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IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 576 
Expressing support for designation of September 12, 2009, as ‘‘National 
Childhood Cancer Awareness Day’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2009 
Mr. SESTAK (for himself, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MCCAUL, and Mr. TIBERI) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for designation of September 12, 2009, 
as ‘‘National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day’’. 
Whereas childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by 
disease for children in the United States; 
Whereas an estimated 12,500 children in this Nation are di-
agnosed with cancer each year; 
Whereas an estimated 2,300 children in this Nation lose their 
lives to cancer each year; 
Whereas the results of peer-reviewed clinical trials have 
raised the standard of care and improved the 5-year can-
cer survival rate in children to greater than 80 percent 
overall; 
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Whereas more than 40,000 children and adolescents in the 
United States currently are being treated for childhood 
cancers; 
Whereas up to 2⁄3 of childhood cancer survivors are likely to 
experience at least one life-altering or life-threatening 
late effect from treatment; 
Whereas childhood cancer occurs regularly and randomly and 
spares no racial or ethnic group, socioeconomic class, or 
geographic region; and 
Whereas, September 12, 2009, would be an appropriate date 
to designate as ‘‘National Childhood Cancer Awareness 
Day’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘National 
Childhood Cancer Awareness Day’’; 
(2) requests that the Federal Government, 
States, localities, and nonprofit organizations ob-
serve the day with appropriate programs and activi-
ties, with the goal of increasing public knowledge of 
the risks of cancer; 
(3) recognizes the profound toll a diagnosis of 
cancer has on children, families, and communities 
and pledges to make its prevention and cure a public 
health priority; and 
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(4) urges public and private sector efforts to 
promote awareness, invest in research, and improve 
treatments for childhood cancer. 
Æ 
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be in order except: (1) the amendment printed in part A of 
the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this res-
olution; (2) the amendments printed in part B of the report 
of the Committee on Rules; (3) not to exceed three of the 
amendments printed in part C of the report of the Committee 
on Rules if offered by Representative Flake of Arizona or his 
designee; (4) not to exceed one of the amendments printed 
in part D of the report of the Committee on Rules if offered 
by Representative Campbell of California or his designee; and 
(5) not to exceed one of the amendments printed in part E 
of the report of the Committee on Rules if offered by Rep-
resentative Hensarling of Texas or his designee. Each such 
amendment shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 
10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent 
and an opponent, and shall not be subject to a demand for 
division of the question in the House or in the Committee of 
the Whole. All points of order against such amendments are 
waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI 
and except that an amendment printed in part B, C, D, or 
E of the report of the Committee on Rules may be offered 
only at the appropriate point in the reading. At the conclu-
sion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Com-
mittee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 
amendments as may have been adopted. In case of sundry 
amendments reported from the Committee, the question of
•HRES 578 EH 
their adoption shall be put to the House en gros and without 
intervening demand for division of the question. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 
amendments thereto to final passage without intervening mo-
tion except one motion to recommit with or without instruc-
tions. 
SEC. 2. After consideration of the bill for amendment, 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations or their designees each may offer one pro 
forma amendment to the bill for the purpose of debate, which 
shall be controlled by the proponent. 
SEC. 3. The Chair may entertain a motion that the 
Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the Committee 
on Appropriations or his designee. The Chair may not enter-
tain a motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill (as 
described in clause 9 of rule XVIII). 
SEC. 4. During consideration of H.R. 2996, the Chair 
may reduce to two minutes the minimum time for electronic 
voting under clause 6 of rule XVIII and clauses 8 and 9 of 
rule XX. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 579 
Expressing support for all Iranian citizens who embrace the values of freedom, 
human rights, civil liberties, and rule of law, and rescinding the invitation 
to Iranian officials to attend July 4th celebrations at United States 
embassies and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2009 
Mr. BURTON of Indiana submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for all Iranian citizens who embrace the 
values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties, and rule 
of law, and rescinding the invitation to Iranian officials 
to attend July 4th celebrations at United States embas-
sies and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses its support for all Iranian citizens 
who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, 
civil liberties, and rule of law; 
(2) condemns the ongoing violence against dem-
onstrators by the Government of Iran and pro-gov-
ernment militias, as well as the ongoing government 
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Whereas manufactured homes are built to a national stand-
ard under the National Manufactured Housing Construc-
tion and Safety Standards Act of 1974, which governs 
construction, engineering, quality, safety, and systems 
performance; 
Whereas that Act supports innovation, consumer safety, effi-
ciency, and quality while preserving the affordability and 
customization of manufactured housing; 
Whereas creating affordable homeownership opportunities 
helps build communities and requires the cooperation of 
the private and public sectors, including the Federal Gov-
ernment and State and local governments; 
Whereas the laws of the United States, such as the Manufac-
tured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, encourage 
manufactured housing homeownership and should con-
tinue to do so in the future; 
Whereas June is designated as National Homeownership 
Month; and 
Whereas the third week of June is recognized as Manufac-
tured and Modular Housing Week: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the importance of manufactured and 
modular housing in providing decent, sustainable, and 
affordable housing; 
(2) recognizes the importance of manufactured and 
modular housing in contributing to homeownership in 
the United States;
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suppression of independent electronic communication 
through 
interference 
with 
the 
Internet 
and 
cellphones; 
(3) affirms the universality of individual rights 
and the importance of democratic and fair elections; 
and 
(4) strongly urges the President of the United 
States in a show of solidarity with Iranian citizens 
fighting for freedom to immediately rescind the invi-
tation to Iranian officials to attend July 4th celebra-
tions at United States embassies and consulates 
around the world. 
Æ 
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H. Res. 583 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 26, 2010. 
Whereas Lester Flatt was born on June 19, 1914, and was 
raised in the region of Sparta, Tennessee; 
Whereas Lester Flatt began playing guitar and singing in 
local churches at a young age; 
Whereas Lester Flatt began his career with Charlie Monroe 
and the Kentucky Pardners in North Carolina in the 
early 1940s; 
Whereas in 1945, Lester Flatt was invited by Bill Monroe to 
play rhythm guitar and sing with Monroe’s band on the 
Grand Ole Opry; 
Whereas Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby Wise, Howard 
Watts, and Bill Monroe are widely credited with the cre-
ation of bluegrass music through their band, Bill Monroe 
and the Bluegrass Boys; 
Whereas Lester Flatt later joined with Earl Scruggs to create 
the band Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain 
Boys, which remains one of the most influential bands in 
bluegrass music; 
Whereas in 1969, Lester Flatt parted with Scruggs to form 
the band Nashville Grass, with whom he performed until 
shortly before his death on May 11, 1979;
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Whereas in 1991, Lester Flatt, along with Bill Monroe and 
Earl Scruggs, became an inaugural member of the Inter-
national Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame; and 
Whereas Lester Flatt is widely regarded as one of the great-
est bluegrass musicians and singers of all time, writing 
dozens of songs that are considered bluegrass classics: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Represent-
atives that Lester Flatt has made an invaluable contribution 
to American art as both a songwriter and a performer, leav-
ing an indelible legacy in bluegrass music. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 583 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Lester Flatt 
has made an invaluable contribution to American art as both a songwriter 
and a performer, leaving an indelible legacy in bluegrass music. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2009 
Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. SHULER, Mr. 
CHILDERS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. COBLE, Mr. TAN-
NER, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. DUNCAN, and Mr. MCGOVERN) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
Lester Flatt has made an invaluable contribution to 
American art as both a songwriter and a performer, 
leaving an indelible legacy in bluegrass music. 
Whereas Lester Flatt was born on June 19, 1914, in the re-
gion of Sparta, Tennessee; 
Whereas Lester Flatt began playing guitar and singing in 
local churches at a young age; 
Whereas Lester Flatt got his first break playing with Charlie 
Monroe and the Kentucky Pardners in North Carolina in 
the early 1940s; 
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Whereas in 1945, Lester Flatt was invited by Bill Monroe to 
play rhythm guitar and sing with Monroe’s band on the 
Grand Ole Opry; 
Whereas Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby Wise, Howard 
Watts, and Bill Monroe are widely credited with the cre-
ation of bluegrass music through their band, Bill Monroe 
and the Bluegrass Boys; 
Whereas Lester Flatt later joined with Earl Scruggs to create 
the band Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain 
Boys, which remains one of the most influential bands in 
bluegrass music; 
Whereas in 1969, Lester Flatt parted with Scruggs to form 
the band Nashville Grass, with whom he performed until 
shortly before his death on May 11, 1979; 
Whereas in 1991, Lester Flatt, along with Bill Monroe and 
Earl Scruggs, became an inaugural member of the Inter-
national Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame; and 
Whereas Lester Flatt is widely regarded as one of the great-
est bluegrass musicians and singers of all time, writing 
dozens of songs that are considered bluegrass classics: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that Lester Flatt has made an invaluable con-
tribution to American art as both a songwriter and a per-
former, leaving an indelible legacy in bluegrass music. 
Æ 
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H. Res. 584 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
May 25, 2010. 
Whereas manufactured and modular housing play a vital role 
in meeting the housing needs of the people of the United 
States and are an important source of quality, affordable 
housing, including both homeownership and rental hous-
ing; 
Whereas the manufactured and modular housing industries in 
the United States have approximately $6,000,000,000 
annually in sales and employ approximately 70,000 peo-
ple in factories and retail centers alone; 
Whereas 18,000,000 people in the United States, rep-
resenting all segments of the population, including 
emerging demographics, live in manufactured or modular 
homes; 
Whereas because they are important sources of affordable 
housing, manufactured and modular housing are a crit-
ical part of the solution to the ongoing crisis in the hous-
ing market in this Nation; 
Whereas the factory production process provides manufac-
tured and modular housing with technological advan-
tages, value, and customization options for consumers 
seeking quality housing and sustainable homeownership;
•HRES 584 IH 
emerging demographics, live in manufactured or modular 
homes; 
Whereas because they are important sources of affordable 
housing, manufactured and modular housing are a crit-
ical part of the solution to the ongoing crisis in the hous-
ing market in this Nation; 
Whereas the factory production process provides manufac-
tured and modular housing with technological advan-
tages, value, and customization options for consumers 
seeking quality housing and sustainable homeownership; 
Whereas manufactured homes are built to a national stand-
ard under the National Manufactured Housing Construc-
tion and Safety Standards Act of 1974, which governs 
construction, engineering, quality, safety, and systems 
performance; 
Whereas that Act supports innovation, consumer safety, effi-
ciency, and quality while preserving the affordability and 
customization of manufactured housing; 
Whereas creating affordable homeownership opportunities 
helps build communities and requires the cooperation of 
the private and public sectors, including the Federal Gov-
ernment and State and local governments; 
Whereas the laws of the United States, such as the Manufac-
tured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, encourage 
manufactured housing homeownership and should con-
tinue to do so in the future; 
Whereas June is designated as National Homeownership 
Month; and 
Whereas the third week of June is recognized as Manufac-
tured and Modular Housing Week: Now, therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the importance of manufactured 
and modular housing in providing decent, sustain-
able, and affordable housing; 
(2) recognizes the importance of manufactured 
and modular housing in contributing to homeowner-
ship in the United States; 
(3) recognizes the importance of homeowner-
ship, including homeownership of manufactured and 
modular homes, in building strong communities and 
families; and 
(4) recognizes and fully supports the goals and 
ideals of Manufactured and Modular Housing Week 
and National Homeownership Month. 
Æ 
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Whereas 20 million individuals in the United States suffer 
from chronic kidney disease; 
Whereas more than 80,000 individuals in the United States 
die each year from chronic kidney disease; 
Whereas African-Americans represented less than 13 percent 
of the population in the United States in 2005, but rep-
resented nearly 35 percent of individuals in the United 
States requiring a kidney transplant on the national wait-
ing list for organ transplants; 
Whereas 17 individuals die each day waiting for organ trans-
plants due to a shortage of donated organs; and 
Whereas the Minority Organ and Tissue Transplant Edu-
cation Program, established by the National Institute of 
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the Na-
tional Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, 
observes National Minority Donor Awareness Day on Au-
gust 1 to increase awareness of organ donation among 
African-American, Hispanic, Latino, Asian, Alaskan Na-
tive, Pacific Islander, and Native American populations 
and to recognize minority donors and their families: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of National 
Minority Donor Awareness Day; 
(2) recognizes the strength, resilience, struggle, 
and courage of all individuals in the United States 
suffering from chronic kidney disease; and 
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H. Res. 587 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
June 26, 2009. 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it 
shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 
2454) to create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independ-
ence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a 
clean energy economy. All points of order against consider-
ation of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 
9 or 10 of rule XXI. In lieu of the amendment recommended 
by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in 
the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute con-
sisting of the text of H.R. 2998, modified by the amendment 
printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted. 
The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points 
of order against provisions of the bill, as amended, are 
waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered 
on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment 
thereto to final passage without intervening motion except: 
(1) three hours of debate, with two and one-half hours equal-
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ly divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and 30 
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means; 
(2) the further amendment in the nature of a substitute 
printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules, 
if offered by Representative Forbes of Virginia or his des-
ignee, which shall be in order without intervention of any 
point of order except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of 
rule XXI, shall be considered as read, and shall be separately 
debatable for 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by 
the proponent and an opponent; and (3) one motion to re-
commit with or without instructions. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
for less than the entire current year, then the cur-
rent-year amount shall be assumed to equal the 
amount that would be available if that continuing 
appropriation covered the entire fiscal year. If law 
permits the transfer of budget authority among 
budget accounts in the current year, the current- 
year level for an account shall reflect transfers ac-
complished by the submission of, or assumed for the 
current year in, the President’s original budget for 
the budget year. 
‘‘(d) UP-TO-DATE CONCEPTS.—In calculating the 
baseline for the budget year or each of the nine ensuing 
outyears, current-year amounts shall be calculated using 
the concepts and definitions that are required for that 
budget year. 
‘‘(e) ASSET SALES.—Amounts realized from the sale 
of an asset shall not be included in estimates under section 
251, 251A, 252, or 253 of this part or section 5 of the 
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 if that sale would 
result in a financial cost to the Government as determined 
pursuant to scorekeeping guidelines.’’.
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL CBO REPORT TO BUDGET COMMIT-
TEES. 
Section 202(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(4)(A) After the President’s budget submis-
sion under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, in addition to the baseline projections, the Di-
rector shall submit to the Committees on the Budget 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
supplemental projection assuming extension of cur-
rent tax policy for the fiscal year commencing on 
October 1 of that year with a supplemental projec-
tion for the 10 fiscal-year period beginning with that 
fiscal year, assuming the extension of current tax 
policy. 
‘‘(B) For the purposes of this paragraph, the 
term ‘current tax policy’ means the tax policy in 
statute as of December 31 of the current year as-
suming— 
‘‘(i) the budgetary effects of measures ex-
tending the Economic Growth and Tax Relief 
Reconciliation Act of 2001; 
‘‘(ii) the budgetary effects of measures ex-
tending the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Rec-
onciliation Act of 2003;
•HRES 587 RH 
clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. In lieu of the amendment rec-
ommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 2998, modified 
by the amendment printed in part A of the report of the 
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, shall 
be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be 
considered as read. All points of order against provisions 
of the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, 
and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage 
without intervening motion except: (1) three hours of de-
bate, with two and one half hours equally divided and con-
trolled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce and 30 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means; 
(2) the further amendment in the nature of a substitute 
printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules, 
if offered by Representative Forbes of Virginia or his des-
ignee, which shall be in order without intervention of any 
point of order except those arising under clause 9 or 10 
of rule XXI, shall be considered as read, and shall be sepa-
rately debatable for 30 minutes equally divided and con-
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trolled by the proponent and an opponent; and (3) one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
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House Calendar No. 82 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 587 
[Report No. 111–185] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2454) 
to create clean energy jobs, achieve energy inde-
pendence, reduce global warming pollution and 
transition to a clean energy economy. 
JUNE 26 (legislative day, JUNE 25), 2009 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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