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DIVISION D—VETERAN SMALL
BUSINESSES
SEC. 4001. SHORT TITLE.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Reservist
and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Oppor-
tunity Act of 2007’’.
SEC. 4002. DEFINITIONS.
In this division—
(1) the term ‘‘activated’’ means receiving an
order placing a Reservist on active duty;
(2) the term ‘‘active duty’’ has the meaning
given that term in section 101 of title 10, United
States Code;
(3) the terms ‘‘Administration’’ and ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ mean the Small Business Administration and
the Administrator thereof, respectively;
(4) the term ‘‘Reservist’’ means a member of a
reserve component of the Armed Forces, as described
in section 10101 of title 10, United States Code;
(5) the term ‘‘Service Corps of Retired Execu-
tives’’ means the Service Corps of Retired Executives
authorized by section 8(b)(1) of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1));
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(6) the terms ‘‘service-disabled veteran’’ and
‘‘small business concern’’ have the meaning as in sec-
tion 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632);
(7) the term ‘‘small business development center’’
means a small business development center described
in section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
648); and
(8) the term ‘‘women’s business center’’ means a
women’s business center described in section 29 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656).
TITLE XLI—VETERANS BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 4101. INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE OFFICE OF VET-
ERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Office of Veterans Business Development of
the Administration, to remain available until expended—
(1) $2,100,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(2) $2,300,000 for fiscal year 2009; and
(3) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2010.
(b) FUNDING OFFSET.—Amounts necessary to carry
out subsection (a) shall be offset and made available through
the reduction of the authorization of funding under section
20(e)(1)(B)(iv) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631
note).
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(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
that any amounts provided pursuant to this section that
are in excess of amounts provided to the Administration
for the Office of Veterans Business Development in fiscal
year 2007, should be used to support Veterans Business Out-
reach Centers.
SEC. 4102. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.
Section 32 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the
President shall establish an interagency task force to
coordinate the efforts of Federal agencies necessary to
increase capital and business development opportuni-
ties for, and increase the award of Federal con-
tracting and subcontracting opportunities to, small
business concerns owned and controlled by service-dis-
abled veterans and small business concerns owned and
controlled by veterans (in this section referred to as
the ‘task force’).
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the task
force shall include—
‘‘(A) the Administrator, who shall serve as
chairperson of the task force;
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Union Calendar No. 51 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1515 
[Report No. 110–86] 
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to treat 
certain communities as metropolitan cities for purposes of the community 
development block grant program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2007 
Mr. COSTELLO (for himself and Mr. SHIMKUS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
APRIL 16, 2007 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 to treat certain communities as metropolitan 
cities for purposes of the community development block 
grant program. 
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. METROPOLITAN CITIES. 
Paragraph (4) of section 102(a) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this para-
graph, with respect to any fiscal year beginning after the 
date of the enactment of this sentence, the cities of Alton 
and Granite City, Illinois, shall be considered metropolitan 
cities for purposes of this title.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 51 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1515 
[Report No. 110–86] 
A BILL 
To amend the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 to treat certain communities 
as metropolitan cities for purposes of the commu-
nity development block grant program. 
APRIL 16, 2007 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
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‘‘(B) a representative from—
‘‘(i) the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs;
‘‘(ii) the Department of Defense;
‘‘(iii) the Administration (in addition
to the Administrator);
‘‘(iv) the Department of Labor;
‘‘(v) the Department of the Treasury;
‘‘(vi) the General Services Administra-
tion; and
‘‘(vii) the Office of Management and
Budget; and
‘‘(C) 4 representatives from a veterans serv-
ice organization or military organization or as-
sociation, selected by the President.
‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The task force shall coordinate
administrative and regulatory activities and develop
proposals relating to—
‘‘(A) increasing capital access and capacity
of small business concerns owned and controlled
by service-disabled veterans and small business
concerns owned and controlled by veterans
through loans, surety bonding, and franchising;
‘‘(B) increasing access to Federal con-
tracting and subcontracting for small business
sign a specific Department of Veterans Affairs case man-
ager to each individual diagnosed with traumatic brain in-
jury who is receiving care in a medical facility of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs in a selected State. In car-
rying out the pilot program, the Secretary shall— 
(1) provide training at Department of Veterans 
Affairs medical facilities located in the selected 
States for Department of Veterans Affairs case 
managers who are assigned to individuals diagnosed 
with traumatic brain injury; 
(2) coordinate with non-Department medical fa-
cilities located in the selected States to provide for 
such training, as appropriate; 
(3) determine an appropriate ratio of traumatic 
brain injury patients to each case manager to ensure 
the patients receive proper and efficient treatment; 
(4) for any area in a selected State in which no 
Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility is 
easily accessible, seek to enter into a contract with 
a private health care provider located in that area 
under which the Secretary shall reimburse the pro-
vider for providing health care to traumatic brain in-
jury patients residing in that area; and 
(5) provide updated information on the treat-
ment of traumatic brain injuries to private health 
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pose, in any action by a private party or parties for dam-
ages against the carrier, or its officers, employees, or con-
tractors.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections for chapter 201 is amended by adding after the 
item relating to section 20117 the following new items: 
‘‘20118. Prohibition on public disclosure of required railroad safety risk reduc-
tion records. 
‘‘20119. Discovery and admission into evidence of certain reports and surveys.’’. 
TITLE II—HIGHWAY-RAIL 
CROSSING SAFETY 
SEC. 201. NATIONAL CROSSING INVENTORY. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 201 as amended by this 
Act is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 20156. National crossing inventory 
‘‘(a) INITIAL REPORTING OF INFORMATION ABOUT 
PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED CROSSINGS.—Not later than 
12 months after the date of enactment of the Federal 
Railroad Safety Accountability and Improvement Act or 
12 months after a new crossing becomes operational, 
whichever occurs later, each railroad carrier shall— 
‘‘(1) report to the Secretary of Transportation 
current information (including, but not limited to, 
information about warning devices and signage), as 
specified by the Secretary, concerning each pre-
viously unreported crossing through which it oper-
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ates with respect to the trackage over which it oper-
ates; or 
‘‘(2) ensure that the information has been re-
ported to the Secretary by another railroad carrier 
that operates through the crossing on the same 
trackage. 
‘‘(b) UPDATING OF CROSSING INFORMATION.—(1) 
On a periodic basis beginning not later than 3 years after 
the date of enactment of the Federal Railroad Safety Ac-
countability and Improvement Act and on or before Sep-
tember 30 of every third year thereafter, or as otherwise 
specified by the Secretary, each railroad carrier shall— 
‘‘(A) report to the Secretary current informa-
tion (including, but not limited to, information about 
warning devices and signage), as specified by the 
Secretary, concerning each crossing through which it 
operates with respect to the trackage over which it 
operates; or 
‘‘(B) ensure that the information has been re-
ported to the Secretary by another railroad carrier 
that operates through the crossing on the same 
trackage. 
‘‘(2) A railroad carrier that sells a crossing, or any 
part of a crossing, on or after the date of enactment of 
the Federal Railroad Safety Accountability and Improve-
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‘‘SEC. 11002. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERATORS, 
TRANSPORTERS, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES. 
‘‘(a) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERATORS.— 
A generator of medical waste shall— 
‘‘(1) provide any transporter that is trans-
porting medical waste from the generator to a dis-
posal facility— 
‘‘(A) with a written assurance that the 
generator has complied with all labeling, pack-
aging, and storage requirements under section 
11001 with respect to such medical waste; and 
‘‘(B) with a properly completed manifest 
form for transporting such waste under section 
11001(b)(2); 
‘‘(2) register with the Administrator; and 
‘‘(3) provide the Administrator with the name 
of all transporters used by the generator to trans-
port medical waste. 
‘‘(b) 
SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
TRANS-
PORTERS.—A transporter of medical waste shall— 
‘‘(1) not accept medical waste from a generator 
without receiving a written assurance, with regard to 
such waste, that is described in subsection (a)(1)(A); 
‘‘(2) register with the Administrator; and 
‘‘(3) disclose to the Administrator the number 
and type of vehicles used by the transporter to 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 429
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4462
[Report No. 103–782]
A BILL
To provide for administrative procedures to extend
Federal recognition to certain Indian groups, and
for other purposes.
OCTOBER 3, 1994
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed
determination preempts any State law concerning the ade-
quacy of the technology in providing warning at the cross-
ing. Under no circumstances may a person (including a 
State, other public authority, railroad carrier, system de-
signer, or supplier of the technology) be held liable for 
damages for any harm to persons or property because of 
an accident or incident at the crossing based upon selec-
tion of such technology. Nor shall a railroad carrier be 
found liable in damages because of an accident or incident 
at a crossing protected by such technology based upon the 
carrier’s failure to properly inspect and maintain such 
technology, if the carrier has inspected and maintained the 
technology in accordance with the terms of the Secretary’s 
approval. Nor shall any party be found liable for damages 
for failure to apply such technology at a different grade 
crossing location.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections for chapter 201 as amended by this Act is further 
amended by adding the following new item: 
‘‘20157. Fostering introduction of new technology to improve safety at highway- 
rail grade crossings.’’. 
SEC. 203. AUTHORITY TO BUY PROMOTIONAL ITEMS TO IM-
PROVE RAILROAD CROSSING SAFETY AND 
PREVENT RAILROAD TRESPASS. 
Section 20134(a) is amended by adding at the end 
of the subsection the following sentence: ‘‘The Secretary 
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may purchase promotional items of nominal value and dis-
tribute them to the public without charge as part of an 
educational or awareness program to accomplish the pur-
poses of this section and of any other sections of this title 
related to improving the safety of highway-rail crossings 
and to preventing trespass on railroad rights of way, and 
the Secretary shall prescribe guidelines for the administra-
tion of this authority.’’. 
TITLE 
III—RULEMAKING, 
IN-
SPECTION, 
AND 
ENFORCE-
MENT AUTHORITY 
SEC. 301. RAILROAD SECURITY. 
Section 20103(a) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) REGULATIONS AND ORDERS.—The Secretary of 
Transportation, as necessary, shall prescribe regulations 
and issue orders for every area of railroad safety 
supplementing laws and regulations in effect on October 
16, 1970. Any regulation prescribed or order issued by 
the Secretary of Transportation involving railroad safety 
shall not be subject to challenge, under section 20114(c) 
of this chapter or under any other provision of law by 
which such a regulation or order may be subject to judicial 
review, on the ground that it impacts security.’’. 
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6429 
AN ACT 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote 
innovation, investment, and research in the United 
States, to eliminate the diversity immigrant program, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6431 
AN ACT 
To provide flexibility with respect to United States support 
for assistance provided by international financial institu-
tions for Burma, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(2) a comprehensive and detailed inventory of 
amounts obligated or expended by the Corporation 
during the preceding fiscal year; 
(3) a detailed description of each in-kind con-
tribution, its fair market value, the individual or or-
ganization responsible for contributing, its specific 
use, and a justification for its use within the context 
of the Corporation’s mission; 
(4) an objective and quantifiable measurement 
of its progress, on an objective-by-objective basis, in 
meeting the objectives established by the board; 
(5) an explanation of the reason for any failure 
to achieve an objective established by the board; and 
(6) such recommendations as the Corporation 
deems appropriate. 
SEC. 5. MATCHING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDING. 
(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
TRAVEL
PROMOTION 
FUND.—There is hereby established in the Treasury a 
fund which shall be known as the ‘‘Travel Promotion 
Fund’’. 
(b) FUNDING.— 
(1) FIRST
YEAR.—For fiscal year 2008, the 
Corporation may borrow from the Treasury, begin-
ning on October 1, 2007, such sums as may be nec-
essary, but not to exceed $10,000,000, to cover its 
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II 
Calendar No. 1113 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3232 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 26 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 17), 2008 
Received 
OCTOBER 2 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 17), 2008 
Read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To establish a non-profit corporation to communicate United 
States entry policies and otherwise promote tourist, busi-
ness, and scholarly travel to the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Travel Promotion Act of 2008’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. The Corporation for Travel Promotion. 
Sec. 3. Accountability measures. 
Sec. 4. Matching public and private funding. 
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chase by it, made for the purposes of financing a 
manufactured home which is intended to be situated 
in a manufactured home community pursuant to a 
lease, unless such lease— 
‘‘(A) expires not less than 3 years after the 
origination date of the obligation; 
‘‘(B) is renewable upon the expiration of the 
original 3 year term by successive 1 year terms; 
and 
‘‘(C) requires the lessor to provide the lessee 
written notice of termination of the lease not less 
than 180 days prior to the expiration of the cur-
rent lease term in the event the lessee is required 
to move due to the closing of the manufactured 
home community, and further provides that fail-
ure to provide such notice to the mortgagor in a 
timely manner will cause the lease term, at its 
expiration, to automatically renew for an addi-
tional 1 year term.’’.
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TITLE 
II—MORTGAGE 
FORE-
CLOSURE PROTECTIONS FOR 
SERVICEMEMBERS 
SEC. 2201. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN MAXIMUM LOAN 
GUARANTY AMOUNT FOR CERTAIN HOUSING 
LOANS GUARANTEED BY THE SECRETARY OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
Notwithstanding 
subparagraph 
(C) 
of 
section 
3703(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, for purposes of 
any loan described in subparagraph (A)(i)(IV) of such sec-
tion that is originated during the period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 
31, 2008, the term ‘‘maximum guaranty amount’’ shall 
mean an amount equal to 25 percent of the higher of— 
(1) the limitation determined under section 
305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Cor-
poration Act (12 U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)) for the calendar 
year in which the loan is originated for a single-fam-
ily residence; or 
(2) 125 percent of the area median price for a 
single-family residence, but in no case to exceed 175 
percent of the limitation determined under such sec-
tion 305(a)(2) for the calendar year in which the loan 
is originated for a single-family residence.
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SEC. 2202. COUNSELING ON MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES 
FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES RE-
TURNING FROM SERVICE ABROAD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall de-
velop and implement a program to advise members of the 
Armed Forces (including members of the National Guard 
and Reserve) who are returning from service on active duty 
abroad (including service in Operation Iraqi Freedom and 
Operation Enduring Freedom) on actions to be taken by 
such members to prevent or forestall mortgage foreclosures. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The program required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) Credit counseling. 
(2) Home mortgage counseling. 
(3) Such other counseling and information as the 
Secretary considers appropriate for purposes of the 
program. 
(c) TIMING OF PROVISION OF COUNSELING.—Coun-
seling and other information under the program required 
by subsection (a) shall be provided to a member of the 
Armed Forces covered by the program as soon as practicable 
after the return of the member from service as described in 
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concerns owned and controlled by service-dis-
abled veterans and small business concerns
owned and controlled by veterans through ex-
panded mentor-prote´ge´ assistance and matching
such small business concerns with contracting
opportunities;
‘‘(C) increasing the integrity of certifi-
cations of status as a small business concern
owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans
or a small business concern owned and controlled
by veterans;
‘‘(D) reducing paperwork and administra-
tive burdens on veterans in accessing business
development and entrepreneurship opportunities;
and
‘‘(E) making other improvements relating to
the support for veterans business development by
the Federal Government.
‘‘(4) REPORTING.—The task force shall submit
an annual report regarding its activities and pro-
posals to—
‘‘(A) the Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs of the Senate; and