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H. R. 3819 
One Hundred Eleventh Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the sixth day of January, two thousand and nine 
An Act 
To extend the commercial space transportation liability regime. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
COMMERCIAL 
SPACE 
TRANSPORTATION 
LIABILITY 
REGIME EXTENSION. 
Section 70113(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009.’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2012.’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3819 
To extend the commercial space transportation liability regime. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 15, 2009 
Mr. GORDON of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. HALL of Texas, Ms. GIFFORDS, 
and Mr. OLSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science and Technology 
A BILL 
To extend the commercial space transportation liability 
regime. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION LI-
ABILITY REGIME EXTENSION. 
Section 70113(f) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009.’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2012.’’. 
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IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3819 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 21, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To extend the commercial space transportation liability 
regime. 
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. COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION LI-
ABILITY REGIME EXTENSION. 
Section 70113(f) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009.’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2012.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 20, 
2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 249 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3819 
AN ACT 
To extend the commercial space transportation 
liability regime. 
DECEMBER 22, 2009 
Reported without amendment 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5064 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the tolling of the 
timing of review for appeals of final decisions of the Board of Veterans’ 
Appeals, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 16, 2010 
Mr. ADLER of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. HALL of New York, and Mr. ACK-
ERMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the 
tolling of the timing of review for appeals of final deci-
sions of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, 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 ‘‘Fair Access to Vet-
erans Benefits Act of 2010’’. 
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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 ‘‘Casa Grande Ruins Na-
tional Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map enti-
tled ‘‘Proposed Casa Grande Ruins Boundary Modi-
fication’’, numbered 303/100,934, and dated January 
2010. 
(2) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ means 
the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in the 
State of Arizona. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Arizona. 
SEC. 3. ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE 
JURISDICTION OF LANDS. 
(a) ACQUISITION OF LANDS.—The Secretary is author-
ized to acquire by donation, exchange, or purchase with do-
nated or appropriate funds from willing owners only, the 
private or State lands or interests in lands generally de-
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Commission under the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.); 
(viii) any securities information proc-
essor registered with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission under the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et 
seq.); and 
(ix) any transfer agent registered with 
the Securities and Exchange Commission 
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.). 
(F) The Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, with respect to— 
(i) any futures commission merchant, 
any commodity trading adviser, any retail 
foreign exchange dealer, and any com-
modity pool operator registered with the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
under the Commodity Exchange Act (7 
U.S.C. 1 et seq.) with respect to the com-
modities activities of such entity and ac-
tivities incidental to such commodities ac-
tivities; and 
(ii) any derivatives clearing organiza-
tion, designated contract market, or swap 
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shall take into consideration the following factors, as ap-
propriate— 
(1) the amount and nature of the company’s fi-
nancial assets; 
(2) the amount and nature of the company’s li-
abilities, including the degree of reliance on short- 
term funding; 
(3) the extent and nature of the company’s off- 
balance sheet exposures; 
(4) the company’s reliance on leverage; 
(5) the extent and nature of the company’s 
transactions, relationships, and interconnectedness 
with other financial and non-financial companies; 
(6) the company’s importance as a source of 
credit for households, businesses, and State and 
local governments and as a source of liquidity for 
the financial system; 
(7) the scope, nature, size, scale, concentration, 
interconnectedness and mix of the company’s activi-
ties; 
(8) the extent to which prudential regulations 
mitigate the risk posed; and 
(9) any other factors identified that the Council 
determines appropriate. 
(d) MITIGATORY ACTIONS.—
Federal Bureau of Investigation or any 
other department or agency of the Federal 
Government; 
(ii) the manner in which the informa-
tion is collected, retained, analyzed, and 
disseminated by the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation, including any direct access to 
the information provided to any other de-
partment, agency, or instrumentality of 
Federal, State, local, or tribal governments 
or any private sector entity; 
(iii) with respect to calendar years 
2010 through 2012, an examination of the 
minimization procedures used in relation to 
pen registers and trap and trace devices 
under title IV of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 and whether the 
minimization procedures protect the con-
stitutional rights of United States persons; 
(iv) whether, and how often, the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation used informa-
tion acquired under a pen register or trap 
and trace device under title IV of the For-
eign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to 
produce an analytical intelligence product 
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cial Protection Agency as provided in the Consumer Fi-
nancial Protection Agency Act of 2009. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall 
become effective on the transfer date. 
SEC. 1205. TRANSFER DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), the date for the transfer of functions to the Office 
of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Corporation 
under section 1204 shall be 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this title. 
(b) EXTENSION PERMITTED.— 
(1) NOTICE REQUIRED.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Comptroller of the Currency and 
the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, may 
designate a calendar date for the transfer of func-
tions of the Office of Thrift Supervision to the Of-
fice of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Cor-
poration under section 1204 that is later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this title if the 
Secretary— 
(A) transmits to the Committee on Bank-
ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 
and the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives—
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3821 
To prevent States from limiting employers from using auto-enrollment for 
employee health insurance coverage. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 15, 2009 
Mr. DEAL of Georgia (for himself, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. PITTS, Mr. BLUNT, and 
Mr. BUYER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To prevent States from limiting employers from using auto- 
enrollment for employee health insurance coverage. 
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 ‘‘Improved Employee 
Access to Health Insurance Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON STATE RESTRICTIONS ON EM-
PLOYER AUTO-ENROLLMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No State shall establish a law 
that prevents an employer from instituting an auto-enroll-
ment process for coverage of a participant or beneficiary 
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under a group health plan, or health insurance coverage 
offered in connection with such a plan, so long as the par-
ticipant or beneficiary has the option of declining such 
coverage. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to supersede State law which establishes, imple-
ments, or continues in effect any standard or requirement 
relating to employers in connection— 
(1) with payroll; or— 
(2) the sponsoring of employer sponsored health 
insurance coverage, 
except to the extent that such standard or requirement 
prevents an employer from instituting the auto-enrollment 
process described in subsection (a). 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3822 
To permit employers to provide contributions and assistance to certain 
employees who purchase individual health insurance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 15, 2009 
Mr. DEAL of Georgia (for himself, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. PITTS, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. 
BARTON of Texas, and Mr. BUYER) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition 
to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To permit employers to provide contributions and assistance 
to certain employees who purchase individual health in-
surance. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS AND ASSISTANCE 
FOR EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE PUR-
CHASES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An employer that does not offer 
health benefits coverage to its employees as of the date 
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of the enactment of this Act is permitted in accordance 
with law to provide tax-free defined contributions and ad-
ministrative assistance to such employees who choose to 
purchase health insurance coverage in the individual mar-
ket. The provision of such tax-free contributions and ad-
ministrative assistance shall not constitute establishment 
or maintenance of a group health plan for purposes of ap-
plying part 7 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee Re-
tirement Income Security Act of 1974 or title XXVIII of 
the Public Health Service Act. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION.—A State may not prohibit an 
employer from taking any of the actions described in sub-
section (a) and may not prohibit the sale of health insur-
ance coverage to employees in cases where an employer’s 
involvement is limited to withholding premiums from the 
employees’ paychecks and sending the premium payments 
to the health insurance issuer offering the coverage on the 
employees’ behalf. 
(c) NOT TREATED AS LIST BILLING.—The provi-
sions of section 702(c)(2)(ii) of title 29, Code of Federal 
Regulations (relating to list billing) shall not be construed 
to apply to actions described in subsection (a). 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3825 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income 
tax credit for certain home purchases. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 15, 2009 
Mr. BRIGHT 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 provide 
a Federal income tax credit for certain home purchases. 
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 ‘‘Helping Homebuyers 
Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR CERTAIN HOME PURCHASES. 
(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—Subpart A of part IV 
of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 25D the fol-
lowing new section: 
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SEC. 5. EXPANSION OF HEALTH OPPORTUNITY ACCOUNT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 613 of the Children’s 
Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 
(Public Law 111–3) is repealed. 
(b) EXPANSION.—Section 1938(a)(2) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u–8(a)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A) by striking everything 
following the first sentence; and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B). 
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sistent with the requirements of subsection 
(j),’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)(4)(A), by striking the 
semicolon at the end and inserting and ‘‘, con-
sistent with the requirements of subsection 
(j);’’; 
(C) in the heading for subsection (d), by 
inserting after ‘‘ROLLS’’ the following: ‘‘BY 
REASON OF CHANGE OF RESIDENCE’’; and 
(D) in subsection (i)(2), by inserting after 
‘‘subsection (d)(2)’’ the following: ‘‘and all per-
sons to whom notices described in subsection 
(j)’’. 
(2) HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT OF 2002.—Section 
303(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 
U.S.C. 15483(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(A)(i), by striking 
‘‘and (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘(e), and (j)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking 
‘‘Safeguards’’ and inserting ‘‘In addition to 
meeting the applicable notice and review re-
quirements of section 8 of the National Voter 
Registration Act of 1993, safeguards’’. 
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‘‘(3) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Rules similar 
to the rules of section 1400C(f) (as so in effect) 
shall apply. 
‘‘(4) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.— 
‘‘(A) COORDINATION WITH OTHER CRED-
ITS.—No credit shall be allowed under this sec-
tion for any purchase for which a credit is al-
lowed under section 36 or section 1400C. 
‘‘(B) BASIS ADJUSTMENT.—For purposes 
of this subtitle, if a credit is allowed under this 
section with respect to the purchase of any resi-
dence, the basis of such residence shall be re-
duced by the amount of the credit so allowed. 
‘‘(f) APPLICATION OF SECTION.—This section shall 
not apply to residences purchased during the 1-year period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this sub-
section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of 
section 1016 of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end of paragraph (36), by striking the period at 
the end of paragraph (37) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(38) to the extent provided in section 
25E(e)(4).’’. 
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(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
of such Code is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 25D the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 25E. Credit for certain home purchases.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to residences purchased after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3836 
To authorize the Secretary of Energy to provide credit support to enhance 
the availability of private financing for clean energy technology deployment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 15, 2009 
Mr. ISRAEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Energy to provide credit sup-
port to enhance the availability of private financing for 
clean energy technology deployment. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. INDIRECT SUPPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of enhancing the 
availability of private financing for clean energy tech-
nology deployment, the Secretary of Energy may— 
(1) provide credit support to portfolios of tax-
able debt obligations originated by State, local, and 
private sector entities that enable owners and users 
of buildings and industrial facilities to— 
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(as the case may be with respect to the applica-
ble post acute care provider) on or after the 
first day of the fiscal year or rate year, begin-
ning on or after October 1, 2011, with respect 
to the applicable post acute care provider. 
(2) DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF PER-
FORMANCE MEASURES.— 
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Secretary 
of 
Health and Human Services shall develop ap-
propriate measures of readmission rates for 
post acute care providers. The Secretary shall 
seek endorsement of such measures by the enti-
ty with a contract under section 1890(a) of the 
Social Security Act but may adopt and apply 
such measures under this paragraph without 
such an endorsement. The Secretary shall ex-
pand such measures in a manner similar to the 
manner in which applicable conditions are ex-
panded under paragraph (5)(B) of section 
1886(p) of the Social Security Act, as added by 
subsection (a). 
(B) 
IMPLEMENTATION.—The 
Secretary 
shall apply, on or after October 1, 2014, with 
respect to post acute care providers, policies 
similar to the policies applied with respect to
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3830 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop an 
individual chronic disease prevention and wellness achievement matrix. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 15, 2009 
Mr. FORTENBERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
develop an individual chronic disease prevention and 
wellness achievement matrix. 
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 ‘‘Health and Wellness 
for Americans Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. INDIVIDUAL CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND 
WELLNESS ACHIEVEMENT MATRIX. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall develop an individual chronic dis-
ease prevention and wellness achievement matrix— 
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mination based on evidence in the agency 
record that such liability has a material adverse 
effect on the ability of the applicant to perform 
obligations required by a license issued pursu-
ant to this Act; and 
‘‘(C) no principal manager is under inves-
tigation by a governmental agency or authority 
for, is under indictment for, or has been con-
victed of a felony for a violation of Federal or 
State securities laws, fraud, or another criminal 
violation if such investigation, indictment, or 
conviction has a material adverse effect on the 
ability of the applicant to perform obligations 
under a license issued under this Act. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
may remove an application from the approval 
process under this subsection if the Adminis-
trator determines based on evidence in the 
agency record that the approval of the license 
would present an unacceptable risk to the Fed-
eral Government. 
‘‘(B) IN
WRITING.—Such determination 
shall be made in writing and provided to the 
applicant no later than 10 calendar days after
(1) to assist individuals to lower their risks of 
chronic disease; 
(2) to achieve overall reductions in the inci-
dence of chronic disease on a national scale; and 
(3) to lay the foundation for future policies that 
incentivize achievements based on the matrix. 
(b) FACTORS.—The matrix under subsection (a) shall 
consist of easily measurable, demonstrable, clinical factors 
as follows: 
(1) Achieving the recommended body mass 
index for an individual’s height and weight, or alter-
natively, an individual’s recommended waist circum-
ference. 
(2) Achieving recommended lipid profile levels 
that make up a full lipid panel, or alternatively the 
recommended ratio of high density lipoprotein 
(HDL) to low density lipoprotein (LDL). 
(3) Achieving the recommended blood pressure 
level. 
(4) Completing all cancer screenings for age 
and gender, based on guidelines of the U.S. Preven-
tive Services Task Force. 
(5) Achieving non-smoking status. 
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(6) Achieving the recommended fasting blood 
sugar level (or, if diabetic, the recommended hemo-
globin A1c level). 
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