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SEC. 3. EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall develop and implement an effective 
ongoing public information and educational campaign to 
inform the public, in general, and new parents, child care 
providers, and other care givers of young children, in par-
ticular, about brain injuries and other harmful effects that 
may result from shaking infants and children under 5 
years of age and healthy strategies to cope with a crying 
baby and related frustrations—all to help protect children 
from injury. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The program under subsection (a) 
shall include at least the following elements: 
(1) Educational and informational materials in 
print, audio, video, electronic and other media which 
should be coordinated with national and Federal 
awareness activities, such as Shaken Baby Aware-
ness Week, to the extent possible. 
(2) Public service announcements and adver-
tisements. 
(3) Dissemination of effective prevention prac-
tices and techniques to parents and care givers, and 
to maternity hospitals, child care centers, organiza-
tions providing prenatal and postnatal care, and or-
ganizations providing parenting education and sup-
port services. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5764 
To provide for the conveyance of certain Forest Service land to the city 
of Coffman Cove, Alaska. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2006 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the conveyance of certain Forest Service land 
to the city of Coffman Cove, Alaska. 
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 ‘‘Coffman Cove Admin-
istrative Site Conveyance Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the city of 
Coffman Cove, Alaska. 
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(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the Secretary shall convey to the City, without consider-
ation and by quitclaim deed all right, title, and interest 
of the United States, except as provided in subsections (c) 
and (d), in and to the parcel of National Forest System 
land described in subsection (b). 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The parcel of National For-
est System land referred to in subsection (a) is the 
approximately 12 acres of land identified in U.S. 
Survey 10099, as depicted on the plat entitled ‘‘Sub-
division of U.S. Survey No. 10099’’ and recorded as 
Plat 2003–1 on January 21, 2003, Petersburg Re-
cording District, Alaska. 
(2) EXCLUDED LAND.—The parcel of National 
Forest System land conveyed under subsection (a) 
does not include the portion of U.S. Survey 10099 
that is north of the right-of-way for Forest Develop-
ment Road 3030–295 and southeast of Tract CC– 
8. 
(c) RIGHT-OF-WAY.—The United States may reserve 
a right-of-way to provide access to the National Forest 
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System land excluded from the conveyance to the City 
under subsection (b)(2). 
(d) REVERSION.—If any portion of the land conveyed 
under subsection (a) (other than a portion of land sold 
under subsection (e)) ceases to be used for public pur-
poses, the land shall, at the option of the Secretary, revert 
to the United States. 
(e) CONDITIONS ON SUBSEQUENT CONVEYANCES.— 
If the City sells any portion of the land conveyed to the 
City under subsection (a)— 
(1) the amount of consideration for the sale 
shall reflect fair market value, as determined by an 
appraisal; and 
(2) the City shall pay to the Secretary an 
amount equal to the gross proceeds of the sale, 
which shall be available, without further appropria-
tion, for the Tongass National Forest. 
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(c) MEETINGS WITH ADVOCACY COMMUNITY.—The 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, working with 
all relevant components, shall establish biannual meetings 
with Shaken Baby Syndrome advocacy groups, parenting 
support communities, organizations involved in child pro-
tection and child maltreatment prevention, and other Fed-
eral and State agencies that are or should be involved in 
prevention activities, including the Joint Commission on 
the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. 
(d) SUPPORT FOR PARENTS OF SURVIVING CHIL-
DREN.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
along with its components, the Shaken Baby Syndrome 
advocacy community, parenting support communities, or-
ganizations involved in child protection and child maltreat-
ment prevention, as well as professional associations and 
institutions involved in medical research and treatment 
shall work to provide effective support for the parents of 
surviving children who suffer serious brain injuries as the 
result of shaking, especially during the traumatic period 
immediately following the shaking event, when parents 
most need support. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. 
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109 
‘‘(2) DURATION.—Grants or contracts awarded 
under this chapter shall be awarded for a period of 
5 years, except that— 
‘‘(A) grants under section 402G shall be 
awarded for a period of 2 years; and 
‘‘(B) grants under section 402H shall be 
awarded for a period determined by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
(2) TRANSITION TO SYNCHRONOUS GRANT PE-
RIODS.—Notwithstanding section 402A(b)(2) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (as in effect both 
prior to and after the amendment made by para-
graph (1) of this subsection), the Secretary of Edu-
cation may continue an award made before the date 
of enactment of this Act under section 402B, 402C, 
402D, 402E, or 402F of such Act as necessary to 
permit all the awards made under such a section to 
expire at the end of the same fiscal year, and there-
after to expire at the end of 5 years as provided in 
the amendment made by paragraph (1) of this sub-
section. 
(b) MINIMUM GRANTS.—Section 402A(b)(3) (20 
U.S.C. 1070a–11(b)(3)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) MINIMUM GRANTS.—Unless the institution 
or agency requests a smaller amount, individual
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grants for programs authorized under this chapter 
shall be no less than $200,000, except that indi-
vidual grants for programs authorized under section 
402G shall be no less than $170,000.’’. 
(c) PRIOR EXPERIENCE; NOVICE APPLICANTS.—Sec-
tion 402A(c)(2) (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11(c)(2)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘In making grants’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), in making 
grants’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) From the amount available under sub-
section (f) for a program under this chapter (other 
than a program under section 402G or 402H) for 
any fiscal year in which the Secretary conducts a 
competition for the award of grants or contracts 
under such program, the Secretary shall reserve 10 
percent of such available amount for purposes of 
funding applications from novice applicants. If the 
Secretary determines that there are an insufficient 
number of qualified novice applicants to utilize the 
amount so reserved, the Secretary shall restore the 
unutilized remainder of the amount reserved for use 
by applicants qualifying under subparagraph (A).’’.
‘‘(I) The country has statutory or regu-
latory requirements— 
‘‘(aa) that require the review of drugs 
for safety and effectiveness by an entity of 
the government of the country; 
‘‘(bb) that authorize the approval of 
only those drugs that have been deter-
mined to be safe and effective by experts 
employed by or acting on behalf of such 
entity and qualified by scientific training 
and experience to evaluate the safety and 
effectiveness of drugs on the basis of ade-
quate and well-controlled investigations, in-
cluding clinical investigations, conducted 
by experts qualified by scientific training 
and experience to evaluate the safety and 
effectiveness of drugs; 
‘‘(cc) that require the methods used 
in, and the facilities and controls used for 
the manufacture, processing, and packing 
of drugs in the country to be adequate to 
preserve their identity, quality, purity, and 
strength; 
‘‘(dd) for the reporting of adverse re-
actions to drugs and procedures to with-
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6656 
To provide for the joint appointment of the Architect of the Capitol by 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of 
the Senate, the minority leaders of the House of Representatives and 
Senate, and the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees 
of Congress with jurisdiction over the Office of the Architect of the 
Capitol, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2008 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself, Mr. WAMP, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. LATHAM, and Mr. EHLERS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the joint appointment of the Architect of 
the Capitol by the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, the majority leader of the Senate, the minority 
leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate, and 
the chairs and ranking minority members of the commit-
tees of Congress with jurisdiction over the Office of 
the Architect of the Capitol, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Architect of the Capitol 
Appointment Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT AND TERM OF SERVICE OF ARCHI-
TECT OF THE CAPITOL. 
(a) APPOINTMENT.—The Architect of the Capitol 
shall be appointed jointly by the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, the 
minority leaders of the House of Representatives and Sen-
ate, the chair and ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate, the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on House Administra-
tion of the House of Representatives, and the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate. 
(b) TERM OF SERVICE.—The Architect of the Capitol 
shall be appointed for a term of 10 years, and may be 
reappointed for additional terms. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 319 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 
1801) is repealed. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6071 
To amend the USA PATRIOT Act to improve administration and 
effectiveness of homeland security grant funding, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2006 
Mr. SWEENEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the USA PATRIOT Act to improve administration 
and effectiveness of homeland security grant funding, 
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 ‘‘High Risk Terrorism 
Prevention Initiative of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO. 
Section 1014 of the USA PATRIOT Act (42 U.S.C. 
3711) is amended to read as follows: 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3774 
To provide for greater diversity within, and to improve policy direction and 
oversight of, the Senior Executive Service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 9, 2007 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, Mr. CLAY, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. SARBANES, and Mr. GONZALEZ) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To provide for greater diversity within, and to improve policy 
direction and oversight of, the Senior Executive Service. 
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 ‘‘Senior Executive Serv-
ice Diversity Assurance Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE RESOURCE OFFICE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management; 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to appointments made on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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(2) the term ‘‘Senior Executive Service’’ has the 
meaning given such term by section 2101a of title 
5, United States Code; 
(3) the terms ‘‘agency’’, ‘‘career appointee’’, 
and ‘‘career reserved position’’ have the meanings 
given them by section 3132 of title 5, United States 
Code; and 
(4) the term ‘‘SES Resource Office’’ means the 
Senior Executive Service Resource Office, estab-
lished under subsection (b). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than January 1, 
2009, the Director shall establish within the Office of Per-
sonnel Management an office to be known as the Senior 
Executive Service Resource Office. The mission of the 
SES Resource Office shall be— 
(1) to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and 
productivity of the Senior Executive Service through 
policy formulation and oversight; 
(2) to advance the professionalism of the Senior 
Executive Service; and 
(3) to ensure that, in seeking to achieve a Sen-
ior Executive Service reflective of the Nation’s diver-
sity, recruitment is from qualified individuals from 
appropriate sources. 
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ties in regions or States that adjoin the area where 
activities will be carried out with the grants. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS ON ELIGIBILITY OF MUNICI-
PALITIES.— 
‘‘(A) PRIOR RECEIPT OF GRANT.— 
‘‘(i) ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENT.—A 
municipality shall not be eligible for a 
UASI grant for a fiscal year unless the 
municipality received such a grant for the 
preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION OF 
REQUIREMENT.—Clause (i) shall not apply 
with respect to a municipality if the Sec-
retary determines, based on consideration 
of threat, vulnerability, and consequence, 
that the municipality faces a greater threat 
of attack by terrorism than such threat 
faced by a recipient of a UASI grant for 
the preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY
BASED
ON
THREAT, 
VULNERABILITY, AND CONSEQUENCE.—A mu-
nicipality may not be determined to be eligible 
or ineligible for a UASI grant except on the 
basis of threat, vulnerability, and consequence. 
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‘‘(C) NUMBER.—The number of munici-
palities treated as eligible for a UASI grant 
may not exceed 47. 
‘‘(D) SUSTAINABILITY
AND
EFFECTIVE-
NESS.—For purposes of paragraph (3)(B), ac-
tivities proposed to be carried out with a UASI 
grant to a municipality— 
‘‘(i) shall not be considered sustain-
able unless the amount expended by the 
municipality during the 2 full fiscal years 
preceding the award of the grant to sup-
port full-time homeland security prepared-
ness averaged at least $50,000,000 per fis-
cal year; and 
‘‘(ii) shall not be considered effective 
unless the municipality demonstrates its 
ability to utilize equipment, technology, or 
intelligence received from the Federal Gov-
ernment on a 24-hours-per-day and 7- 
days-per-week basis. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security 
carry out this section such sums as necessary for 
each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011. 
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‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Of the amount made avail-
able to carry out this section for any fiscal year, not 
more than 3 percent may be used by the Secretary 
for salaries and administrative expenses. 
‘‘(3) MINIMUM AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), each State shall be allocated 
in each fiscal year under this section not less 
than 0.25 percent of the total amount appro-
priated for the fiscal year for grants under this 
section. 
‘‘(B) TERRITORIES.—Each of the United 
States Virgin Islands, America Samoa, Guam, 
and the Northern Mariana Islands shall be allo-
cated in each fiscal year under this section not 
less than 0.08 percent of the total amount ap-
propriated for the fiscal year for grants under 
this section.’’. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6072
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide 
further regulatory relief for depository institutions and 
clarify certain provisions of law applicable to such insti-
tutions, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(c) FUNCTIONS.—It shall be the function of the SES 
Resource Office to make recommendations to the Director 
with respect to regulations, and to provide guidance to 
agencies, concerning the structure, management, and di-
verse composition of the Senior Executive Service. In 
order to carry out the purposes of this section, the SES 
Resource Office shall— 
(1) take such actions as the SES Resource Of-
fice considers necessary to manage and promote an 
efficient, elite, and diverse corps of senior executives 
by— 
(A) creating policies for the management 
and improvement of the Senior Executive Serv-
ice; 
(B) providing oversight of the perform-
ance, structure, and composition of the Senior 
Executive Service; and 
(C) providing guidance and oversight to 
agencies in the management of senior executives 
and candidates for the Senior Executive Serv-
ice; 
(2) be responsible for the policy development, 
management, and oversight of the Senior Executive 
Service pay system; 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6659 
To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide the same treatment 
for covered bonds as for other qualified financial contracts to which 
a depository institution is a party when such institution is in receivership 
or conservatorship, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2008 
Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide 
the same treatment for covered bonds as for other quali-
fied financial contracts to which a depository institution 
is a party when such institution is in receivership or 
conservatorship, 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 ‘‘ Equal Treatment of 
Covered Bonds Act of 2008’’. 
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 15
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Whereas on the morning of January 26, 2001, a devastatin
and deadly earthquake shook the state of Gujarat in
western India, killing untold tens of thousands of peo
injuring countless others, and crippling most of the 
gion;
discount, or credit sale made, or upon any note, bill 
of exchange, financing transaction, or other evidence 
of debt issued to or acquired by any other lender 
shall be equal to not more than the greater of the 
rates described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(4) OTHER LENDER DEFINED.—For purposes 
of paragraph (3), the term ‘other lender’ means any 
person engaged in the business of selling or financ-
ing the sale of personal property (and any services 
incidental to the sale of personal property) in such 
State, except that, with regard to any person or en-
tity described in such paragraph, such term does not 
include—
‘‘(A) an insured depository institution; or 
‘‘(B) any person or entity engaged in the 
business of providing a short-term cash advance 
to any consumer in exchange for—
‘‘(i) a consumer’s personal check or 
share draft, in the amount of the advance 
plus a fee, where presentment or negotia-
tion of such check or share draft is de-
ferred by agreement of the parties until a 
designated future date; or
‘‘(ii) a consumer authorization to 
debit the consumer’s transaction account, 
in the amount of the advance plus a fee, 
where such account will be debited on or 
after a designated future date.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 27, 
2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6072
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to 
provide further regulatory relief for depository 
institutions and clarify certain provisions of law 
applicable to such institutions, and for other pur-
poses.