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(ii) which has a governing board that 
is responsible for the operation of the 
housing assisted under this section; and 
(iii) which is approved by the Sec-
retary as to financial responsibility; 
(B) a for-profit limited partnership the 
sole or managing general partner of which is an 
organization meeting the requirements under 
clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A) or 
a corporation meeting the requirements of sub-
paragraph (C); 
(C) a corporation wholly owned and con-
trolled by an organization meeting the require-
ments under clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of sub-
paragraph (A); and 
(D) a tribally designated housing entity, as 
such term is defined in section 4 of the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 
except where specifically provided otherwise. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes the 
several States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
erans Affairs for fiscal year 2006 for the Medical 
Care account, $24,990,000 for the leases authorized 
in subsection (a). 
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2007 LEASES.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated for the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs for fiscal year 2007 for the Medical 
Care account, $26,642,000 for the leases authorized 
in subsection (b). 
SEC. 8. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 38, 
United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) 
CITATION
CORRECTION.—Section 
1718(c)(2) is amended by inserting ‘‘of 1938’’ after 
‘‘Act’’. 
(2) 
CITATION
CORRECTION.—Section 
1785(b)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘Robert B.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Robert T.’’. 
(3) 
PUNCTUATION
CORRECTION.—Section 
2002(1) is amended by inserting a closing paren-
thesis before the period at the end. 
(4) 
PUNCTUATION
CORRECTION.—Section 
2011(a)(1)(C) is amended by inserting a period at 
the end. 
(5) CROSS REFERENCE CORRECTION.—Section 
2041(a)(3)(A)(i) is amended by striking ‘‘under this
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proval, Milestone B approval, or full rate production ap-
proval, or their equivalent, within the Department of De-
fense until the Chief Information Officer certifies, with re-
spect to that milestone, that the system is being developed 
in accordance with the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 
U.S.C. 1401 et seq.). The Chief Information Officer may 
require additional certifications, as appropriate, with re-
spect to any such system. 
(2) The Chief Information Officer shall provide the 
congressional defense committees timely notification of cer-
tifications under paragraph (1). Each such notification 
shall include a statement confirming that the following 
steps have been taken with respect to the system: 
(A) Business process reengineering. 
(B) An analysis of alternatives. 
(C) An economic analysis that includes a cal-
culation of the return on investment. 
(D) Performance measures. 
(E) An information assurance strategy con-
sistent with the Department’s Global Information 
Grid. 
(d) For purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Chief Information Officer’’ means 
the senior official of the Department of Defense des-
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chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘established under section 
3722 of this title’’. 
(6) 
CITATION
CORRECTION.—Section 
8111(b)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘into the stra-
tegic’’ and all that follows through ‘‘and Results Act 
of 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘into the strategic plan of 
each Department under section 306 of title 5 and 
the performance plan of each Department under sec-
tion 1115 of title 31’’. 
(7) REPEAL
OF
OBSOLETE
TEXT.—Section 
8111 is further amended—
(A) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘effec-
tive October 1, 2003,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e)(2)—
(i) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘shall be implemented no later than Octo-
ber 1, 2003, and’’; and 
(ii) in the third sentence, by striking 
‘‘, following implementation of the sched-
ule,’’. 
(8) 
CITATION
CORRECTION.—Section 
8111A(a)(2)(B)(i) is amended by striking ‘‘Robert 
B.’’ and inserting ‘‘Robert T.’’. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 107–296.—Effective as of Novem-
ber 25, 2002, section 1704(d) of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2315) is 
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘101(25)(d)’’ and inserting 
‘‘101(25)(D)’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘3011(a)(1)(A)(ii)(II)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘3011(a)(1)(A)(ii)(III)’’. 
SEC. 9. CODIFICATION OF COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT 
PROVIDED IN PUBLIC LAW 109–361. 
(a) VETERANS’ DISABILITY COMPENSATION.—Sec-
tion 1114 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$112’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$115’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$218’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$225’’; 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$337’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$348’’; 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘$485’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$501’’; 
(5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$690’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$712’’; 
(6) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘$873’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$901’’; 
(7) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘$1,099’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$1,135’’;
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ignated by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to sec-
tion 3506 of title 44, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘information technology system’’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘‘information tech-
nology’’ in section 5002 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 
1996 (40 U.S.C. 1401). 
SEC. 8067. During the current fiscal year, none of the 
funds available to the Department of Defense may be used 
to provide support to another department or agency of the 
United States if such department or agency is more than 
90 days in arrears in making payment to the Department 
of Defense for goods or services previously provided to such 
department or agency on a reimbursable basis: Provided, 
That this restriction shall not apply if the department is 
authorized by law to provide support to such department 
or agency on a nonreimbursable basis, and is providing the 
requested support pursuant to such authority: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restric-
tion on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate that it is in the national security inter-
est to do so. 
SEC. 8068. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 
10, United States Code, a Reserve who is a member of the 
National Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out energy efficiency 
and conservation research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application activities, including activities authorized 
under this subtitle— 
(1) $783,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(2) $865,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 
(3) $952,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
(c) ALLOCATIONS.—From amounts authorized under subsection 
(b), the following sums are authorized: 
(1) For activities under section 912, $50,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2007 through 2009. 
(2) For activities under section 915, $7,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2007 through 2009. 
(3) For activities under subsection (a)(2)(A)— 
(A) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(B) $270,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 
(C) $310,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
(4) For activities under subsection (a)(2)(D), $2,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008. 
(d) EXTENDED AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out section 912 $50,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2013. 
(e) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated under this section may be used for— 
(1) the issuance or implementation of energy efficiency 
regulations; 
(2) the weatherization program established under part A 
of title IV of the Energy Conservation and Production Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.); 
(3) a State energy conservation plan established under 
part D of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.); or 
(4) a Federal energy management measure carried out 
under part 3 of title V of the National Energy Conservation 
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8251 et seq.). 
SEC. 912. NEXT GENERATION LIGHTING INITIATIVE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADVANCED SOLID-STATE LIGHTING.—The term ‘‘advanced 
solid-state lighting’’ means a semiconducting device package 
and delivery system that produces white light using externally 
applied voltage. 
(2) INDUSTRY
ALLIANCE.—The term ‘‘Industry Alliance’’ 
means an entity selected by the Secretary under subsection 
(d). 
(3) INITIATIVE.—The term ‘‘Initiative’’ means the Next 
Generation Lighting Initiative carried out under this section. 
(4) RESEARCH.—The term ‘‘research’’ includes research on 
the technologies, materials, and manufacturing processes 
required for white light emitting diodes. 
(5) WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODE.—The term ‘‘white light 
emitting diode’’ means a semiconducting package, using either 
organic or inorganic materials, that produces white light using 
externally applied voltage. 
(b) INITIATIVE.—The Secretary shall carry out a Next Genera-
tion Lighting Initiative in accordance with this section to support
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(2) The risks associated with a global mean 
surface temperature increase above 2° C (3.6° F) 
above preindustrial temperature are grave. Accord-
ing to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 
Change, such temperature increases would increase 
the severity of ongoing alterations of terrestrial and 
marine environments, with potentially catastrophic 
results. Ongoing and projected effects include more 
prevalent droughts in dry regions, an increase in the 
spread of disease, a significant reduction in water 
storage in winter snowpack in mountainous regions 
with direct and important economic consequences, a 
precipitous rise in sea levels by the end of the cen-
tury, the potential devastation of coastal commu-
nities, severe and irreversible changes to natural eco-
systems such as the bleaching and destruction of 
much of the world’s coral, and the potential extinc-
tion of 30 percent of all living species. 
(3) That these climate change effects and risks 
of future effects are widely shared does not minimize 
the adverse affects individual persons have suffered, 
will suffer, and are at risk of suffering because of 
global warming. 
(4) That some of the adverse and potentially 
catastrophic effects of global warming are presently 
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‘‘(A) the additional generation from a 
modification that is placed in service on or after 
January 1, 2001, to expand electricity produc-
tion at a facility used to generate electric en-
ergy from a renewable energy resource; 
‘‘(B) the additional generation above the 
average generation in the 3 years preceding the 
date of enactment of this section at a facility 
used to generate electric energy from a renew-
able energy resource or to cofire biomass that 
was placed in service before the date of enact-
ment of this section: or 
‘‘(C) the portion of the electric generation 
from a facility placed in service on or after Jan-
uary 1, 2001, or a modification to a facility 
placed in service before the date of enactment 
of this section made on or after January 1, 
2001, associated with cofiring biomass. 
‘‘(10) RETAIL ELECTRIC SUPPLIER.—(A) The 
term ‘retail electric supplier’ means a person that 
sells electric energy to electric consumers (other 
than consumers in Hawaii) that sold not less than 
1,000,000 megawatt-hours of electric energy to elec-
tric consumers for purposes other than resale during 
the preceding calendar year. For purposes of this 
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(2) review and provide recommendations on the plan 
described in subsection (c). 
(f) ADMINISTRATION.—Nothing in this section provides any Fed-
eral agency with new authority to regulate building performance. 
SEC. 914. BUILDING STANDARDS. 
(a) DEFINITION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDING.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘high performance building’’ means a building that 
integrates and optimizes all major high-performance building 
attributes, including energy efficiency, durability, life-cycle perform-
ance, and occupant productivity. 
(b) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement 
with the National Institute of Building Sciences to— 
(1) conduct an assessment (in cooperation with industry, 
standards development organizations, and other entities, as 
appropriate) of whether the current voluntary consensus stand-
ards and rating systems for high performance buildings are 
consistent with the current technological state of the art, 
including relevant results from the research, development and 
demonstration activities of the Department; 
(2) determine if additional research is required, based on 
the findings of the assessment; and 
(3) recommend steps for the Secretary to accelerate the 
development of voluntary consensus-based standards for high 
performance buildings that are based on the findings of the 
assessment. 
(c) GRANT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—Consistent 
with subsection (b) and section 12(d) of the National Technology 
Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note), the 
Secretary shall establish a grant and technical assistance program 
to support the development of voluntary consensus-based standards 
for high performance buildings. 
SEC. 915. SECONDARY ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY USE PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BATTERY.—The term ‘‘battery’’ means an energy storage 
device that previously has been used to provide motive power 
in a vehicle powered in whole or in part by electricity. 
(2) ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.—The term ‘‘associated equip-
ment’’ means equipment located where the batteries will be 
used that is necessary to enable the use of the energy stored 
in the batteries. 
(b) PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and conduct 
a program of research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application of energy technology for the secondary 
use of batteries, if the Secretary finds that there are sufficient 
numbers of batteries to support the program. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The program shall be— 
(A) designed to demonstrate the use of batteries in 
secondary applications, including utility and commercial 
power storage and power quality; 
(B) structured to evaluate the performance, including 
useful service life and costs, of such batteries in field oper-
ations, and the necessary supporting infrastructure, 
including reuse and disposal of batteries; and
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(C) coordinated with ongoing secondary battery use 
programs at the National Laboratories and in industry. 
(c) SOLICITATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall solicit proposals 
to demonstrate the secondary use of batteries and associated 
equipment and supporting infrastructure in geographic loca-
tions throughout the United States. 
(2) ADDITIONAL SOLICITATIONS.—The Secretary may make 
additional solicitations for proposals if the Secretary determines 
that the solicitations are necessary to carry out this section. 
(d) SELECTION OF PROPOSALS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the closing 
date established by the Secretary for receipt of proposals under 
subsection (c), the Secretary shall select up to five proposals 
that may receive financial assistance under this section once 
the Department receives appropriated funds to carry out this 
section. 
(2) FACTORS.—In selecting proposals, the Secretary shall 
consider— 
(A) the diversity of battery type; 
(B) geographic and climatic diversity; and 
(C) life-cycle environmental effects of the approaches. 
(3) LIMITATION.—No one project selected under this section 
shall receive more than 25 percent of the funds made available 
to carry out the program under this section. 
(4) NON-FEDERAL
INVOLVEMENT.—In selecting proposals, 
the Secretary shall consider the extent of involvement of State 
or local government and other persons in each demonstration 
project to optimize use of Federal resources. 
(5) OTHER CRITERIA.—In selecting proposals, the Secretary 
may consider such other criteria as the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(e) CONDITIONS.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall require that— 
(1) relevant information be provided to— 
(A) the Department; 
(B) the users of the batteries; 
(C) the proposers of a project under this section; and 
(D) the battery manufacturers; and 
(2) the costs of carrying out projects and activities under 
this section are shared in accordance with section 988. 
SEC. 916. ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCIENCE INITIATIVE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish an Energy 
Efficiency Science Initiative to be managed by the Assistant Sec-
retary in the Department with responsibility for energy conservation 
under section 203(a)(9) of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7133(a)(9)), in consultation with the Director of 
the Office of Science, for grants to be competitively awarded and 
subject to peer review for research relating to energy efficiency. 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to Congress, along 
with the annual budget request of the President submitted to Con-
gress, a report on the activities of the Energy Efficiency Science 
Initiative, including a description of the process used to award 
the funds and an explanation of how the research relates to energy 
efficiency.
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the parent in the qualified employer-spon-
sored coverage or, at the option of the 
State if the State determines it cost-effec-
tive, the cost of the enrollment of the 
child’s family in such coverage; and 
‘‘(ii) any reference in this paragraph 
to a child is deemed to include a reference 
to the parent or, if applicable under clause 
(i), the family of the child. 
‘‘(I) ADDITIONAL STATE OPTION FOR PRO-
VIDING PREMIUM ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A State may es-
tablish an employer-family premium assist-
ance purchasing pool for employers with 
less than 250 employees who have at least 
1 employee who is a pregnant woman eligi-
ble for assistance under the State child 
health plan (including through the applica-
tion of an option described in section 
2112(f)) or a member of a family with at 
least 1 targeted low-income child and to 
provide a premium assistance subsidy 
under this paragraph for enrollment in 
coverage made available through such pool.
IV 
House Calendar No. 144 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 793 
[Report No. 110–422] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3685) to prohibit employment 
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 5, 2007 
Ms. CASTOR, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; 
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3685) to pro-
hibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual 
orientation. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 3685) to prohibit employment dis-
crimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The first 
reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of 
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IV 
House Calendar No. 146 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 794 
[Report No. 110–427] 
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill 
(H.R. 3043) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 5, 2007 
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, from the Committee on Rules, reported the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered 
to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the conference report to ac-
company the bill (H.R. 3043) making appropriations for 
the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it 
shall be in order to consider the conference report to ac-
company the bill (H.R. 3043) making appropriations for 
the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
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return prescription drugs under the 
following conditions: 
‘‘(aa) If a prescription drug 
was delivered to a person with a 
statement in accord with sub-
paragraph (C)(i), the drug may 
be returned to the wholesale dis-
tributor from which it was pur-
chased provided it is accom-
panied with a certified statement, 
in written or electronic form, that 
such drug was purchased from 
the wholesale distributor and 
such drug was stored and han-
dled under proper conditions 
while in the possession and con-
trol of the returning party. For 
subsequent sales or trades of 
such returned drugs, the return 
of such prescription drugs is not 
required to be reflected in the 
statement of distribution history 
required 
under 
subparagraph 
(C)(i). 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4698 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Quinaldine. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2007 
Mr. SPRATT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Quinaldine. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. QUINALDINE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading: 
‘‘ 
9902.01.00 
2-Methyl quinoline (CAS No. 
91–63–4) (provided for in 
subheading 2933.49.70) ......
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2011 
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to articles entered, or withdrawn 
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from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6344
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy Act.