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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7025 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the threshold for 
the allowance of the deduction for medical expenses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2008 
Mr. SENSENBRENNER 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 reduce 
the threshold for the allowance of the deduction for med-
ical expenses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REDUCTION OF THRESHOLD FOR ALLOWANCE 
OF MEDICAL EXPENSE DEDUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 213 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to allowance 
of deduction for medical, dental, etc., expenses) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘7.5 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘2.5 percent’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2008. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7027 
To direct the Attorney General to institute condemnation proceedings to 
acquire the property in the headquarters district and any other property 
in the United States of the United Nations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2008 
Mr. TANCREDO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to institute condemnation 
proceedings to acquire the property in the headquarters 
district and any other property in the United States 
of the United Nations, 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 ‘‘United Nations Evic-
tion Act’’. 
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(d) FAIR MARKET VALUE OF PROPERTY.—The fair 
market value of the real property to be sold under sub-
section (c) shall be determined by an appraisal acceptable 
to the Administrator. 
(e) PROHIBITION
ON FURTHER ACQUISITION
OF 
PROPERTY.—It shall be unlawful for the United Nations 
to acquire, or to attempt to acquire, whether through pur-
chase, lease, rental, exchange, or any other method of ac-
quisition, in the name of the United Nations, any right, 
title, and interest in and to any real property in the United 
States. 
(f) REVOCATION OF DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND 
IMMUNITIES.—Notwithstanding sections 11 and 13 of ar-
ticle IV of such Law, the diplomatic privileges and immu-
nities to which a representative, official, or any other indi-
vidual of a Member State of the United Nations is entitled 
in the United States are hereby revoked. 
(g) REPEALER.—On the date that the sale of prop-
erty under subsection (c) is completed, Public Law 80– 
357 (61 Stat. 756) is repealed. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) 
HEADQUARTERS
DISTRICT.—The 
term 
‘‘headquarters district’’ means the real property of 
the United Nations in the Borough of Manhattan in 
the City of New York in the State of New York. 
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(2) UNITED NATIONS.—The term ‘‘United Na-
tions’’ means the international organization estab-
lished by the Charter of the United Nations and in-
cludes the specialized agencies of the United Na-
tions. 
(3) 
UNITED
STATES.—The 
term 
‘‘United 
States’’ includes the several States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and 
any other territory or possession of the United 
States. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7029 
To establish a trust fund to hold new Federal revenue from mineral explo-
ration, development, and production in Alaska and the Outer Continental 
Shelf in order to reduce the national debt. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2008 
Mr. TERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish a trust fund to hold new Federal revenue from 
mineral exploration, development, and production in 
Alaska and the Outer Continental Shelf in order to re-
duce the national debt. 
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 ‘‘National Debt Reduc-
tion Trust Fund Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL DEBT REDUCTION TRUST FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known 
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as the ‘‘National Debt Reduction Trust Fund’’ (herein-
after in this section referred to as the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), con-
sisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or cred-
ited to the Trust Fund as provided for in this section. 
(b) TRANSFERS TO THE TRUST FUND.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Trust Fund 
out of the general fund of the Treasury of the United 
States amounts equivalent to the funds received in the 
Treasury after January 1, 2009, that the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, determines 
are attributable to rents, sales, bonus bids, or royalties 
under the mineral leasing laws of the United States for 
the exploration for, development of, or production of oil, 
natural gas, or oil shale located on Federal lands, includ-
ing submerged lands, in Alaska or the outer Continental 
Shelf (as defined in section 2 of the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331)), where such explo-
ration, development, or production began on or after Jan-
uary 1, 2009. 
(c) EXPENDITURES FROM THE TRUST FUND FOR 
DEBT REDUCTION.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall, 
from time to time, transfer amounts in the Trust Fund 
to the special account established by section 3113(d) of 
title 31, United States Code. 
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2007–2012 oil and gas leasing program under section 18 
of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1344) effective upon the termination of such prohibition. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7031 
To designate a portion of the Rappahannock River in the State of Virginia 
as the ‘‘John W. Warner Rapids’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2008 
Mr. WITTMAN of Virginia (for himself, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. TOM 
DAVIS of Virginia, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. FORBES, Mr. GOODE, Mr. GOOD-
LATTE, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. WOLF, and Mr. MORAN of Virginia) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To designate a portion of the Rappahannock River in the 
State of Virginia as the ‘‘John W. Warner Rapids’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. JOHN W. WARNER RAPIDS, FREDRICKSBURG, 
VIRGINIA. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The portion of the Rappahan-
nock River comprised of the manmade rapids located at 
the site of the former Embry Dam in Fredricksburg, Vir-
ginia, and centered at the coordinates of N. 38.32180 lati-
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tude, W. 077.49049 longitude, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘John W. Warner Rapids’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the portion of the Rappahannock River referred 
to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to 
the John W. Warner Rapids. 
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(10) Approximately one-third of women of re-
productive age remain unaware of emergency contra-
ception. Therefore, women who have been sexually 
assaulted are unlikely to ask for emergency contra-
ception. 
(11) It is essential that all hospitals that pro-
vide emergency medical care provide emergency con-
traception as a treatment option to any woman who 
has been raped, so that she may have the option of 
preventing an unintended pregnancy. 
(12) In 2004, the Bureau of Justice Statistics 
reported that legal reforms and the growth in serv-
ices available to rape victims have been influential in 
increasing the likelihood that women will report a 
rape to police, resulting in more perpetrators being 
identified and brought to justice. 
(13) On December 19, 2008, the Department of 
Health and Human Services promulgated a final 
rule that expanded the ability of federally funded 
health care providers or employees to refuse to pro-
vide services, including emergency contraception. 
This rule has the potential to jeopardize women’s ac-
cess to emergency contraception. 
(14) Polls show that nearly 80 percent of Amer-
ican women want their hospitals, whether or not reli-
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‘‘(h) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘State’ 
means the several States and the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(i) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
To carry out this section, there is authorized to be 
appropriated $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2009 through 2013, of which— 
‘‘(A) $26,450,000 shall be made available 
to State health departments through grants 
under this section, of which— 
‘‘(i) $21,350,000 shall be made avail-
able to community action teams; and 
‘‘(ii) $5,100,000 shall be used by 
State health departments to administer 
their community action team programs, in-
cluding through provision of technical as-
sistance; 
‘‘(B) $7,500,000 shall be available to the 
Secretary to carry out subsection (g); and 
‘‘(C) $6,050,000 shall be available to the 
Secretary for management and evaluation. 
‘‘(2) INSUFFICIENT
APPROPRIATIONS.—If the 
amount of funds appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion is less than $20,000,000 for any fiscal year, the 
Secretary, notwithstanding subsection (a)(1), may 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7036 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the dependent 
care credit to take into account expenses for care of parents and grand-
parents who do not live with the taxpayer. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 
Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas (for herself, Mr. WEINER, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. 
ISRAEL, Mr. CARSON, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, and Ms. SHEA-PORTER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify 
the dependent care credit to take into account expenses 
for care of parents and grandparents who do not live 
with the taxpayer. 
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 ‘‘Elder Care Tax Credit 
Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(4) the procedures, if any, to appeal, waive or 
exempt the disqualification based on a showing of 
rehabilitation or other relevant evidence; 
(5) the numbers of individuals disqualified pur-
suant to the applicable law or policy as a result of 
a criminal record; and 
(6) the Federal agency with jurisdiction to im-
plement and enforce the applicable employment re-
strictions or disqualifications. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7034 
To change the date for regularly scheduled general elections for Federal 
office to both the Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in Novem-
ber, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To change the date for regularly scheduled general elections 
for Federal office to both the Saturday and Sunday 
after the first Friday in November, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Citizen’s Accessibility 
Election Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CHANGE IN CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION DAY TO 
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY; ESTABLISHMENT 
OF UNIFORM PERIOD FOR OPERATION OF 
POLLING PLACES. 
Section 25 of the Revised Statutes of the United 
States (2 U.S.C. 7) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 25. (a) The first Saturday and Sunday after 
the first Friday in November, in every even numbered 
year, are established as the days for the election, in each 
of the States and Territories of the United States, of Rep-
resentatives and Delegates to the Congress commencing 
on the 3d day of January thereafter. 
‘‘(b) On the days for election described in subsection 
(a), the period of operation of the polling places in each 
State and territory (other than Alaska, Hawaii, American 
Samoa, and Guam) shall be the 6-hour period beginning 
with noon Eastern time.’’. 
SEC. 3. CHANGE IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DAY TO SAT-
URDAY AND SUNDAY; ESTABLISHMENT OF 
UNIFORM PERIOD FOR OPERATION OF POLL-
ING PLACES. 
(a) PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ON SATURDAY AND 
SUNDAY.—Section 1 of title 3, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘Tuesday next after the first Mon-
day’’ and inserting ‘‘first Saturday and Sunday after the 
first Friday’’. 
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(b) UNIFORM PERIOD FOR OPERATION OF POLLING 
PLACES.—Section 1 of such title is amended— 
(1) by the striking ‘‘The electors’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) DAY OF APPOINTMENT OF ELECTORS.—The 
electors’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) 
PERIOD
FOR
OPERATION
OF
POLLING 
PLACES.—On the days for the appointment of electors de-
scribed in subsection (a), the period of operation of the 
polling places in each State (other than Alaska and Ha-
waii) shall be the 6-hour period beginning with noon East-
ern time.’’. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to regularly scheduled general elections for Fed-
eral office beginning with the elections held in November 
2012. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7035 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion 
for employer-provided dependent care assistance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 
Ms. SHEA-PORTER (for herself, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. 
CROWLEY, and Mr. DAVIS of Alabama) 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 increase 
the exclusion for employer-provided dependent care as-
sistance. 
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 ‘‘Improving Dependent 
Care Tax Assistance Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN EXCLUSION FOR EMPLOYER-PRO-
VIDED DEPENDENT CARE ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
129(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating 
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to dependent care assistance programs) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$5,000 ($2,500’’ and inserting ‘‘$7,500 
($3,750’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2008. 
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(1) Approximately two-thirds of the 5.5 million 
seniors over age 65 who receive long-term care rely 
exclusively on family, friends and other informal 
caregivers. 
(2) Two in ten adults age 41 to 59 are sup-
porting their parents financially, and slightly more 
than one in ten are providing financial help to a par-
ent while also raising or supporting a child. 
(3) Adults who provide care for an aging rel-
ative have extensive costs. Long-distance caregivers 
spend an average of $8,728 annually, and those who 
care for someone nearby spend $4,570. 
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF CREDIT FOR EXPENSES FOR 
HOUSEHOLD AND DEPENDENT CARE SERV-
ICES NECESSARY FOR GAINFUL EMPLOY-
MENT. 
(a) CREDIT ALLOWED FOR COSTS INCURRED TO 
CARE FOR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS WHO DO NOT 
LIVE WITH THE TAXPAYER.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 
21(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relat-
ing to qualifying individual) is amended by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting 
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‘‘, or’’, and by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) a dependent of the taxpayer (as de-
fined in section 152, determined without regard 
to subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), (d)(1)(B), and 
(d)(1)(C)) who is the father or mother of the 
taxpayer (or an ancestor of such father or 
mother) and who is physically or mentally in-
capable of caring for himself or herself.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph 
(B) of section 21(b)(1) of such Code is amended by 
inserting ‘‘(other than a dependent described in sub-
paragraph (D))’’ after ‘‘and (d)(1)(B))’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2007. 
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(2) A bidder or offeror that engages in employment discussions with 
an official who is subject to the restrictions of this section, knowing 
that the official has not complied with paragraph (1) or (2) of sub-
section (a). 
§ 2104. Prohibition on former official’s acceptance of com-
pensation from contractor 
(a) PROHIBITION.—A former official of a Federal agency may not accept 
compensation from a contractor as an employee, officer, director, or consult-
ant of the contractor within one year after the official— 
(1) served, when the contractor was selected or awarded a contract, 
as the procuring contracting officer, the source selection authority, a 
member of the source selection evaluation board, or the chief of a fi-
nancial or technical evaluation team in a procurement in which that 
contractor was selected for award of a contract in excess of 
$10,000,000; 
(2) served as the program manager, deputy program manager, or ad-
ministrative contracting officer for a contract in excess of $10,000,000 
awarded to that contractor; or 
(3) personally made for the Federal agency a decision to— 
(A) award a contract, subcontract, modification of a contract or 
subcontract, or a task order or delivery order in excess of 
$10,000,000 to that contractor; 
(B) establish overhead or other rates applicable to one or more 
contracts for that contractor that are valued in excess of 
$10,000,000; 
(C) approve issuance of one or more contract payments in ex-
cess of $10,000,000 to that contractor; or 
(D) pay or settle a claim in excess of $10,000,000 with that 
contractor. 
(b) WHEN COMPENSATION MAY BE ACCEPTED.—Subsection (a) does not 
prohibit a former official of a Federal agency from accepting compensation 
from a division or affiliate of a contractor that does not produce the same 
or similar products or services as the entity of the contractor that is respon-
sible for the contract referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection 
(a). 
(c) IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS.—Regulations implementing this sec-
tion shall include procedures for an official or former official of a Federal 
agency to request advice from the appropriate designated agency ethics offi-
cial regarding whether the official or former official is or would be precluded 
by this section from accepting compensation from a particular contractor. 
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† HR 1256 EAS 
the use of tobacco by young people and dependence on 
tobacco; 
(3) to authorize the Food and Drug Administra-
tion to set national standards controlling the manu-
facture of tobacco products and the identity, public 
disclosure, and amount of ingredients used in such 
products; 
(4) to provide new and flexible enforcement au-
thority to ensure that there is effective oversight of the 
tobacco industry’s efforts to develop, introduce, and 
promote less harmful tobacco products; 
(5) to vest the Food and Drug Administration 
with the authority to regulate the levels of tar, nico-
tine, and other harmful components of tobacco prod-
ucts; 
(6) in order to ensure that consumers are better 
informed, to require tobacco product manufacturers to 
disclose research which has not previously been made 
available, as well as research generated in the future, 
relating to the health and dependency effects or safety 
of tobacco products; 
(7) to continue to permit the sale of tobacco 
products to adults in conjunction with measures to 
ensure that they are not sold or accessible to underage 
purchasers;
HR 7060 PCS
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
48A(d)(3) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) PARTICULAR PROJECTS.—Of the dol-
lar amount in subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
is authorized to certify— 
‘‘(i) $800,000,000 for integrated gas-
ification combined cycle projects the appli-
cation for which is submitted during the 
period described in paragraph (2)(A)(i), 
‘‘(ii) $500,000,000 for projects which 
use other advanced coal-based generation 
technologies the application for which is 
submitted during the period described in 
paragraph (2)(A)(i), and 
‘‘(iii) $950,000,000 for advanced coal- 
based generation technology projects the 
application for which is submitted during 
the 
period 
described 
in 
paragraph 
(2)(A)(ii).’’. 
(2) APPLICATION
PERIOD
FOR
ADDITIONAL 
PROJECTS.—Subparagraph (A) of section 48A(d)(2) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) APPLICATION PERIOD.—Each appli-
cant for certification under this paragraph shall 
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