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(i) IN GENERAL.—A subpoena may be 
issued under this subsection only— 
(I) by the agreement of the 
Chairman and the Vice Chairman; or 
(II) by the affirmative vote of 8 
members of the Commission. 
(ii) SIGNATURE.—Subject to clause 
(i), subpoenas issued under this subsection 
may be issued under the signature of the 
Chairman or any member designated by a 
majority of the Commission, and may be 
served by any person designated by the 
Chairman or by a member designated by a 
majority of the Commission. 
(B) ENFORCEMENT.—In the case of contu-
macy or failure to obey a subpoena issued the 
United States district court for the judicial dis-
trict in which the subpoenaed person resides, is 
served, or may be found, or where the subpoena 
is returnable, may issue an order requiring such 
person to appear at any designated place to tes-
tify or to produce documentary or other evi-
dence. Any failure to obey the order of the 
court may be punished by the court as a con-
tempt of that court. 
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(b) CONTRACTING.—The Commission may, to such 
extent and in such amounts as are provided in appropria-
tion Acts, enter into contracts to enable the Commission 
to discharge its duties under this Act. 
(c) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission is author-
ized to secure directly from any executive depart-
ment, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, 
independent establishment, or instrumentality of the 
Federal Government, information, suggestions, esti-
mates, and statistics for the purposes of this Act. 
Each department, bureau, agency, board, commis-
sion, office, independent establishment, or instru-
mentality shall, to the extent authorized by law, fur-
nish such information, suggestions, estimates, and 
statistics directly to the Commission, upon request 
made by the Chairman, the Chairman of any sub-
committee created by a majority of the Commission, 
or any member designated by a majority of the 
Commission. 
(2) RECEIPT, HANDLING, STORAGE, AND DIS-
SEMINATION.—Information shall only be received, 
handled, stored, and disseminated by members of 
the Commission and its staff consistent with all ap-
plicable statutes, regulations, and Executive orders. 
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IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 472 
Congratulating and commending the Wichita State University women’s bowl-
ing team for winning the 2007 United States Bowling Congress Inter-
collegiate Bowling National Championship. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 7, 2007 
Mr. TIAHRT submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Congratulating and commending the Wichita State Univer-
sity women’s bowling team for winning the 2007 United 
States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Bowling Na-
tional Championship. 
Whereas on April 21, 2007, the Wichita State University 
(WSU) women’s bowling team won the 2007 United 
States Bowling Congress (USBC) Intercollegiate Bowling 
National Championship Tournament in Wichita, Kansas; 
Whereas WSU, on the final day of the tournament, defeated 
Central Florida University 4 games to 1 in the semi- 
finals and McKendree College (Illinois) 2 games to 0 in 
the finals to win the national championship; 
Whereas the WSU women’s bowling team has won eight 
Intercollegiate Bowling National Championships (1975, 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3302 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to prohibit agencies from enforcing 
rules that result in a specified economic impact until the requirements 
of those rules are enacted into law by an Act of Congress, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2007 
Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to prohibit agencies 
from enforcing rules that result in a specified economic 
impact until the requirements of those rules are enacted 
into law by an Act of Congress, 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 ‘‘Congressional Respon-
sibility and Accountability Act’’. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4790 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand expensing for 
small business. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2006 
Mr. HERGER (for himself, Mr. CHOCOLA, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, and Mrs. 
MUSGRAVE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand 
expensing for small business. 
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 ‘‘Small Business Ex-
pensing Permanency Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASED EXPENSING FOR SMALL BUSINESS 
MADE PERMANENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 179(b) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to dollar 
limitation) is amended by striking ‘‘$25,000 ($100,000 in 
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the case of taxable years beginning after 2002 and before 
2008)’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000’’. 
(b) INCREASE
IN
QUALIFYING
INVESTMENT
AT 
WHICH PHASEOUT BEGINS.—Paragraph (2) of section 
179(b) of such Code (relating to reduction in limitation) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$200,000 ($400,000 in the case 
of taxable years beginning after 2002 and before 2008)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$800,000’’. 
(c) REBASING OF INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS.—Sec-
tion 179(b)(5)(A) of such Code (relating to inflation ad-
justments) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i) by strik-
ing ‘‘2003 and before 2008, the $100,000 and 
$400,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2007, the $200,000 and 
$800,000’’, and 
(2) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘calendar year 
2002’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar year 2006’’. 
(d) REVOCATION
OF
ELECTION
MADE
PERMA-
NENT.—Section 179(c)(2) of such Code (relating to elec-
tion irrevocable) is amended by striking ‘‘and before 
2008’’. 
(e) OFF-THE-SHELF COMPUTER SOFTWARE.—Sec-
tion 179(d)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code (relating to section 179 
property) is amended by striking ‘‘and before 2008’’. 
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(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service in 
taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006. 
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SEC. 13. FUNDING. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this Act. 
(b) DURATION OF AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made 
available to the Commission under subsection (a) shall re-
main available until the termination of the Commission. 
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facilities, especially for post and pole size material, 
in the State; 
(14) the absence of an adequate market for 
small diameter materials and wood chips is a serious 
problem as the need to thin forests of hazardous fuel 
grows across the State; 
(15) steady, judicious, and effective forest man-
agement over time is a much better and more cost 
effective strategy than dealing with the management 
of 
catastrophic 
events 
under 
emergency 
cir-
cumstances; 
(16) in the few years preceding the date of en-
actment of this Act, 3 major Colorado fires cost the 
Federal Government $125,000,000 for suppression 
and emergency restoration actions, not including the 
value of destroyed timber, habitat loss, and dev-
astated landscapes and destruction of private prop-
erty; 
(17) additional benefits of sound forestry man-
agement include— 
(A) reducing the magnitude of the crisis 
during the next bark beetle epidemic; 
(B) creating a market sufficient to provide 
jobs in rural areas; and 
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(C) reducing the amount of wood imported 
into the State; and 
(18) to address the immediate crisis and the 
longer-term need for more effective forest manage-
ment in the State, it is necessary to— 
(A) provide financial assistance; 
(B) assure a sustained harvest of forest 
products; 
(C) establish a self-sustaining Forest 
Health Fund for the State; 
(D) reestablish adequate forest processing 
infrastructure in the State; 
(E) develop a diversified forest products 
market and encourage woody biomass industry 
to supply a reliable source of renewable energy; 
and 
(F) encourage the woody biomass industry 
to supply a reliable source of renewable energy 
by removing a requirement for a full permit re-
view that is a disincentive for power companies 
that may want to switch to cogeneration using 
woody biomass. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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SEC. 2. RULES THAT RESULT IN A SPECIFIED ECONOMIC 
IMPACT. 
Section 553 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f)(1) Before adoption of a rule, each agency shall 
determine whether compliance with the rule will result in 
a specified economic impact. If an agency determines that 
a rule will result in a specified economic impact, the agen-
cy shall provide notification and shall not enforce the rule 
until the requirements of the rule are enacted into law 
by an Act of Congress. 
‘‘(2) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, each agen-
cy shall determine whether any rule of that agency has 
resulted in a specified economic impact in the preceding 
year. If an agency determines that a rule has resulted in 
a specified economic impact in the preceding year, the 
agency shall provide notification and, not later than 365 
days after making such determination, shall no longer en-
force the rule until the requirements of the rule are en-
acted into law by an Act of Congress. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘provide notification’ means 
transmit the rule determined to result in a specified 
economic impact and the findings supporting such a 
determination, including relevant public comments in 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4791 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of assistance 
available to disabled veterans for specially adapted housing and to provide 
for annual increases in such amount. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2006 
Ms. HERSETH (for herself, Mr. CASE, Mr. EVANS, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of 
Florida, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. FILNER, Mr. STRICKLAND, 
Ms. CARSON, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. PETER-
SON of Minnesota, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, and Mr. FARR) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the 
amount of assistance available to disabled veterans for 
specially adapted housing and to provide for annual in-
creases in such amount. 
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 ‘‘Disabled Veterans 
Adaptive Housing Improvement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE 
TO DISABLED VETERANS FOR SPECIALLY 
ADAPTED HOUSING. 
Section 2102 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$50,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$60,000, as increased under sub-
section (c),’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘$10,000.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$12,000, as increased under sub-
section (c).’’. 
SEC. 3. INDEX OF AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO 
REFLECT INCREASE IN COST OF RESIDEN-
TIAL HOME CONSTRUCTION. 
Section 2102 of title 38, United States Code, as 
amended by section 2, is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c)(1) Effective on October 1 of each year (begin-
ning in 2007), the Secretary shall increase the amounts 
in effect under subsections (a) and (b)(2) in accordance 
with this subsection. 
‘‘(2) The increase in amounts under paragraph (1) 
to take effect on October 1 of any year shall be the per-
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centage by which (A) the residential home cost-of-con-
struction index for the preceding calendar year exceeds 
(B) the residential home cost-of-construction index for the 
year preceding that year. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall establish a residential home 
cost-of-construction index for the purposes of this sub-
section. The index shall reflect a uniform, national average 
increase in the cost of residential home construction, de-
termined on a calendar year basis. The Secretary may use 
an index developed in the private sector that the Secretary 
determines is appropriate for purposes of this sub-
section.’’. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5224
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 350 Uinta Drive in Green River, Wyoming, 
as the ‘‘Curt Gowdy Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CURT GOWDY POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 350 Uinta Drive in Green River, 
Wyoming, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Curt 
Gowdy Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Curt Gowdy Post Of-
fice Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 25, 
2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5224
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 350 Uinta Drive in Green 
River, Wyoming, as the ‘‘Curt Gowdy Post Office 
Building’’.
the case of a proposed rule, to the Federal Register 
for publication and to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate, not later than 30 days after a determination is 
made in the case of a proposed rule and not later 
than 60 days after a determination is made in the 
case of an existing rule. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘a specified economic impact’ 
means any of the following: 
‘‘(i) Costs to any individual of $5,000 or 
more in a year. 
‘‘(ii) Costs to any partnership, corporation, 
association, or public or private organization, 
but not including the Federal Government or a 
State government, of $25,000 or more in a 
year. 
‘‘(iii) Costs to all persons in the aggregate, 
but not including the Federal Government or a 
State government, of $250,000 or more in a 
year. 
‘‘(iv) The loss by 1 or more United States 
citizens of existing employment in a year.’’. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3303 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for 
police officers and professional firefighters, and to exclude from income 
certain benefits received by public safety volunteers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2007 
Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
a tax credit for police officers and professional fire-
fighters, and to exclude from income certain benefits 
received by public safety volunteers. 
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 ‘‘Public Safety Tax Cut 
Act’’. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3304 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a nonrefundable 
tax credit for law enforcement officers who purchase armor vests, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2007 
Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
for a nonrefundable tax credit for law enforcement offi-
cers who purchase armor vests, 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 ‘‘Police Security Protec-
tion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR AN ARMOR VEST PURCHASE. 
(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 
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H. Res. 473 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
June 12, 2007. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 2638) making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2008, and for other purposes. The first reading 
of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against 
consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under 
clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General debate shall be confined 
to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Appropriations. After general debate the 
bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 
rule. Points of order against provisions in the bill for failure 
to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. During con-
sideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the 
Committee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition
(b) SUSPENSION OF LATE ENROLLMENT PENALTIES 
THROUGH
DECEMBER
31, 2006.—Section 1860D– 
13(b)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w– 
113(b)(3)(B)) is amended by inserting ‘‘after December 
2006 and’’ after ‘‘any month beginning’’. 
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H. R. 5224
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and six 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 350 Uinta 
Drive in Green River, Wyoming, as the ‘‘Curt Gowdy Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CURT GOWDY POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 350 Uinta Drive in Green River, Wyoming, shall 
be known and designated as the ‘‘Curt Gowdy Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Curt Gowdy Post Office Building’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
IV 
House Calendar No. 74 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 473 
[Report No. 110–184] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2638) making appropriations 
for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2007 
Ms. SLAUGHTER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2638) making 
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for 
other purposes. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 2638) making appropriations for 
the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year 
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