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TITLE II—CONSULTATION 
PROCEDURE 
SEC. 201. REQUIREMENT FOR CONSULTATION. 
(a) SCOPE.—Agencies shall have an accountable 
process to ensure meaningful and timely input by Indian 
tribes and tribal officials prior to undertaking any activity 
that may have substantial direct impacts on the lands or 
interests of one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship 
between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, or on 
the distribution of power and responsibilities between the 
Federal Government and Indian tribes. Consultation with 
Indian tribes shall occur for all Activities that would affect 
any part of any Federal land that shares a border with 
Indian country as defined in section 1151 of title 18, 
United States Code, but is not limited to activities on such 
lands. 
(b) MULTI-AGENCY ACTIVITIES.—In the case of 
agency-drafted proposed legislation, the drafting agency, 
and any other agency that will be implementing the legis-
lation, shall each be considered involved in the activity. 
If more than one agency is involved in an activity, some 
or all of the agencies may designate a lead agency, which 
shall fulfill their collective consultation responsibilities. 
Those agencies that do not designate a lead agency shall 
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to a conventional loan that is not guaranteed by the Small 
Business Administration, if— 
(1) the proceeds of the indebtedness were used 
to acquire land, including a building situated there-
on, to construct a building thereon, or to purchase 
equipment; 
(2) the existing indebtedness is collateralized by 
fixed assets; 
(3) the existing indebtedness was incurred for 
the benefit of the small business concern; 
(4) the financing under title V of the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958 will be used only 
for refinancing existing indebtedness or costs relat-
ing to the project financed under such title; 
(5) the financing under such title will provide a 
substantial benefit to the borrower when prepayment 
penalties, financing fees, and other financing costs 
are accounted for; and 
(6) the financing under section 504 of such title 
will provide better terms or rate of interest than the 
existing indebtedness at the time of refinancing. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2528 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit period 
for certain open-loop biomass facilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2009 
Mr. MEEK of Florida 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 extend 
the credit period for certain open-loop biomass facilities. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENDED CREDIT PERIOD FOR CERTAIN 
OPEN-LOOP BIOMASS FACILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Clause (ii) of section 45(b)(4)(B) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘5-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘10-year period’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply with respect to electricity produced 
and sold after December 31, 2009. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 252 
To provide that no more than 50 percent of funding made available under 
the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 for any fiscal 
year be provided for home heating purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2009 
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor, 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 provide that no more than 50 percent of funding made 
available under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
Act of 1981 for any fiscal year be provided for home 
heating 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 ‘‘LIHEAP Equity Act 
of 2009’’. 
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HR 252 IH 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
Section 2604(a)(1) of the Low-Income Home Energy 
Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623(a)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘subpara-
graph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (B) and 
(C)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) Not more than 50 percent of amounts 
appropriated for carrying out this title for any 
fiscal year shall be provided for home heating 
purposes.’’. 
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States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘1370. Limitation on jurisdiction.’’. 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
shall apply to any case pending on, or commenced on or 
after, such date of enactment. 
SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or the amendments made 
by this Act, or the application of this Act or such amend-
ments to any person or circumstance is determined by a 
court to be invalid, the validity of the remainder of this 
Act and the amendments made by this Act and the appli-
cation of such provision to other persons and cir-
cumstances shall not be affected by such determination. 
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functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Number 14 of 
1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 64 Stat. 1267) and in section 3145 
of title 40, United States Code. 
(f) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pre-
scribe regulations for carrying out this section. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Transportation for use in carrying out this section 
$20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 
2014. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2532 
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to increase 
the limitation on the amount of community development block grant 
assistance that may be used to provide public services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2009 
Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 to increase the limitation on the amount of 
community development block grant assistance that may 
be used to provide public services. 
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 ‘‘Community Develop-
ment Block Grant Improvement Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCREASE IN CDBG PUBLIC SERVICES CAP. 
Paragraph (8) of section 105(a) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5305(a)(8)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘15 per centum’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘50 percent’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘unless such unit’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘yields the higher amount’’. 
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‘‘(1) Tracking medical waste from any gener-
ator of such waste to any disposal facility that dis-
poses of such waste, including a record keeping sys-
tem for generators who dispose of medical waste at 
the same facility where the waste is generated. 
‘‘(2) A uniform manifest form prepared by the 
generator of any medical waste that accompanies the 
waste as it is being transported from a generator to 
a disposal facility. 
‘‘(3) Labeling and packaging requirements 
that— 
‘‘(A) foster safe handling of the waste; 
‘‘(B) protect the public from exposure to 
infectious disease; and 
‘‘(C) provide for the identification of the 
generator of the waste. 
‘‘(4) Storage requirements, including a require-
ment for segregation of the waste at the point of 
generation and during transportation. 
‘‘(5) Proper disposal of medical waste through 
appropriate methods of disposal that— 
‘‘(A) are approved by the Administrator; 
and 
‘‘(B) provide adequate protection for the 
environment and human health. 
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HR 5116 EAS 
(2) EPSCOR.—The term ‘‘EPSCoR’’ means the 
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Re-
search. 
(3) 
FOUNDATION.—The 
term 
‘‘Foundation’’ 
means the National Science Foundation established 
under section 2 of the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861). 
(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 101(a) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means one of the 
several States, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, or any other territory or possession 
of the United States. 
(6) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘‘United States’’ 
means the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 
Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or 
possession of the United States. 
SEC. 503. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2011.—
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2536 
To provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2009 
Mr. WEXLER (for himself, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. BILBRAY, 
and Mr. COHEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United 
States, 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 ‘‘Emergency Nursing 
Supply Relief Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NURSING SHORTAGE RELIEF. 
(a) INCREASING VISA NUMBERS.—Section 106 of the 
American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century 
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Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–313; 8 U.S.C. 1153 note) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) VISA SHORTAGE RELIEF
FOR NURSES
AND 
PHYSICAL THERAPISTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
for petitions filed any time prior to September 30, 
2012, for employment-based immigrants (and their 
family members accompanying or following to join 
under section 203(d) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(d))), which are or have 
been approved based on Schedule A, Group I as de-
fined in section 656.5 of title 20, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as promulgated by the Secretary of 
Labor, the numerical limitations set forth in sections 
201(d) and 202(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(d) 
and 1152(a)) shall not apply. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF VISAS.—The 
Secretary of State may not issue more than 20,000 
immigrant visa numbers in any one fiscal year (plus 
any available visa numbers under this paragraph not 
used during the preceding fiscal year) to principal 
beneficiaries of petitions pursuant to paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) EXPEDITED
REVIEW.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall provide a process for re-
viewing and acting upon petitions with respect to 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—If, during the period con-
sisting of the calendar month in which the taxpayer 
first receives a distribution described in subsection 
(a) and the succeeding 23 calendar months, the tax-
payer does not maintain an average employment 
level at least equal to the taxpayer’s prior average 
employment, an additional amount equal to $25,000 
multiplied by the number of employees by which the 
taxpayer’s average employment level during such pe-
riod falls below the prior average employment (but 
not exceeding the aggregate amount allowed as a de-
duction pursuant to subsection (a)) shall be taken 
into account as income by the taxpayer during the 
taxable year that includes the final day of such pe-
riod. 
(2) PRIOR AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT.—For pur-
poses of this paragraph, the taxpayer’s ‘‘prior aver-
age employment’’ shall be the average number of full 
time equivalent employees of the taxpayer during the 
period consisting of the 24 calendar months imme-
diately preceding the calendar month in which the 
taxpayer first receives a distribution described in 
subsection (a). 
(3) AGGREGATION RULES.—In determining the 
taxpayer’s average employment level and prior aver-
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•HRES 1782 RH 
tion, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, 
and for other purposes, with the Senate amendment to 
the House amendment to the Senate amendment thereto, 
and to consider in the House, without intervention of any 
point of order except those arising under clause 10 of rule 
XXI, a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on 
Appropriations or his designee that the House concur in 
the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the 
Senate amendment. The Senate amendment and the mo-
tion shall be considered as read. The motion shall be de-
batable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations. The previous question shall be considered 
as ordered on the motion to final adoption without inter-
vening motion. 
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‘‘(A) is incidental to otherwise peaceful 
picketing during the course of a labor dispute; 
‘‘(B) consists solely of minor bodily injury, 
or minor damage to property, or threat or fear 
of such minor injury or damage; and 
‘‘(C) is not part of a pattern of violent con-
duct or of coordinated violent activity. 
‘‘(2) STATE
AND
LOCAL
JURISDICTION.—Any 
violation of this section that involves any conduct de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall be subject to prosecu-
tion only by the appropriate State and local authori-
ties. 
‘‘(d) EFFECT ON OTHER LAW.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed— 
‘‘(1) to repeal, amend, or otherwise affect— 
‘‘(A) section 6 of the Clayton Act (15 
U.S.C. 17); 
‘‘(B) section 20 of the Clayton Act (29 
U.S.C. 52); 
‘‘(C) 
any 
provision 
of 
the 
Norris- 
LaGuardia Act (29 U.S.C. 101 et seq.); 
‘‘(D) any provision of the National Labor 
Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.); or 
‘‘(E) any provision of the Railway Labor 
Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.); or 
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‘‘(2) to preclude Federal jurisdiction over any 
violation of this section, on the basis that the con-
duct at issue— 
‘‘(A) is also a violation of State or local 
law; or 
‘‘(B) occurred during the course of a labor 
dispute or in pursuit of a legitimate business or 
labor objective.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2538 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment 
and maintenance of an undiagnosed diseases registry. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2009 
Mr. CARTER (for himself and Mr. BURGESS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
the establishment and maintenance of an undiagnosed 
diseases registry. 
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 ‘‘Charles August ‘CAL’ 
Long Undiagnosed Diseases Registry Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. REGISTRY OF UNDIAGNOSED DISEASES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by insert-
ing after section 317T the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 317U. UNDIAGNOSED DISEASES REGISTRY. 
‘‘(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Secretary, 
acting 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, shall establish and maintain an 
undiagnosed diseases registry (in this section referred to 
as the ‘registry’). 
‘‘(b) CONTENT OF REGISTRY.—The Secretary shall 
include in the registry such information respecting 
undiagnosed diseases as the Secretary deems appropriate 
for the purpose of facilitating the early recognition, pre-
vention, treatment, cure, and control of such diseases. 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY.—For the purpose described in 
subsection (b), the Secretary may make the information 
in the registry publicly available, except the Secretary 
shall not publicly disclose— 
‘‘(1) individually identifiable information; or 
‘‘(2) trade secrets or commercial or financial in-
formation obtained from a person and privileged or 
confidential, as provided in section 552(b)(4) of title 
5, United States Code. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums 
as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 
2015.’’. 
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(b) FIRST OPERATION OF REGISTRY.—The Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, acting through the Direc-
tor of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
shall ensure that the undiagnosed diseases registry estab-
lished pursuant to section 317U of the Public Health 
Service Act, as added by subsection (a), becomes oper-
ational not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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‘‘(A) prohibits a nationally recognized sta-
tistical rating organization from using addi-
tional credit factors that are documented and 
disclosed by the organization and that have a 
demonstrated impact on the risk an investor in 
a security or money market instrument will not 
receive repayment in accordance with the terms 
of issuance; 
‘‘(B) prohibits a nationally recognized sta-
tistical rating organization from considering 
credit factors that are unique to municipal se-
curities that are not backed by the issuer’s full 
faith and credit in its assessment of the risk an 
investor in a security or money market instru-
ment will not receive repayment in accordance 
with the terms of issuance; or 
‘‘(C) prohibits a nationally recognized sta-
tistical rating organization from using an addi-
tional symbol with respect to the ratings de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(A) for the purpose of 
distinguishing the ratings of a certain type of 
security or money market instrument from rat-
ings of any other types of securities or money 
market instruments. 
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HR 254 IH 
located in the continental United States shall be 
open, with respect to a congressional general elec-
tion, beginning on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. local time 
and ending on Sunday at 6:00 p.m. local time. 
‘‘(3) EARLY
CLOSING.—A polling place may 
close between the hours of 10:00 p.m. local time on 
Saturday and 6:00 a.m. local time on Sunday as 
provided by the law of the State in which the polling 
place is located.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) The table of sections for chapter 1 of title 
3, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 1 and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘1. Polling place hours. 
‘‘1A. Time of appointing electors.’’. 
(2) Sections 871(b) and 1751(f) of title 18, 
United States Code, are each amended by striking 
‘‘title 3, United States Code, sections 1 and 2’’ and 
inserting ‘‘sections 1A and 2 of title 3’’. 
Æ 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2550 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the registration 
of municipal financial advisers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2009 
Mr. DRIEHAUS (for himself, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. FRANK of Massa-
chusetts, Mr. BACA, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. AN-
DREWS, and Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require 
the registration of municipal financial advisers. 
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 ‘‘Municipal Advisers 
Regulation Act’’. 
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