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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7260 
To increase the quality and public accessibility of research by the Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on the effects of monetary 
policy on the distribution of wealth in the United States, and the propor-
tion of newly created monetary resources directed into various sectors 
of the economy, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 3, 2008 
Mr. KUCINICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To increase the quality and public accessibility of research 
by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tem on the effects of monetary policy on the distribution 
of wealth in the United States, and the proportion of 
newly created monetary resources directed into various 
sectors of the economy, 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 ‘‘Transparency in the 
Creation of Wealth Act of 2008’’. 
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(A) assist the mortgagor in preparing an 
application for assistance under this Act; and 
(B) not later than 30 days after the mort-
gagor initially requests assistance in the prepa-
ration of the application, submit the completed 
application to the Secretary. 
(2) FEES.—The Secretary may pay approved 
counseling agencies a fee, in an amount determined 
by the Secretary, for rendering assistance pursuant 
to this Act. 
(c) NOTICE TO MORTGAGEE.—If the approved coun-
seling agency submits an application for assistance to the 
Secretary on behalf of a mortgagor, the approved coun-
seling agency shall, not later than 5 business days after 
submitting the application, inform the mortgagee of the 
date that the application was submitted. 
(d) FORM; CONTENTS.—An application for assistance 
under this Act shall be submitted on a form prescribed 
by the Secretary and shall include a financial statement 
disclosing all assets and liabilities of the mortgagor, 
whether singly or jointly held, and all household income 
regardless of source. 
(e) EFFECT OF MISREPRESENTATION.—A mortgagor 
who intentionally misrepresents any financial information 
in connection with the filing of an application for assist-
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE XIII—REVENUE 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Denial of Oil and Gas 
Tax Benefits 
SEC. 13001. DENIAL OF DEDUCTION FOR INCOME ATTRIB-
UTABLE TO DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF OIL, 
NATURAL 
GAS, 
OR 
PRIMARY 
PRODUCTS 
THEREOF. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
199(c)(4) (relating to exceptions) is amended by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (ii), by striking the period at 
the end of clause (iii) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and by insert-
ing after clause (iii) the following new clause: 
‘‘(iv) the sale, exchange, or other dis-
position of oil, natural gas, or any primary 
product thereof.’’. 
(b) PRIMARY PRODUCT.—Section 199(c)(4)(B) is 
amended by adding at the end the following flush sen-
tence: 
‘‘For purposes of clause (iv), the term ‘primary 
product’ has the same meaning as when used in 
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5400
AN ACT
To authorize the President of the United States to agree
to certain amendments to the Agreement between the
Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the United Mexican States concerning
the establishment of a Border Environment Cooperation
Commission and a North American Development Bank,
and for other purposes.
SEC. 3. DUTY OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. 
The Commission shall monitor the compliance by the 
United States with all international human rights treaties 
to which the United States is a party (including all such 
treaties to which the United States becomes a party at 
any time after the date of the enactment of this Act), in-
cluding the following: 
(1) The Convention to Suppress the Slave 
Trade and Slavery (September 25, 1926, as amend-
ed by the Protocol of December 7, 1953). 
(2) The Convention on the Prevention and Pun-
ishment of the Crime of Genocide (December 9, 
1948). 
(3) The Convention relative to the Treatment of 
Prisoners of War (August 12, 1949). 
(4) The Convention relative to the Protection of 
Civilian Persons in Time of War (August 12, 1949). 
(5) The Convention on the Political Rights of 
Women (December 20, 1952). 
(6) The Supplementary Convention on the Abo-
lition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions 
and Practices Similar to Slavery (September 7, 
1956). 
(7) The Abolition of Forced Labour Convention 
of June 25, 1957 (ILO Convention 105). 
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5427
AN ACT
To designate the Federal building located at Fifth and Rich-
ardson Avenues in Roswell, New Mexico, as the ‘‘Joe
Skeen Federal Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5436
AN ACT
To extend the deadline for commencement of construction
of a hydroelectric project in the State of Oregon.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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(2) ADVANCE PAYMENT.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall require each recipient 
to make an advance payment in an amount that the 
Secretary determines will equal all such actual costs. 
(3) CREDITS.—A payment received under this 
subsection shall be credited to the account that was 
used to cover the costs for which the payment was 
provided. Amounts so credited shall be merged with 
amounts in that account, and shall be available for 
the same purposes, and subject to the same condi-
tions and limitations, as other amounts in that ac-
count. 
(c) CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that toxic chemicals and precursors are 
made available under this section for uses and in quan-
tities that comply with the Convention on the Prohibition 
of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of 
Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, signed at 
Paris on January 13, 1993, and entered into force with 
respect to the United States on April 29, 1997. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘pre-
cursor’’, ‘‘protective purposes’’, and ‘‘toxic chemical’’ have 
the meanings given those terms in the convention referred 
to in subsection (c), in paragraph 2, paragraph 9(b), and 
paragraph 1, respectively, of article II of that convention.
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SEC. 1046. CONGRESSIONAL COMMISSION ON THE STRA-
TEGIC POSTURE OF THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a 
commission to be known as the ‘‘Congressional Commis-
sion on the Strategic Posture of the United States’’. The 
purpose of the commission is to examine and make rec-
ommendations with respect to the long-term strategic pos-
ture of the United States. 
(b) COMPOSITION.— 
(1) MEMBERSHIP.—The commission shall be 
composed of 12 members appointed as follows: 
(A) Three by the chairman of the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(B) Three by the ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives. 
(C) Three by the chairman of the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
(D) Three by the ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate. 
(2) CHAIRMAN; VICE CHAIRMAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The chairman of the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the chairman of the Com-
bilitation zones on specific tracts of damaged Fed-
eral land where active restoration work will occur. 
This Act will provide contracts for local businesses 
and renew the intrinsic economic, social and cultural 
benefits that result from productive land. Federal 
land rehabilitation projects represent a direct benefit 
to the local economy and reduce the loss to Amer-
ican taxpayers caused by below-cost timber sales and 
other subsidized resource extraction. 
(12) The congressional review of roadless areas 
within the National Forest System, National Park 
System, and public lands administered by the Bu-
reau of Land Management in the States of Idaho, 
Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming has 
identified areas which, on the basis of their land 
form, ecosystem, associated fish and wildlife, eco-
nomic value, and location will help to fulfill the role 
of the United States Forest Service, National Park 
Service, and Bureau of Land Management to ensure 
a quality National Wilderness Preservation System. 
The review has identified other areas which may 
have outstanding values as wild and scenic rivers. 
The review has also identified areas which may not 
possess outstanding wilderness attributes and should 
not now be designated as components of the Na-
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section 927(a)(2)(C), as in effect before its re-
peal.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 199(c)(4) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i)(III) by striking 
‘‘electricity, natural gas,’’ and inserting ‘‘electricity’’, 
and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(ii) by striking ‘‘elec-
tricity, natural gas,’’ and inserting ‘‘electricity’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2007. 
SEC. 13002. 7-YEAR AMORTIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL AND 
GEOPHYSICAL EXPENDITURES FOR CERTAIN 
MAJOR INTEGRATED OIL COMPANIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
167(h)(5) (relating to special rule for major integrated oil 
companies) is amended by striking ‘‘5-year’’ and inserting 
‘‘7-year’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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IIB 
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5436
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2002
Received 
AN ACT 
To extend the deadline for commencement of construction 
of a hydroelectric project in the State of Oregon.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(8) The International Convention on the Elimi-
nation of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (De-
cember 21, 1965). 
(9) The International Covenant on Civil and 
Political Rights (December 16, 1966). 
(10) The Protocol Relating to the Status of 
Refugees (January 31, 1967). 
(11) The Convention Against Torture and 
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or 
Punishment (December 10, 1984). 
(12) The Worst Forms of Child Labour Con-
vention (June 17, 1999) (ILO Convention 182). 
(13) The Supplementary Convention on the 
Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institu-
tions and Practices Similar to Slavery (September 7, 
1956). 
(14) The Optional Protocol to the Convention 
on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of 
children in armed conflicts (May 25, 2000). 
(15) The Optional Protocol to the Convention 
on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, 
child prostitution and child pornography (May 25, 
2000). 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 726 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict the application 
of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined 
monthly income from benefits under such title and other monthly periodic 
payments exceeds a minimum COLA-adjusted amount of $2,500 and 
to provide for a graduated implementation of such provision on amounts 
above such minimum amount. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2007 
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict 
the application of the windfall elimination provision to 
individuals whose combined monthly income from bene-
fits under such title and other monthly periodic payments 
exceeds a minimum COLA-adjusted amount of $2,500 
and to provide for a graduated implementation of such 
provision on amounts above such minimum amount. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5439
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 111 West Washington
Street in Bowling Green, Ohio, as the ‘‘Delbert
L. Latta Post Office Building’’.
(2) Subparagraph (B) of section 45(d)(2) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i), 
by striking clause (ii), and by redesignating clause 
(iii) as clause (ii). 
(c) AMENDMENTS RELATED TO SECTION 848 OF 
THE ACT.— 
(1) Paragraph (2) of section 470(c) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) TAX-EXEMPT USE PROPERTY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘tax-exempt 
use property’ has the meaning given to such 
term by section 168(h), except that such section 
shall be applied— 
‘‘(i) without regard to paragraphs 
(1)(C) and (3) thereof, and 
‘‘(ii) as if section 197 intangible prop-
erty (as defined in section 197), and prop-
erty described in paragraph (1)(B) or (2) 
of section 167(f), were tangible property. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION
FOR
PARTNERSHIPS.— 
Such term shall not include any property which 
would (but for this subparagraph) be tax-ex-
empt use property solely by reason of section 
168(h)(6).
ance under this Act may be denied assistance and required 
to immediately repay any amount of assistance received, 
and the mortgagee may, at any time thereafter, take any 
legal action to enforce the mortgage without any further 
restrictions or requirements under this Act. 
(f) AVAILABILITY.—An application for assistance 
under this Act may be obtained from an approved coun-
seling agency. 
(g) DETERMINATION ON APPLICATION.— 
(1) TIME PERIOD.—The Secretary shall deter-
mine eligibility of a mortgagor for assistance under 
this Act not later than 60 days after receipt of the 
application of the mortgagor. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 5 business 
days after making the determination on an applica-
tion for assistance, the Secretary shall notify the 
mortgagor and the mortgagee as to whether the ap-
plication has been approved or disapproved. 
SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS BY SECRETARY. 
(a) AMOUNT TO BRING MORTGAGE CURRENT.—If 
the Secretary determines that a mortgagor is eligible for 
assistance under this Act, the Secretary shall pay to the 
mortgagee from the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund the 
full amount due to the mortgagee pursuant to the terms 
of the mortgage without regard to any acceleration under 
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the mortgage, or the full amount of any alternative mort-
gage payments agreed to by the mortgagee and mortgagor 
on the date that the application is approved by the Sec-
retary. This amount shall include the amount of principal, 
interest, taxes, assessments, ground rents, hazard insur-
ance, any mortgage insurance or credit insurance pre-
miums, and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by such 
mortgagee in relation to the arrearage. 
(b) MONTHLY ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
monthly mortgage assistance payments to the mort-
gagee on behalf of the mortgagor pursuant to this 
Act. 
(2) OBLIGATION
OF
THE
MORTGAGOR.—A 
mortgagor on whose behalf the Secretary is making 
the mortgage assistance payments shall pay monthly 
payments to the Secretary. Such payments shall be 
in an amount which will cause the mortgagor’s total 
housing expense not to exceed 35 percent of the 
mortgagor’s net effective income. This shall be the 
maximum amount the mortgagor can be required to 
pay during the 36 months a mortgagor is eligible for 
mortgage assistance. 
(3) OBLIGATION
OF
THE
SECRETARY.—Upon 
receipt of this payment from the mortgagor, the Sec-
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retary or the Secretary’s duly authorized agent shall 
send the total mortgage payment directly to the 
mortgagee. 
(c) REVIEW UPON DELINQUENCY.—If the mortgagor 
fails to pay to the Secretary any amounts due directly 
from the mortgagor under this section not later than 15 
days after such due date, the Secretary or its designated 
agent shall review the mortgagor’s financial circumstances 
to determine whether a delinquency in payments due from 
the mortgagor under this section or section 6 is the result 
of a change in the mortgagor’s financial circumstances 
since the payment amount was last determined. If the de-
linquency is not the result of a change in the mortgagor’s 
financial circumstances, the Secretary shall terminate fu-
ture mortgage assistance payments and the mortgagee 
may, at any time thereafter, take any legal action to en-
force its mortgage without any further restriction or re-
quirement. If the delinquency is the result of such a 
change, the Secretary shall modify the mortgagor’s re-
quired payments to the Secretary as the Secretary shall 
determine. 
(d) PERIOD FOR ASSISTANCE.—Payments under this 
Act shall be provided for a period not to exceed 36 months, 
either consecutively or nonconsecutively. The Secretary 
shall establish procedures for periodic review of the mort-
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tional Wilderness Preservation System, but which 
should be studied to determine their role in main-
taining biological diversity in the Northern Rockies. 
(13) Many areas of National Forest System 
lands and public lands administered by the Bureau 
of Land Management have been damaged and their 
productivity reduced by unwise development prac-
tices, which have also impaired ecosystem function 
and biological diversity. The Island Park area adja-
cent to Yellowstone National Park contains large 
clear-cut areas right up to the park boundary. Ef-
forts should be made to return these areas to their 
former ecological health and native diversity by des-
ignating them as components of a new National 
Wildland Restoration and Recovery System. These 
efforts should seek to ensure that vital ecosystem 
components are restored, especially in areas where 
wildlife travel corridors and native fish and wildlife 
populations have been damaged or eliminated. Res-
toration efforts should seek to ensure and maintain 
genetic interchange, biological diversity, and restora-
tion of native species diversity throughout the 
Northern Rockies Bioregion. 
(14) Backcountry areas of the National Park 
System have been damaged by inappropriate man-
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(B) Ability to access military records in a 
timely manner. 
(C) Collaboration with Polytrauma Center 
treatment teams. 
(D) Collaboration with Veteran Service Or-
ganizations. 
(E) Functioning as the Polytrauma Cen-
ter’s subject-matter expert on military issues. 
(F) Supporting and assisting family mem-
bers. 
(G) Providing education, information, and 
referrals to members of the Armed Forces and 
their family members. 
(H) Functioning as uniformed advocates 
for members of the Armed Forces and their 
family members. 
(I) Inclusion in Polytrauma Center meet-
ings. 
(J) Completion of required administrative 
reporting. 
(K) Ability to provide necessary adminis-
trative support to all members of the Armed 
Forces. 
(2) Manpower requirements to effectively carry 
out all required functions of the Polytrauma Liaison
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Officer/Non-Commissioned Officer program given 
current and expected case loads. 
(3) Expansion of the program to incorporate 
Navy and Marine Corps officers and senior enlisted 
personnel. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report con-
taining— 
(1) the results of the evaluation; and 
(2) recommendations for any improvements in 
the program. 
SEC. 1437. STUDY AND REPORT ON STANDARD SOLDIER PA-
TIENT TRACKING SYSTEM. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall conduct a study on the feasibility of developing a 
joint soldier tracking system for recovering service mem-
bers. 
(b) MATTERS COVERED.—The study under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) Review of the feasibility of allowing each re-
covering service member, each family member of 
such a member, each commander of a military in-
stallation retaining medical holdover patients, each 
patient navigator, and ombudsman office personnel,
gagor’s financial circumstances for the purpose of deter-
mining the necessity for continuation, termination, or ad-
justment of the amount of the payments. 
SEC. 6. REPAYMENT OF ASSISTANCE. 
(a) ASSISTANCE LOAN.—The amount by which the 
assistance payments made by the Secretary to the mort-
gagee exceeds the amount of payments made by the mort-
gagor to the Secretary shall be a loan by the Secretary 
to the mortgagor. The loan shall be evidenced by such doc-
uments as the Secretary shall determine necessary to pro-
tect the interests of the United States. 
(b) REPAYMENT
OF ASSISTANCE LOAN.—Before 
making assistance payments under this Act on behalf of 
a mortgagor, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement 
with the mortgagor for repayment of all mortgage assist-
ance made by the Secretary under section 5, plus interest 
as provided in subsection (c). The agreement shall provide 
for monthly payments by the mortgagor to the Secretary 
which (1) shall begin once the Secretary has determined 
that continuation of mortgage assistance payments to the 
mortgagee is unnecessary, and (2) shall be in an amount 
determined as follows: 
(1) HOUSING
EXPENSE
LESS
THAN
PER-
CENT.—If the mortgagor’s total housing expense is 
less than 35 percent of the mortgagor’s net effective 
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