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prior analyses and environmental reviews un-
dertaken during the designation of corridors.
(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out this section,
the Secretaries shall take into account the need for up-
graded and new electricity transmission and distribution
facilities to—
(1) improve reliability;
(2) relieve congestion; and
(3) enhance the capability of the national grid
to deliver electricity.
(d) DEFINITION OF CORRIDOR.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section and title V of
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761 et seq.), the term ‘‘corridor’’
means—
(A) a linear strip of land—
(i) with a width determined with con-
sideration given to technological, environ-
mental, and topographical factors; and
(ii) that contains, or may in the fu-
ture contain, 1 or more utility, communica-
tion, or transportation facilities;
(B) a land use designation that is
established—
(i) by law;
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(ii) by Secretarial Order;
(iii) through the land use planning
process; or
(iv) by other management decision;
and
(C) a designation made for the purpose of
establishing the preferred location of compatible
linear facilities and land uses.
(2) SPECIFICATIONS
OF
CORRIDOR.—On des-
ignation of a corridor under this section, the center-
line, width, and compatible uses of a corridor shall
be specified.
SEC. 2030. CONSULTATION REGARDING ENERGY RIGHTS-
OF-WAY ON PUBLIC LAND.
(a) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary
of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the
Secretary of Defense with respect to lands under
their respective jurisdictions, shall enter into a
memorandum of understanding to coordinate all ap-
plicable Federal authorizations and environmental
reviews relating to a proposed or existing utility fa-
cility. To the maximum extent practicable under ap-
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plicable law, the Secretary of Energy shall, to ensure
timely review and permit decisions, coordinate such
authorizations and reviews with any Indian tribes,
multi-State entities, and State agencies that are re-
sponsible for conducting any separate permitting
and environmental reviews of the affected utility fa-
cility.
(2) CONTENTS.—The memorandum of under-
standing shall include provisions that—
(A) establish—
(i) a unified right-of-way application
form; and
(ii) an administrative procedure for
processing right-of-way applications, in-
cluding lines of authority, steps in applica-
tion processing, and timeframes for appli-
cation processing;
(B) provide for coordination of planning
relating to the granting of the rights-of-way;
(C) provide for an agreement among the
affected Federal agencies to prepare a single
environmental review document to be used as
the basis for all Federal authorization decisions;
and
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‘‘(iii) A brief summary of the specific 
substantive issues raised in the petition 
which form the basis of the determination. 
‘‘(C) FORMAT.—The information described 
in subparagraph (B) shall be conveyed via ei-
ther, at the discretion of the Secretary— 
‘‘(i) a document; or 
‘‘(ii) a meeting with the applicant in-
volved. 
‘‘(D) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—Any informa-
tion conveyed by the Secretary under subpara-
graph (C) shall be considered part of the appli-
cation and shall be subject to the disclosure re-
quirements applicable to information in such 
application. 
‘‘(E) DENIAL
BASED
ON
INTENT
TO 
DELAY.—If the Secretary determines that a pe-
tition or a supplement to the petition was sub-
mitted with the primary purpose of delaying the 
approval of an application and the petition does 
not on its face raise valid scientific or regu-
latory issues, the Secretary may deny the peti-
tion at any point based on such determination. 
The Secretary may issue guidance to describe 
the factors that will be used to determine under
II 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6206 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 8, 2006 
Received 
AN ACT 
To revise the calculation of interest on investments of the 
Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Fund. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Truman Scholarship 
Fund Modernization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REVISION OF INVESTMENT PROCEDURE. 
Section 10 of the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholar-
ship Act (20 U.S.C. 2009) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED.— 
‘‘(1) At the request of the Board, it shall be the 
duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to invest in 
full the amounts appropriated and contributed to the 
fund. Such investments may be made only in the in-
terest-bearing obligations of the United States 
issued directly to the fund. 
‘‘(2) The purposes for which obligations of the 
United States may be issued under chapter 31 of 
title 31 are hereby extended to authorize the 
issuance at par of special obligations directly to the 
fund. Such special obligations shall bear interest at 
a rate equal to the average rate of interest, com-
puted as to the end of the calendar month next pre-
ceding the date of such issue, borne by all market-
able interest-bearing obligations of the United States 
then forming a part of the public debt; except that 
where such average rate is not a multiple of one- 
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eighth of 1 per centum, the rate of interest of such 
special obligations shall be the multiple of one-eighth 
of 1 per centum next lower than such average rate. 
All requests of the Board to the Secretary of the 
Treasury provided for in this section shall be binding 
upon the Secretary.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) SALE OF OBLIGATIONS ACQUIRED BY FUND.— 
At the request of the Board, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall redeem any obligation issued directly to the fund. 
Obligations issued to the fund under subsection (b)(2) 
shall be redeemed at par plus accrued interest. Any other 
obligations issued directly to the fund shall be redeemed 
at the market price.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 7, 
2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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(D) provide for coordination of use of
right-of-way stipulations to achieve consistency.
(b) NATURAL GAS PIPELINES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to permitting
activities for interstate natural gas pipelines, the
May 2002 document entitled ‘‘Interagency Agree-
ment On Early Coordination Of Required Environ-
mental And Historic Preservation Reviews Con-
ducted In Conjunction With The Issuance Of Au-
thorizations To Construct And Operate Interstate
Natural Gas Pipelines Certificated By The Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission’’ shall constitute
compliance with subsection (a).
(2) REPORT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this Act, and
every 2 years thereafter, agencies that are sig-
natories to the document referred to in para-
graph (1) shall transmit to Congress a report
on how the agencies under the jurisdiction of
the Secretaries are incorporating and imple-
menting the provisions of the document referred
to in paragraph (1).
(B) 
CONTENTS.—The 
report 
shall
address—
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(i) efforts to implement the provisions
of the document referred to in paragraph
(1);
(ii) whether the efforts have had a
streamlining effect;
(iii) further improvements to the per-
mitting process of the agency; and
(iv) recommendations for inclusion of
State and tribal governments in a coordi-
nated permitting process.
(c) DEFINITION OF UTILITY FACILITY.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘utility facility’’ means any privately, pub-
licly, or cooperatively owned line, facility, or system—
(1) for the transportation of—
(A) oil, natural gas, synthetic liquid fuel,
or gaseous fuel;
(B) any refined product produced from oil,
natural gas, synthetic liquid fuel, or gaseous
fuel; or
(C) products in support of the production
of material referred to in subparagraph (A) or
(B);
(2) for storage and terminal facilities in connec-
tion with the production of material referred to in
paragraph (1); or
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(3) for the generation, transmission, and dis-
tribution of electric energy.
SEC. 2031. ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION LINE RIGHT-OF-
WAY, CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST AND
ADJACENT PUBLIC LAND, CALIFORNIA.
(a) ISSUANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after
the completion of the environmental reviews under
subsection (c), the Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of Agriculture shall issue all necessary
grants, easements, permits, plan amendments, and
other approvals to allow for the siting and construc-
tion of a high-voltage electricity transmission line
right-of-way running approximately north to south
through the Trabuco Ranger District of the Cleve-
land National Forest in the State of California and
adjacent lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau
of Land Management and the Forest Service.
(2) INCLUSIONS.—The right-of-way approvals
under paragraph (1) shall provide all necessary Fed-
eral authorization from the Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of Agriculture for the routing,
construction, operation, and maintenance of a 500-
kilovolt transmission line capable of meeting the
long-term electricity transmission needs of the region
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6207 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat income earned by 
mutual funds from exchange-traded funds holding precious metal bullion 
as qualifying income. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2006 
Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania 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 treat in-
come earned by mutual funds from exchange-traded 
funds holding precious metal bullion as qualifying in-
come. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. INCOME EARNED BY MUTUAL FUNDS FROM EX-
CHANGE-TRADED 
FUNDS 
HOLDING 
PRE-
CIOUS METAL BULLION TREATED AS QUALI-
FYING INCOME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 851 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) BULLION EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any interest 
in a trust which is described in paragraph (2)— 
‘‘(A) such interest shall not fail to be 
treated as a security for purposes of this section 
by reason of any provision of subpart E of sub-
chapter J (relating to grantors and others 
treated as substantial owners), 
‘‘(B) any net income derived from such in-
terest shall be treated for purposes of sub-
section (b)(2) as gain from the disposition of 
such interest, and 
‘‘(C) the last sentence of subsection (b) 
shall not apply to such interest. 
‘‘(2) INTERESTS IN BULLION EXCHANGE-TRAD-
ED FUNDS DESCRIBED.—An interest in a trust is 
described in this paragraph if— 
‘‘(A) such interest is a security (as defined 
in section 2(a)(36) of the Investment Company 
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Act of 1940, as amended), determined without 
regard to subpart E of subchapter J, 
‘‘(B) such interests are regularly traded on 
an established securities market in the United 
States, and 
‘‘(C) at least 95 percent of the assets of 
the trust are bullion described in section 
408(m)(3)(B).’’. 
(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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between the existing Valley-Serrano transmission
line to the north and the Telega-Escondido trans-
mission line to the south, and for connecting to fu-
ture generating capacity that may be developed in
the region.
(b) PROTECTION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture
shall not allow any portion of a transmission line right-
of-way corridor identified in subsection (a) to enter any
identified wilderness area in existence as of the date of
enactment of this Act.
(c) ENVIRONMENTAL
AND
ADMINISTRATIVE
RE-
VIEWS.—
(1) DEPARTMENT
OF
INTERIOR
OR
LOCAL
AGENCY.—The Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Director of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, shall be the lead Federal agency with over-
all responsibility to ensure completion of required
environmental and other reviews of the approvals to
be issued under subsection (a).
(2) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND.—For the
portions of the corridor on National Forest System
lands, the Secretary of Agriculture shall complete all
required environmental reviews and administrative
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actions in coordination with the Secretary of the In-
terior.
(3) EXPEDITIOUS
COMPLETION.—The reviews
required for issuance of the approvals under sub-
section (a) shall be completed not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this Act.
(d) OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The trans-
mission line right-of-way shall be subject to such terms
and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of Agriculture consider necessary, based on the
environmental reviews under subsection (c), to protect the
value of historic, cultural, and natural resources under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Sec-
retary of Agriculture.
(e) PREFERENCE AMONG PROPOSALS.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture
shall give a preference to any application or preapplication
proposal for a transmission line right-of-way referred to
in subsection (a) that was submitted before December 31,
2002, over all other applications and proposals for the
same or a similar right-of-way submitted on or after that
date.
Union Calendar No. 353
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3508
[Report No. 103–653]
A BILL
To provide for tribal self-governance, and for other
purposes.
AUGUST 3, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
Union Calendar No. 210
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3509
[Report No. 103–382]
A BILL
To approve a Governing International Fisheries
Agreement.
NOVEMBER 19, 1993
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
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SEC. 2032. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DEVELOP-
MENT OF MINERALS UNDER PADRE ISLAND
NATIONAL SEASHORE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
(1) Pursuant to Public Law 87–712 (16 U.S.C.
459d et seq.; popularly known as the ‘‘Federal Ena-
bling Act’’) and various deeds and actions under
that Act, the United States is the owner of only the
surface estate of certain lands constituting the
Padre Island National Seashore.
(2) Ownership of the oil, gas, and other min-
erals in the subsurface estate of the lands consti-
tuting the Padre Island National Seashore was never
acquired by the United States, and ownership of
those interests is held by the State of Texas and pri-
vate parties.
(3) Public Law 87–712 (16 U.S.C. 459d et
seq.)—
(A) expressly contemplated that the United
States would recognize the ownership and fu-
ture development of the oil, gas, and other min-
erals in the subsurface estate of the lands con-
stituting the Padre Island National Seashore by
the owners and their mineral lessees; and
Union Calendar No. 203
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3511
[Report No. 103–368]
A BILL
Rescinding certain budget authority, and for other
purposes.
NOVEMBER 16, 1993
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3514
AN ACT
To clarify the regulatory oversight exercised by the
Rural Electrification Administration with respect
to certain electric borrowers.
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(B) recognized that approval of the State
of Texas was required to create Padre Island
National Seashore.
(4) Approval was given for the creation of
Padre Island National Seashore by the State of
Texas through Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. Art.
6077(t) (Vernon 1970), which expressly recognized
that development of the oil, gas, and other minerals
in the subsurface of the lands constituting Padre Is-
land National Seashore would be conducted with full
rights of ingress and egress under the laws of the
State of Texas.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that with regard to Federal law, any regulation of
the development of oil, gas, or other minerals in the sub-
surface of the lands constituting Padre Island National
Seashore should be made as if those lands retained the
status that the lands had on September 27, 1962.
SEC. 2033. LIVINGSTON PARISH MINERAL RIGHTS TRANS-
FER.
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 102 of Public Law 102–
562 (106 Stat. 4234) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘and subject to the reservation
in subsection (b),’’; and
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(3) by striking subsection (b).
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDMENT.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall execute the legal instruments
necessary to effectuate the amendment made by sub-
section (a)(3).
Subtitle C—Naval Petroleum
Reserves
SEC. 2041. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION
AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, NAVAL
PETROLEUM RESERVE NUMBERED 2, KERN
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.
(a) ADMINISTRATION JURISDICTION TRANSFER TO
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.—Effective on the date of
the enactment of this Act, administrative jurisdiction and
control over all public domain lands included within Naval
Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2 located in Kern County,
California, (other than the lands specified in subsection
(b)) are transferred from the Secretary of Energy to the
Secretary of the Interior for management, subject to sub-
section (c), in accordance with the general land laws.
(b) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN RESERVE LANDS.—The
transfer of administrative jurisdiction made by subsection
(a) does not include the following lands:
(1) That portion of Naval Petroleum Reserve
Numbered 2 authorized for disposal under section
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3403(a) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law
105–261; 10 U.S.C. 7420 note).
(2) That portion of the surface estate of Naval
Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2 conveyed to the City
of Taft, California, by section 2042 of this Act.
(c) PURPOSE OF TRANSFER.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the principle purpose of the lands
subject to transfer under subsection (a) is the production
of hydrocarbon resources, and the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall manage the lands in a fashion consistent with
this purpose. In managing the lands, the Secretary of the
Interior shall regulate operations only to prevent unneces-
sary degradation and to provide for ultimate economic re-
covery of the resources.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3403 of the
Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–261; 10 U.S.C 7420
note) is amended by striking subsection (b).
SEC. 2042. LAND CONVEYANCE, PORTION OF NAVAL PETRO-
LEUM RESERVE NUMBERED 2, TO CITY OF
TAFT, CALIFORNIA.
(a) CONVEYANCE.—Effective on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, there is conveyed to the City of Taft,
California (in this section referred to as the ‘‘City’’), all
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surface right, title, and interest of the United States in
and to a parcel of real property consisting of approxi-
mately 167 acres located in the N1⁄2 of section 18, town-
ship 32 south, range 24 east, Mount Diablo meridian,
more fully described as Parcels 1 and 2 according to the
Record of Survey filed on July 1, 1974, in Book 11 of
Record Surveys at page 68, County of Kern, State of Cali-
fornia.
(b) CONSIDERATION.—The conveyance under sub-
section (a) is made without the payment of consideration
by the City.
(c) TREATMENT OF EXISTING RIGHTS.—The convey-
ance under subsection (a) is subject to valid existing
rights, including Federal oil and gas lease SAC—019577.
(d) TREATMENT OF MINERALS.—All coal, oil, gas,
and other minerals within the lands conveyed under sub-
section (a) are reserved to the United States, except that
the United States and its lessees, licensees, permittees, or
assignees shall have no right of surface use or occupancy
of the lands. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed
to require the United States or its lessees, licensees, per-
mittees, or assignees to support the surface of the con-
veyed lands.
(e) INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS.—The City
shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the United
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States for, from, and against, and the City shall assume
all responsibility for, any and all liability of any kind or
nature, including all loss, cost, expense, or damage, arising
from the City’s use or occupancy of, or operations on, the
land conveyed under subsection (a), whether such use or
occupancy of, or operations on, occurred before or occur
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(f) INSTRUMENT OF CONVEYANCE.—Not later than
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Energy shall execute, file, and cause to be
recorded in the appropriate office a deed or other appro-
priate instrument documenting the conveyance made by
this section.
SEC. 2043. REVOCATION OF LAND WITHDRAWAL.
Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Executive Order of December 13, 1912, which created
Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2, is revoked in its
entirety.
SEC. 2044. EFFECT OF TRANSFER AND CONVEYANCE.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed——
(1) to impose on the Secretary of Energy any
new liability or responsibility that the Secretary of
Energy did not bear before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; or
(A) The assessment of the Comptroller 
General on each matter addressed by such stud-
ies. 
(B) Any recommendation of the Comp-
troller General for administrative action on any 
matter specified in subsection (a) or (b) that 
the Comptroller General considers necessary to 
better protect the security of driver’s licenses 
and identification cards issued by the States. 
(C) Any recommendation of the Comp-
troller General for legislative action on any 
matter specified in subsection (a) or (b) that 
the Comptroller General considers necessary to 
better protect the security of driver’s licenses 
and identification cards issued by the States. 
(3) FORM.—If necessary, the Comptroller Gen-
eral may submit a classified and unclassified version 
of the report. 
(d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF THE CONGRESS 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate com-
mittees of the Congress’’ means—
(1) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judici-
ary, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate; and
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
United States House of Representatives.
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