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day after the date the election was scheduled and 
ending on the thirtieth day before the date of the 
election. 
(b) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Subsection (a) shall not 
apply with respect to any State that provides by law for 
greater ballot access rights than the ballot access rights 
provided for under such subsection. 
SEC. 3. RULEMAKING. 
The Attorney General shall make rules to carry out 
this Act. 
SEC. 4. GENERAL DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘Congressional election’’ means a 
general or special election for the office of Rep-
resentative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to, the Congress; 
(2) the term ‘‘State’’ means a State of the 
United States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory 
or possession of the United States; 
(3) the term ‘‘individual’’ means an individual 
who has the qualifications required by law of a per-
son who holds the office for which such individual 
seeks to be a candidate; 
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(4) the term ‘‘petition’’ includes a petition 
which conforms to section 2(a)(1) and upon which 
signers’ addresses and/or printed names are required 
to be placed; 
(5) the term ‘‘signer’’ means a person whose 
signature appears on a petition and who can be 
identified as a person qualified to vote for an indi-
vidual for whom the petition is circulated, and in-
cludes a person who requests another to sign a peti-
tion on his or her behalf at the time when, and at 
the place where, the request is made; 
(6) the term ‘‘signature’’ includes the incom-
plete name of a signer, the name of a signer con-
taining abbreviations such as first or middle initial, 
and the name of a signer preceded or followed by ti-
tles such as ‘‘Mr.’’, ‘‘Ms.’’, ‘‘Dr.’’, ‘‘Jr.’’, or ‘‘III’’; 
and 
(7) the term ‘‘address’’ means the address 
which a signer uses for purposes of registration and 
voting. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1263 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the automatic enrollment 
of new participants in the Thrift Savings Plan, and to clarify the method 
for computing certain annuities based on part-time service; to allow 
certain employees of the District of Columbia to have certain periods 
of service credited for purposes relating to retirement eligibility; and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2009 
Mr. LYNCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined 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 5, United States Code, to provide for the 
automatic enrollment of new participants in the Thrift 
Savings Plan, and to clarify the method for computing 
certain annuities based on part-time service; to allow 
certain employees of the District of Columbia to have 
certain periods of service credited for purposes relating 
to retirement eligibility; 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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254 
SEC. 502. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2009’’. 
DIVISION D—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GEN-
ERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
2009 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 
Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase 
of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased 
or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance 
of official business, $278,870,000, of which not to exceed 
$21,619,000 is for executive direction program activities; 
not to exceed $45,910,000 is for economic policies and 
programs activities; not to exceed $36,039,000 is for fi-
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SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF MANDATES FOR TELEVISION FEA-
TURES AND FUNCTIONS. 
All regulations of the Federal Communications Com-
mission requiring television receivers sold in the United 
States to include particular types of features or functions, 
or specifying the technology to be used to provide such 
features or functions, shall cease to be effective on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION OF STATUTORY COPYRIGHT LI-
CENSE FOR SATELLITE CARRIERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 17, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 119 the 
following: 
‘‘§ 119A. Clarification of exclusive rights: secondary 
transmissions of distant network signals 
for private home viewing by certain sat-
ellite carriers. 
‘‘(a) STATUTORY
LICENSE
GRANTED.—Notwith-
standing 
any 
injunction 
issued 
under 
section 
119(a)(7)(B), a satellite carrier is granted a statutory li-
cense to provide a secondary transmission of a perform-
ance or display of a work embodied in a primary trans-
mission made by a network station in accordance with the 
provisions of this section. 
‘‘(b) SIGNIFICANTLY VIEWED SIGNALS.—Under the 
statutory license granted by subsection (a), a satellite car-
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rier may provide a secondary transmission of a primary 
transmission made by a network station as provided under 
section 119(a)(2)(C)(i).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 1 of title 17, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 119 the following: 
‘‘119A. Clarification of exclusive rights: secondary transmissions of distant net-
work signals for private home viewing by certain satellite car-
riers’’. 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3604 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain payments 
made to the European Union in lieu of income taxes to a member 
of the European Union as income taxes paid to a foreign country for 
purposes of the foreign tax credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 
Mr. UDALL of New Mexico 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 treat cer-
tain payments made to the European Union in lieu of 
income taxes to a member of the European Union as 
income taxes paid to a foreign country for purposes 
of the foreign tax credit. 
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. CERTAIN PAYMENTS MADE TO THE EUROPEAN 
UNION IN LIEU OF INCOME TAX TO A MEM-
BER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION TREATED AS 
INCOME TAX PAID TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 903 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to credit for taxes in lieu of 
income, etc., taxes) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 903. CREDIT FOR TAXES IN LIEU OF INCOME, ETC., 
TAXES. 
‘‘For purposes of this part and of sections 164(a) and 
275(a)— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘income, war profits, and excess 
profits taxes’ shall include a tax paid in lieu of a tax 
on income, war profits, or excess profits otherwise 
generally imposed by any foreign country or by any 
possession of the United States, and 
‘‘(2) in the case of an individual, any payment 
to the European Union shall be treated as an income 
tax paid to a foreign country if such payment is— 
‘‘(A) determined on the basis of compensa-
tion (including any health, pension, retirement, 
or other benefits) paid by the European Union 
to such individual for services performed by 
such individual for the European Union, and 
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‘‘(B) paid in lieu of an income tax other-
wise generally imposed by any foreign country 
which is a member of the European Union.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to payments made after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, in taxable years ending after 
such date. 
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SEC. 2. DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES OF SCHOOL 
TEACHERS. 
(a) INCREASE IN DEDUCTION.—Subparagraph (D) of 
section 62(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (re-
lating to certain trade and business deductions of employ-
ees) is amended by striking ‘‘$250’’ and inserting ‘‘$500’’. 
(b) PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
EXPENSES.— 
Subparagraph (D) of section 62(a)(2) of such Code is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘educator in connection’’ and all 
that follows and inserting ‘‘educator—’’, and 
(2) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) by reason of the participation of 
the educator in professional development 
courses related to the curriculum in which 
the educator provides instruction or to the 
students for which the educator provides 
instruction, and 
‘‘(ii) in connection with books, sup-
plies (other than nonathletic supplies for 
courses of instruction in health or physical 
education), computer equipment (including 
related software and services) and other 
equipment, and supplementary materials 
used by the eligible educator in the class-
room.’’. 
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(c) PERMANENT DEDUCTION.—Subparagraph (D) of 
section 62(a)(2) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘In 
the case of taxable years beginning during 2002, 2003, 
2004, 2005, 2006, or 2007, the deductions’’ and inserting 
‘‘The deductions’’. 
(d) ELIGIBLE
EDUCATOR
TECHNICAL
AMEND-
MENT.—Subparagraph (A) of section 62(d)(1) of such 
Code is amended by inserting ‘‘ending during the taxable 
year’’ before the period. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall apply to taxable 
years beginning after December 31, 2006. 
(2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The amendment 
made by subsection (d) shall apply to taxable years 
beginning after December 31, 2001. 
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fore any court of the United States or of any State 
or political subdivision thereof which is initiated 
prior to the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. EMPLOYMENT COUNSEL TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE 
AND THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE. 
(a) LEGAL REPRESENTATION AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1002(a)(2)(B) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 (2 
U.S.C. 1908(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 
Employment Counsel for the United States Capitol 
Police Board and the United States Capitol Police’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Employment Counsel to the Chief 
of Police and the United States Capitol Police’’. 
(2) NO EFFECT ON CURRENT PROCEEDINGS.— 
Nothing in the amendment made by paragraph (1) 
may be construed to affect the authority of any indi-
vidual to enter an appearance in any proceeding be-
fore any court of the United States or of any State 
or political subdivision thereof which is initiated 
prior to the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) NO EFFECT ON CURRENT EMPLOYMENT COUN-
SEL.—Nothing in this section or the amendments made 
by this section may be construed to affect the status of 
the individual serving as the Employment Counsel to the 
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ing to Hope Scholarship Credit) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$1,000’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘$2,000’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
25A(h)(1)(A) of such Code (relating to inflation ad-
justments) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2001’’ and inserting 
‘‘2008’’, 
(B) by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$2,000’’, and 
(C) by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting 
‘‘2007’’. 
(b) CREDIT FOR 4 YEARS OF POSTSECONDARY EDU-
CATION.— 
(1) Subparagraph (A) of section 25A(b)(2) of 
such Code is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2 TAXABLE YEARS’’ in the 
heading and inserting ‘‘4 TAXABLE YEARS’’, and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2 prior taxable years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘4 prior taxable years’’. 
(2) Subparagraph (C) of section 25A(b)(2) of 
such Code is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2 YEARS’’ in the heading 
and inserting ‘‘4 YEARS’’, and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘2 years’’ in the text and 
inserting ‘‘4 years’’. 
(c) CREDITABLE EXPENSES INCLUDE EXPENSES 
FOR ROOM, BOARD, AND CERTAIN OTHER ITEMS.—Para-
graph (1) of section 25A(f) of such Code is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) ADDITIONAL
EXPENSES
ALLOWED 
FOR
HOPE
SCHOLARSHIP
CREDIT.—For pur-
poses of the Hope Scholarship Credit— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Such term shall 
include— 
‘‘(I) except as provided in sub-
paragraph (B), books, supplies, and 
equipment required for courses of in-
struction at the eligible educational 
institution, and 
‘‘(II) the reasonable cost for 
room and board while attending such 
institution. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION
ON
ROOM
AND 
BOARD.—The amount treated under clause 
(i) as qualified tuition and related expenses 
with respect to room and board shall not 
exceed 
the 
limitation 
under 
section 
529(e)(3)(B)(ii).’’. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2007. 
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income) is amended by inserting after paragraph (21) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(22) INTEREST ON PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE AC-
QUISITION INDEBTEDNESS.—The deduction allowed 
by section 163 for acquisition indebtedness (as de-
fined by section 163(h)(3)(B)) with respect to the 
taxpayer’s principal residence (within the meaning of 
section 121).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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by this Act may be expended for the altering of the tran-
script of actual testimony of witnesses, except for testi-
mony of officials of the Office of Management and Budget, 
before the Committees on Appropriations or their sub-
committees: Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
vided in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or indi-
rectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, for eval-
uating or determining if water resource project or study 
reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting 
through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with 
all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant 
to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Pro-
vided further, That the Office of Management and Budget 
shall have not more than 60 days in which to perform 
budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on 
which the Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided fur-
ther, That the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and ap-
propriating committees when the 60-day review is initi-
ated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have 
not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and 
appropriating committees within 15 days after the end of 
the Office of Management and Budget review period based 
on the notification from the Director, Congress shall as-
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(ii) in clause (vii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(viii) ensures that both the participa-
tion and performance of students with dis-
abilities utilizing the reasonable accom-
modations for children with disabilities (as 
defined in section 602(3) of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
1401(3))), or the modifications for children 
with disabilities they regularly use in daily 
classroom instruction as documented in 
their individualized education program or 
their plan under section 504 of the Reha-
bilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), are 
counted for the purposes of determining 
adequate yearly progress.’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) by redesignating clauses (i) and 
(ii) as (ii) and (iii), respectively; and 
(ii) by inserting before clause (ii) (as 
so redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(i) shall ensure that students with 
disabilities who take the academic assess-
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ments on which adequate yearly progress is 
based and who utilize the reasonable ac-
commodations for children with disabilities 
(as defined in section 602(3) of the Indi-
viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1401(3))), or the modifications for 
children with disabilities they regularly use 
in daily classroom instruction as docu-
mented in their individualized education 
program or their plan under section 504 of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
794), are counted for the purposes of de-
termining adequate yearly progress for a 
school;’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(C)— 
(A) in clause (xiv) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (xv) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(xvi) ensure that both the participa-
tion and performance of students with dis-
abilities utilizing the reasonable accom-
modations for children with disabilities (as 
defined in section 602(3) of the Individuals 
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with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
1401(3))), or the modifications for children 
with disabilities they regularly use in daily 
classroom instruction as documented in 
their individualized education program or 
their plan under section 504 of the Reha-
bilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), are 
counted for the purposes of determining 
adequate yearly progress.’’. 
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278 
sume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with 
the report and act accordingly. 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469); not to exceed 
$10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
and for participation in joint projects or in the provision 
of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, 
research, or public organizations or agencies, with or with-
out reimbursement, $27,200,000; of which $1,300,000 
shall remain available until expended for policy research 
and evaluation: Provided, That the Office is authorized to 
accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and 
personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 
for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the 
Office. 
COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Tech-
nology Assessment Center for research activities pursuant 
to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthor-
ization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469), $3,000,000, 
which shall remain available until expended for counter-
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279 
narcotics research and development projects: Provided, 
That such amount shall be available for transfer to other 
Federal departments or agencies: Provided further, That 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall submit 
for approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, a detailed 
spending plan for the use of these funds no later than 
90 days after enactment of this Act. 
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
Areas Program, $234,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010, for drug control activities consistent 
with the approved strategy for each of the designated 
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less 
than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and local 
entities for drug control activities, which shall be obligated 
within 120 days after enactment of this Act: Provided, 
That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal 
agencies and departments at a rate to be determined by 
the Director, of which up to $2,100,000 may be used for 
auditing services and associated activities, and up to 
$250,000 of the $2,100,000 shall be used to ensure the 
continued operation and maintenance of the Performance 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 129 
AN ACT 
To authorize the conveyance of certain National Forest Sys-
tem lands in the Los Padres National Forest in Cali-
fornia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,