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(d) BASE PERIOD.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
965(c)(2) of such Code (as amended by subsection (c)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The base period years 
are the 3 taxable years— 
‘‘(i) which are among the 6 most re-
cent taxable years ending on or before 
June 30, 2007, and 
‘‘(ii) which are determined by dis-
regarding— 
‘‘(I) 1 taxable year for which the 
sum of the amounts described in 
clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subsection 
(b)(2)(B) is the largest, 
‘‘(II) 1 taxable year for which 
such sum is the smallest, and 
‘‘(III) the taxable year for which 
an election was made before the en-
actment of this subclause.’’. 
(e) INDEBTEDNESS DETERMINATION DATE.—Sub-
paragraph (B) of section 965(b)(3) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘October 3, 2004’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 24, 2008’’. 
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(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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sibility under this title are administered so as to 
have the same effect at all times; and 
(2) the memorandum provides for the coordina-
tion of policies related to enforcing the same require-
ments through such officials in order to have coordi-
nated enforcement strategy that avoids duplication 
of enforcement efforts and assigns priorities in en-
forcement. 
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(1) EXTENSION.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to transactions after De-
cember 31, 2007. 
(2) TRANSFERS OF OPERATIONAL CONTROL.— 
The amendment made by subsection (b) shall take 
effect as if included in section 909 of the American 
Jobs Creation Act of 2004. 
(3) EXCEPTION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED OUT-
SIDE THE UNITED STATES.—The amendment made 
by subsection (c) shall apply to transactions after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
PART 2—CARBON MITIGATION PROVISIONS 
SEC. 111. EXPANSION AND MODIFICATION OF ADVANCED 
COAL PROJECT INVESTMENT CREDIT. 
(a) MODIFICATION
OF CREDIT AMOUNT.—Section 
48A(a) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (1), by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
(2) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) 30 percent of the qualified investment for 
such taxable year in the case of projects described 
in clause (iii) of subsection (d)(3)(B).’’. 
(b) EXPANSION OF AGGREGATE CREDITS.—Section 
48A(d)(3)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘$1,300,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$2,250,000,000’’.
Veterans Affairs medical facilities in Palo Alto, Cali-
fornia 
(2) The Monterey Bay, California, area is medi-
cally underserved by family health care providers. 
(3) The former Fort Ord, in Monterey, Cali-
fornia, was the largest military base closed in the 
Base Realignment and Closure process. 
(4) A Department of Veterans Affairs clinic 
was established at the former Fort Ord as a result 
of the closure of the base. 
(5) The Department of Veterans Affairs clinic 
is currently unable to meet the health care needs of 
the 50,479 veterans who reside on the central coast 
of California. 
(6) There are 31,000 members of the Armed 
Forces serving on active duty and their dependents 
who are underserved by both the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs clinic and the Department of Defense 
clinic located at the Defense Language Institute 
Foreign Language Center. 
(7) A new joint clinic of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs and the Department of Defense is like-
ly to be more cost efficient and better serve the med-
ical needs of both the veterans population and the 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7041 
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants on a 
competitive basis to regional biocontainment laboratories for maintaining 
surge capacity that can be used to respond to acts of bioterrorism 
or outbreaks of infectious diseases, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 
Mr. CARNEY (for himself, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. 
BACHUS, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. SCHWARTZ, 
Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. DOYLE, and Mr. COHEN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to award 
grants on a competitive basis to regional biocontainment 
laboratories for maintaining surge capacity that can be 
used to respond to acts of bioterrorism or outbreaks 
of infectious diseases, 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 ‘‘Laboratory Surge Ca-
pacity Preparedness Act’’. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 703 
To authorize the Department of Energy to oversee certain safety, security, 
and health functions of the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 29, 2007 
Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. STU-
PAK, and Mr. WHITFIELD) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize the Department of Energy to oversee certain 
safety, security, and health functions of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration, 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 ‘‘National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration Accountability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Since Congress created the separately orga-
nized National Nuclear Security Administration 
(NNSA) within the Department of Energy in 1999, 
NNSA facilities have experienced an inordinate 
number of security incidents relating to the mis-
handling of classified information. The frequency of 
serious security breaches has recently accelerated. 
(2) These incidents continue to occur even 
though the National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion Act (title XXXII of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000; Public Law 
106–65; 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) specifically empow-
ered NNSA with the responsibility to oversee and 
enforce safeguards and security (including cyber se-
curity), worker health and safety, and other vital 
functions to ensure that site contractors operate the 
weapons laboratories to protect workers and safe-
guard the Nation’s secrets. 
(3) In 2004, NNSA ordered a stand-down of all 
operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory 
(LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, for seven 
months due to multiple security incidents that oc-
curred in 2003 and 2004 relating to the mishandling 
of classified removable electronic media. According 
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population of members of the Armed Forces serving 
on active duty and their dependents. 
(8) The Secretary of the Army and the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs entered into a memo-
randum of understanding in support of a joint clinic 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the De-
partment of Defense. 
(9) Veterans returning from service in Oper-
ation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Free-
dom are likely to strain the capacity of the existing 
clinic resources of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs and the Department of Defense. 
(b) AUTHORITY.—Upon the completion of a feasi-
bility study funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs 
on the construction of a new community-based outpatient 
clinic at the Ord Military Community, California, and sub-
ject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall construct a new 
community-based outpatient clinic at the Ord Military 
Community, California, in accordance with the findings 
and recommendations of such study. 
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to NNSA, the stand-down at LANL cost the Amer-
ican taxpayers as much as $370,000,000. 
(4) In 2005, the names, Social Security num-
bers, and other personal information relating to the 
security clearance status of more than 1,500 NNSA 
employees were stolen by hackers that used the 
Internet to gain complete control of NNSA computer 
networks. NNSA discovered this event in 2005; how-
ever, the head of the NNSA, the Administrator for 
Nuclear Security, refused for over nine months to 
report this event to the Secretary of Energy or to 
notify the NNSA employees whose information was 
stolen. 
(5) In 2006, an employee at LANL removed 
more than 1,588 pages of classified information 
from a classified vault. The employee removed these 
documents in paper format and also used electronic 
media to download classified information and remove 
it from the classified vault. The classified informa-
tion included Secret/National Security Information 
and Secret/Restricted Data on nuclear weapons. 
(6) These ongoing events demonstrate NNSA 
has failed to take any comprehensive action to pro-
tect national security and prevent the loss of classi-
fied information. 
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SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TO OVERSEE CERTAIN 
SAFETY, SECURITY, AND HEALTH FUNCTIONS 
OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINIS-
TRATION. 
(a) NNSA SAFETY, SECURITY, AND HEALTH ACTIVI-
TIES SUBJECT TO DOE OVERSIGHT.—Section 3220 of the 
National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 
2410) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) STATUS OF SAFETY, SECURITY, AND HEALTH 
PERSONNEL.—Notwithstanding the restrictions of sub-
sections (a) and (b), each officer or employee of the Ad-
ministration, or of a contractor of the Administration, who 
is carrying out activities related to safeguards and security 
(including cyber security), emergency management, inte-
grated safety management, or environment, safety, and 
health operations shall, in carrying out those activities, be 
subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Sec-
retary of Energy or the Secretary’s delegate.’’. 
(b) SECRETARY FREED TO DELEGATE WITHIN DOE 
THE OVERSIGHT
OF NNSA SAFETY, SECURITY, AND 
HEALTH ACTIVITIES.—Section 202(c)(3) of the Depart-
ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7132(c)(3)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘Such authority’’ and inserting 
‘‘With respect to an activity other than an activity speci-
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fied in section 3220(f) of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration Act, such authority’’. 
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SECTION 1. DEDUCTION FOR UNDERGROUND PUBLIC UTIL-
ITY 
PROPERTY 
FOR 
FURNISHING 
ELEC-
TRICITY WITHIN THE HURRICANE GUSTAV 
DISASTER AREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part VI of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 179F. DEDUCTION FOR UNDERGROUND PUBLIC UTIL-
ITY 
PROPERTY 
FOR 
FURNISHING 
ELEC-
TRICITY DEDUCTION WITHIN THE HURRI-
CANE GUSTAV DISASTER AREA. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A taxpayer may elect to treat the 
cost of qualified public utility property placed in service 
during the taxable year as an expense which is not charge-
able to capital account. Any cost so treated shall be al-
lowed as a deduction for the taxable year in which such 
property is placed in service. 
‘‘(b) ELECTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An election under this sec-
tion for any taxable year shall be made on the tax-
payer’s return of the tax imposed by this chapter for 
the taxable year. Such election shall specify the 
property to which the election applies and shall be 
made in such manner as the Secretary may by regu-
lations prescribe. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7046 
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to construct a new community- 
based outpatient clinic at Ord Military Community, California. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 
Mr. FARR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to construct 
a new community-based outpatient clinic at Ord Military 
Community, California. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW COM-
MUNITY-BASED OUTPATIENT CLINIC AT ORD 
MILITARY COMMUNITY, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Veterans in Monterey and Santa Cruz coun-
ties, California, must travel in excess of 60 miles to 
obtain full-service health care from Department of 
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(3) RELATED PARTY.—The term ‘‘a party re-
lated to such coal producer’’ means a person who— 
(A) is related to such coal producer 
through any degree of common management, 
stock ownership, or voting control, 
(B) is related (within the meaning of sec-
tion 144(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986) to such coal producer, or 
(C) has a contract, fee arrangement, or 
any other agreement with such coal producer to 
sell such coal to a third party on behalf of such 
coal producer. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Treasury or the Secretary’s des-
ignee. 
(e) TIMING OF REFUND.—With respect to any claim 
for refund filed pursuant to this section, the Secretary 
shall determine whether the requirements of this section 
are met not later than 180 days after such claim is filed. 
If the Secretary determines that the requirements of this 
section are met, the claim for refund shall be paid not 
later than 180 days after the Secretary makes such deter-
mination. 
(f) INTEREST.—Any refund paid pursuant to this 
section shall be paid by the Secretary with interest from
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7048 
To provide additional housing assistance for certain individuals and 
households adversely affected by a major disaster. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 
Mr. HINCHEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To provide additional housing assistance for certain individ-
uals and households adversely affected by a major dis-
aster. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. INCREASED HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
The amendments made by section 686 of the Post- 
Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 
(120 Stat. 1448) shall apply to an individual or household 
adversely affected by a major disaster that occurred on 
or after January 1, 2006. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 704 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce from age 57 to age 
55 the age after which the remarriage of the surviving spouse of a 
deceased veteran shall not result in termination of dependency and in-
demnity compensation otherwise payable to that surviving spouse. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 29, 2007 
Mr. BILIRAKIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce from 
age 57 to age 55 the age after which the remarriage 
of the surviving spouse of a deceased veteran shall not 
result in termination of dependency and indemnity com-
pensation otherwise payable to that surviving spouse. 
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. REDUCTION FROM AGE 57 TO AGE 55 THE AGE 
AFTER WHICH A SURVIVING SPOUSE’S RE-
MARRIAGE SHALL NOT RESULT IN TERMI-
NATION OF DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY 
COMPENSATION. 
(a) REDUCTION IN AGE.—Section 103(d)(2)(B) of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘age 57’’ 
and inserting ‘‘age 55’’; and 
(2) by striking the second sentence. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on— 
(1) the first day of the first month that begins 
after the date of the enactment of this Act; or 
(2) the first day of the fiscal year that begins 
in the calendar year in which this Act is enacted, if 
later than the date specified in paragraph (1). 
(c) RETROACTIVE BENEFITS PROHIBITED.—No ben-
efit may be paid to any person by reason of the amend-
ment made by subsection (a) for any period before the 
effective date specified in subsection (b). 
(d) APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS.—In the case of an 
individual who but for having remarried would be eligible 
for benefits under title 38, United States Code, by reason 
of the amendment made by subsection (a) and whose re-
marriage was before the date of the enactment of this Act 
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and after the individual had attained age 57, the indi-
vidual shall be eligible for such benefits by reason of such 
amendment only if the individual submits an application 
for such benefits to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs not 
later than the end of the one-year period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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the date of overpayment determined by using the overpay-
ment rate and method under section 6621 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986. 
(g) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.—The payment 
under subsection (a) with respect to any coal shall not ex-
ceed— 
(1) in the case of a payment to a coal producer, 
the amount of tax paid under section 4121 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to such 
coal by such coal producer or a party related to such 
coal producer, and 
(2) in the case of a payment to an exporter, an 
amount equal to $0.825 per ton with respect to such 
coal exported by the exporter or caused to be ex-
ported by the exporter. 
(h) APPLICATION OF SECTION.—This section applies 
only to claims on coal exported or shipped on or after Oc-
tober 1, 1990, through the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 115. CARBON AUDIT OF THE TAX CODE. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
enter into an agreement with the National Academy of 
Sciences to undertake a comprehensive review of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 to identify the types of and 
specific tax provisions that have the largest effects on car-
‘‘SEC. 224. DEDUCTION FOR EVACUATION EXPENSES. 
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTION.—In the case of an 
individual, there shall be allowed as a deduction an 
amount equal to the qualified evacuation expenses paid or 
incurred by the individual during the taxable year. 
‘‘(b) DOLLAR LIMITATION.—With respect to an indi-
vidual, the aggregate amount of qualified evacuation ex-
penses which may be taken into account under subsection 
(a) for all taxable years during the deduction allowance 
period shall not exceed $5,000. 
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED EVACUATION EXPENSES.—For pur-
poses of this section— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified evacu-
ation expenses’ means, with respect to any taxable 
year during the deduction allowance period, the sum 
of all expenses paid or incurred by the individual 
during such taxable year by reason of a qualified 
evacuation. Such expenses shall include travel and 
lodging expenses as do not exceed $1,000, lost 
wages, and any property damage not compensated 
for by insurance or otherwise. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED EVACUATION.—With respect to 
an individual, the term ‘qualified evacuation’ means 
a voluntary or mandatory evacuation ordered by rea-
son of a qualified disaster (as defined in section 
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