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retary of Defense has notified the Congress of the proposed 
transfer. Except in amounts equal to the amounts appro-
priated to working capital funds in this Act, no obligations 
may be made against a working capital fund to procure 
or increase the value of war reserve material inventory, un-
less the Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress prior 
to any such obligation. 
SEC. 8008. Funds appropriated by this Act may not 
be used to initiate a special access program without prior 
notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congres-
sional defense committees. 
SEC. 8009. None of the funds provided in this Act shall 
be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that em-
ploys economic order quantity procurement in excess of 
$20,000,000 in any 1 year of the contract or that includes 
an unfunded contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000; 
or (2) a contract for advance procurement leading to a 
multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity 
procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any 1 year, unless 
the congressional defense committees have been notified at 
least 30 days in advance of the proposed contract award: 
Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to initiate a multiyear contract 
for which the economic order quantity advance procurement 
is not funded at least to the limits of the Government’s li-
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ability: Provided further, That no part of any appropria-
tion contained in this Act shall be available to initiate 
multiyear procurement contracts for any systems or compo-
nent thereof if the value of the multiyear contract would 
exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in this Act: 
Provided further, That no multiyear procurement contract 
can be terminated without 10-day prior notification to the 
congressional defense committees: Provided further, That the 
execution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a 
present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared 
to an annual procurement: Provided further, That none of 
the funds provided in this Act may be used for a multiyear 
contract executed after the date of the enactment of this Act 
unless in the case of any such contract— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 
Congress a budget request for full funding of units to 
be procured through the contract and, in the case of 
a contract for procurement of aircraft, that includes, 
for any aircraft unit to be procured through the con-
tract for which procurement funds are requested in 
that budget request for production beyond advance 
procurement activities in the fiscal year covered by 
the budget, full funding of procurement of such unit 
in that fiscal year;
‘‘(A) Approximately 17 miles of river, from 
Orton Lake to the upper reaches of Roosevelt 
Lagoon, as a wild river. 
‘‘(B) Approximately 2 miles of river, from 
a point approximately 1 mile upstream of Roo-
sevelt Lagoon to saltwater to saltwater, as a 
scenic river. 
‘‘(61) ORCHARD CREEK AND LAKE.—Approxi-
mately 26 miles of river and lake within VCU 733 
and 734 of the Tongass National Forest, from Or-
chard Lake to saltwater, to be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river. 
‘‘(62) SALMON
RIVER/FISH
CREEK.—Approxi-
mately 10 miles of river within VCU 806 of the 
Tongass National Forest, from the headwaters of 
Fish Creek to Portland Canal, to be administered by 
the Secretary of Agriculture as a recreational river. 
‘‘(63) SARKAR LAKES SYSTEM.—Approximately 
19 miles of river and lakes within VCU 554 of the 
Tongass National Forest, to be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as follows: 
‘‘(A) Approximately 17 miles of river, from 
the uppermost lake to a point 500 feet above its 
intersection with a logging road, as a wild river. 
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(2) cancellation provisions in the contract do not 
include consideration of recurring manufacturing 
costs of the contractor associated with the production 
of unfunded units to be delivered under the contract; 
(3) the contract provides that payments to the 
contractor under the contract shall not be made in 
advance of incurred costs on funded units; and 
(4) the contract does not provide for a price ad-
justment based on a failure to award a follow-on con-
tract. 
Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be 
used for a multiyear procurement contract as follows: 
M1A2 Abrams System Enhancement Package Up-
grades; M2A3/M3A3 Bradley Upgrades; and SSN Virginia 
Class Submarine. 
SEC. 8010. Within the funds appropriated for the oper-
ation and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are here-
by appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, United 
States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance costs 
under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code. Such funds 
may also be obligated for humanitarian and civic assist-
ance costs incidental to authorized operations and pursuant 
to authority granted in section 401 of chapter 20 of title 
10, United States Code, and these obligations shall be re-
ported as required by section 401(d) of title 10, United
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(1) by organizing and facilitating trade mis-
sions to foreign countries and by matching United 
States private sector companies with opportunities in 
foreign markets so that clean and efficient energy 
technologies can help to combat increases in global 
greenhouse gas emissions; and 
(2) by creating reverse trade missions in which 
the Department of Commerce facilitates the meeting 
of foreign private and public sector organizations 
with private sector companies in the United States 
for the purpose of showcasing clean and efficient en-
ergy technologies in use or in development that could 
be exported to other countries. 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary of Commerce shall sub-
mit to the appropriate committees an annual report on 
the implementation of this section for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary of Commerce such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 
SEC. 2205. ACTIONS BY OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT 
CORPORATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Many of the emerging markets within which 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation sup-
ports projects have immense energy needs and will 
require significant investment in the energy sector in 
the coming decades. 
(2) The use, or lack of use, of clean and effi-
cient energy technologies can have a dramatic effect 
on the rate of global greenhouse gas emissions from 
emerging markets in the coming decades. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
should promote greater investment in clean and efficient 
energy technologies by— 
(1) proactively reaching out to United States 
companies that are interested in investing in clean 
and efficient energy technologies in countries that 
are significant contributors to global greenhouse gas 
emissions; 
(2) giving preferential treatment to the evalua-
tion and awarding of projects that involve the invest-
ment or utilization of clean and efficient energy 
technologies; and 
(3) providing greater flexibility in supporting 
projects that involve the investment or utilization of 
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IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 282 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States 
Postal Service should discontinue the practice of contracting out mail 
delivery services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2007 
Mr. SIRES submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the United States Postal Service should discontinue the 
practice of contracting out mail delivery services. 
Whereas letter carriers of the United States Postal Service 
provide mail delivery service to over 144,000,000 homes 
and businesses across the Nation; 
Whereas the contracting out of mail delivery services is being 
increasingly promoted by the Postal Service as a key 
business strategy for its core function; 
Whereas by contracting out letter carrier positions, the Postal 
Service is bypassing the hiring process that ensures that 
only qualified people handle America’s mail; 
Whereas the contracting out of mail delivery services limits 
the ability of the Postal Service to prevent, investigate, 
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SEC. 8017. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of 
M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, .22 caliber 
rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols. 
SEC. 8018. No more than $500,000 of the funds appro-
priated or made available in this Act shall be used during 
a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an organiza-
tion, unit, activity or function of the Department of Defense 
into or within the National Capital Region: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a 
case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the congres-
sional defense committees that such a relocation is required 
in the best interest of the Government. 
SEC. 8019. In addition to the funds provided elsewhere 
in this Act, $15,000,000 is appropriated only for incentive 
payments authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financ-
ing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime 
contractor or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a sub-
contract award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined 
in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small 
business owned and controlled by an individual or individ-
uals defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States 
Code, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes of 
being allowed additional compensation under section 504 
of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544)
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whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount is over 
$500,000 and involves the expenditure of funds appro-
priated by an Act making Appropriations for the Depart-
ment of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 430 of title 41, 
United States Code, this section shall be applicable to any 
Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or services, 
including any contract and any subcontract at any tier for 
acquisition of commercial items produced or manufactured, 
in whole or in part by any subcontractor or supplier de-
fined in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or 
a small business owned and controlled by an individual or 
individuals defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 8020. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be available to perform any cost study pursuant to 
the provisions of OMB Circular A–76 if the study being 
performed exceeds a period of 24 months after initiation 
of such study with respect to a single function activity or 
30 months after initiation of such study for a multi-func-
tion activity. 
SEC. 8021. Funds appropriated by this Act for the 
American Forces Information Service shall not be used for 
any national or international political or psychological ac-
tivities.
fied its obligations under section 105(c)(3), the Pro-
gram shall terminate on December 31, 2007.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) of’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply beginning on January 1, 2006. The 
provisions of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as 
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this 
Act, shall apply through the end of December 31, 2005.
Union Calendar No. 180 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4314 
[Report No. 109–327] 
A BILL 
To extend the applicability of the Terrorism Risk 
Insurance Act of 2002. 
DECEMBER 6, 2005 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed
IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 284 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to strengthen the point 
of order against the consideration of legislation that contains congres-
sional earmarks. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2007 
Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. LAMBORN, and Mr. PITTS) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
strengthen the point of order against the consideration 
of legislation that contains congressional earmarks. 
Resolved, That clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended as follows: 
(1) Before the period at the end of paragraph 
(c), add the following: ‘‘, or any inaccuracy in the 
list required by paragraph (a) or any inaccuracy in 
such statement’’. 
(2) At the end, add the following new para-
graph: 
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SEC. 8022. During the current fiscal year, the Depart-
ment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not 
to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 
2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipation of 
receipt of contributions, only from the Government of Ku-
wait, under that section: Provided, That upon receipt, such 
contributions from the Government of Kuwait shall be cred-
ited to the appropriations or fund which incurred such obli-
gations. 
SEC. 8023. (a) Of the funds made available in this 
Act, not less than $31,905,000 shall be available for the 
Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 
(1) $26,553,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 
Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 
readiness, counterdrug activities, and drug demand 
reduction activities involving youth programs; 
(2) $4,477,000 shall be available from ‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, Air Force’’; and 
(3) $875,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other Pro-
curement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim-
bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 
counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and 
local government agencies.
rights in any present or future appropriate stream adju-
dication in the courts of the State of Colorado in which 
the United States is or may be joined and which is con-
ducted in accordance with the McCarran Amendment (43 
U.S.C. 666). 
(3) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a relin-
quishment or reduction of any water rights reserved or 
appropriated by the United States in the State of Colorado 
on or before the date of enactment of this Act. 
(4) The Federal water rights reserved by this Act are 
specific to the wilderness areas located in the State of Col-
orado designated by this title. Nothing in this title related 
to reserved Federal water rights shall be construed as es-
tablishing a precedent with regard to any future designa-
tions, nor shall it constitute an interpretation of any other 
Act or any designation made pursuant thereto. 
(e) AERIAL NAVIGATION TRAINING EXERCISES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Colorado Army Na-
tional Guard, through the High Altitude ARNG 
Aviation Training Site, shall continue to be allowed 
to conduct aerial navigation training maneuver exer-
cises over and upon the lands designated as wilder-
ness and as potential wilderness by this Act in a 
manner consistent with the memorandum of under-
standing dated August 4, 1987, among the Colorado
Army National Guard, the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, and the United States Forest Service as inter-
preted and implemented prior to the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) REVIEW
AND
MODIFICATION
OF
MEMO-
RANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The memorandum 
of understanding referred to in paragraph (1) may 
be modified subject to the agreement of all parties 
thereto. The parties to the memorandum of under-
standing shall review the memorandum and associ-
ated annual operating plan not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter while the memorandum of under-
standing is in effect. The review shall include consid-
eration of alternative locations over National Forest 
System lands and lands administered by the Bureau 
of Land Management outside of the lands des-
ignated as wilderness by this Act for the conduct of 
activities identified in the memorandum. If the Colo-
rado Army National Guard identifies such an alter-
nate location outside of the lands designated as wil-
derness by this Act that meets its aerial training 
needs, the memorandum of understanding shall be 
modified accordingly, subject to the agreement of all 
parties thereto.
(f) POTENTIAL WILDERNESS DESIGNATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The following lands are des-
ignated as potential wilderness areas: 
(A) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 20,843 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Deep Creek Wilderness Pro-
posal’’, dated March 22, 2002, which shall be 
known as the Deep Creek Wilderness. 
(B) Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 15,679 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Pisgah Mountain Wilderness Pro-
posal’’, dated March 22, 2002, which shall be 
known as the Pisgah Mountain Wilderness. 
(2) DESIGNATION AS WILDERNESS.—Lands de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall be designated as wil-
derness upon publication in the Federal Register by 
the Secretary of a notice that all nonconforming 
uses of those lands provided for under subsection (e) 
that would be prohibited in wilderness by the Wil-
derness Act have ceased. Such publication in the 
Federal Register by the Secretary and subsequent 
designation as wilderness shall occur as the noncon-
forming use ceases in any of the individual areas 
identified and shall not be dependent on cessation of
the nonconforming uses in all the potential wilder-
ness areas identified. 
(3) MANAGEMENT.—Except for activities pro-
vided for under subsection (e), lands described in 
paragraph (1) shall be managed by the Secretary in 
accordance with the Wilderness Act as wilderness 
until those lands are designated as wilderness under 
this subsection. 
Æ
In the Senate of the United States,
December 6, 2006.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 4588) entitled ‘‘An Act to reauthorize grants for
and require applied water supply research regarding the
water resources research and technology institutes established
under the Water Resources Research Act of 1984.’’, do pass
with the following
AMENDMENTS:
Ω1æOn page 2, strike line 14 and insert the following:
‘‘(B) the exploration of new ideas that—
‘‘(i) address water problems; or
‘‘(ii) expand understanding of water
and water-related phenomena;
Ω2æOn page 4, line 5, strike øand¿:
Ω3æOn page 4, strike lines 6 and 7 and insert the following:
‘‘(C) advances in water infrastructure and
water quality improvements; and
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‘‘(D) methods for identifying, and deter-
mining the effectiveness of, treatment technologies
and efficiencies.’’.
Ω4æOn page 4, line 10, strike ø‘‘5’’¿ and insert: ‘‘7.5’’
Attest:
Secretary.
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in connection with any type of resolution 
by the Corporation; or 
‘‘(iii) any insured depository institu-
tion, in connection with the provision of as-
sistance under this section or section 13 
with respect to such institution, except 
that this clause shall not prohibit any as-
sistance to any insured depository institu-
tion that is not in default, or that is not 
in danger of default, that is acquiring (as 
defined in section 13(f)(8)(B)) another in-
sured depository institution. 
‘‘(D) DEPOSITS.—All amounts assessed 
against insured depository institutions by the 
Corporation shall be deposited into the Deposit 
Insurance Fund.’’; 
(C) by striking paragraphs (5), (6), and 
(7) of subsection (a); and 
(D) by redesignating paragraph (8) of sub-
section (a) as paragraph (5); 
(12) in section 11(f)(1) (12 U.S.C. 1821(f)(1)), 
by striking ‘‘, except that—’’ and all that follows 
through the end of the paragraph and inserting a 
period;
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4588
AN ACT 
To reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply 
research regarding the water resources research and 
technology institutes established under the Water Re-
sources Research Act of 1984.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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in subparagraph (A), an amount equal to 2 per-
cent of the outstanding balance on the loan; and 
‘‘(C) during the 1-year period beginning 
immediately after the end of the 1-year period 
described in subparagraph (B), an amount equal 
to 1 percent of the outstanding balance on the 
loan. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—After the end of the 3-year 
period beginning on the date on which the loan is 
consummated, no prepayment penalty may be im-
posed on a qualified mortgage. 
‘‘(c) OPTION
FOR NO PREPAYMENT PENALTY RE-
QUIRED.—A creditor may not offer a consumer a residen-
tial mortgage loan product that has a prepayment penalty 
for paying all or part of the principal after the loan is 
consummated as a term of the loan, without offering to the 
consumer a residential mortgage loan product that does not 
have a prepayment penalty as a term of the loan. 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITIONS ON EVASIONS, STRUCTURING OF 
TRANSACTIONS, 
AND
RECIPROCAL
ARRANGEMENTS.—A 
creditor may not take any action in connection with a resi-
dential mortgage loan— 
‘‘(1) to structure a loan transaction as an open 
end consumer credit plan or another form of loan for
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Resources Re-
search Act Amendments of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT AMENDMENTS. 
(a) SCOPE OF RESEARCH; OTHER ACTIVITIES; CO-
OPERATION AND COORDINATION.—Section 104(b)(1) of 
the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 
10303(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) plan, conduct, or otherwise arrange for 
competent applied and peer reviewed research that 
fosters—
‘‘(A) improvements in water supply reli-
ability; 
‘‘(B) resolutions of other water problems; 
‘‘(C) the entry of new research scientists, 
engineers, and technicians into water resources 
fields; and 
‘‘(D) the dissemination of research results 
to water managers and the public.’’. 
(b) EVALUATION OF WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH 
PROGRAM.—Section 104(e) of the Water Resources Re-
search Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303 (e)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘5’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘at producing measured results 
and applied water supply research’’ after ‘‘effective-
ness’’.