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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6209 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe a standard 
to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than 
the program material they accompany. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 9, 2008 
Ms. ESHOO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to pre-
scribe a standard to preclude commercials from being 
broadcast at louder volumes than the program material 
they accompany. 
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 ‘‘Commercial Advertise-
ment Loudness Mitigation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RULEMAKING ON LOUD COMMERCIALS REQUIRED. 
(a) REGULATION REQUIRED.—Within one year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Commu-
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nications Commission shall prescribe pursuant to the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) a 
regulation that provides, in connection with any video pro-
gramming that is broadcast or that is distributed by any 
multichannel video programming distributor, that— 
(1) advertisements accompanying such video 
programming shall not be excessively noisy or stri-
dent; 
(2) such advertisements shall not be presented 
at modulation levels substantially higher than the 
program material that such advertisements accom-
pany; and 
(3) the average maximum loudness of such ad-
vertisements shall not be substantially higher than 
the average maximum loudness of the program ma-
terial that such advertisements accompany. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
terms ‘‘video programming’’ and ‘‘multichannel video pro-
gramming distributor’’ have the meanings given such 
terms in section 602 of Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 522). 
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(bb) by striking ‘‘bonus in-
centive payment’’ and inserting 
‘‘incentive payment under this 
subsection’’; and 
(cc) by adding at the end 
the following new sentence: ‘‘If 
such payments for such period 
have already been made, the Sec-
retary shall recoup such pay-
ments from the eligible profes-
sional (or the group practice).’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (E)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘(I)
IN
GEN-
ERAL.—’’; 
(II) by striking clause (ii); 
(III) by redesignating subclauses 
(I) through (IV) as clauses (i) 
through (iv), respectively, and moving 
the indentation of such clauses 2 ems 
to the left; 
(IV) in clause (ii), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; and 
(V) in clause (iv), as so redesig-
nated— 
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scribing established under the provisions of, and amend-
ments made by, this section. Such report shall include in-
formation regarding the following: 
(1) The percentage of eligible professionals (as 
defined in section 1848(k)(3) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(k)(3)) that are using elec-
tronic prescribing systems, including a determination 
of whether less than 50 percent of eligible profes-
sionals are using electronic prescribing systems. 
(2) If less than 50 percent of eligible profes-
sionals are using electronic prescribing systems, rec-
ommendations for increasing the use of electronic 
prescribing systems by eligible professionals, such as 
changes to the incentive payment adjustments estab-
lished under section 1848(a)(5) of such Act, as 
added by subsection (b). 
(3) The estimated savings to the Medicare pro-
gram under title XVIII of such Act resulting from 
the use of electronic prescribing systems. 
(4) Reductions in avoidable medical errors re-
sulting from the use of electronic prescribing sys-
tems. 
(5) The extent to which the privacy and secu-
rity of the personal health information of Medicare 
beneficiaries is protected when such beneficiaries’ 
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‘‘(A) the aggregate net income with respect 
to such interest for all partnership taxable 
years, over 
‘‘(B) the aggregate net loss with respect to 
such interest allowed under subsection (a)(2) 
for all partnership taxable years. 
‘‘(3) DISPOSITION OF PORTION OF INTEREST.— 
In the case of any disposition of an investment serv-
ices partnership interest, the amount of net loss 
which otherwise would have (but for subsection 
(a)(2)(C)) applied to reduce the basis of such inter-
est shall be disregarded for purposes of this section 
for all succeeding partnership taxable years. 
‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP PROP-
ERTY.—In the case of any distribution of property 
by a partnership with respect to any investment 
services partnership interest held by a partner— 
‘‘(A) the excess (if any) of— 
‘‘(i) the fair market value of such 
property at the time of such distribution, 
over 
‘‘(ii) the adjusted basis of such prop-
erty in the hands of the partnership, 
shall be taken into account as an increase in 
such partner’s distributive share of the taxable 
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taxable years shall only include prior partner-
ship taxable years to which this section applies. 
‘‘(3) NET INCOME AND LOSS.—For purposes of 
this section— 
‘‘(A) NET
INCOME.—The term ‘net in-
come’ means, with respect to any investment 
services partnership interest, for any partner-
ship taxable year, the excess (if any) of— 
‘‘(i) all items of income and gain 
taken into account by the holder of such 
interest under section 702 with respect to 
such interest for such year, over 
‘‘(ii) all items of deduction and loss so 
taken into account. 
‘‘(B) NET
LOSS.—The term ‘net loss’ 
means with respect to such interest for such 
year, the excess (if any) of the amount de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(ii) over the amount 
described in subparagraph (A)(i). 
‘‘(b) DISPOSITIONS OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS.— 
‘‘(1) GAIN.—Any gain on the disposition of an 
investment services partnership interest shall be 
treated as ordinary income for the performance of 
services. 
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† HR 146 EAS 
sult and coordinate the activities with the Secretary 
and the local coordinating entity. 
(4) OTHER
FEDERAL
AGENCIES.—Nothing in 
this section— 
(A) modifies or alters any laws (including 
regulations) authorizing a Federal agency to 
manage Federal land under the jurisdiction of 
the Federal agency; 
(B) limits the discretion of a Federal land 
manager to implement an approved land use 
plan within the boundaries of the Heritage Area; 
or 
(C) modifies, alters, or amends any author-
ized use of Federal land under the jurisdiction of 
a Federal agency. 
(f) PRIVATE PROPERTY AND REGULATORY PROTEC-
TIONS.—Nothing in this section— 
(1) abridges the rights of any owner of public or 
private property, including the right to refrain from 
participating in any plan, project, program, or activ-
ity conducted within the Heritage Area; 
(2) requires any property owner to— 
(A) permit public access (including access 
by Federal, State, or local agencies) to the prop-
erty of the property owner; or
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6213 
To establish the Reinsurance International Solvency Standards Evaluation 
Board. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 9, 2008 
Mr. FEENEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To establish the Reinsurance International Solvency 
Standards Evaluation Board. 
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 ‘‘Reinsurance Inter-
national Solvency Standards Evaluation Board Act of 
2008’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT. 
There is established the Reinsurance International 
Solvency Standards Evaluation Board, to evaluate the re-
insurance supervisory systems of the States of the United 
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of home, rental of vacation homes, etc.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) STANDARD HOME OFFICE DEDUCTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an indi-
vidual that is allowed a deduction for the use of 
a home office because of a use described in 
paragraphs (1), (2), or (4) of this subsection, 
notwithstanding the limitations of paragraph 
(5), if such individual elects the application of 
this paragraph for the taxable year, such indi-
vidual shall be allowed a deduction equal to the 
standard home office deduction for the taxable 
year in lieu of the deductions otherwise allow-
able under this chapter for such taxable year by 
reason of being attributed to such use. 
‘‘(B) STANDARD
HOME
OFFICE
DEDUC-
TION
AMOUNT.—For purposes of this para-
graph, the standard home office deduction is 
the lesser of— 
‘‘(i) $1,500, or 
‘‘(ii) the gross income derived from 
the individual’s trade or business for which 
such use occurs. 
‘‘(C) INFLATION
ADJUSTMENT.—In the 
case of any taxable year beginning in a calendar 
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year after 2009, the dollar amount in subpara-
graph (B)(i) shall be increased by an amount 
equal to— 
‘‘(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
‘‘(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de-
termined under section 1(f)(3) for the cal-
endar year in which the taxable year be-
gins, determined by substituting ‘2008’ for 
‘1992’ in subparagraph (B) thereof. 
Any increase determined under the preceding 
sentence shall be rounded to the nearest mul-
tiple of $100.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6214 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a standard home 
office deduction. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 9, 2008 
Mr. MCHUGH (for himself, Mr. KUHL of New York, and Mr. SMITH of Ne-
braska) 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 provide 
a standard home office deduction. 
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 ‘‘Home Office Deduc-
tion Simplification Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. STANDARD DEDUCTION FOR BUSINESS USE OF 
HOME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 280A of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to disallow-
ance of certain expenses in connection with business use 
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‘‘(2) LOSS.—Any loss on the disposition of an 
investment services partnership interest shall be 
treated as an ordinary loss to the extent of the ex-
cess (if any) of— 
‘‘(A) the aggregate net income with respect 
to such interest for all partnership taxable 
years, over 
‘‘(B) the aggregate net loss with respect to 
such interest allowed under subsection (a)(2) 
for all partnership taxable years. 
‘‘(3) DISPOSITION OF PORTION OF INTEREST.— 
In the case of any disposition of an investment serv-
ices partnership interest, the amount of net loss 
which otherwise would have (but for subsection 
(a)(2)(C)) applied to reduce the basis of such inter-
est shall be disregarded for purposes of this section 
for all succeeding partnership taxable years. 
‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP PROP-
ERTY.—In the case of any distribution of property 
by a partnership with respect to any investment 
services partnership interest held by a partner— 
‘‘(A) the excess (if any) of— 
‘‘(i) the fair market value of such 
property at the time of such distribution, 
over 
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ASSISTED HOUSING.—Section 577 of the Quality Housing 
and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 13662) 
is amended— 
(1) in the section heading— 
(A) by striking ‘‘AND’’ the second place it 
appears and inserting a comma; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, AND FIREARMS POS-
SESSORS’’ after ‘‘ABUSERS’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) who the public housing agency or owner 
determines is illegally using a firearm, or whose ille-
gal use of a firearm is determined by the public 
housing authority or owner to interfere with the 
health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the 
premises by other residents.’’. 
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(B) 
curricula 
development 
and 
credentialing of teachers, administrators, and 
social workers who implement such programs; 
(5) conduct a study on the inadequacies of how 
the current system processes children with certain 
developmental delays and subsequently implement 
alternative methods of incarceration and treatment 
that are more effective for youth offenders identified 
to have a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; and 
(6) collaborate with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum 
Disorder professionals and implement transition pro-
grams for juveniles and adults with Fetal Alcohol 
Spectrum Disorders who are released from incarcer-
ation. 
SEC. 8. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
399J(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
280f–2(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘this part’’ and all that 
follows through the period and inserting ‘‘subsections (h) 
through (k) of section 399H, $27,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2009 through 2013.’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF SUNSET.—Section 399K of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280f–3) is repealed. 
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pation by residents in the implementation of asset man-
agement and the development of local policies for such 
purposes. 
SEC. 5. INELIGIBILITY OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FOR AS-
SISTANCE. 
Immigrants who are not lawfully present in the 
United States shall be ineligible for financial assistance 
under this Act, as provided and defined by section 214 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 
(42 U.S.C. 1436a). Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to alter the restrictions or definitions in such section 214. 
SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 
(a) PROHIBITION
OF
MANAGEMENT
FEES
FOR 
AGREEMENTS PROHIBITING OR REQUIRING REGISTRA-
TION OF LEGAL FIREARMS.—The Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall not accept as reasonable 
any management or related fees for enforcing any provi-
sion of a dwelling lease agreement or other similar agree-
ment that requires the registration of or prohibits the pos-
session of any firearm that is possessed by an individual 
for his or her personal protection or for sport the posses-
sion of which is not prohibited, or the registration of which 
is not required, by existing law. 
(b) TERMINATION OF TENANCY AND ASSISTANCE 
FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF FIREARM IN FEDERALLY 
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6216 
AN ACT 
To improve the Operating Fund for public housing 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and for other purposes.
‘‘(ii) such payments may only be made 
during the first 12 months of such vet-
eran’s participation in the program. 
‘‘(B) VETERANS PARTICIPATING ON LESS 
THAN FULL-TIME BASIS.—In the case of a vet-
eran participating in the program on a less 
than full-time basis, the Secretary may extend 
the number of months of payments under sub-
paragraph (A) and proportionally adjust the 
amount of such payments, but the maximum 
amount paid with respect to a veteran may not 
exceed the maximum amount of $20,000 and 
the maximum amount of such payments may 
not exceed 24 months. 
‘‘(4) PAYMENTS MADE ON QUARTERLY BASIS.— 
Payments under this section shall be made on a 
quarterly basis. 
‘‘(5) EMPLOYER REPORT.—Each employer pro-
viding a program of apprenticeship or on-the-job 
training pursuant to this section shall submit to the 
Secretary on a quarterly basis a report certifying the 
wages paid to eligible veterans under such program 
(which shall be certified by the veteran as being cor-
rect) and containing such other information as the 
Secretary may specify. Such report shall be sub-
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 621 
To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore the 
Medicare treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment to that in effect 
before enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 22, 2007 
Mr. PRICE of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security 
Act to restore the Medicare treatment of ownership of 
oxygen equipment to that in effect before enactment 
of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. 
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 ‘‘Home Oxygen Patient 
Protection Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF MEDICARE TREATMENT OF OWN-
ERSHIP OF OXYGEN EQUIPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1834(a)(5) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(a)(5)), as amended by 
section 5101(b) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109–171), is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(E), and 
(F)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (E)’’; and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (F). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and shall apply to individuals receiving 
oxygen equipment before, on, or after December 31, 2005. 
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award contract as described in subsection (a)(3)(A) if notice is 
provided to as many contractors as practicable. 
(B) LIMITATION ON EXCEPTION.—A purchase may not be made 
pursuant to a notice that is provided to fewer than all contractors 
under subparagraph (A) unless— 
(i) offers were received from at least 3 qualified contrac-
tors; or 
(ii) a contracting officer of the executive agency determines 
in writing that no additional qualified contractors were able 
to be identified despite reasonable efforts to do so. 
(d) PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO SOLE SOURCE TASK 
OR DELIVERY ORDERS.— 
(1) PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIRED.—The Federal Acquisition Regulation 
shall require the head of each executive agency to— 
(A) publish on FedBizOpps notice of all sole source task or de-
livery orders in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold that 
are placed against multiple award contracts not later than 14 days 
after the orders are placed, except in the event of extraordinary 
circumstances or classified orders; and 
(B) disclose the determination required by subsection (c)(1) re-
lated to sole source task or delivery orders in excess of the sim-
plified acquisition threshold placed against multiple award con-
tracts through the same mechanism and to the same extent as the 
disclosure of documents containing a justification and approval re-
quired by section 2304(f)(1) of title 10 and section 3304(e)(1) of 
this title, except in the event of extraordinary circumstances or 
classified orders. 
(2) EXEMPTION.—This subsection does not require the public avail-
ability of information that is exempt from public disclosure under sec-
tion 552(b) of title 5. 
(e) APPLICABILITY.—The regulations required by subsection (b) shall 
apply to all individual purchases of property or services that are made under 
multiple award contracts on or after the effective date of the regulations, 
without regard to whether the multiple award contracts were entered into 
before, on, or after the effective date. 
§ 3303. Exclusion of particular source or restriction of solici-
tation to small business concerns 
(a) EXCLUSION OF PARTICULAR SOURCE.— 
(1) CRITERIA FOR EXCLUSION.—An executive agency may provide 
for the procurement of property or services covered by section 3301 of 
this title using competitive procedures but excluding a particular source
SEC. 2. CONTRACTING GOALS AND PREFERENCES FOR VET-
ERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. 
Section 8127 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as 
subsections (k) and (l), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(j) APPLICABILITY
OF REQUIREMENTS
TO CON-
TRACTS.—(1) If the Secretary enters, on or after June 
1, 2007, into a contract, memorandum of understanding, 
agreement, or other arrangement with any governmental 
entity or person to acquire goods or services, or both, the 
Secretary shall include in such contract, memorandum, 
agreement, or other arrangement a requirement that the 
entity or person will comply with the provisions of this 
section in acquiring such goods or services, or both. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall take such 
action as may be necessary to ensure that the efforts to 
comply with this section of the Department and govern-
mental entities and persons to which paragraph (1) apply 
are coordinated. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall modify contracts, memoran-
dums of understanding, agreements, and other arrange-
ments of the Department in effect on the date of enact-
ment of the Veteran-Owned Small Business Protection 
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and Clarification Act of 2008 to comply with this sub-
section.’’. 
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