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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual 
Property Act of 2008’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is 
as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Reference. 
Sec. 3. Definition. 
TITLE I—ENHANCEMENTS TO CIVIL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
LAWS 
Sec. 101. Registration of claim. 
Sec. 102. Registration and infringement actions. 
Sec. 103. Civil remedies for infringement. 
Sec. 104. Treble damages in counterfeiting cases. 
Sec. 105. Statutory damages in counterfeiting cases. 
Sec. 106. Exportation of goods bearing infringing marks. 
Sec. 107. Importation and exportation. 
TITLE II—ENHANCEMENTS TO CRIMINAL INTELLECTUAL 
PROPERTY LAWS 
Sec. 201. Criminal infringement of a copyright. 
Sec. 202. Harmonization of forfeiture procedures for intellectual property of-
fenses. 
Sec. 203. Directive to United States Sentencing Commission. 
Sec. 204. Trafficking in counterfeit goods or services. 
TITLE III—COORDINATION AND STRATEGIC PLANNING OF 
FEDERAL EFFORT AGAINST COUNTERFEITING AND PIRACY 
Subtitle A—Office of the United States Intellectual Property Enforcement 
Representative 
Sec. 301. Office of the United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Rep-
resentative. 
Sec. 302. Definition. 
Subtitle B—Joint Strategic Plan 
Sec. 321. Joint Strategic Plan. 
Sec. 322. Reporting. 
Sec. 323. Savings and repeals. 
Sec. 324. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE IV—INTERNATIONAL ENFORCEMENT AND COORDINATION 
Sec. 401. Intellectual property attache´s. 
Sec. 402. Duties and responsibilities of intellectual property attache´s.
Sec. 403. Training and designation of assignment. 
Sec. 404. Coordination. 
Sec. 405. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE V—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—Coordination 
Sec. 501. Intellectual Property Enforcement Officer. 
Subtitle B—Law Enforcement Resources 
Sec. 511. Local law enforcement grants. 
Sec. 512. CHIP units, training, and additional resources. 
Sec. 513. Transparency of prosecutorial decisionmaking. 
Sec. 514. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle C—International Activities 
Sec. 521. International intellectual property law enforcement coordinators. 
Sec. 522. International training activities of the computer crime and intellectual 
property section. 
Subtitle D—Coordination, Implementation, and Reporting 
Sec. 531. Coordination. 
Sec. 532. Annual reports. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCE. 
Any reference in this Act to the ‘‘Trademark Act of 
1946’’ refers to the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for 
the registration of trademarks used in commerce, to carry 
out the provisions of certain international conventions, 
and for other purposes’’, approved July 5, 1946 (15 
U.S.C. 1051 et seq.). 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘United States person’’ 
means— 
(1) any United States resident or national, 
(2) any domestic concern (including any perma-
nent domestic establishment of any foreign concern), 
and
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lance and Epidemiology are handled within the 
agency; and 
‘‘(C) on an annual basis, review the entire 
backlog of postmarket safety commitments to 
determine which commitments require revision 
or should be eliminated, report to the Congress 
on these determinations, and assign start dates 
and estimated completion dates for such com-
mitments.’’. 
TITLE X—FOOD SAFETY 
SEC. 1001. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the safety and integrity of the United 
States food supply are vital to public health, to pub-
lic confidence in the food supply, and to the success 
of the food sector of the Nation’s economy; 
(2) illnesses and deaths of individuals and com-
panion animals caused by contaminated food— 
(A) have contributed to a loss of public 
confidence in food safety; and 
(B) have caused significant economic losses 
to manufacturers and producers not responsible 
for contaminated food items; 
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‘‘(2) For projects conducted pursuant to this sub-
section, $1,500,000 shall be the amount applied for pur-
poses of subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, a laboratory in-
cludes— 
‘‘(A) a research, engineering, and development 
center; 
‘‘(B) a test and evaluation activity; and 
‘‘(C) any buildings, structures, or facilities lo-
cated at and supporting such centers or activities.’’. 
(b) STYLISTIC AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Such 
section is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION FUNDING.—’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘NOTIFICA-
TIONS.—’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; 
(3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘OPERATION 
AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING.—’’ after ‘‘(c)’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e), as redesignated by sub-
section (a) of this section, by inserting ‘‘LIMITA-
TIONS.—’’ after ‘‘(e)’’. 
SEC. 2932. THRESHOLD FOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS. 
Section 2805(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) For an unspecified minor military construction 
project for a medical facility, the cost limitation for pur-
poses of paragraph (1) is the expenditure threshold for 
a 
major 
medical 
facility 
project 
under 
section 
8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38.’’. 
Æ 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4254 
To direct amounts derived from the repayment of TARP assistance to the 
Deposit Insurance Fund of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
to reduce the amount of any increase in premiums that would otherwise 
be required of smaller insured depository institutions and community 
banks whose prudent activities did not contribute to the financial crisis, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2009 
Ms. KAPTUR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To direct amounts derived from the repayment of TARP 
assistance to the Deposit Insurance Fund of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation to reduce the amount of 
any increase in premiums that would otherwise be re-
quired of smaller insured depository institutions and 
community banks whose prudent activities did not con-
tribute to the financial crisis, 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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II 
Calendar No. 945 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6599 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2008 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for military construction, the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2009, and for other purposes, namely: 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4627 
To provide for the penalty-free use of retirement funds for mortgage relief. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2007 
Mr. FOSSELLA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide for the penalty-free use of retirement funds for 
mortgage relief. 
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 ‘‘Homeowners’ Assist-
ance Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. TAX-FAVORED WITHDRAWALS FROM RETIREMENT 
PLANS FOR MORTGAGE RELIEF. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 72(t) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 shall not apply to any qualified mort-
gage relief distribution. 
(b) AGGREGATE DOLLAR LIMITATION.— 
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(2) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Man-
agement Entity’’ means the management entity for 
the Heritage Area designated by section 4(d). 
(3) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘Manage-
ment Plan’’ means the management plan for the 
Heritage Area specified in section 6. 
(4) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Boundary Map Upper Housatonic Valley Na-
tional Heritage Area’’, numbered P17/80,000, and 
dated February 2003. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts. 
SEC. 4. UPPER HOUSATONIC VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE 
AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the 
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The Heritage Area shall be com-
prised of—
(1) part of the Housatonic River’s watershed, 
which extends 60 miles from Lanesboro, Massachu-
setts to Kent, Connecticut;
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, 
the aggregate amount of distributions received by an 
individual which may be treated as qualified mort-
gage relief distributions for any taxable year shall 
not exceed the excess (if any) of— 
(A) $25,000, over 
(B) the aggregate amounts treated as 
qualified mortgage relief distributions received 
by such individual for all prior taxable years. 
(2) TREATMENT OF PLAN DISTRIBUTIONS.—If 
a distribution to an individual would (without regard 
to paragraph (1)) be a qualified mortgage relief dis-
tribution, a plan shall not be treated as violating any 
requirement of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
merely because the plan treats such distribution as 
a qualified mortgage relief distribution, unless the 
aggregate amount of such distributions from all 
plans maintained by the employer (and any member 
of any controlled group which includes the employer) 
to such individual exceeds $25,000. 
(3) CONTROLLED
GROUP.—For purposes of 
paragraph (2), the term ‘‘controlled group’’ means 
any group treated as a single employer under sub-
section (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 414 of such 
Code. 
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In the Senate of the United States, 
June 26, 2008. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 5690) entitled ‘‘An Act to remove the African Na-
tional Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for 
certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of 
the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and 
for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
On page 2, strike line 12 through the end of line 21 
and insert the following: 
(a) EXEMPTION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of State, 
after consultation with the Attorney General and the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, or the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, after consultation with the Secretary of State and 
the Attorney General, may determine, in such Secretary’s 
sole 
and 
unreviewable 
discretion, 
that 
paragraphs 
(2)(A)(i)(I), (2)(B), and (3)(B) (other than clause (i)(II)) 
of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1182(a)) shall not apply to an alien with respect 
to activities undertaken in association with the African Na-
tional Congress in opposition to apartheid rule in South 
Africa. 
Attest: 
Secretary.
(2) the towns of Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, 
Kent, Norfolk, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, 
and Warren in Connecticut; and 
(3) the towns of Alford, Becket, Dalton, 
Egremont, Great Barrington, Hancock, Hinsdale, 
Lanesboro, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Wash-
ington, New Marlboro, Pittsfield, Richmond, Shef-
field, Stockbridge, Tyringham, Washington, and 
West Stockbridge in Massachusetts. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the National Park Service, Department of the In-
terior. 
(d) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The Upper Housatonic 
Valley National Heritage Area, Inc. shall be the manage-
ment entity for the Heritage Area. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORITIES, PROHIBITIONS, AND DUTIES OF THE 
MANAGEMENT ENTITY. 
(a) DUTIES OF THE MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—To fur-
ther the purposes of the Heritage Area, the management 
entity shall—
(1) prepare and submit a management plan for 
the Heritage Area to the Secretary in accordance 
with section 6;
(2) assist units of local government, regional 
planning organizations, and nonprofit organizations 
in implementing the approved management plan 
by—
(A) carrying out programs and projects 
that recognize, protect and enhance important 
resource values within the Heritage Area; 
(B) establishing and maintaining interpre-
tive exhibits and programs within the Heritage 
Area; 
(C) developing recreational and educational 
opportunities in the Heritage Area; 
(D) increasing public awareness of and ap-
preciation for natural, historical, scenic, and 
cultural resources of the Heritage Area; 
(E) protecting and restoring historic sites 
and buildings in the Heritage Area that are 
consistent with heritage area themes; 
(F) ensuring that signs identifying points 
of public access and sites of interest are posted 
throughout the Heritage Area; and 
(G) promoting a wide range of partner-
ships among governments, organizations and in-
dividuals to further the purposes of the Herit-
age Area;
IB 
Union Calendar No. 494 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6599 
[Report No. 110–775] 
Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2009, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2008 
Mr. EDWARDS, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for military construction, the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
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(3) consider the interests of diverse units of 
government, businesses, organizations and individ-
uals in the Heritage Area in the preparation and im-
plementation of the management plan; 
(4) conduct meetings open to the public at least 
semi-annually regarding the development and imple-
mentation of the management plan; 
(5) submit an annual report to the Secretary 
for any fiscal year in which the management entity 
receives Federal funds under this Act, setting forth 
its accomplishments, expenses, and income, includ-
ing grants to any other entities during the year for 
which the report is made; 
(6) make available for audit for any fiscal year 
in which it receives Federal funds under this Act, all 
information pertaining to the expenditure of such 
funds and any matching funds, and require in all 
agreements authorizing expenditures of Federal 
funds by other organizations, that the receiving or-
ganizations make available for such audit all records 
and other information pertaining to the expenditure 
of such funds; and 
(7) encourage by appropriate means economic 
development that is consistent with the purposes of 
the Heritage Area.
(b) AUTHORITIES.—The management entity may, for 
the purposes of preparing and implementing the manage-
ment plan for the Heritage Area, use Federal funds made 
available through this Act to—
(1) make grants to the State of Connecticut 
and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, their po-
litical subdivisions, nonprofit organizations and other 
persons; 
(2) enter into cooperative agreements with or 
provide technical assistance to the State of Con-
necticut and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
their subdivisions, nonprofit organizations, and other 
interested parties; 
(3) hire and compensate staff, which shall in-
clude individuals with expertise in natural, cultural, 
and historical resources protection, and heritage pro-
gramming; 
(4) obtain money or services from any source 
including any that are provided under any other 
Federal law or program; 
(5) contract for goods or services; and 
(6) undertake to be a catalyst for any other ac-
tivity that furthers the purposes of the Heritage 
Area and is consistent with the approved manage-
ment plan.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 65 
AN ACT 
To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North 
Carolina, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(c) PROHIBITIONS ON THE ACQUISITION OF REAL 
PROPERTY.—The management entity may not use Fed-
eral funds received under this Act to acquire real property, 
but may use any other source of funding, including other 
Federal funding outside this authority, intended for the 
acquisition of real property. 
SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The management plan for the 
Heritage Area shall—
(1) include comprehensive policies, strategies 
and recommendations for conservation, funding, 
management and development of the Heritage Area; 
(2) take into consideration existing State, coun-
ty, and local plans in the development of the man-
agement plan and its implementation; 
(3) include a description of actions that govern-
ments, private organizations, and individuals have 
agreed to take to protect the natural, historical and 
cultural resources of the Heritage Area; 
(4) specify the existing and potential sources of 
funding to protect, manage, and develop the Herit-
age Area in the first 5 years of implementation; 
(5) include an inventory of the natural, histor-
ical, cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational 
resources of the Heritage Area related to the themes
of the Heritage Area that should be preserved, re-
stored, managed, developed, or maintained; 
(6) describe a program of implementation for 
the management plan including plans for resource 
protection, restoration, construction, and specific 
commitments for implementation that have been 
made by the management entity or any government, 
organization, or individual for the first 5 years of 
implementation; and 
(7) include an interpretive plan for the Heritage 
Area. 
(b) DEADLINE AND TERMINATION OF FUNDING.—
(1) DEADLINE.—The management entity shall 
submit the management plan to the Secretary for 
approval within 3 years after funds are made avail-
able for this Act. 
(2) TERMINATION OF FUNDING.—If the man-
agement plan is not submitted to the Secretary in 
accordance with this subsection, the management en-
tity shall not qualify for Federal funding under this 
Act until such time as the management plan is sub-
mitted to the Secretary. 
SEC. 7. DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY. 
(a) TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—The 
Secretary may, upon the request of the management enti-
ty, provide technical assistance on a reimbursable or non-
reimbursable basis and financial assistance to the Herit-
age Area to develop and implement the approved manage-
ment plan. The Secretary is authorized to enter into coop-
erative agreements with the management entity and other 
public or private entities for this purpose. In assisting the 
Heritage Area, the Secretary shall give priority to actions 
that in general assist in—
(1) conserving the significant natural, histor-
ical, cultural, and scenic resources of the Heritage 
Area; and 
(2) providing educational, interpretive, and rec-
reational opportunities consistent with the purposes 
of the Heritage Area. 
(b) APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL OF MANAGEMENT 
PLAN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall approve 
or disapprove the management plan not later than 
90 days after receiving the management plan. 
(2) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.—In determining 
the approval of the management plan, the Secretary 
shall consider whether—
(A) the management entity is representa-
tive of the diverse interests of the Heritage 
Area, including governments, natural and his-
toric resource protection organizations, edu-
cational 
institutions, 
businesses, 
and 
rec-
reational organizations; 
(B) the management entity has afforded 
adequate opportunity, including public hearings, 
for public and governmental involvement in the 
preparation of the management plan; 
(C) the resource protection and interpreta-
tion strategies contained in the management 
plan, if implemented, would adequately protect 
the natural, historical, and cultural resources of 
the Heritage Area; and 
(D) the management plan is supported by 
the appropriate State and local officials whose 
cooperation is needed to ensure the effective im-
plementation of the State and local aspects of 
the management plan. 
(3) ACTION FOLLOWING DISAPPROVAL.—If the 
Secretary disapproves the management plan, the 
Secretary shall advise the management entity in 
writing of the reasons therefore and shall make rec-
ommendations for revisions to the management plan. 
The Secretary shall approve or disapprove a pro-
posed revision within 60 days after the date it is 
submitted.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5690 
AN ACT 
To remove the African National Congress from treatment 
as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, 
provide relief for certain members of the African Na-
tional Congress regarding admissibility, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
priate for the child to be returned home or 
adopted; 
‘‘(ii) the reasons why a permanent 
placement with a fit and willing relative 
through a kinship guardianship assistance 
arrangement is in the child’s best interests; 
‘‘(iii) the ways in which the child 
meets the eligibility requirements for a kin-
ship guardianship assistance payment; 
‘‘(iv) the efforts the agency has made 
to discuss adoption by the child’s relative 
foster parent as a more permanent alter-
native to legal guardianship and, in the 
case of a relative foster parent who has 
chosen not to pursue adoption, documenta-
tion of the reasons therefor; and 
‘‘(v) the efforts made by the State 
agency to secure the consent of the child’s 
parent or parents to the kinship guardian-
ship assistance arrangement, or the rea-
sons why the efforts were not made.’’. 
(c) NOTICE TO RELATIVES WHEN CHILDREN ENTER 
FOSTER CARE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 471(a)(19) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(19)) is amended— 
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