampa River Wilderness. 
(16) The following areas managed by the Royal 
Gorge Field Office: 
(A) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 17,318 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘McIntyre Hills Proposed Wilder-
ness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, which 
shall be known as the McIntyre Wilderness. 
(B) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 27,888 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Table Mountain Proposed Wil-
derness Area’’, dated September 17, 2007, 
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‘‘SEC. 23. WAITING PERIOD ON GAMING ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘This Act shall not apply to an Indian tribe or to 
Indian lands of an Indian tribe until that Indian tribe has 
been a federally recognized Indian tribe for a period of 
not less than 25 continuous years. This section shall not 
apply to Indian tribes that were federally recognized be-
fore the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3754 
To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
accept, as part of a settlement, diesel emission reduction Supplemental 
Environmental Projects, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 4, 2007 
Mr. COSTA (for himself, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. MCNERNEY, and Mr. NUNES) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency to accept, as part of a settlement, diesel 
emission 
reduction 
Supplemental 
Environmental 
Projects, 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. EPA AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT DIESEL EMIS-
SIONS 
REDUCTION 
SUPPLEMENTAL 
ENVI-
RONMENTAL PROJECTS. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency (hereinafter, the ‘‘Agency’’) may accept (notwith-
standing sections 3302 and 1301 of title 31, United States 
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Code) diesel emissions reduction Supplemental Environ-
mental Projects if the projects, as part of a settlement 
of any alleged violations of environmental law— 
(1) protect human health or the environment; 
(2) are related to the underlying alleged viola-
tions; 
(3) do not constitute activities that the defend-
ant would otherwise be legally required to perform; 
and 
(4) do not provide funds for the staff of the 
Agency or for contractors to carry out the Agency’s 
internal operations. 
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funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction 
or renovation of health facilities for the benefit of an In-
dian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land for sites 
to construct, improve, or enlarge health or related facili-
ties: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall 
be used by the Indian Health Service to purchase 
TRANSAM equipment from the Department of Defense 
for distribution to the Indian Health Service and tribal 
facilities: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated to the Indian Health Service may be used for sani-
tation facilities construction for new homes funded with 
grants by the housing programs of the United States De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $2,700,000 from this account 
and the ‘‘Indian Health Services’’ account shall be used 
by the Indian Health Service to obtain ambulances for the 
Indian Health Service and tribal facilities in conjunction 
with an existing interagency agreement between the In-
dian Health Service and the General Services Administra-
tion: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall 
be placed in a Demolition Fund, available until expended, 
to be used by the Indian Health Service for demolition 
of Federal buildings. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Serv-
ice shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
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3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equiva-
lent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions 
under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of re-
prints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular 
buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments 
for telephone service in private residences in the field, 
when authorized under regulations approved by the Sec-
retary; and for uniforms or allowances therefor as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of attend-
ance at meetings that relate to the functions or activities 
for which the appropriation is made or otherwise con-
tribute to the improved conduct, supervision, or manage-
ment of those functions or activities. 
In accordance with the provisions of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may 
be extended health care at all tribally administered or In-
dian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the 
proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 
Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 
be credited to the account of the facility providing the 
service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation. 
Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, funds trans-
ferred from the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment to the Indian Health Service shall be administered 
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Union Calendar No. 447 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3754 
[Report No. 110–705] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to accept, as part of a 
settlement, diesel emission reduction Supple-
mental Environmental Projects, and for other 
purposes. 
JUNE 10, 2008 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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2008, the requirement described in subsection (e)(1) 
as a condition of a receipt of a grant under section 
300x–21 of this title shall apply only for fiscal year 
2009 and subsequent fiscal years. 
‘‘(3) Subsection (e)(1) shall not affect any 
State or local law that (A) was in effect on the date 
of introduction of the Federal Tobacco Act of 2007, 
and (B) covers the same subject matter as the law 
described in subsection (e)(1). Any State law that 
meets the conditions of this paragraph shall also be 
deemed to meet the requirement described in sub-
section (e)(1) as a condition of a receipt of a grant 
under section 300x–21 of this title, if such State law 
is at least as stringent as the law described in sub-
section (e)(1). 
‘‘(f)(1) For the first applicable fiscal year and for 
each subsequent fiscal year, a funding agreement for a 
grant under section 300x–21 of this title is a funding 
agreement under which the State involved will enforce the 
law described in subsection (e)(1) of this section in a man-
ner that can reasonably be expected to reduce the extent 
to which tobacco products are available to individuals 
under the age of 18 or a different minimum age estab-
lished under State law for the purchase of tobacco prod-
ucts. 
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SEC. 2. IMMUNITY FROM CLAIMS RELATED TO DONATED 
HORSES. 
Section 1308 of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Subject to applicable regula-
tions’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) DISPOSITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to applicable regu-
lations’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) IMMUNITY FROM CLAIMS.—Each humane 
organization that receives any horse or mule under 
paragraph (1) shall hold the Department of Home-
land Security, including United States Customs and 
Border Protection, harmless from any demand, suit, 
action, or claim of any nature arising from or re-
lated to the donation of the horse or mule, including 
damages to the property of the organization and any 
personal injury, disability, or death of any officer, 
employee, or agent of the organization.’’. 
SEC. 3. ADOPTION OF UNFIT HORSES AND MULES. 
Section 1308 of title 40, United States Code, as 
amended by section 2, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
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‘‘(b) ADOPTION.—Subject to regulations imple-
menting this subsection, horses and mules belonging to the 
Federal Government that have become unfit for service 
may be adopted by any agent of the Department of Home-
land Security who worked with any such horse or mule.’’. 
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† HR 1388 EAS 
under part III of subtitle B or under this subtitle (not 
including this section); 
‘‘(3)(A) provide leadership development and 
training to State and local service-learning program 
administrators, supervisors, service sponsors, and 
participants; and 
‘‘(B) provide training to persons who can pro-
vide the leadership development and training de-
scribed in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(4) facilitate communication among— 
‘‘(A) entities carrying out service-learning 
programs and programs offered under the na-
tional service laws; and 
‘‘(B) participants in such programs; 
‘‘(5) provide and disseminate information and 
curriculum materials relating to planning and oper-
ating service-learning programs and programs offered 
under the national service laws, to States, territories, 
Indian tribes, and local entities eligible to receive fi-
nancial assistance under the national service laws; 
‘‘(6) provide and disseminate information re-
garding methods to make service-learning programs 
and programs offered under the national service laws 
accessible to individuals with disabilities;
520 
tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-
ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 
(for terms not to exceed 30 years), and protection of build-
ings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 
for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, 
rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, 
$593,400,000, of which not to exceed $19,352,000 for the 
instrumentation program, collections acquisition, exhi-
bition reinstallation, the National Museum of African 
American History and Culture, and the repatriation of 
skeletal remains program shall remain available until ex-
pended; and of which $1,553,000 for fellowships and 
scholarly awards shall remain available until September 
30, 2010; and including such funds as may be necessary 
to support American overseas research centers: Provided, 
That funds appropriated herein are available for advance 
payments to independent contractors performing research 
services or participating in official Smithsonian presen-
tations. 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 
alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso-
nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 
by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 
and for construction, including necessary personnel, 
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