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laboration with institutions of higher education 
that receive funding under this title.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (3); 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(4) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and 
(C) in paragraph (1) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (B)), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon. 
SEC. 614. STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM. 
Section 623(a) (20 U.S.C. 1131a(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘as defined in section 322 of this 
Act’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘tribally controlled Indian com-
munity colleges as defined in the Tribally Controlled 
Community College Assistance Act of 1978’’ and in-
serting ‘‘tribally controlled colleges or universities’’. 
SEC. 615. ADVANCED DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL RELA-
TIONS. 
Section 624 (20 U.S.C. 1131b) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘MAS-
TERS’’ and inserting ‘‘ADVANCED’’; 
(2) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘, and in 
exceptional circumstances, a doctoral degree,’’ after 
‘‘masters degree’’;
and local governments and nongovernmental entities, 
relative to detecting, preventing, and responding to 
bioterrorism attacks; 
(7) submit to the President and Congress re-
ports in accordance with section 10; and 
(8) bring to the attention of the Attorney Gen-
eral and Congress any evidence of potential viola-
tions of Federal law or regulations uncovered by the 
Commission during the course of its investigation. 
(b) INVESTIGATIONS AND REPORTS.—The investiga-
tion and report authorized under subsection (a) may in-
clude relevant facts and circumstances relating to— 
(1) intelligence and law enforcement agencies; 
(2) diplomacy; 
(3) the delivery, processing, and handling of 
mail, parcels, or packages within the United States 
or its territories by either government or commercial 
entities world-wide; 
(4) the ability of individuals or terrorist organi-
zations to acquire the scientific knowledge and 
means to manufacture and deliver chemical, biologi-
cal, or radiological weapons via mail, parcels, or 
packages; 
(5) the physical and personnel security meas-
ures and procedures employed by government, non-
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512(2) but does not meet the requirements of subpara-
graph (A) of section 512(2), may be treated as an eli-
gible multifamily housing project on an exception 
basis if the Secretary determines, subject to para-
graph (2), that such treatment is necessary to pre-
serve the project in the most cost-effective manner in 
relation to other alternative preservation options. 
‘‘(2) OWNER REQUEST.— 
‘‘(A) REQUEST REQUIRED.—The Secretary 
shall not treat an otherwise eligible project de-
scribed under paragraph (1) as an eligible mul-
tifamily housing project unless the owner of the 
project requests such treatment. 
‘‘(B) NO ADVERSE TREATMENT IF NO RE-
QUEST MADE.—If the owner of a project does not 
make a request under subparagraph (A), the Sec-
retary shall not withhold from such project any 
other available preservation option. 
‘‘(3) CANCELLATION.— 
‘‘(A) TIMING.—At any time prior to the 
completion of a mortgage restructuring under 
this subtitle, the owner of a project may— 
‘‘(i) withdraw any request made under 
paragraph (2)(A); and 
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(C) Subsection (c) of section 56 is amended by 
striking so much of the subsection as precedes para-
graph (1), by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3) as paragraphs (8), (9), and (10), respectively, 
and moving them to the end of subsection (a). 
(D) Paragraph (8) of section 56(a), as redesig-
nated by subparagraph (C), is amended by striking 
‘‘subsection (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’. 
(E) Section 56 is amended by striking sub-
section (e) and by redesignating subsections (d) and 
(g) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively. 
(16)(A) Section 58 is hereby repealed. 
(B) Clause (i) of section 56(b)(2)(A) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘and section 58’’. 
(C) Subsection (h) of section 59 is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘, 465, and 1366(d)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘and 465’’, and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘56, 57, and 58’’ and in-
serting ‘‘56 and 57’’. 
(17)(A) Subparagraph (C) of section 59(a)(1) 
is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)(i) or 
(B)(i) of section 55(b)(1) (whichever applies)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 55(b)(1)(A)’’, and 
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(E) utilizing financial aid programs; and 
(F) completing programs of study at dif-
ferent types of institutions of higher education; 
(2) factors that influence the accessibility of 
higher education for a broad spectrum of students 
with different disabilities, including— 
(A) physical access; 
(B) communication and outreach in acces-
sible formats, including websites, admissions in-
formation, financial aid information, and other 
general information; 
(C) availability of accessible instructional 
materials in a timely manner; 
(D) financial factors; and 
(E) eligibility for, and ability to access, 
adequate support services; 
(3) the provision of accommodations for stu-
dents with disabilities on college entrance and grad-
uate admissions tests, including— 
(A) the frequency of, and approval rate 
for, accommodations requests; 
(B) documentation requirements for ac-
commodations requests and criteria used to de-
termine if an accommodation is appropriate; 
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘section 1 or 11 (whichever 
applies)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 11’’. 
(B) Paragraph (2) of section 59(a) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) PRE-CREDIT TENTATIVE MINIMUM TAX.— 
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘pre-credit 
tentative minimum tax’ means the amount deter-
mined under section 55(b)(1)(A).’’. 
(C) Section 59 is amended by striking sub-
section (c). 
(D) Section 59 is amended by striking sub-
section (j). 
(18) Paragraph (1) of section 59A(b) and para-
graph (7) of section 382(l) are each amended by 
striking ‘‘section 56(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
56(b)’’. 
(19) Paragraph (2) of section 641(c) is amend-
ed by striking subparagraph (B) and by redesig-
nating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs 
(B) and (C), respectively. 
(20) Subsections (b) and (c) of section 666 are 
each amended by striking ‘‘(other than the tax im-
posed by section 55)’’. 
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clause (v) as clause (iv), and by inserting ‘‘and’’ at 
the end of clause (iii). 
(5) Subsection (d) of section 172 is amended by 
striking paragraph (7). 
(6) Subsection (a) of section 613 is amended by 
striking ‘‘and without the deduction under section 
199’’. 
(7) Paragraph (1) of section 613A(d) is amend-
ed by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), and 
(E) as subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), respec-
tively, and by striking subparagraph (B). 
(8) Subsection (a) of section 1402 is amended 
by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (15), by 
striking paragraph (16), and by redesignating para-
graph (17) as paragraph (16). 
(9) The table of sections for part VI of sub-
chapter B of chapter 1 is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 199. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2008. 
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accept from any lender or affiliate of any lender (as 
the term affiliate is defined in section 487(a)) any 
fee, payment, or other financial benefit (including 
the opportunity to purchase stock) as compensation 
for any type of consulting arrangement or other con-
tract to provide services to a lender or on behalf of 
a lender. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Nothing in this subsection 
shall be construed as prohibiting— 
‘‘(A) an officer, employee, or agent of a 
covered institution who is not employed in the 
institution’s financial aid office, or who does not 
otherwise have responsibilities with respect to 
educational loans, from paid or unpaid service 
on a board of directors of a lender, guarantor, 
or servicer of educational loans; 
‘‘(B) an officer, employee, or agent of a 
covered institution who is not employed in the 
financial aid office but who has responsibility 
with respect to educational loans as a result of 
a position held at the covered institution, from 
paid or unpaid service on a board of directors 
of a lender, guarantor, or servicer of edu-
cational loans, provided that the covered insti-
tution has a written conflict of interest policy
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detailing actions taken by United Nations organizations 
under the headings ‘‘Contributions to International Orga-
nizations’’ and ‘‘International Organizations and Pro-
grams’’ to continue reform of United Nations financial 
management systems and program oversight. 
(b) WORLD BANK.—Section 668(c)(1) of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161) is 
amended by striking ‘‘that’’ and inserting ‘‘on the extent 
to which’’. 
(c) NATIONAL BUDGET TRANSPARENCY.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for assistance for the central 
government of any country that fails to make pub-
licly available on an annual basis its national budget, 
to include income and expenditures. 
(2) The Secretary of State may waive the re-
quirements of paragraph (1) on a country-by-coun-
try basis if the Secretary reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that to do so is important to the 
national interest of the United States. 
DISABILITY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7089. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 
than $4,000,000 shall be made available for programs and 
activities administered by the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID) to address the needs 
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and protect the rights of people with disabilities in devel-
oping countries, and for programs to make publicly avail-
able information on independent living, advocacy, edu-
cation, and transportation for people with disabilities and 
disability advocacy organizations in developing countries, 
including for the cost of translation. 
(b) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Oper-
ating Expenses’’ in title II of this Act shall be made avail-
able to develop and implement training for staff in over-
seas USAID missions to promote the full inclusion and 
equal participation of people with disabilities in developing 
countries. 
(c) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the 
Treasury, and the USAID Administrator shall seek to en-
sure that, where appropriate, construction projects funded 
by this Act are accessible to people with disabilities and 
in compliance with the USAID Policy on Standards for 
Accessibility for the Disabled, or other similar accessibility 
standards. 
(d) Of the funds made available pursuant to sub-
section (a), not more than 7 percent may be for manage-
ment, oversight and technical support. 
ORPHANS, DISPLACED AND ABANDONED CHILDREN 
SEC. 7090. Of the funds appropriated under title III 
of this Act, $3,000,000 should be made available for ac-
tivities to improve the capacity of foreign government 
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‘‘(iv) the plan sponsor and the issuer 
of the coverage provides such description 
to participants and beneficiaries upon their 
enrollment under the plan at the earliest 
opportunity that other materials are pro-
vided.’’. 
(c) 
INTERNAL
REVENUE
CODE.—Section 
9802(a)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘so long as— 
‘‘(i) such limitations and restrictions 
are explicit and clear; 
‘‘(ii) the group health plan makes 
available, to participants and beneficiaries 
in the plan in advance of the point of their 
enrollment under the plan, a description of 
such limitations and restrictions in a form 
that is easily understandable by such par-
ticipants and beneficiaries; and 
‘‘(iii) the plan provides such descrip-
tion to participants and beneficiaries upon 
their enrollment under the plan at the ear-
liest opportunity that other materials are 
provided.’’. 
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of, and to implement, the guidelines developed under 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The terms ‘elementary school’ and ‘sec-
ondary school’ have the meanings given to those 
terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘staph infection’ means an infec-
tion with Staphylococcus aureus. 
‘‘(e) RESERVATION.—Of the amounts appropriated to 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall reserve an appropriate amount 
to carry out this section.’’. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to plan years begin-
ning after 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 396 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the required beginning 
date for distributions from individual retirement plans and for distribu-
tions of elective deferrals under qualified cash or deferred arrangements. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 10, 2007 
Mr. SAXTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal 
the required beginning date for distributions from indi-
vidual retirement plans and for distributions of elective 
deferrals under qualified cash or deferred arrangements. 
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. REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE FOR DISTRIBU-
TIONS 
FROM 
INDIVIDUAL 
RETIREMENT 
PLANS AND FOR DISTRIBUTIONS OF ELEC-
TIVE DEFERRALS UNDER QUALIFIED CASH 
OR DEFERRED ARRANGEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section 
401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating 
to required distributions) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new clause: 
‘‘(v) SPECIAL RULE FOR INDIVIDUAL 
RETIREMENT PLANS AND DEFERRED COM-
PENSATION ARRANGEMENTS.—In the case 
of any individual retirement plan (other 
than a Roth IRA) and elective deferrals 
(as defined in section 402(g)(3)) of any 
qualified cash or deferred arrangement (as 
defined in section 401(k))— 
‘‘(I) subparagraph (A)(i) shall 
not apply, and 
‘‘(II) the required beginning date 
shall be the date of death of the em-
ployee.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to distributions after December 31, 
2006. 
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that clearly sets forth that such an officer, em-
ployee, or agent must be recused from partici-
pating in any decision of the board with respect 
to any transaction regarding educational loans; 
or 
‘‘(C) an officer, employee, or agent of a 
lender, guarantor, or servicer of educational 
loans from serving on a board of directors or 
serving as a trustee of a covered institution, 
provided that the covered institution has a writ-
ten conflict of interest policy that clearly sets 
forth the procedures to be followed in instances 
where such a board member’s or trustee’s per-
sonal or business interests with respect to edu-
cational loans may be advanced by an action of 
the board of directors or trustees, including a 
provision that such a board member or trustee 
may not participate in any decision to approve 
any transaction where such conflicting interests 
may be advanced. 
‘‘(d) BAN ON REVENUE SHARING ARRANGEMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—A covered institution shall 
not enter into any revenue sharing arrangement with 
any lender.
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an eligible partnership that has a teacher prepara-
tion program— 
‘‘(A) whose graduates exhibit strong per-
formance on State-determined qualifying assess-
ments for new teachers through— 
‘‘(i) demonstrating that 80 percent or 
more of the graduates of the program who 
intend to enter the field of teaching have 
passed all of the applicable State qualifica-
tion assessments for new teachers, which 
shall include an assessment of each pro-
spective teacher’s subject matter knowledge 
in the content area in which the teacher in-
tends to teach; or 
‘‘(ii) being ranked among the highest- 
performing teacher preparation programs 
in the State as determined by the State— 
‘‘(I) using criteria consistent with 
the requirements for the State report 
card under section 205(b); and 
‘‘(II) using the State report card 
on teacher preparation required under 
section 205(b), after the first publica-
tion of such report card and for every 
year thereafter;
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3971 
To encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information 
regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 25, 2007 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself and Mr. FORBES) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To encourage States to report to the Attorney General cer-
tain information regarding the deaths of individuals in 
the custody of law enforcement agencies. 
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 ‘‘Death in Custody Re-
porting Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. INFORMATION REGARDING INDIVIDUALS WHO DIE 
IN THE CUSTODY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year after the ex-
piration of the period specified in subsection (b)(1) in 
which a State receives funds for a program referred to 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A local education agency or 
State department of education receiving a grant 
under this section shall use funds made available 
under the grant to award subgrants to individual or 
groups of qualifying schools to carry out activities in 
accordance with this section. 
‘‘(2) STATE AND DISTRICT SUPPORT.—A local 
education agency or State department of education 
may allocate a portion of each subgrant to support 
State or local education agency activities in support 
of qualified schools for which it is more efficient or 
appropriate to support the activities in a centralized 
manner. 
‘‘(3) AMOUNT; TERM.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 
provided in this paragraph, a subgrant provided 
by a local education agency or State depart-
ment of education to a qualifying school under 
this section shall be in such amount, and shall 
be provided for such term, as the local edu-
cation agency or State department of education, 
respectively, determines appropriate. 
‘‘(B) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount of 
a subgrant provided by a local education agency 
or State department of education to a quali-
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IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3971 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 24, 2008 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To encourage States to report to the Attorney General cer-
tain information regarding the deaths of individuals in 
the custody of law enforcement agencies, 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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101(c)(1) of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 470a(c)(1)). 
(d) GUIDELINES.—The Council, in consultation with 
the Secretary, shall establish any guidelines that are nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 105. REGULATIONS. 
The Secretary shall develop any guidelines and issue 
any regulations that the Secretary determines to be nec-
essary to carry out this title. 
SEC. 106. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009, 2010, 
2011, 2012 and 2013, to remain available until expended. 
TITLE II—SAVE AMERICA’S 
TREASURES PROGRAM 
SEC. 201. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this title is to authorize within the 
Department of the Interior the Save America’s Treasures 
Program, to be carried out by the Director of the National 
Park Service, in partnership with— 
(1) the National Endowment for the Arts; 
(2) the National Endowment for the Human-
ities; 
(3) the Institute of Museum and Library Serv-
ices;
IB 
Union Calendar No. 313 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3971 
[Report No. 110–512] 
To encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information 
regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 25, 2007 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself and Mr. FORBES) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
JANUARY 18, 2008 
Additional sponsor: Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas 
JANUARY 18, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 25, 2007] 
A BILL 
To encourage States to report to the Attorney General cer-
tain information regarding the deaths of individuals in 
the custody of law enforcement agencies. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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