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each report shall be furnished to the President and to 
the Agency at the time submitted to the Congress. 
‘‘(3) ASSISTANCE AND COSTS.—For the purpose 
of conducting an audit under this subsection, the 
Comptroller General may, in the discretion of the 
Comptroller General, employ by contract, without re-
gard to section 5 of title 41, United States Code, pro-
fessional services of firms and organizations of cer-
tified public accountants for temporary periods or for 
special purposes. Upon the request of the Comptroller 
General, the Director of the Agency shall transfer to 
the Government Accountability Office from funds 
available, the amount requested by the Comptroller 
General to cover the full costs of any audit and report 
conducted by the Comptroller General. The Comp-
troller General shall credit funds transferred to the 
account established for salaries and expenses of the 
Government Accountability Office, and such amount 
shall be available upon receipt and without fiscal 
year limitation to cover the full costs of the audit and 
report.’’. 
SEC. 317. EXAMINERS AND ACCOUNTANTS. 
(a) EXAMINATIONS.—Section 1317 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4517) is 
amended—
H. Res. 53 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 25, 2011. 
Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are 
hereby, elected to the following standing committees of the 
House of Representatives: 
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET: Mr. Chaffetz, to rank im-
mediately after Mr. McClintock; and Mr. Guinta. 
COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY: Mr. Brooks. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
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(1) in subsection (a), by adding after the period 
at the end the following: ‘‘Each examination under 
this subsection of a regulated entity shall include a 
review of the procedures required to be established and 
maintained by the regulated entity pursuant to sec-
tion 1314(c) (relating to fraudulent financial trans-
actions) and the report regarding each such examina-
tion shall describe any problems with such procedures 
maintained by the regulated entity.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘of a regulated entity’’ 
after ‘‘under this section’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘to determine the condition 
of an enterprise for the purpose of ensuring its 
financial safety and soundness’’ and inserting 
‘‘or appropriate’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘to 
conduct examinations under this section’’ before 
the period; and 
(B) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘from 
amounts available in the Federal Housing En-
terprises Oversight Fund’’. 
(b) ENHANCED AUTHORITY TO HIRE EXAMINERS AND 
ACCOUNTANTS.—Section 1317 of the Housing and Commu-
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nity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4517) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) APPOINTMENT OF ACCOUNTANTS, ECONOMISTS, 
SPECIALISTS, AND EXAMINERS.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies with 
respect to any position of examiner, accountant, spe-
cialist in financial markets, specialist in information 
technology, and economist at the Agency, with respect 
to supervision and regulation of the regulated entities, 
that is in the competitive service. 
‘‘(2) APPOINTMENT
AUTHORITY.—The Director 
may appoint candidates to any position described in 
paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) in accordance with the statutes, rules, 
and regulations governing appointments in the 
excepted service; and 
‘‘(B) notwithstanding any statutes, rules, 
and regulations governing appointments in the 
competitive service. 
‘‘(3) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—The appoint-
ment of a candidate to a position under the authority 
of this subsection shall not be considered to cause such 
position to be converted from the competitive service 
to the excepted service.’’.
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(c) REPEAL.—Section 20 of the Federal Home Loan 
Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1440) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting 
the following: ‘‘EXAMINATIONS AND GAO AUDITS’’; 
(2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘the Board 
and’’ each place such term appears; and 
(3) by striking the first two sentences and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘The Federal home loan banks shall 
be subject to examinations by the Director to the ex-
tent provided in section 1317 of the Federal Housing 
Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 
1992 (12 U.S.C. 4517).’’. 
SEC. 318. PROHIBITION AND WITHHOLDING OF EXECUTIVE 
COMPENSATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1318 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4518) is 
amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘OF EX-
CESSIVE’’ and inserting ‘‘AND WITHHOLDING OF 
EXECUTIVE’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 
(d); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
new subsections:
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of inventories, plans, or reports, an agency shall use 
electronic reporting in lieu of paper copy reports. 
SEC. 6103. PILOT PROJECT FOR PURCHASE OF OFFSETS 
AND CERTIFICATES. 
(a) GAO STUDY.—No later than April 1, 2008, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall issue the 
report requested by the Congress on May 17, 2007, re-
garding markets for greenhouse gas emissions offsets. 
(b) PILOT PROJECT.—Executive agencies and legisla-
tive branch offices may purchase qualified greenhouse gas 
offsets and qualified renewable energy certificates in any 
open market transaction that complies with all applicable 
procurement rules and regulations. 
(c) QUALIFIED GREENHOUSE GAS OFFSETS.—For 
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualified greenhouse 
gas offset’’ means a real, additional, verifiable, enforce-
able, and permanent domestic— 
(1) reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; or 
(2) sequestration of greenhouse gases. 
(d) QUALIFIED
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
CERTIFI-
CATES.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualified 
renewable energy certificate’’ means a certificate rep-
resenting a specific amount of energy generated by a re-
newable energy project that is real, additional, and 
verifiable. 
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House Calendar No. 5 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 54 
[Report No. 112–5] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 359) to reduce Federal spending 
and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election 
campaigns and party conventions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2011 
Ms. FOXX, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; 
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 359) to reduce 
Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer 
financing of presidential election campaigns and party 
conventions. 
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. 359) to reduce Federal spending 
and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presi-
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Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1203) is amended— 
(1) in item number 4 by striking the project de-
scription and inserting ‘‘$7,400,000 for planning, 
design, and construction of a new American border 
plaza at the Blue Water Bridge in or near Port 
Huron; $12,600,000 for integrated highway realign-
ment and grade separations at Port Huron to elimi-
nate road blockages from NAFTA rail traffic’’; 
(2) in item number 19 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘For purposes of construc-
tion and other related transportation improvements 
associated with the rail yard relocation in the vicin-
ity of Santa Teresa’’; and 
(3) in item number 22 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Redesign and reconstruc-
tion of interchanges 298 and 299 of I–80 and ac-
companying improvements to any other public roads 
in the vicinity, Monroe County’’. 
(b) NATIONAL
CORRIDOR
INFRASTRUCTURE
IM-
PROVEMENT PROJECT.—The table contained in section 
1302(e) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 
1205) is amended in item number 23 by striking the
project description and inserting ‘‘Improvements to State 
Road 312, Hammond’’. 
SEC. 104. IDLING REDUCTION FACILITIES. 
Section 111(d) of title 23, United States Code, is re-
pealed. 
SEC. 105. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) PROJECT MODIFICATIONS.—The table contained 
in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1256) is amended— 
(1) in item number 34 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Removal and Reconfig-
uration of Interstate ramps, I–40, Memphis’’; 
(2) by striking item number 61; 
(3) in item number 87 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘M–291 highway outer 
road improvement project’’; 
(4) 
in 
item 
number 
128 
by 
striking 
‘‘$2,400,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$4,800,000’’; 
(5) in item number 154 by striking ‘‘Virginia’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Eveleth’’; 
(6) in item number 193 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Improvements to or ac-
cess to Route 108 to enhance access to the business 
park near Rumford’’;
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‘‘(b) FACTORS.—In making any determination under 
subsection (a), the Director may take into consideration 
any factors the Director considers relevant, including any 
wrongdoing on the part of the executive officer, and such 
wrongdoing shall include any fraudulent act or omission, 
breach of trust or fiduciary duty, violation of law, rule, reg-
ulation, order, or written agreement, and insider abuse with 
respect to the regulated entity. The approval of an agree-
ment or contract pursuant to section 309(d)(3)(B) of the 
Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act (12 
U.S.C. 1723a(d)(3)(B)) or section 303(h)(2) of the Federal 
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 
1452(h)(2)) shall not preclude the Director from making 
any subsequent determination under subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) WITHHOLDING OF COMPENSATION.—In carrying 
out subsection (a), the Director may require a regulated en-
tity to withhold any payment, transfer, or disbursement of 
compensation to an executive officer, or to place such com-
pensation in an escrow account, during the review of the 
reasonableness and comparability of compensation.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) FANNIE MAE.—Section 309(d) of the Federal 
National Mortgage Association Charter Act (12 
U.S.C. 1723a(d)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, the corporation shall not transfer, disburse, or pay 
compensation to any executive officer, or enter into an 
agreement with such executive officer, without the approval 
of the Director, for matters being reviewed under section 
1318 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety 
and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4518).’’. 
(2) FREDDIE MAC.—Section 303(h) of the Fed-
eral Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 
U.S.C. 1452(h)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, the Corporation shall not transfer, disburse, or pay 
compensation to any executive officer, or enter into an 
agreement with such executive officer, without the approval 
of the Director, for matters being reviewed under section 
1318 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety 
and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4518).’’. 
(3) FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS.—Section 7 of 
the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1427) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(l) WITHHOLDING
OF
COMPENSATION.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this section, a Federal home 
loan bank shall not transfer, disburse, or pay compensation
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to any executive officer, or enter into an agreement with 
such executive officer, without the approval of the Director, 
for matters being reviewed under section 1318 of the Federal 
Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4518).’’. 
SEC. 319. REVIEWS OF REGULATED ENTITIES. 
Section 1319 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4519) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section designation and head-
ing and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1319. REVIEWS OF REGULATED ENTITIES.’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘is a nationally recognized’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘1934’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘the Director considers appropriate, includ-
ing an entity that is registered under section 15 of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a) as 
a nationally registered statistical rating organiza-
tion’’. 
SEC. 320. INCLUSION OF MINORITIES AND WOMEN; DIVER-
SITY IN AGENCY WORKFORCE. 
Section 1319A of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4520) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘EQUAL 
OPPORTUNITY
IN
SOLICITATION
OF
CON-
(7) in item number 240 by striking ‘‘$800,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$2,400,000’’; 
(8) by striking item number 248; 
(9) in item number 274 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Intersection improve-
ments at Belleville and Ecorse Roads and approach 
roadways, and widen Belleville Road from Ecorse to 
Tyler, Van Buren Township, Michigan’’; 
(10) in item number 277 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Construct connector road 
from 
Rushing 
Drive 
North 
to 
Grand 
Ave., 
Williamson County’’; 
(11) in item number 395 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Plan and construct inter-
change at I–65, from existing SR–109 to I–65’’; 
(12) 
in 
item 
number 
463 
by 
striking 
‘‘Cookeville’’ and inserting ‘‘Putnam County’’; 
(13) in item number 576 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Design, right-of-way ac-
quisition, and construction of Nebraska Highway 35 
between Norfolk and South Sioux City, including an 
interchange at Milepost 1 on I–129’’; 
(14) in item number 595 by striking ‘‘Street 
Closure at’’ and inserting ‘‘Transportation improve-
ment project near’’;
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than 
program 
management 
and 
administration, 
$87,500,000 are rescinded. 
Of the unobligated funds previously appropriated 
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund under this 
heading, $10,278,000 are rescinded. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available to the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration from prior year ap-
propriations, $69,832,000 are rescinded: Provided, That 
within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report 
specifying the amount of each rescission made pursuant 
to this section. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available to the National 
Science Foundation from prior year appropriations, 
$24,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That within 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section the Director 
shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives a report specifying the amount 
of each rescission made pursuant to this section. 
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 150 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3093 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related 
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2008, and for other purposes. 
JULY 19, 2007 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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(e) GUIDANCE.—No later than September 30, 2008, 
the Administrator shall issue guidelines, for Executive 
agencies, establishing criteria for qualified greenhouse gas 
offsets and qualified renewable energy certificates. Such 
guidelines shall take into account the findings and rec-
ommendations of the report issued under subsection (a) 
and shall— 
(1) establish performance standards for green-
house gas offset projects that benchmark reliably ex-
pected greenhouse gas reductions from identified 
categories of projects that reduce greenhouse gas 
emissions or sequester carbon in accordance with 
subsection (c); and 
(2) establish criteria for qualified renewable en-
ergy certificates to ensure that energy generated is 
renewable and is in accordance with subsection (d). 
(f) REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall evaluate the pilot program established by this 
section, including identifying environmental and other 
benefits of the program, as well as its financial costs and 
any disadvantages associated with the program. No later 
than April 1, 2011, the Comptroller General shall provide 
a report to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
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of the Senate providing the details of the evaluation and 
any recommendations for improvement. 
(g) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) Notwithstanding section 6106(3) of this 
Act, the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ has the meaning 
given to such term in section 105 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘renewable energy’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 203(b) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852(b)(2)), 
except that energy generated from municipal solid 
waste shall not be renewable energy. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION.—Of the amount of discre-
tionary funds available to each Executive agency or legis-
lative branch office for each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010, 
not more than 0.01 percent of such amount may be used 
for the purpose of carrying out this section. Such funding 
shall be in addition to any other funds available to the 
Executive agency or legislative branch office for such pur-
pose. 
(i) SUNSET CLAUSE.—This section ceases to be effec-
tive at the end of fiscal year 2010. 
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TRACTS’’ and inserting ‘‘MINORITY AND WOMEN 
INCLUSION; DIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—Each enterprise’’ and inserting ‘‘(e) OUT-
REACH.—Each regulated entity’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (b); 
(4) by inserting before subsection (e), as so redes-
ignated by paragraph (2) of this section, the following 
new subsections: 
‘‘(a) OFFICE OF MINORITY AND WOMEN INCLUSION.— 
Each regulated entity shall establish an Office of Minority 
and Women Inclusion, or designate an office of the entity, 
that shall be responsible for carrying out this section and 
all matters of the entity relating to diversity in manage-
ment, employment, and business activities in accordance 
with such standards and requirements as the Director shall 
establish. 
‘‘(b) INCLUSION IN ALL LEVELS OF BUSINESS ACTIVI-
TIES.—Each regulated entity shall develop and implement 
standards and procedures to ensure, to the maximum extent 
possible, the inclusion and utilization of minorities (as such 
term is defined in section 1204(c) of the Financial Institu-
tions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 
U.S.C. 1811 note)) and women, and minority- and women- 
owned businesses (as such terms are defined in section
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21A(r)(4) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 
1441a(r)(4)) (including financial institutions, investment 
banking firms, mortgage banking firms, asset management 
firms, broker-dealers, financial services firms, underwriters, 
accountants, brokers, investment consultants, and providers 
of legal services) in all business and activities of the regu-
lated entity at all levels, including in procurement, insur-
ance, and all types of contracts (including contracts for the 
issuance or guarantee of any debt, equity, or mortgage-re-
lated securities, the management of its mortgage and securi-
ties portfolios, the making of its equity investments, the 
purchase, sale and servicing of single- and multi-family 
mortgage loans, and the implementation of its affordable 
housing program and initiatives). The processes established 
by each regulated entity for review and evaluation for con-
tract proposals and to hire service providers shall include 
a component that gives consideration to the diversity of the 
applicant. 
‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply to all 
contracts of a regulated entity for services of any kind, in-
cluding services that require the services of investment bank-
ing, asset management entities, broker-dealers, financial 
services entities, underwriters, accountants, investment con-
sultants, and providers of legal services.
227 
ing before the time of determining such annual ad-
justment, in the housing price index maintained by 
the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency 
(pursuant to section 1322 of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4541)).’’; 
(5) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), for mort-
gages originated on or after January 1, 2009, the limitation 
on the maximum original principal obligation of a mort-
gage that may be purchased by the Corporation shall be 
the higher of— 
‘‘(I) the limitation determined under subpara-
graph (A) for a residence of the applicable size; or 
‘‘(II) 125 percent of the area median price for a 
residence of the applicable size, but in no case to ex-
ceed 175 percent of the limitation determined under 
subparagraph (A) for a residence of the applicable 
size. 
‘‘(ii) The areas and area median prices used for pur-
poses of the determination under this subparagraph shall 
be the areas and area median prices used by the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development in determining the ap-
plicable limits under section 203(b)(2) of the National