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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1216 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to reduce 
the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of 
light motor vehicles, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2007 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself and Mr. KING of New York) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations 
to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occur-
ring inside or outside of light motor vehicles, 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 ‘‘Cameron Gulbransen 
Kids and Cars Safety Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. RULEMAKING REGARDING CHILD SAFETY. 
(a) POWER WINDOW SAFETY.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3450
AN ACT
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and
strengthen the health centers program and the National
Health Service Corps, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(4) A strong and dependable private sector re-
tiree health system is necessary to the essential 
health of our Nation’s senior citizens. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to en-
sure that the reasonable health benefit expectations of re-
tirees from ERISA-regulated group health plans are ful-
filled, to minimize the incidence of prolonged legal dis-
putes arising out of the post-retirement cancellation or re-
duction of retiree health benefits from such plans, and to 
prevent further adverse effects on retiree health arising 
from such post-retirement changes. To this end, the pur-
poses of this Act also include the following: 
(1) to safeguard retired participants of group 
health plans subject to the Employee Retirement In-
come Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) 
from loss or reduction of their health benefits from 
such plans by barring plan sponsors from canceling 
or reducing such benefits after the dates such par-
ticipants retire and when they no longer are able to 
absorb such losses or reductions without experi-
encing adverse effects on their health or finances; 
(2) to establish an enforceable obligation on the 
part of sponsors of such group health plans to re-
store health benefits previously taken away from re-
tired participants of such plans to the extent such 
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‘‘(V) a drug that is inhaled dur-
ing surgery; 
‘‘(VI) a drug that is the listed 
drug referred to in 2 or more abbre-
viated new drug applications under 
which the drug is commercially mar-
keted; or 
‘‘(VII) a sterile opthlamic drug 
intended for topical use on or in the 
eye. 
‘‘(D) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes 
of this section: 
‘‘(i)(I) The term ‘exporter’ means a 
person that is in the business of exporting 
a drug to individuals in the United States 
from Canada or from a permitted country 
designated by the Secretary under sub-
clause (II), or that, pursuant to submitting 
a registration under subsection (b), seeks 
to be in such business. 
‘‘(II) The Secretary shall designate a 
permitted country under subparagraph (E) 
(other than Canada) as a country from 
which an exporter may export a drug to in-
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graph will be assumed to comply with the regu-
lations issued under paragraph (1). 
(e) DATABASE ON INJURIES AND DEATHS IN NON-
TRAFFIC, NONCRASH EVENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall establish and maintain a database of in-
juries and deaths in nontraffic, noncrash events in-
volving light motor vehicles. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The database established pur-
suant to paragraph (1) shall include information re-
garding— 
(A) the number, types, and causes of inju-
ries and deaths resulting from the events de-
scribed in paragraph (1); 
(B) the make, model, and model year of 
light motor vehicles involved in such events; and 
(C) other variables that the Secretary de-
termines will enhance the value of the database. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make 
the information contained in the database estab-
lished pursuant to paragraph (1) available to the 
public. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) LIGHT MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘light 
motor vehicle’’ means a motor vehicle, other than a 
motorcycle, with a gross vehicle weight rating of not 
more than 10,000 pounds. 
(2) REAR BLIND ZONE.—The term ‘‘rear blind 
zone’’ means the area behind a light motor vehicle 
which the driver cannot see using the vehicle mirrors 
and windows provided as original equipment. 
SEC. 3. CHILD SAFETY INFORMATION PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pro-
vide information about hazards to children in nontraffic, 
noncrash incident situations by— 
(1) supplementing an existing consumer infor-
mation program relating to child safety; or 
(2) creating a new consumer information pro-
gram relating to child safety. 
(b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the 
program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) utilize information collected pursuant to sec-
tion 2(e) regarding nontraffic, noncrash injuries, 
and other relevant data from private organizations, 
to establish priorities for the program; 
(2) address ways in which parents and care-
givers can reduce risks to small children arising 
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from back over incidents, hyperthermia in closed ve-
hicles, accidental actuation of power windows, and 
any other risks the Secretary determines should be 
addressed; and 
(3) make information related to the program 
available to the public through the Internet and 
other means. 
Æ 
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benefits were canceled or altered after the dates 
such participants retired and the plan sponsor would 
not sustain substantial business hardship by restor-
ing such benefits; and 
(3) to establish an Emergency Retiree Health 
Loan Guarantee Program to assist sponsors of 
group health plans subject to the obligation to re-
store retiree health benefits under this Act to obtain 
credit to assist them in discharging such obligations 
by providing retiree health loan guarantees that 
would encourage the availability of such credit. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME 
SECURITY ACT OF 1974 TO PROVIDE RETIREE 
HEALTH BENEFIT PROTECTIONS IN GROUP 
HEALTH PLANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title I of the Em-
ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is amend-
ed by adding at the end a new part 8 as follows: 
‘‘PART 8—EMERGENCY RETIREE HEALTH 
BENEFIT PROTECTIONS 
‘‘SEC. 801. PROHIBITION AGAINST POST-RETIREMENT RE-
DUCTIONS OF RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS 
BY GROUP HEALTH PLANS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding that a group 
health plan described in subsection (b) may contain a pro-
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vision reserving the general power to amend or terminate 
the plan or a provision specifically authorizing the plan 
to make post-retirement reductions in retiree health bene-
fits, it shall be prohibited for any group health plan, 
whether through amendment or otherwise, to reduce the 
benefits provided to a retired participant or his or her ben-
eficiary under the terms of the plan if such reduction of 
benefits occurs after the date the participant retired for 
purposes of the plan and reduces benefits that were pro-
vided to the participant, or his or her beneficiary, as of 
the date the participant retired. Any group health plan 
provision which purports to authorize the reduction of 
benefits in a manner inconsistent with the foregoing prohi-
bition shall be void as against public policy. 
‘‘(b) GROUP
HEALTH
PLAN.—The term ‘group 
health plan’ shall have the same meaning as in section 
607(1). 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITED REDUCTION
OF BENEFITS.—As 
used in this section, references to a prohibited reduction 
of benefits means any group health plan amendment or 
other action which has the effect of— 
‘‘(1) canceling, decreasing or limiting the 
amount, type, level, or form of any benefit or option 
provided prior to the amendment or action; 
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IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1216 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 19, 2007 
Received 
JANUARY 22 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 2008 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations 
to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occur-
ring inside or outside of light motor vehicles, and for 
other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Cameron Gulbransen 
Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007’’ or the ‘‘K.T. 
Safety Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. RULEMAKING REGARDING CHILD SAFETY. 
(a) POWER WINDOW SAFETY.— 
(1) CONSIDERATION OF RULE.—Not later than 
18 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Transportation (referred to in 
this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall initiate a rule-
making to consider prescribing or amending Federal 
motor vehicle safety standards to require power win-
dows and panels on motor vehicles to automatically 
reverse direction when such power windows and pan-
els detect an obstruction to prevent children and 
others from being trapped, injured, or killed. 
(2) DEADLINE FOR DECISION.—If the Secretary 
determines such safety standards are reasonable, 
practicable, and appropriate, the Secretary shall pre-
scribe, under section 30111 of title 49, United 
States Code, the safety standards described in para-
graph (1) not later than 30 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act. If the Secretary determines 
that no additional safety standards are reasonable, 
practicable, and appropriate, the Secretary shall— 
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‘‘(2) imposing or increasing the out-of-pocket 
costs a retired participant, or his or her beneficiary, 
must pay in order to keep or obtain any benefits 
that were provided to the participant or beneficiary 
prior to the amendment or action; or 
‘‘(3) modifying the manner by which medical 
services are delivered under the plan so that after 
the amendment or action a retired participant, or 
his or her beneficiary, has less ready access to the 
delivery of any such medical services than the partic-
ipant or beneficiary had prior to the amendment or 
action. 
‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF PLAN TERMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), a 
termination of a group health plan shall be treated 
as violating the prohibition contained in this section 
if, after the termination, the plan sponsor of the ter-
minated plan fails to continue to provide to the par-
ticipants who retired prior to the termination and to 
their beneficiaries the same retiree health benefits 
that were provided prior to the termination. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply 
in the case of the termination of a group health plan 
if the Secretary issues a waiver under this para-
graph in connection with such termination. The Sec-
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‘‘(2) the provision of clinical expertise to, con-
sultation services with, and medical advice and train-
ing for frontline health care providers working with 
Indian youth; 
‘‘(3) training and related support for commu-
nity leaders, family members and health and edu-
cation workers who work with Indian youth; 
‘‘(4) the development of culturally-relevant edu-
cational materials on suicide; and 
‘‘(5) data collection and reporting. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this section, 
the following definitions shall apply: 
‘‘(1) DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT.—The term 
‘demonstration project’ means the Indian youth tele-
mental health demonstration project authorized 
under subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) TELEMENTAL HEALTH.—The term ‘tele-
mental health’ means the use of electronic informa-
tion and telecommunications technologies to support 
long distance mental health care, patient and profes-
sional-related education, public health, and health 
administration. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 
to award grants under the demonstration project for 
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(A) not later than 30 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, transmit a report 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate describing the reasons such 
standards were not prescribed; and 
(B) publish and otherwise make available 
to the public through the Internet and other 
means (such as the ‘‘Buying a Safer Car’’ bro-
chure) information regarding which vehicles are 
or are not equipped with power windows and 
panels that automatically reverse direction when 
an obstruction is detected. 
(b) REARWARD
VISIBILITY.—Not later than 12 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking to revise Federal 
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 111 (FMVSS 111) to ex-
pand the required field of view to enable the driver of a 
motor vehicle to detect areas behind the motor vehicle to 
reduce death and injury resulting from backing incidents, 
particularly incidents involving small children and disabled 
persons. The Secretary may prescribe different require-
ments for different types of motor vehicles to expand the 
required field of view to enable the driver of a motor vehi-
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4366 
To extend the suspension of duty on Mesotrione. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2007 
Mr. BAKER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the suspension of duty on Mesotrione. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MESOTRIONE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended— 
(1) by striking heading 9902.25.80; and 
(2) in heading 9902.11.03, by striking the date 
in the effective period column and inserting ‘‘12/31/ 
2011’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
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cle to detect areas behind the motor vehicle to reduce 
death and injury resulting from backing incidents, particu-
larly incidents involving small children and disabled per-
sons. Such standard may be met by the provision of addi-
tional mirrors, sensors, cameras, or other technology to 
expand the driver’s field of view. The Secretary shall pre-
scribe final standards pursuant to this subsection not later 
than 36 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) PHASE-IN PERIOD.— 
(1) PHASE-IN PERIOD REQUIRED.—The safety 
standards prescribed pursuant to subsections (a) 
and (b) shall establish a phase-in period for compli-
ance, as determined by the Secretary, and require 
full compliance with the safety standards not later 
than 48 months after the date on which the final 
rule is issued. 
(2) PHASE-IN PRIORITIES.—In establishing the 
phase-in period of the rearward visibility safety 
standards required under subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall consider whether to require the phase- 
in according to different types of motor vehicles 
based on data demonstrating the frequency by which 
various types of motor vehicles have been involved in 
backing incidents resulting in injury or death. If the 
Secretary determines that any type of motor vehicle 
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dividuals in the United States if the Sec-
retary determines that— 
‘‘(aa) the country has statutory 
or regulatory standards that are 
equivalent to the standards in the 
United States and Canada with re-
spect to— 
‘‘(AA) the training of phar-
macists; 
‘‘(BB) the practice of phar-
macy; and 
‘‘(CC) the protection of the 
privacy of personal medical infor-
mation; and 
‘‘(bb) the importation of drugs to 
individuals in the United States from 
the country will not adversely affect 
public health. 
‘‘(ii) The term ‘importer’ means a 
pharmacy, a group of pharmacies, or a 
wholesaler that is in the business of im-
porting a drug into the United States or 
that, pursuant to submitting a registration 
under subsection (b), seeks to be in such 
business. 
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‘‘(iii) The term ‘pharmacist’ means a 
person licensed by a State to practice 
pharmacy, including the dispensing and 
selling of prescription drugs. 
‘‘(iv) The term ‘pharmacy’ means a 
person that— 
‘‘(I) is licensed by a State to en-
gage in the business of selling pre-
scription drugs at retail; and 
‘‘(II) employs 1 or more phar-
macists. 
‘‘(v) The term ‘prescription drug’ 
means a drug that is described in section 
503(b)(1). 
‘‘(vi) The term ‘wholesaler’— 
‘‘(I) means a person licensed as a 
wholesaler or distributor of prescrip-
tion drugs in the United States under 
section 503(e)(2)(A); and 
‘‘(II) does not include a person 
authorized to import drugs under sec-
tion 801(d)(1). 
‘‘(E) PERMITTED
COUNTRY.—The term 
‘permitted country’ means— 
‘‘(i) Australia; 
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the provision of telemental health services to Indian 
youth who— 
‘‘(A) have expressed suicidal ideas; 
‘‘(B) have attempted suicide; or 
‘‘(C) have mental health conditions that in-
crease or could increase the risk of suicide. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—Such grants 
shall be awarded to Indian Tribes and Tribal Orga-
nizations that operate 1 or more facilities— 
‘‘(A) located in Alaska and part of the 
Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network; 
‘‘(B) reporting active clinical telehealth ca-
pabilities; or 
‘‘(C) 
offering 
school-based 
telemental 
health services relating to psychiatry to Indian 
youth. 
‘‘(3) GRANT
PERIOD.—The Secretary shall 
award grants under this section for a period of up 
to 4 years. 
‘‘(4) AWARDING OF GRANTS.—Not more than 5 
grants shall be provided under paragraph (1), with 
priority consideration given to Indian Tribes and 
Tribal Organizations that— 
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(3) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make 
the information contained in the database estab-
lished pursuant to paragraph (1) available to the 
public through the Internet and other means. 
SEC. 3. CHILD SAFETY INFORMATION PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 9 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pro-
vide information about hazards to children in nontraffic, 
noncrash incident situations by— 
(1) supplementing an existing consumer infor-
mation program relating to child safety; or 
(2) creating a new consumer information pro-
gram relating to child safety. 
(b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the 
program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) utilize information collected pursuant to sec-
tion 2(f) regarding nontraffic, noncrash injuries, and 
other relevant data the Secretary considers appro-
priate, to establish priorities for the program; 
(2) address ways in which parents and care-
givers can reduce risks to small children arising 
from back over incidents, hyperthermia in closed 
motor vehicles, accidental actuation of power win-
dows, and any other risks the Secretary determines 
should be addressed; and 
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(3) make information related to the program 
available to the public through the Internet and 
other means. 
SEC. 4. DEADLINES. 
If the Secretary determines that the deadlines appli-
cable under this Act cannot be met, the Secretary shall— 
(1) establish new deadlines; and 
(2) notify the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate of the new deadlines and describing the 
reasons the deadlines specified under this Act could 
not be met. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 19, 
2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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