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and 
the 
rights-of-way 
granted 
under 
section 
301(b)(1) of the Lincoln County Conservation, 
Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (Public 
Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2413) and BLM Case File 
N–78803, no new easements, special-use permits, or 
rights-of-way shall be allowed on the Federal land 
during the period beginning on the date of enact-
ment of this Act and ending on the date of the 
issuance of a lease for the Federal land. 
(4) 
DILIGENT
DEVELOPMENT
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—In issuing a lease under this subsection, 
the Secretary shall include work requirements and 
mandatory milestones— 
(A) to ensure that diligent development is 
carried out under the lease; and 
(B) to reduce speculative behavior. 
(5) 
LAND
MANAGEMENT.—The 
Secretary 
shall— 
(A) establish the duration of leases issued 
under this subsection; 
(B) include provisions in the lease requir-
ing the holder of a lease granted under this 
subsection— 
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SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF LOCATIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE 
ENERGY SYSTEMS ON MILITARY INSTALLA-
TIONS AND CERTAIN OTHER LANDS. 
(a) MAPS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall prepare, in a timely manner, maps of military instal-
lations and eligible adjacent property that classify loca-
tions on the installations and property as acceptable, unac-
ceptable, or unassessed regarding their suitability for the 
placement of geothermal, wind, solar photovoltaic, or solar 
thermal trough systems. 
(b) COOPERATION WITH INDUSTRY.—The Secretary 
of Defense may enter into agreements with entities in-
volved in the production or installation of alternative en-
ergy systems described in subsection (a) to utilize their 
expertise and to share the costs of preparing the maps 
under subsection (a). 
(c) DISSEMINATION OF MAPS.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall disseminate the map prepared under subsection 
(a) for a military installation and its adjoining property 
to the following: 
(1) Congress. 
(2) The State in which the installation is lo-
cated. 
(3) Local governments having jurisdiction over 
eligible adjacent land that is depicted on the map. 
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(4) The owner or owners of any private prop-
erty adjacent to the military installation that is de-
picted on the map. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MILITARY INSTALLATION.—The term ‘‘mili-
tary installation’’ has the meaning given that term 
in 2687(e) of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ADJACENT PROPERTY.—The term 
‘‘eligible adjacent property’’ means— 
(A) real property of the United States that 
is adjacent to a military installation; 
(B) real property of a State or local gov-
ernment that is adjacent to a military installa-
tion; and 
(C) private property that is adjacent to a 
military installation, but only if the owner of 
the private property consents to the inclusion of 
the property on the map. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 552 
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Arizona National 
Scenic Trail. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2009 
Ms. GIFFORDS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
Arizona National Scenic Trail. 
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 ‘‘Arizona National Sce-
nic Trail Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the Arizona Trail is a scenic, nonmotorized 
trail that stretches for approximately 807 miles 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5510 
To amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to allow 
amounts under the Troubled Assets Relief Program to be used to provide 
legal assistance to homeowners to avoid foreclosure. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 10, 2010 
Ms. KAPTUR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 
2008 to allow amounts under the Troubled Assets Relief 
Program to be used to provide legal assistance to home-
owners to avoid foreclosure. 
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 ‘‘Aiding Those Facing 
Foreclosure Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. FORECLOSURE AVOIDANCE ASSISTANCE. 
Section 109 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization 
Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5219) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) LEGAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary may use 
any amounts made available under this title that are 
not otherwise obligated to provide assistance to non-
profit counseling intermediaries and nonprofit legal 
organizations to provide legal assistance to home-
owners of owner-occupied homes consisting of from 
one to four dwelling units who have mortgages on 
such homes that are in default or delinquency, in 
danger of default or delinquency, or subject to or at 
risk of foreclosure, to assist such homeowners with 
legal issues directly related to such default, delin-
quency, foreclosure, or any deed in lieu of fore-
closure or short sale. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON LITIGATION.—Paragraph 
(1) may not be construed to authorize the use of any 
amounts made available under this title to provide, 
obtain, or arrange on behalf of a homeowner, legal 
representation involving or for the purposes of civil 
litigation that is not directly related to any such de-
fault, delinquency, foreclosure, or any deed in lieu of 
foreclosure or short sale. 
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‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION.—Amounts used as de-
scribed under paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be 
for actions authorized under this title.’’. 
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in such subparagraph in regional transmission 
planning. 
‘‘(C) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—An ap-
plicant entity shall include in an application for 
approval as the regional transmission planner 
for a designated region the operating proce-
dures of such applicant entity and any method 
such applicant entity will use to adhere to the 
requirements for a regional transmission plan-
ning process described in paragraph (5). 
‘‘(D) COMPLIANCE.—The Commission may 
review the compliance of a regional trans-
mission planner approved under subparagraph 
(A) with the requirements of this section and 
any regulations thereunder. If the Commission 
finds such a regional transmission planner has 
failed or is failing to comply with such require-
ments or regulations, the Commission may re-
voke the approval of such regional transmission 
planner for a designated region and accept ap-
plications for a new regional transmission plan-
ner for such region to be approved in accord-
ance with this section. 
‘‘(3) 
REGIONAL
TRANSMISSION
PLAN
RE-
QUIRED.—Not later than 2 years after the approval 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5512 
To expand the boundary of Booker T. Washington National Monument, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 10, 2010 
Mr. PERRIELLO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To expand the boundary of Booker T. Washington National 
Monument, 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 ‘‘Booker T. Washington 
Boundary Expansion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. BOUNDARY MODIFICATION AND CORRECTIONS. 
The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the establish-
ment of the Booker T. Washington National Monument’’, 
approved April 2, 1956 (16 U.S.C. 450ll et seq.) is amend-
ed as follows: 
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(1) by striking section 4; 
(2) by redesignating section 5 as section 4; 
(3) by amending section 4(a), as redesignated 
by subsection (b), to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) LANDS ADDED TO MONUMENT.—The boundary 
of the Booker T. Washington National Monument is modi-
fied to include— 
‘‘(1) the approximately 15 acres, as generally 
depicted on the map entitled ‘Boundary Map, Book-
er T. Washington National Monument, Franklin 
County, Virginia’, numbered BOWA 404/80,024, 
and dated February 2001; and 
‘‘(2) the approximately 67.5 acres, as generally 
depicted on the map entitled ‘llllllll’, 
numbered llll and dated lllllll.’’; 
(4) by adding after section 4(c), as redesignated 
by subsection (b), the following new subsection— 
‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF MAPS.—The maps referenced 
in subsection (a) shall be on file and available for inspec-
tion in the appropriate offices of the National Park Serv-
ice, Department of the Interior.’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
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‘‘SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
Act.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5513 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require payment of 
royalty on all oil and gas saved, removed, sold, or discharged under 
a lease under that Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 10, 2010 
Ms. PINGREE of Maine introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require 
payment of royalty on all oil and gas saved, removed, 
sold, or discharged under a lease under that Act, 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 ‘‘Spilled Oil Royalty 
Collection Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF ROYALTY TO OIL THAT IS SAVED, 
REMOVED, SOLD, OR DISCHARGED UNDER 
OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(a) of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(a)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(9)(A) Notwithstanding the terms of any bidding 
otherwise authorized by paragraph (1) and the authority 
of the Secretary to reduce or eliminate royalty or net prof-
it share under paragraph (3), any royalty under a lease 
under this section, other than a deepwater lease, shall 
apply to all oil that is saved, removed, sold, or discharged, 
without regard to whether any of the oil is unavoidably 
lost or used on, or for the benefit of, the lease. 
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (3)— 
‘‘(i) royalty shall apply to all oil that is dis-
charged under a deepwater lease, at a rate of not 
less than 121⁄2 percent fixed by the Secretary in 
amount or value of any oil that is discharged; and 
‘‘(ii) such royalty shall apply without regard to 
whether any of the oil is thereafter unavoidably lost. 
‘‘(C) In this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘deepwater lease’ means a lease 
for a tract in water depths of 200 meters or greater; 
and 
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‘‘(ii) the term ‘discharged’ means any emission 
(other than natural seepage), intentional or uninten-
tional, and includes, but is not limited to, spilling, 
leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or 
dumping.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
April 15, 2010. 
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SEC. 2. CENSUS QUESTION REGARDING STATUS AS VET-
ERAN, SPOUSE OF A VETERAN, OR DEPEND-
ENT OF A VETERAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 141 of title 13, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (h); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g)(1) In conducting a decennial census under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall, on each questionnaire used 
in such census, include a question regarding whether an 
individual is a veteran, a spouse of a veteran, or the de-
pendent of a veteran. Such question shall be in a checkoff 
format. 
‘‘(2) In conducting any survey during the interval be-
tween each census of population required under subsection 
(a), the Secretary may, on each questionnaire or form 
used in such survey, include a question regarding whether 
an individual is a veteran, a spouse of a veteran, or the 
dependent of a veteran. 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘veteran’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 101 of title 38; and 
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(2) in paragraph (4)(A)— 
(A) at the end of clause (ii), by striking 
‘‘and’’; 
(B) at the end of clause (iii), by striking 
the period and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
clauses: 
‘‘(iv) the methodology and standards 
for determining a remote inpatient loca-
tion, a qualified remote inpatient location, 
a component facility, a qualified compo-
nent facility, a main provider, and a quali-
fied main provider, as such terms are de-
fined in paragraph (2)(H)(iv), and which 
such locations, facilities, and providers are 
qualified remote inpatient locations, quali-
fied component facilities, and qualified 
main providers, as such terms are defined 
in such paragraph; and 
‘‘(v) the methodology and standards 
for the election described in paragraph 
(2)(H).’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of Health and 
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in the Treasury and shall be available to the Secretary 
of the Interior without further appropriation to reimburse 
any person for removal costs and damages incurred by the 
person as a result of the explosion on and sinking of the 
mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) BP.—The term ‘‘BP’’ means BP p.l.c. 
(2) TERMS DEFINED IN OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 
1990.—Each of the terms ‘‘damages’’, ‘‘discharge’’, 
‘‘oil’’, ‘‘removal costs’’, ‘‘remove’’, and ‘‘responsible 
party’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
1001 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2701). 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5517 
To amend title 13, United States Code, to require that the questionnaire 
used in a decennial census of population shall include an inquiry regard-
ing an individual’s status as a veteran, a spouse of a veteran, or a 
dependent of a veteran, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 10, 2010 
Mr. STEARNS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 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 amend title 13, United States Code, to require that 
the questionnaire used in a decennial census of popu-
lation shall include an inquiry regarding an individual’s 
status as a veteran, a spouse of a veteran, or a depend-
ent of a veteran, 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 ‘‘Every Veteran Counts 
Act’’. 
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(7) In subsection (h), as redesignated by para-
graph (3), by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (g)’’. 
(8) In subsection (k)(2), as redesignated by 
paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Subsection (h)(6)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Subsection (j)(6)’’. 
(9) By amending subsection (l), as redesignated 
by paragraph (2), to read as follows: 
‘‘(l) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies only to 
States located in the Western Interconnection and States 
located in the Eastern Interconnection and does not apply 
to the States of Alaska or Hawaii, or to areas under the 
authority of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.’’. 
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‘‘(B) the term ‘dependent’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 152 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the 2020 decen-
nial census of population and each decennial census there-
after. 
SEC. 3. REPORTS TO CONGRESS REGARDING USE OF POPU-
LATION AND OTHER CENSUS-RELATED DATA 
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS. 
Not later than 21 months after the date of a decen-
nial census, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall 
transmit to Congress a report identifying the laws or pro-
grams administered by such Department, including the 
specific purposes under each such law or program, for 
which population data or any other information obtained 
from any census, survey, or other means under title 13, 
United States Code— 
(1) were used by such Department during the 
year most recently ended; and 
(2) are being or will be used by such Depart-
ment during the period following the close of the 
year most recently ended and preceding the date as 
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of which data from the next decennial census are ob-
tained. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5520 
To require immediate payment by BP p.l.c to the United States of an 
amount for use to compensate all affected persons for removal costs 
and damages arising from the explosion and sinking of the mobile off-
shore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, to make that amount available 
to the Secretary of the Interior to pay such compensation, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 14, 2010 
Mr. KAGEN (for himself, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. 
BOSWELL, Mr. HARE, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mr. SCHAUER, Mr. SPRATT, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. 
BACA, Ms. CLARKE, Ms. LEE of California, and Mr. COHEN) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To require immediate payment by BP p.l.c to the United 
States of an amount for use to compensate all affected 
persons for removal costs and damages arising from the 
explosion and sinking of the mobile offshore drilling unit 
Deepwater Horizon, to make that amount available to 
the Secretary of the Interior to pay such compensation, 
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 ‘‘Oil Spill Responsibility 
Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION FOR REMOVAL COSTS 
AND DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE ‘‘DEEP-
WATER HORIZON’’ INCIDENT. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that BP p.l.c con-
fessed under oath before Congress to being the responsible 
party for the discharge of oil in the Gulf of Mexico result-
ing from the explosion on and sinking of the mobile off-
shore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon. 
(b) PAYMENT BY BP.— 
(1) PAYMENT
REQUIRED.—BP shall imme-
diately pay to the United States $25,000,000,000 as 
partial compensation for removal costs and damages 
for which BP is liable. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
DAMAGES
NOT
APPLICA-
BLE.—Section 1004(a)(3) of the Oil Pollution Act of 
1990 (33 U.S.C. 2703(a)(3)) shall not apply with 
respect to the explosion on and sinking of the mobile 
offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon. 
(3) NO LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.—This sec-
tion shall not be construed to limit the liability of 
BP to the amount set forth in paragraph (1). 
(c) DEPOSIT AND USE.—Amounts paid by BP under 
subsection (a) shall be deposited into a separate account 
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