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(A) conveying private property to public 
ownership, such as for a road, hospital, or mili-
tary base, or to an entity, such as a common 
carrier, that makes the property available for use 
by the general public as of right, such as a rail-
road, or public facility, or for use as a right of 
way, aqueduct, pipeline, or similar use; 
(B) removing harmful uses of land provided 
such uses constitute an immediate threat to pub-
lic health and safety; 
(C) leasing property to a private person or 
entity that occupies an incidental part of public 
property or a public facility, such as a retail es-
tablishment on the ground floor of a public 
building; 
(D) acquiring abandoned property; 
(E) clearing defective chains of title; and 
(F) taking private property for use by a 
public utility. 
(2) 
FEDERAL
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS.—The term ‘‘Federal economic development 
funds’’ means any Federal funds distributed to or 
through States or political subdivisions of States 
under Federal laws designed to improve or increase
the size of the economies of States or political subdivi-
sions of States. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 
several States, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or pos-
session of the United States. 
SEC. 9. SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) SEVERABILITY.—The provisions of this Act are sev-
erable. If any provision of this Act, or any application 
thereof, is found unconstitutional, that finding shall not af-
fect any provision or application of the Act not so adju-
dicated. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect upon 
the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, but shall not apply to 
any project for which condemnation proceedings have been 
initiated prior to the date of enactment. 
SEC. 10. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the policy of the United States to encourage, sup-
port, and promote the private ownership of property and 
to ensure that the constitutional and other legal rights of 
private property owners are protected by the Federal Gov-
ernment.
SEC. 11. BROAD CONSTRUCTION. 
This Act shall be construed in favor of a broad protec-
tion of private property rights, to the maximum extent per-
mitted by the terms of this Act and the Constitution.
Union Calendar No. 143 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4128 
[Report No. 109–262] 
A BILL 
To protect private property rights. 
OCTOBER 31, 2005 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed
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(5) The United States, along with 189 other 
countries, is a party to the Convention, agreed to in 
New York on May 9, 1992, and entered into force 
in 1994. The Convention’s stated objective is ‘‘to 
achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentra-
tions in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent 
dangerous anthropogenic interference with the cli-
mate system’’. 
(6) The Kyoto Protocol to the Convention was 
adopted by the third Convention Conference of the 
Parties (COP–3) in December 1997, in Kyoto, 
Japan, and stipulated legally binding reductions in 
greenhouse gas emissions at an average of 5.2 per-
cent below 1990 levels for industrialized countries, 
but it did not specify policies for its implementation. 
The Kyoto Protocol also did not stipulate binding re-
ductions in greenhouse gas emissions for rapidly in-
dustrializing countries such as China, India, and 
Brazil. 
(7) Before negotiations were completed on the 
mechanisms for implementing Kyoto Protocol com-
mitments on greenhouse gas emissions, George W. 
Bush took office as President of the United States, 
and in March 2001, announced opposition to contin-
ued negotiations over implementation of the Pro-
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H. R. 4053
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and six 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 545 North 
Rimsdale Avenue in Covina, California, as the ‘‘Lillian Kinkella Keil Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
545 North Rimsdale Avenue in Covina, California, shall be known 
and designated as the ‘‘Lillian Kinkella Keil Post Office’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
or other record of the United States to the facility referred to 
in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Lillian 
Kinkella Keil Post Office’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4053 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
545 North Rimsdale Avenue in Covina, California, as the ‘‘Lillian 
Kinkella Keil Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2005 
Ms. SOLIS (for herself, Mr. BACA, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BERMAN, Mrs. BONO, 
Mr. 
CALVERT, 
Mrs. 
CAPPS, 
Mr. 
CARDOZA, 
Mr. 
COSTA, 
Mr. 
CUNNINGHAM, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Ms. ESHOO, 
Mr. FARR, Mr. FILNER, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. HERGER, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 
ISSA, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEWIS of California, Ms. ZOE 
LOFGREN of California, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. 
MCKEON, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. GARY G. MIL-
LER of California, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. POMBO, Mr. 
ROHRABACHER, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. ROYCE, Ms. LINDA
T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. STARK, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. THOMPSON of 
California, Ms. WATERS, Ms. WATSON, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CONYERS, 
Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. REYES, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. MORAN of 
Virginia, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. 
HUNTER, Mr. DREIER, Mr. NUNES, Mr. GALLEGLY, and Mr. THOMAS) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 545 North Rimsdale Avenue in Covina, Cali-
fornia, as the ‘‘Lillian Kinkella Keil Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LILLIAN KINKELLA KEIL POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 545 North Rimsdale Avenue in 
Covina, California, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Lillian Kinkella Keil Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Lillian Kinkella Keil 
Post Office’’. 
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the adjusted basis of such property in the same 
manner as if such property (with such adjusted 
basis) were placed in service on the first day of the 
taxable year which includes the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection. The application of this 
paragraph shall not be treated as a change in meth-
od of accounting for purposes of section 481.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service be-
fore, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ
IB 
Union Calendar No. 173 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 452 
[Report No. 109–319] 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine 
the suitability and feasibility of designating the Soldiers’ Memorial Mili-
tary Museum located in St. Louis, Missouri, as a unit of the National 
Park System. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 1, 2005 
Mr. CLAY (for himself, Mr. CARNAHAN, and Mr. SKELTON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
DECEMBER 6, 2005 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
study to determine the suitability and feasibility of desig-
nating the Soldiers’ Memorial Military Museum located 
in St. Louis, Missouri, as a unit of the National Park 
System. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STUDY REGARDING 
THE SOLDIERS’ MEMORIAL MILITARY MU-
SEUM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The Soldiers’ Memorial is a tribute to all 
veterans located in the greater St. Louis area, in-
cluding Southern Illinois. 
(2) The current annual budget for the memorial 
is $185,000 and is paid for exclusively by the City 
of St. Louis. 
(3) In 1923, the City of St. Louis voted to 
spend $6,000,000 to purchase a memorial plaza and 
building dedicated to citizens of St. Louis who lost 
their lives in World War I. 
(4) The purchase of the 7 block site exhausted 
the funds and no money remained to construct a 
monument. 
(5) In 1933, Mayor Bernard F. Dickmann ap-
pealed to citizens and the city government to raise 
$1,000,000 to construct a memorial building and 
general improvement of the plaza area and the con-
struction of Soldiers’ Memorial began on October 
21, 1935. 
(6) On October 14, 1936, President Franklin 
D. Roosevelt officially dedicated the site.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3945 
To provide for the establishment by the Secretary of Energy of a program 
of Federal support for local governments and school districts to imple-
ment clean energy projects. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 23, 2007 
Mr. ISRAEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment by the Secretary of Energy 
of a program of Federal support for local governments 
and school districts to implement clean energy projects. 
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 ‘‘Clean Energy Partner-
ship Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. 
The Secretary of Energy shall establish a program 
to provide to local educational agencies grants in an 
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IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4053 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 9, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 545 North Rimsdale Avenue in Covina, Cali-
fornia, as the ‘‘Lillian Kinkella Keil Post Office’’. 
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. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 545 North Rimsdale Avenue in Covina, Cali-
fornia, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Lillian 
Kinkella Keil Post Office’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Lillian Kinkella Keil Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 8, 
2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 412
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to con-
duct a study to determine the suitability and fea-
sibility of establishing the Western Reserve Her-
itage Area.
109TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 412
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a
study to determine the suitability and feasibility of estab-
lishing the Western Reserve Heritage Area.
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 ‘‘Western Reserve Her-
itage Areas Study Act’’.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STUDY REGARDING THE
WESTERN RESERVE, OHIO.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) The area that encompasses the modern-day
counties of Trumbull, Mahoning, Ashtabula, Por-
tage, Geagua, Lake, Cuyahoga, Summit, Medina,
Huron, Lorain, Erie, Ottawa, and Ashland in Ohio
with the rich history in what was once the Western
Reserve, has made a unique contribution to the cul-
tural, political and industrial development of the
United States.
(2) The Western Reserve is distinctive as the
land settled by the people of Connecticut after the
Revolutionary War. The Western Reserve holds a
unique mark as the original wilderness land of the
West that many settlers migrated to in order to
begin life outside of the original 13 colonies.
(3) The Western Reserve played a significant
role in providing land to the people of Connecticut
whose property and land was destroyed during the
Revolution. These settlers were descendants of the
brave immigrants who came to the Americas in the
17th century.
(4) The Western Reserve offered a new destina-
tion for those who moved west in search of land and
prosperity. The agricultural and industrial base that
began in the Western Reserve still lives strong in
these prosperous and historical counties.
(5) The heritage of the Western Reserve re-
mains transfixed in the counties of Trumbull,
Mahoning, Ashtabula, Portage, Geagua, Lake, Cuya-
hoga, Summit, Medina, Huron, Lorain, Erie, Ot-
tawa, and Ashland in Ohio. The people of these
counties are proud of their heritage as shown
through the unwavering attempts to preserve agri-
cultural land and the industrial foundation that has
been embedded in this region since the establishment
of the Western Reserve. Throughout these counties,
historical sites, and markers preserve the unique tra-
ditions and customs of its original heritage.
(6) The counties that encompass the Western
Reserve continue to maintain a strong connection to
its historic past as seen through its preservation of
its local heritage, including historic homes, buildings,
and centers of public gatherings.
(7) There is a need for assistance for the pres-
ervation and promotion of the significance of the
Western Reserve as the natural, historic and cul-
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tocol, stating that the Protocol was ‘‘fatally flawed’’ 
from the Administration’s point of view. 
(8) President Bush unveiled an ‘‘alternative’’ 
strategy to the Kyoto Protocol for halting global 
warming on February 14, 2002. The President’s 
plan did not contain any international component to 
amend or supplant the Kyoto Protocol or any kind 
of blueprint for committing major developing econo-
mies such as China, India, and Brazil to reduce fu-
ture greenhouse gas emissions. The President’s plan 
set a voluntary ‘‘greenhouse gas intensity’’ target for 
the United States that specified an 18 percent re-
duction in ‘‘emissions intensity’’ by 2012. This re-
duction would allow actual emissions to increase by 
at least 12 percent over the same period. 
(9) On February 16, 2005, after Russia’s ratifi-
cation, the Kyoto Protocol entered into force. With 
entry into force, the emissions targets of the Pro-
tocol became legally binding commitments for those 
industrialized countries that ratified the Protocol. 
Because the United States and Australia did not 
ratify the Protocol, and because developing countries 
are not subject to its limits, the Protocol currently 
restricts the emissions of countries accounting for 
only 32 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. 
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(10) The Kyoto Protocol required that parties 
to the Protocol begin negotiating in 2005 toward a 
second round of commitments to begin after the ex-
piration of the first emissions budget period in 2012. 
The eleventh Convention Conference of the Parties 
(COP–11) in November and December 2005 in 
Montreal, Canada launched the negotiations on the 
second round of commitments by parties to the Pro-
tocol and initiated a dialogue (a ‘‘parallel process’’) 
under the Convention that engaged both the United 
States and developing countries in discussions on fu-
ture efforts. 
(11) At the twelfth Convention Conference of 
the Parties (COP–12) in November 2006 in Nairobi, 
Kenya, parties continued discussions on a second 
round of commitments under the Kyoto Protocol as 
a successor to the first commitment period (2008 
through 2012) and, in the parallel process, discussed 
enhanced cooperation under the Convention that 
would engage countries that did not have commit-
ments under the Protocol. 
(12) At a summit in Brussels, Belgium in 
March 2007, the head of governments of the Euro-
pean Union committed its Member States to cut 
greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent below 1990 lev-
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tural 
heritage 
of 
the 
counties 
of 
Trumbull,
Mahoning, Ashtabula, Portage, Geagua, Lake, Cuya-
hoga, Summit, Medina, Huron, Lorain, Erie, Ottawa
and Ashland in Ohio.
(8) The Department of the Interior is respon-
sible for protecting the Nation’s cultural and histor-
ical resources. There are significant examples of
such resources within these counties and what was
once the Western Reserve to merit the involvement
of the Federal Government in the development of
programs and projects, in cooperation with the State
of Ohio and other local governmental entities, to
adequately conserve, protect, and interpret this her-
itage for future generations, while providing oppor-
tunities for education and revitalization.
(b) STUDY.—
(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Secretary, 
acting
through the National Park Service Rivers, Trails,
and Conservation Assistance Program, Midwest Re-
gion, and in consultation with the State of Ohio, the
counties of Trumbull, Mahoning, Ashtabula, Por-
tage, Geagua, Lake, Cuyahoga, Summit, Medina,
Huron, Lorain, Erie, Ottawa, and Ashland, and
other appropriate organizations, shall carry out a
study regarding the suitability and feasibility of es-
tablishing the Western Reserve Heritage Area in
these counties in Ohio.
(2) CONTENTS.—The study shall include anal-
ysis and documentation regarding whether the Study
Area—
(A) has an assemblage of natural, historic,
and cultural resources that together represent
distinctive aspects of American heritage worthy
of recognition, conservation, interpretation, and
continuing use, and are best managed through
partnerships among public and private entities
and by combining diverse and sometimes non-
contiguous resources and active communities;
(B) reflects traditions, customs, beliefs,
and folklife that are a valuable part of the na-
tional story;
(C) provides outstanding opportunities to
conserve natural, historic, cultural, or scenic
features;
(D) provides outstanding recreational and
educational opportunities;
(E) contains resources important to the
identified theme or themes of the Study Area
that retain a degree of integrity capable of sup-
porting interpretation;
(F) includes residents, business interests,
nonprofit organizations, and local and State
governments that are involved in the planning,
have developed a conceptual financial plan that
outlines the roles for all participants, including
the Federal Government, and have dem-
onstrated support for the concept of a national
heritage area;
(G) has a potential management entity to
work in partnership with residents, business in-
terests, nonprofit organizations, and local and
State governments to develop a national herit-
age area consistent with continued local and
State economic activity;
(H) has a conceptual boundary map that is
supported by the public; and
(I) has potential or actual impact on pri-
vate property located within or abutting the
Study Area.
(c) BOUNDARIES OF THE STUDY AREA.—The Study
Area shall be comprised of the counties of Trumbull,
Mahoning, Ashtabula, Portage, Geagua, Lake, Cuyahoga,
Summit, Medina, Huron, Lorain, Erie, Ottawa, and Ash-
land in Ohio.
Passed the House of Representatives March 14,
2005.
Attest:
Clerk.
II 
Calendar No. 350 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4053 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 9, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
DECEMBER 16, 2005 
Reported by Ms. COLLINS, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 545 North Rimsdale Avenue in Covina, Cali-
fornia, as the ‘‘Lillian Kinkella Keil Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 545 North Rimsdale Avenue in Covina, Cali-
fornia, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Lillian 
Kinkella Keil Post Office’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Lillian Kinkella Keil Post Office’’.
Calendar No. 350 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4053 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 545 North Rimsdale Avenue 
in Covina, California, as the ‘‘Lillian Kinkella 
Keil Post Office’’. 
DECEMBER 16, 2005 
Reported without amendment
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4054
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 6110 East 51st Place in 
Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the ‘‘Dewey F. Bartlett 
Post Office’’.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4054
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 6110 East 51st Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 
as the ‘‘Dewey F. Bartlett Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 6110 East 51st Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, shall 
be known and designated as the ‘‘Dewey F. Bartlett Post 
Office’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Dewey F. Bartlett Post Office’’.
Passed the House of Representatives March 7, 
2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.