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such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2013.’’. 
SEC. 9407. NEAR-TERM ELECTRIC DRIVE TRANSPORTATION 
DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
a revolving loan program to provide loans to eligible 
entities for the conduct of qualified electric transpor-
tation projects. 
(2) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall establish 
criteria for the provision of loans under this sub-
section. 
(b) MARKET ASSESSMENT AND ELECTRICITY USAGE 
PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation 
with the Secretary and private industry, shall carry 
out a program— 
(A) to inventory and analyze existing elec-
tric drive transportation technologies and hy-
brid technologies and markets; and 
(B) to identify and implement methods of 
removing barriers for existing and emerging ap-
plications of electric drive transportation tech-
nologies and hybrid transportation technologies. 
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•HR 3221 EAH2 
DIVISION C—TAX-RELATED PROVISIONS 
Sec. 3000. Short title; etc. 
TITLE I—HOUSING TAX INCENTIVES 
Subtitle A—Multi-Family Housing 
PART I—LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT 
Sec. 3001. Temporary increase in volume cap for low-income housing tax credit. 
Sec. 3002. Determination of credit rate. 
Sec. 3003. Modifications to definition of eligible basis. 
Sec. 3004. Other simplification and reform of low-income housing tax incentives. 
Sec. 3005. Treatment of military basic pay. 
PART II—MODIFICATIONS TO TAX-EXEMPT HOUSING BOND RULES 
Sec. 3007. Recycling of tax-exempt debt for financing residential rental projects. 
Sec. 3008. Coordination of certain rules applicable to low-income housing credit 
and qualified residential rental project exempt facility bonds. 
PART III—REFORMS RELATED TO THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING CREDIT AND 
TAX-EXEMPT HOUSING BONDS 
Sec. 3009. Hold harmless for reductions in area median gross income. 
Sec. 3010. Exception to annual current income determination requirement where 
determination not relevant. 
Subtitle B—Single Family Housing 
Sec. 3011. First-time homebuyer credit. 
Sec. 3012. Additional standard deduction for real property taxes for non-
itemizers. 
Subtitle C—General Provisions 
Sec. 3021. Temporary liberalization of tax-exempt housing bond rules. 
Sec. 3022. Repeal of alternative minimum tax limitations on tax-exempt housing 
bonds, low-income housing tax credit, and rehabilitation credit. 
Sec. 3023. Bonds guaranteed by Federal home loan banks eligible for treatment 
as tax-exempt bonds. 
Sec. 3024. Modification of rules pertaining to FIRPTA nonforeign affidavits. 
Sec. 3025. Modification of definition of tax-exempt use property for purposes of 
the rehabilitation credit. 
Sec. 3026. Extension of special rule for mortgage revenue bonds for residences lo-
cated in disaster areas. 
Sec. 3027. Transfer of funds appropriated to carry out 2008 recovery rebates for 
individuals. 
TITLE II—REFORMS RELATED TO REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT 
TRUSTS 
Subtitle A—Foreign Currency and Other Qualified Activities 
Sec. 3031. Revisions to REIT income tests. 
Sec. 3032. Revisions to REIT asset tests. 
Sec. 3033. Conforming foreign currency revisions.
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2236 
To establish a comprehensive program to ensure the safety of food products 
intended for human consumption which are regulated by the Food and 
Drug Administration. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2005 
Mr. PALLONE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish a comprehensive program to ensure the safety 
of food products intended for human consumption which 
are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Consumer Food Safety Act of 2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—NATIONAL FOOD SAFETY PROGRAM 
Sec. 101. Administration of national program. 
Sec. 102. Process controls to reduce the adulteration of food products.
Sec. 103. Inspections of processors and importers. 
Sec. 104. Tolerances for contaminants in food. 
Sec. 104. State and Federal cooperation. 
Sec. 106. Imports. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH AND EDUCATION 
Sec. 201. Public health assessment system. 
Sec. 202. Public education and advisory system. 
Sec. 203. Research. 
TITLE III—ENFORCEMENT 
Sec. 301. Amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 
TITLE IV—AUTHORIZATION 
Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘contaminants’’ includes bacteria, 
chemical contaminants, natural toxins, viruses, 
parasites, and physical hazards that when found on 
or in food can cause human illness or injury. 
(2) The term ‘‘facility’’ includes any factory, 
warehouse, establishment, or importer that handles 
or processes food. 
(3) The term ‘‘process’’ means the commercial 
harvesting, preparation, manufacture, or transpor-
tation of food products. 
(4) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services.
TITLE I—NATIONAL FOOD 
SAFETY PROGRAM 
SEC. 101. ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) Persons who produce or process food for 
human consumption have the responsibility to pre-
vent or minimize food safety hazards related to their 
products. The Secretary shall administer a national 
program for the purpose of protecting human health 
by ensuring that the food industry has effective pro-
grams in place to assure the safety of food products 
consumed in the United States. 
(2) The program shall— 
(A) be based on a comprehensive analysis 
of the hazards associated with different food 
products and with the harvesting, processing, 
and handling of different food products, includ-
ing the identification and evaluation of— 
(i) the severity of the potential health 
risks; 
(ii) the sources and specific points of 
potential contamination that may render 
food products unsafe for human consump-
tion; and
(iii) the potential for persistence, mul-
tiplication, or concentration of naturally 
occurring or added contaminants in foods 
and food products; 
(B) take into consideration the distinctive 
characteristics of food production and proc-
essing; 
(C) establish inspection and oversight pro-
cedures to monitor that facilities are utilizing 
preventive controls to minimize or eliminate 
identifiable hazards; and 
(D) require each food processing facility to 
annually register with the Secretary. 
(b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The program shall pro-
vide for— 
(1) implementation of a national system for the 
registration and quarterly inspection of facilities and 
importers. Quarterly inspections can be waived by 
plants that meet the Secretary’s standards for ex-
ceptional or negligible-risk facilities or importers; 
(2) development of a program to oversee the 
implementation of process controls in food proc-
essing facilities; 
(3) the establishment and enforcement of 
health-based standards for (A) substances which
may contaminate food and (B) safety and sanitation 
in the processing and handling of food products; 
(4) implementation of a sampling program to 
ensure that industry programs to prevent food con-
tamination are effective and that food products meet 
the standards established in paragraph (1); 
(5) implementation of procedures and require-
ments to ensure the safety of imported food prod-
ucts; 
(6) coordination with other Federal agencies or 
State governments in carrying out inspection, en-
forcement, and monitoring; 
(7) implementation of a national surveillance 
system to assess the health risks associated with the 
human consumption of food products, in cooperation 
with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention; 
(8) development of public education and advi-
sory programs; and 
(9) implementation of a research program in 
furtherance of the purposes of this Act.
SEC. 102. PROCESS CONTROLS TO REDUCE THE ADULTERA-
TION OF FOOD PRODUCTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, upon the 
basis of the best available scientific and technological data, 
prescribe regulations to— 
(1) limit the presence of human pathogens and 
other potentially harmful substances in food prod-
ucts; 
(2) ensure that all registered facilities imple-
ment appropriate measures to control and reduce 
the presence and growth of human pathogens and 
other potentially harmful substances on food prod-
ucts; 
(3) ensure that all fully processed or ready-to- 
eat food products are processed in a sanitary man-
ner, using reasonably available techniques and tech-
nologies to eliminate any human pathogens or other 
potentially harmful substances likely to cause 
foodborne illness; and 
(4) ensure that food products intended for final 
processing outside commercial establishments are la-
beled with instructions for handling and preparation 
for consumption which, when adhered to, will de-
stroy any human pathogens or other potentially 
harmful substance likely to cause foodborne illness.
IV 
House Calendar No. 7 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 133 
[Report No. 110–9] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 547) to facilitate the development 
of markets for alternative fuels and Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuel through 
research, development, and demonstration and data collection. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 7, 2007 
Mr. WELCH, 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. 547) to facilitate 
the development of markets for alternative fuels and 
Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuel through research, develop-
ment, and demonstration and data collection. 
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. 547) to facilitate the development 
of markets for alternative fuels and Ultra Low Sulfur Die-
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(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall, within one 
year of the enactment of this Act, issue regulations that 
require all registered facilities to adopt processing controls 
adequate to protect public health and to limit the presence 
and growth of human pathogens and other potentially 
harmful substances in food products prepared in any reg-
istered facility. Such regulations shall— 
(1) set standards for sanitation; 
(2) set tolerances for biological, chemical, and 
physical hazards as appropriate; 
(3) require process controls to assure that food 
is safe and that relevant regulatory and safety 
standards are met; 
(4) require recordkeeping to monitor compli-
ance; 
(5) require sampling to assure that processing 
controls are effective and that regulatory standards 
are being met; and 
(6) provide for agency access to records kept by 
official establishments and submission of copies of 
such records to the Secretary as the Secretary 
deems appropriate. 
Public access to records that relate to the adequacy of 
measures taken by official establishments to protect the 
public health and to limit the presence and growth of
SEC. 106. IMPORTS. 
(a) ROLE OF SECRETARY.—Within 24 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-
tablish and administer a comprehensive and efficient sys-
tem to ensure the safety of food imported into the United 
States. The Secretary shall routinely inspect processing 
facilities in exporting nations and imports at ports of entry 
into the United States. The Secretary shall assure the ef-
fective operation through verification and other activities 
as the Secretary considers necessary. 
(b) IMPORT REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) No food product may enter the United 
States, or be withdrawn from a warehouse, for con-
sumption in the United States if such food prod-
uct— 
(A) appears unsafe for human consump-
tion, or adulterated or misbranded under the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 301 et seq.); 
(B) is not marked or labeled as required 
by regulations for domestic or imported articles; 
or 
(C) does not comply with the requirements 
of this section. 
(2) Upon entry for consumption in the United 
States, food products that are not prohibited from
entry or from withdrawal from a warehouse under 
paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be and treated as 
domestic food products, except that all labeling of 
such products shall clearly identify the country of 
origin to facilitate the identification of products 
linked to outbreaks of illness. 
(c) INSPECTION OF IMPORTS.— 
(1) Food products that are offered for importa-
tion, or withdrawn from a warehouse, for consump-
tion in the United States, shall be subject to exami-
nations inspections, sampling, and such other proce-
dures at the port of entry or in the exporting nation 
by officers or employees duly designated by the Sec-
retary. Such procedures shall be conducted with 
such frequency and in such manner as the Secretary 
may prescribe by regulation. 
(2) Food products from a nation that is cer-
tified for such food products under subsection (e)(3) 
shall be subject to random examinations, inspections, 
sampling, and other procedures. Food products from 
a nation that is not certified for such food products 
under subsection (e)(3) shall be subject to such in-
tensified examinations, inspections, sampling, and 
other verification procedures, including inspection in
(3) incorporate State and local advisories into 
the national public education program required 
under subsection (a). 
SEC. 203. RESEARCH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct re-
search to assist in the implementation of this Act, includ-
ing studies to— 
(1) improve sanitation and food safety practices 
in the processing of food products; 
(2) develop improved techniques for the moni-
toring of food and inspection of food products; 
(3) develop efficient, rapid, and sensitive meth-
ods for determining and detecting the presence of 
contaminants in food products; 
(4) determine the sources of contamination of 
food and food products with contaminants; and 
(5) develop consumption data with respect to 
food products. 
(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to enter into contracts and agreements with any 
State, university, other government agencies or other per-
sons to carry out the activities under this section.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agricultural Credit Act 
of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 506 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 
(7 U.S.C. 5106) is amended by striking ‘‘2010’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2015’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 18, 
2010. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
160 
(5) a detailed investment strategy and plan for 
each fiscal year covered by the future-years defense 
program under section 221 of title 10, United States 
Code, that is submitted during the fiscal year in 
which the report is submitted, that outlines the re-
sources required to improve the readiness of the 
ground forces of the active and reserve components, 
including a description of how each resource identi-
fied in such plan relates to funding requested by the 
Secretary in the Secretary’s annual budget, and how 
each such resource will specifically enable the Sec-
retary to achieve the readiness goals described in 
paragraph (3) within the projected timeframes. 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—By not later 
than 60 days after the date on which a report is submitted 
under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall review 
the report and, as the Comptroller General determines ap-
propriate, submit to the congressional defense committees 
any additional information that the Comptroller General 
determines will further inform the congressional defense 
committees on issues relating to the readiness of the 
ground forces of the active and reserve components of the 
Armed Forces. 
(c) TERMINATION.—The requirement to submit a re-
port under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date the
SEC. 107. COAL-TO-LIQUID LONG-TERM FUEL PROCURE-
MENT AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DE-
VELOPMENT. 
Section 2398a of title 10, United States Code is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) COAL-TO-LIQUID
PRODUCTION
FACILI-
TIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of De-
fense may enter into contracts or other agree-
ments with private companies or other entities 
to develop and operate coal-to-liquid facilities 
(as defined in section 101 of the Coal-to-Liquid 
Fuel Promotion Act of 2007) on or near mili-
tary installations. 
‘‘(B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In entering into 
contracts and other agreements under subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary shall consider land 
availability, testing opportunities, and proximity 
to raw materials.’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
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case of the enhanced oil, natural gas, and coalbed 
methane recovery, and capture and sequestration 
credit determined under section 43— 
‘‘(A) this section and section 39 shall be 
applied separately with respect to such credit, 
and 
‘‘(B) in applying paragraph (1) to such 
credit— 
‘‘(i) the tentative minimum tax shall 
be treated as being zero, and 
‘‘(ii) the limitation under paragraph 
(1) (as modified by clause (i)) shall be re-
duced by the credit allowed under sub-
section (a) for the taxable year (other than 
the enhanced oil, natural gas, and coalbed 
methane recovery, and capture and seques-
tration credit and the specified credits).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 38(c)(2)(A)(ii)(II) of such Code is 
amended by inserting ‘‘the enhanced oil, natural gas, 
and coalbed methane recovery, and capture and se-
questration credit,’’ after ‘‘employee credit,’’. 
(2) Section 38(c)(3)(A)(ii)(II) of such Code is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, the enhanced oil, natural 
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‘‘(I) 
FOSTER
CARE
MAINTE-
NANCE UNIT COST.—The term ‘foster 
care maintenance unit cost’ means, 
with respect to a State and a fiscal 
year— 
‘‘(aa) the total amount pay-
able to the State under sub-
section (a)(1) for the preceding 
fiscal year; divided by 
‘‘(bb) the total number of 
placement days experienced by 
the State in the preceding fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(II) 
PLACEMENT
DAY.—The 
term ‘placement day’ means, with re-
spect to a State, a calendar day dur-
ing all or part of which a child 
(whether or not eligible for foster care 
maintenance payments under section 
472(a)), other than a child who has 
been determined to be delinquent and 
is the subject of an agreement re-
ferred to in section 472(a)(2), has 
been removed from his home and 
placed into a family foster home, child 
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•HCON 302 EH
Whereas greater strides should be made to demonstrate ap-
preciation for these loyal Americans and the ultimate sac-
rifice they each made;
Whereas Memorial Day is an appropriate day to remember
American heroes by inviting the people of the United
States to honor these heroes at a designated time;
Whereas Memorial Day needs to be made relevant to both
present and future generations of Americans; and
Whereas a National Moment of Remembrance each Memorial
Day at 3:00 p.m., local time, would provide the people of
the United States an opportunity to participate in a sym-
bolic act of American unity: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress—
(1) calls on the people of the United States to
observe a National Moment of Remembrance to
honor the men and women of the United States who
died in the pursuit of freedom and peace; and
(2) requests that the President issue a procla-
mation calling on the people of the United States to
observe such a National Moment of Remembrance.
Passed the House of Representatives May 22, 2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
161 
Secretary of Defense submits the fifth report required 
under that subsection. 
SEC. 356. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL RESERVE 
AIR FLEET VIABILITY. 
(a) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall provide for an independent as-
sessment of the viability of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet to 
be conducted by a federally-funded research and develop-
ment center selected by the Secretary. 
(b) CONTENTS OF ASSESSMENT.—The assessment 
required by subsection (a) shall include each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An assessment of the Civil Reserve Air 
Fleet as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
including an assessment of— 
(A) the level of increased use of commer-
cial assets to fulfill Department of Defense 
transportation requirements as a result of the 
increased global mobility requirements in re-
sponse to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 
2001; 
(B) the extent of charter air carrier par-
ticipation in fulfilling increased Department of 
Defense transportation requirements as a result 
of the increased global mobility requirements in
162 
response to the terrorist attacks of September 
11, 2001; 
(C) any policy of the Secretary of Defense 
to limit the percentage of income a single air 
carrier participating in the Civil Reserve Air 
Fleet may earn under contracts with the Sec-
retary during any calendar year and the effects 
of such policy on the air carrier industry in 
peacetime and during periods during which the 
Armed Forces are deployed in support of a con-
tingency operation for which the Civil Reserve 
Air Fleet is not activated; and 
(D) any risks to the charter air carrier in-
dustry as a result of the expansion of the indus-
try in response to contingency operations result-
ing in increased demand by the Department of 
Defense. 
(2) A strategic assessment of the viability of the 
Civil Reserve Air Fleet that compares such viability 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act with the 
projected viability of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet 5, 
10, and 15 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, including for activations at each of stages 
1, 2, and 3—
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 303
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the
House of Representatives and a conditional ad-
journment or recess of the Senate.
‘‘(e) REMEDIES NOT EXCLUSIVE.—The remedies pro-
vided in this section shall be in addition to and not exclu-
sive of other remedies that may be available. 
‘‘SEC. 417. CIVIL PENALTIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) ACTS
SUBJECT
TO
PENALTY; PENALTY 
AMOUNT.—Any person that commits an act that vio-
lates this Act with respect to food or the Consumer 
Food Safety Act of 2005 may be assessed a civil 
penalty by the Secretary of not more than $100,000 
for each such act. Each such act and each day dur-
ing which such act continues shall be a separate of-
fense. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE AND HEARING.—No penalty shall 
be assessed by the Secretary under this section un-
less such person is given notice and opportunity for 
a hearing on the record before the Secretary in ac-
cordance with sections 554 and 556 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(3) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The amount of 
such civil penalty shall be assessed by the Secretary 
by written order, taking into account the gravity of 
the violation, degree of culpability, size and type of 
business, and any history of prior offenses; and may 
be reviewed only as provided in subsection (b).