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the date 10 years before the date of 
the enactment of the Food and Drug 
Administration Amendments Act of 
2007; or 
‘‘(II) an applicable clinical trial 
that is described by both by para-
graph 
(2)(C) 
and 
paragraph 
(3)(D)(ii)(II)). 
‘‘(C) UPDATES TO CLINICAL TRIAL DATA 
BANK.— 
‘‘(i) SUBMISSION OF UPDATES.—The 
responsible party for an applicable clinical 
trial shall submit to the Director of NIH 
for inclusion in the registry and results 
data bank updates to reflect changes to the 
clinical trial information submitted under 
paragraph (2). Such updates— 
‘‘(I) shall be provided not less 
than once every 12 months, unless 
there were no changes to the clinical 
trial information during the preceding 
12-month period; 
‘‘(II) shall include identification 
of the dates of any such changes; 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1034 
To amend the National Guard Youth Challenge Program under title 32, 
United States Code, to exclude nondefense funds made available by 
other Federal agencies for the Program from the matching requirements 
of the Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2007 
Mr. WILSON
of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. 
ETHERIDGE, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. HOLT, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. 
PASTOR, Mr. MELANCON, Mr. LAHOOD, and Mr. SPRATT) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend the National Guard Youth Challenge Program 
under title 32, United States Code, to exclude nondefense 
funds made available by other Federal agencies for the 
Program from the matching requirements of the Pro-
gram. 
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. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR STATE PROGRAMS 
UNDER THE NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHAL-
LENGE PROGRAM. 
(a) FEDERAL SHARE OF COSTS OF STATE PRO-
GRAMS.—Subsection (d) of section 509 of title 32, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SHARE OF STATE 
PROGRAM COSTS.—The amount of assistance provided 
under this section to a State program of the Program for 
a fiscal year using funds appropriated directly to the Sec-
retary of Defense may not exceed 60 percent of the costs 
of operating the State program during that year. However, 
nondefense funds made available or transferred to the Sec-
retary of Defense by other Federal agencies to support 
the Program or provided directly by other Federal agen-
cies in support of the Program shall not be subject to the 
matching-funds requirement imposed by the preceding 
sentence.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For fis-
cal year 2008, there is authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary of Defense $97,527,200 to carry out the Na-
tional Guard Youth Challenge Program under section 509 
of title 32, United States Code. 
Æ 
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‘‘(B) consult with other Federal agencies 
concerned with standard setting and other na-
tionally or internationally recognized standard- 
setting entities; and 
‘‘(C) 
invite 
appropriate 
participation, 
through joint or other conferences, workshops, 
or other means, by informed persons represent-
ative of scientific, professional, industry, agri-
cultural, or consumer organizations who in the 
Secretary’s judgment can make a significant 
contribution. 
‘‘(b) CONSIDERATIONS BY SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(1) TECHNICAL
ACHIEVABILITY.—The Sec-
retary shall consider information submitted in con-
nection with a proposed standard regarding the tech-
nical achievability of compliance with such standard. 
‘‘(2) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall consider all other information submitted in 
connection with a proposed standard, including in-
formation concerning the countervailing effects of 
the tobacco product standard on the health of ado-
lescent tobacco users, adult tobacco users, or non-
tobacco users, such as the creation of a significant 
demand for contraband or other tobacco products
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1035 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a nonrefundable 
personal credit to individuals who donate certain life-saving organs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2007 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
a nonrefundable personal credit to individuals who do-
nate certain life-saving organs. 
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 ‘‘Living Organ Donor 
Tax Credit Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR DONATION OF CERTAIN LIFE-SAVING 
ORGANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart A of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (relating to nonrefundable personal credits) is 
amended by inserting after section 25D the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 25E. DONATION OF CERTAIN LIFE-SAVING ORGANS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual who 
donates a qualified life-saving organ of such individual for 
transplantation into another individual during the taxable 
year, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax 
imposed by this chapter for the taxable year the sum of— 
‘‘(1) unreimbursed costs paid by the taxpayer in 
connection with such transplantation, and 
‘‘(2) any lost wages of the individual in connec-
tion with such transplantation. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The credit allowed under sub-
section (a) with respect to any individual for any taxable 
year shall not exceed $5,000. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For pur-
poses of this section— 
‘‘(1) QUALIFIED
LIFE-SAVING
ORGAN.—The 
term ‘qualified life-saving organ’ means kidney, liver, 
lung, pancreas, intestine, bone marrow, or any part 
thereof. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3974 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
797 Sam Bass Road in Round Rock, Texas, as the ‘‘Marine Corps 
Corporal Steven P. Gill Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 25, 2007 
Mr. CARTER (for himself, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. CULBERSON, 
Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. HALL of 
Texas, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. REYES, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. GENE 
GREEN
of Texas, Mr. POE, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. 
GOHMERT, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. SAM 
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. 
MARCHANT, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. AL 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. PAUL, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. THORN-
BERRY, and Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 797 Sam Bass Road in Round Rock, Texas, 
as the ‘‘Marine Corps Corporal Steven P. Gill Post Office 
Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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‘‘(2) RESTRICTION TO LIVING DONORS.—Credit 
shall not be allowed under subsection (a) unless the 
individual is alive when the qualified life-saving 
organ is removed from such individual. 
‘‘(3) DONATION.—Except as provided in regula-
tions by the Secretary, an organ shall not be treated 
as donated unless and until such organ is removed 
from the donor.’’. 
(b) PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT AND NATIONAL 
ORGAN TRANSPLANT ACT AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) FEDERAL LIVING ORGAN DONATION GRANTS 
REDUCED BY TAX CREDIT.—Section 377(d) of the 
Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting 
‘‘that a tax credit is allowed, or can reasonably be 
expected to be allowed, under section 25E of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 or’’ before ‘‘that pay-
ment has been made’’. 
(2) TAX CREDIT NOT UNLAWFUL COMPENSA-
TION.—Section 301(c)(2) of the National Organ 
Transplant Act is amended by inserting ‘‘the tax 
credit allowed under section 25E of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 or’’ after ‘‘does not include’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
of such subpart is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 25D the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 25E. Donation of certain life-saving organs.’’. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section 
shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) PUBLIC
HEALTH
SERVICE
ACT
AND
NA-
TIONAL ORGAN TRANSPLANT ACT AMENDMENTS.— 
The amendments made by subsection (b) shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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that do not meet the requirements of this chapter 
and the significance of such demand. 
‘‘(c) PROPOSED STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall publish 
in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rule-
making for the establishment, amendment, or rev-
ocation of any tobacco product standard. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS OF NOTICE.—A notice of 
proposed rulemaking for the establishment or 
amendment of a tobacco product standard for a to-
bacco product shall— 
‘‘(A) set forth a finding with supporting 
justification that the tobacco product standard 
is appropriate for the protection of the public 
health; 
‘‘(B) invite interested persons to submit a 
draft or proposed tobacco product standard for 
consideration by the Secretary; 
‘‘(C) invite interested persons to submit 
comments on structuring the standard so that 
it does not advantage foreign-grown tobacco 
over domestically grown tobacco; and 
‘‘(D) invite the Secretary of Agriculture to 
provide any information or analysis which the
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1036 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey 
a parcel of real property to the Alaska Railroad Corporation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF GSA FLEET MANAGEMENT 
CENTER TO ALASKA RAILROAD CORPORA-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the requirements of 
this section, the Administrator of General Services shall 
convey, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, by quitclaim deed, to the Alaska Railroad Cor-
poration, an entity of the State of Alaska (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Corporation’’), all right, title, and in-
terest of the United States in and to the parcel of real 
property described in subsection (b), known as the GSA 
Fleet Management Center. 
(b) GSA FLEET MANAGEMENT CENTER.—The par-
cel to be conveyed under subsection (a) is the parcel lo-
cated at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Christensen 
Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska, consisting of approximately 
78,000 square feet of land and the improvements thereon. 
(c) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As consideration for the par-
cel to be conveyed under subsection (a), the Admin-
istrator shall require the Corporation to— 
(A) convey replacement property in accord-
ance with paragraph (2); or 
(B) pay the purchase price for the parcel 
in accordance with paragraph (3).
(2) REPLACEMENT PROPERTY.—If the Admin-
istrator requires the Corporation to provide consider-
ation under paragraph (1)(A), the Corporation 
shall— 
(A) convey, and pay the cost of conveying, 
to the United States, acting by and through the 
Administrator, fee simple title to real property, 
including a building, that the Administrator de-
termines to be suitable as a replacement facility 
for the parcel to be conveyed under subsection 
(a); and 
(B) provide such other consideration as the 
Administrator and the Corporation may agree, 
including payment of the costs of relocating the 
occupants vacating the parcel to be conveyed 
under subsection (a). 
(3) PURCHASE PRICE.—If the Administrator re-
quires the Corporation to provide consideration 
under paragraph (1)(B), the Corporation shall pay 
to the Administrator the fair market value of the 
parcel to be conveyed under subsection (a) based on 
its highest and best use as determined by an inde-
pendent appraisal commissioned by the Adminis-
trator and paid for by the Corporation.
(d) APPRAISAL.—In the case of an appraisal under 
subsection (c)(3)— 
(1) the appraisal shall be performed by an ap-
praiser mutually acceptable to the Administrator 
and the Corporation; and 
(2) the assumptions, scope of work, and other 
terms and conditions related to the appraisal assign-
ment shall be mutually acceptable to the Adminis-
trator and the Corporation. 
(e) PROCEEDS.— 
(1) DEPOSIT.—Any proceeds received under 
subsection (c) shall be paid into the Federal Build-
ings Fund established under section 592 of title 40, 
United States Code. 
(2) EXPENDITURE.—Funds paid into the Fed-
eral Buildings Fund under paragraph (1) shall be 
available to the Administrator, in amounts specified 
in appropriations Acts, for expenditure for any law-
ful purpose consistent with existing authorities 
granted to the Administrator; except that the Ad-
ministrator shall provide to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate 30 days advance 
written notice of any expenditure of the proceeds.
(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Ad-
ministrator may require such additional terms and condi-
tions to the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Ad-
ministrator considers appropriate to protect the interests 
of the United States. 
(g) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND SURVEY.—The 
exact acreage and legal description of the parcels to be 
conveyed under subsections (a) and (c)(2) shall be deter-
mined by surveys satisfactory to the Administrator and 
the Corporation. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1036 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Administrator of General Services 
to convey a parcel of real property to the Alaska 
Railroad Corporation.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 223 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Whereas there are over 45,000 professional surveyors in the 
United States; 
Whereas the nature of surveying has changed dramatically 
since 1785, as it is no longer limited to the description 
and location of land boundaries; 
Whereas hydrographic surveys are important to the use of all 
bodies of water;
•HCON 223 EH 
Whereas engineering surveys are utilized in the study and se-
lection of engineering construction; 
Whereas geodetic surveys determine precise global positioning 
for such activities as aircraft and missile navigation; 
Whereas cartographic surveys are used for mapping and 
charting, as well as photogrammetry, the science of using 
aerial photographs for measurement and map production; 
Whereas many services are provided through the use of so-
phisticated surveying equipment and techniques, includ-
ing satellite-borne remote sensing devices and automated 
positioning, measuring, recording, and plotting equip-
ment; 
Whereas the role of the surveyor has been, and remains, of 
vital importance in the development of the United States; 
Whereas since the colonial days of this Nation, surveyors 
have been leaders in the community, Statesmen, influen-
tial citizens, and shapers of cultural standards; 
Whereas former surveyors include George Washington, 
Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln; 
Whereas it was the work of the surveyor that determined the 
boundaries of land, the greatest economic asset in the 
colonies that became the United States; 
Whereas Thomas Jefferson chaired a committee in 1784 to 
devise a plan for disposing of lands west of the 13 origi-
nal colonies; 
Whereas Thomas Jefferson argued that surveying before sale 
was necessary to prevent overlapping claim and to sim-
plify deeds and registers; 
Whereas Thomas Jefferson reportedly wrote a plan, which 
was debated in Congress and in modified form was
•HCON 223 EH 
adopted as the Land Ordinance of May 20, 1785, estab-
lishing the Public Land Survey System (‘‘PLSS’’), the 
rectangular system that continues today in 30 mid-
western and western States; and 
Whereas the establishment of the third week of March as 
‘‘National Surveyors Week’’ would be a fitting tribute to 
all surveyors: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) supports the establishment of National Sur-
veyors Week; 
(2) requests that the President issue a procla-
mation calling on the people of the United States to 
observe National Surveyors Week each year with ap-
propriate ceremonies and activities paying tribute to 
professional surveyors and their contribution to soci-
ety; and 
(3) invites the people of the United States to 
look back at the historic contributions of surveying 
and look ahead to the new technologies which are
•HCON 223 EH 
constantly modernizing this honored and learned 
profession. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 24 
(legislative day September 23), 2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 223 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Honoring professional surveyors and recognizing 
their contributions to society.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1036 
To authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of 
real property to the Alaska Railroad Corporation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2007 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey 
a parcel of real property to the Alaska Railroad Corporation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF GSA FLEET MANAGEMENT 
CENTER TO ALASKA RAILROAD CORPORA-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the requirements of 
this section, the Administrator of General Services shall 
convey, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, by quitclaim deed, to the Alaska Railroad Cor-
poration, an entity of the State of Alaska (in this section 
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Secretary of Agriculture believes is relevant to 
the proposed tobacco product standard. 
‘‘(3) FINDING.—A notice of proposed rule-
making for the revocation of a tobacco product 
standard shall set forth a finding with supporting 
justification that the tobacco product standard is no 
longer appropriate for the protection of the public 
health. 
‘‘(4) COMMENT.—The Secretary shall provide 
for a comment period of not less than 60 days. 
‘‘(d) PROMULGATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After the expiration of the 
period for comment on a notice of proposed rule-
making published under subsection (c) respecting a 
tobacco product standard and after consideration of 
comments submitted under subsections (b) and (c) 
and any report from the Tobacco Products Scientific 
Advisory Committee, if the Secretary determines 
that the standard would be appropriate for the pro-
tection of the public health, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) promulgate a regulation establishing 
a tobacco product standard and publish in the 
Federal Register findings on the matters re-
ferred to in subsection (c); or
referred to as the ‘‘Corporation’’), all right, title, and in-
terest of the United States in and to the parcel of real 
property described in subsection (b), known as the GSA 
Fleet Management Center. 
(b) GSA FLEET MANAGEMENT CENTER.—The par-
cel to be conveyed under subsection (a) is the parcel lo-
cated at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Christensen 
Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska, consisting of approximately 
78,000 square feet of land and the improvements thereon. 
(c) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As consideration for the par-
cel to be conveyed under subsection (a), the Admin-
istrator shall require the Corporation to— 
(A) convey replacement property in accord-
ance with paragraph (2); or 
(B) pay the purchase price for the parcel 
in accordance with paragraph (3). 
(2) REPLACEMENT PROPERTY.—If the Admin-
istrator requires the Corporation to provide consider-
ation under paragraph (1)(A), the Corporation 
shall— 
(A) convey, and pay the cost of conveying, 
to the United States, acting by and through the 
Administrator, fee simple title to real property, 
including a building, that the Administrator de-
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termines to be suitable as a replacement facility 
for the parcel to be conveyed under subsection 
(a); and 
(B) provide such other consideration as the 
Administrator and the Corporation may agree, 
including payment of the costs of relocating the 
occupants vacating the parcel to be conveyed 
under subsection (a). 
(3) PURCHASE PRICE.—If the Administrator re-
quires the Corporation to provide consideration 
under paragraph (1)(B), the Corporation shall pay 
to the Administrator the fair market value of the 
parcel to be conveyed under subsection (a) based on 
its highest and best use as determined by an inde-
pendent appraisal commissioned by the Adminis-
trator and paid for by the Corporation. 
(d) APPRAISAL.—In the case of an appraisal under 
subsection (c)(3)— 
(1) the appraisal shall be performed by an ap-
praiser mutually acceptable to the Administrator 
and the Corporation; and 
(2) the assumptions, scope of work, and other 
terms and conditions related to the appraisal assign-
ment shall be mutually acceptable to the Adminis-
trator and the Corporation. 
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