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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4895 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to limit the provision of 
United States military assistance and the sale, transfer, or licensing 
of United States military equipment or technology to Ethiopia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2006 
Mr. ROHRABACHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to limit the 
provision of United States military assistance and the 
sale, transfer, or licensing of United States military 
equipment or technology to Ethiopia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES MILITARY AS-
SISTANCE TO ETHIOPIA. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 1 of part III of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is 
amended— 
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(1) by redesignating the second section 620G 
(as added by section 149 of Public Law 104–164 
(110 Stat. 1436)) as section 620J; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 620K. LIMITATION ON MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO 
ETHIOPIA. 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—Military assistance may be pro-
vided to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and 
military equipment and technology may be sold, trans-
ferred, or licensed for sale to Ethiopia pursuant to the 
authorities contained in this Act or any other Act only 
if the President first transmits to Congress a certification 
described in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in 
this subsection is a certification that contains a determina-
tion of the President that the Government of Ethiopia will 
not use the military assistance to be provided or the mili-
tary equipment or technology to be sold, transferred, or 
licensed for sale against pro-democracy advocates or 
peaceful civilian protesters in Ethiopia.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The limitation on the provi-
sion of United States military assistance and the sale, 
transfer, or licensing of United States military equipment 
or technology to Ethiopia under section 620K of the For-
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eign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by subsection (a) 
of this section) applies with respect to the provision of 
such assistance and the sale, transfer, or licensing of such 
equipment or technology for fiscal year 2007 and subse-
quent fiscal years. 
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care services to members of federally recognized Indian 
Tribes of North Dakota and South Dakota. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The Service shall not curtail any 
health care services provided to Indians residing on any 
reservation, or in any county that has a common boundary 
with any reservation, in the State of North Dakota or 
South Dakota if such curtailment is due to the provision 
of contract services in such States pursuant to the des-
ignation of such States as a contract health service deliv-
ery area pursuant to subsection (a). 
‘‘SEC. 217. CALIFORNIA CONTRACT HEALTH SERVICES PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) FUNDING AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to fund a program using the California Rural In-
dian Health Board (hereafter in this section referred to 
as the ‘CRIHB’) as a contract care intermediary to im-
prove the accessibility of health services to California Indi-
ans. 
‘‘(b) REIMBURSEMENT CONTRACT.—The Secretary 
shall enter into an agreement with the CRIHB to reim-
burse the CRIHB for costs (including reasonable adminis-
trative costs) incurred pursuant to this section, in pro-
viding medical treatment under contract to California In-
dians described in section 806(a) throughout the Cali-
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H. Res. 497 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
September 17, 2007. 
Whereas the protection of the human rights of minority 
groups is consistent with the actions of a responsible 
stakeholder in the international community and with the 
role of a host of a major international event such as the 
Olympic Games; 
Whereas recent actions taken against the Uyghur minority by 
authorities in the People’s Republic of China and, specifi-
cally, by local officials in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono-
mous Region, have included major violations of human 
rights and acts of cultural suppression; 
Whereas the authorities of the People’s Republic of China 
have manipulated the strategic objectives of the inter-
national war on terror to increase their cultural and reli-
gious oppression of the Muslim population residing in the 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; 
Whereas an official campaign to encourage Han Chinese mi-
gration into the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 
has resulted in the Uyghur population becoming a minor-
ity in their traditional homeland and has placed immense 
pressure on those who are seeking to preserve the lin-
guistic, cultural, and religious traditions of the Uyghur 
people;
dle, or functionally integrated, with cable serv-
ice; 
‘‘(D) any revenues received by the cable 
operator or its affiliates for the provision of di-
rectory or Internet advertising, including yellow 
pages, white pages, banner advertisement, and 
electronic publishing; 
‘‘(E) any amounts attributable to the pro-
vision of cable service to customers at no 
charge, including the provision of such service 
to public institutions without charge; 
‘‘(F) any tax, fee, or assessment of general 
applicability imposed on the customer or the 
transaction by a Federal, State, or local govern-
ment or any other governmental entity, col-
lected by the provider, and required to be remit-
ted to the taxing entity, including sales and use 
taxes and utility user taxes; 
‘‘(G) any forgone revenue from the provi-
sion of cable service at no charge to any person, 
except that any forgone revenue exchanged for 
trades, barters, services, or other items of value 
shall be included in gross revenue; 
‘‘(H) sales of capital assets or surplus 
equipment;
‘‘(I) reimbursement by programmers of 
marketing costs actually incurred by the cable 
operator for the introduction of new program-
ming; and 
‘‘(J) the sale of cable services for resale to 
the extent the purchaser certifies in writing 
that it will resell the service and pay a franchise 
fee with respect thereto. 
‘‘(4) FUNCTIONALLY INTEGRATED SERVICES.—
In the case of a cable service that is bundled or inte-
grated functionally with other services, capabilities, 
or applications, the portion of the cable operator’s 
revenue attributable to such other services, capabili-
ties, or applications shall be included in gross rev-
enue unless the cable operator can reasonably iden-
tify the division or exclusion of such revenue from 
its books and records that are kept in the regular 
course of business. 
‘‘(5) AFFILIATE REVENUE.—Revenue of an af-
filiate shall be included in the calculation of gross 
revenues to the extent the treatment of such revenue 
as revenue of the affiliate has the effect (whether in-
tentional or unintentional) of evading the payment 
of franchise fees which would otherwise be paid for 
cable service.
H. Res. 498 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
June 20, 2007. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution 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 consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 2764) making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other pur-
poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 
All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived 
except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. Gen-
eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed 
one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropria-
tions. After general debate the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule. Points of order 
against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 
2 of rule XXI are waived. During consideration of the bill for 
amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole
‘‘(6) AFFECT ON OTHER LAW.—Nothing in this 
section is intended to limit a franchising authority’s 
rights pursuant to section 622(h). 
‘‘(p) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of 
this section: 
‘‘(1) CABLE OPERATOR.—The term ‘cable oper-
ator’ has the meaning provided in section 602(5) ex-
cept that such term also includes a person or group 
with a national franchise under this section. 
‘‘(2) FRANCHISE FEE.—
‘‘(A) The term ‘franchise fee’ includes any 
fee or assessment of any kind imposed by a 
franchising authority or other governmental en-
tity on a person or group providing cable serv-
ice in a franchise area under this section, or on 
a subscriber of such person or group, or both, 
solely because of their status as such. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘franchise fee’ does not in-
clude—
‘‘(i) any tax, fee, or assessment of 
general applicability (including any such 
tax, fee, or assessment imposed on both 
utilities and a person or group providing 
cable service in a franchise area under this 
section (or the services of such person or
group) but not including a fee or assess-
ment which is unduly discriminatory 
against such person or group or the sub-
scribers of such person or group); 
‘‘(ii) any fee assessed under sub-
section (e)(2) for support of public, edu-
cational, and governmental use and institu-
tional networks (as such term is defined in 
section 611(f)); 
‘‘(iii) requirements or charges under 
subsection (f)(2) for the management of 
public rights-of-way, including payments 
for bonds, security funds, letters of credit, 
insurance, indemnification, penalties, or 
liquidated damages; or 
‘‘(iv) any fee imposed under title 17, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(3) INTERNET
ACCESS
SERVICE.—The term 
‘Internet access service’ means a service that enables 
users to access content, information, electronic mail, 
or other services offered over the Internet. 
‘‘(4) UNIT
OF
GENERAL
LOCAL
GOVERN-
MENT.—The term ‘unit of general local government’ 
means—
‘‘(A) a county, township, city, or political 
subdivision of a county, township, or city; 
‘‘(B) the District of Columbia; or 
‘‘(C) the recognized governing body of an 
Indian tribe or Alaskan Native village that car-
ries out substantial governmental duties and 
powers.’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTING
REGULATIONS.—The Federal 
Communications Commission shall prescribe regulations 
to implement the amendment made by subsection (a) with-
in 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 602 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 522) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, or its equiva-
lent as determined by the Commission’’; 
(2) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting ‘‘(regard-
less of whether such person or group provides such 
service separately or combined with a telecommuni-
cations service or information service)’’ after ‘‘over 
a cable system’’; 
(3) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(6) the term ‘cable service’ means—
‘‘(A)(i) the one-way transmission to sub-
scribers of (I) video programming, or (II) other 
programming service; and 
‘‘(ii) subscriber interaction, if any, which is 
required for the selection or use of such video 
programming or other programming service; or 
‘‘(B) the transmission to subscribers of 
video programming or other programming serv-
ice provided through wireline facilities located 
at least in part in the public rights-of-way, 
without regard to delivery technology, including 
Internet protocol technology, except to the ex-
tent that such video programming or other pro-
gramming service is provided as part of—
‘‘(i) a commercial mobile service (as 
such term is defined in section 332(d)); or 
‘‘(ii) an Internet access service (as 
such term is defined in section 630(p));’’; 
(4) in paragraph (7)(D), by inserting after 
‘‘section 653 of this title’’ the following; ‘‘except in 
a franchise area in which such system is used to 
provide cable service under a national franchise pur-
suant to section 630’’; 
(5) in paragraph (9)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘means’’; and
(B) by inserting before the semicolon at 
the end the following: ‘‘; and (B) a national 
franchise that is effective under section 630 on 
the basis of a certification with the Commis-
sion’’; and 
(6) in paragraph (10), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, but does not 
include the Commission with respect to a national 
franchise under section 630’’. 
SEC. 103. MONITORING AND REPORTING. 
(a) REPORT ON CABLE SERVICE DEPLOYMENT.—
The Federal Communications Commission shall, com-
mencing not later than one year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, issue a report annually on the deploy-
ment of cable service pursuant to the amendments made 
by this title. In its report, the Commission shall describe 
in detail—
(1) with respect to deployment by new cable op-
erators—
(A) the progress of deployment of such 
service within the telephone service area of 
cable operators, if the operator is also an in-
cumbent local exchange carrier, including a 
comparison with the progress of deployment of
broadband services not defined as cable services 
within such telephone service area; 
(B) the number of franchise areas in which 
such service is being deployed and offered; 
(C) where such service is not being de-
ployed and offered; and 
(D) the number and locations of franchise 
areas in which the cable operator is serving only 
a portion of the franchise area, and the extent 
of such service within the franchise area; 
(2) the number and locations of franchise areas 
in which a cable operator with a franchise under sec-
tion 621 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 541) on the date of enactment of this Act 
withdraws service from any portion of the franchise 
area for which it previously offered service, and the 
extent of such withdrawal of service within the fran-
chise area; 
(3) the rates generally charged for cable service; 
(4) the rates charged by overlapping, competing 
multichannel video programming distributors and by 
competing cable operators for comparable service or 
cable service; 
(5) the average household income of those fran-
chise areas or portions of franchise areas where
cable services is being offered, and the average 
household income of those franchise areas, or por-
tions of franchise areas, where cable service is not 
being offered; 
(6) the proportion of rural households to urban 
households, as defined by the Bureau of the Census, 
in those franchise areas or portions of franchise 
areas where cable service is being offered, and the 
proportion of rural households to urban households 
in those franchise areas or portions of franchise 
areas where cable service is not being offered, in-
cluding a State-by-State breakdown of such data 
and a comparison with the overall ratio of rural and 
urban households in each State; and 
(7) a comparison of the services and rates in 
areas served by national franchisees under section 
630 of the Communications Act of 1934 (as added 
by section 101 of this Act) and the services and 
rates in other areas. 
(b) CABLE OPERATOR REPORTS.—The Federal Com-
munications Commission is authorized—
(1) to require cable operators to report to the 
Commission all of the information that the Commis-
sion needs to compile the report required by this sec-
tion; and
‘‘TITLE IV—ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES 
‘‘Sec. 401. Treatment of payments under Social Security Act health care pro-
grams. 
‘‘Sec. 402. Grants to and contracts with the Service, Indian Tribes, Tribal Or-
ganizations, and Urban Indian Organizations. 
‘‘Sec. 403. Reimbursement from certain third parties of costs of health services. 
‘‘Sec. 404. Crediting of reimbursements. 
‘‘Sec. 405. Purchasing health care coverage. 
‘‘Sec. 406. Sharing arrangements with Federal agencies. 
‘‘Sec. 407. Payor of last resort. 
‘‘Sec. 408. Nondiscrimination in qualifications for reimbursement for services. 
‘‘Sec. 409. Consultation. 
‘‘Sec. 410. State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). 
‘‘Sec. 411. Social Security Act sanctions. 
‘‘Sec. 412. Cost sharing. 
‘‘Sec. 413. Treatment under Medicaid managed care. 
‘‘Sec. 414. Navajo Nation Medicaid Agency feasibility study. 
‘‘Sec. 415. Authorization of appropriations. 
‘‘TITLE V—HEALTH SERVICES FOR URBAN INDIANS 
‘‘Sec. 501. Purpose. 
‘‘Sec. 502. Contracts with, and grants to, Urban Indian Organizations. 
‘‘Sec. 503. Contracts and grants for the provision of health care and referral 
services. 
‘‘Sec. 504. Contracts and grants for the determination of unmet health care 
needs. 
‘‘Sec. 505. Evaluations; renewals. 
‘‘Sec. 506. Other contract and grant requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 507. Reports and records. 
‘‘Sec. 508. Limitation on contract authority. 
‘‘Sec. 509. Facilities. 
‘‘Sec. 510. Division of Urban Indian Health. 
‘‘Sec. 511. Grants for alcohol and substance abuse-related services. 
‘‘Sec. 512. Treatment of certain demonstration projects. 
‘‘Sec. 513. Urban NIAAA transferred programs. 
‘‘Sec. 514. Consultation with Urban Indian Organizations. 
‘‘Sec. 515. Urban youth treatment center demonstration. 
‘‘Sec. 516. Use of Federal Government facilities and sources of supply 
‘‘Sec. 517. Grants for diabetes prevention, treatment, and control. 
‘‘Sec. 518. Community health representatives. 
‘‘Sec. 519. Effective date. 
‘‘Sec. 520. Eligibility for services. 
‘‘Sec. 521. Authorization of appropriations. 
‘‘TITLE VI—ORGANIZATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS 
‘‘Sec. 601. Establishment of the Indian Health Service as an agency of the 
Public Health Service. 
‘‘Sec. 602. Automated management information system. 
‘‘Sec. 603. Authorization of appropriations. 
‘‘TITLE VII—BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 
‘‘Sec. 701. Behavioral health prevention and treatment services. 
‘‘Sec. 702. Memoranda of agreement with the Department of the Interior. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 48 
To redesignate the White Rocks National Recreation Area in the State of 
Vermont as the ‘‘Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Mr. WELCH of Vermont introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To redesignate the White Rocks National Recreation Area 
in the State of Vermont as the ‘‘Robert T. Stafford 
White Rocks National Recreation Area’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ROBERT T. STAFFORD WHITE ROCKS NATIONAL 
RECREATION AREA. 
(a) REDESIGNATION.—The White Rocks National 
Recreation Area in the State of Vermont, as established 
by section 202 of the Vermont Wilderness Act of 1984 
(16 U.S.C. 460nn–1), is redesignated as the ‘‘Robert T. 
Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area’’. 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the recreation area referred to in subsection (a) 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the Robert T. Stafford 
White Rocks National Recreation Area. 
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IV 
House Calendar No. 77 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 498 
[Report No. 110-199] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2764) making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 19, 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 bill (H.R. 2764) making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 
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. 2764) making appropriations for 
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SEC. 3. USE OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FA-
CILITIES AS VOTER REGISTRATION AGEN-
CIES. 
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall permit a 
State to designate facilities of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs located in such State as voter registration agencies 
under section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–5) solely for the purposes of pro-
viding voter registration services under such section to in-
dividuals receiving services or assistance from the facility 
(or applying to receive services or assistance from the fa-
cility). 
SEC. 4. ASSISTANCE WITH ABSENTEE BALLOTS. 
In addition to the services required to be provided 
under section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–5), any facility of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs which is designated as a voter 
registration agency under section 3 shall, with respect to 
the individuals for whom the facility is required to provide 
such services— 
(1) provide information relating to the oppor-
tunity to request an absentee ballot; 
(2) make available absentee ballot applications 
and, upon request, assistance in completing such ap-
plications and absentee ballots, except that nothing 
in this paragraph may be construed to waive any re-
quiring a new customer in the area served by the se-
lective router, the VOIP service provider does not 
provide 911 service, or E911 service where the 
PSAP is capable of receiving and processing such in-
formation, to the geographically appropriate PSAP 
for all existing customers served by the selective 
router. 
‘‘(5) ENFORCEMENT: NO
FIRST
WARNINGS.—
Paragraph (5) of section 503(b) shall not apply to 
the assessment of forfeiture penalties for violations 
of this subsection or the regulations thereunder. 
‘‘(d) STATE AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this Act or any 
Commission regulation or order shall prevent the imposi-
tion on or collection from a VOIP service provider, of any 
fee or charge specifically designated or presented as dedi-
cated by a State, political subdivision thereof, or Indian 
tribe on an equitable, and non-discriminatory basis for the 
support of 911 and E–911 services if no portion of the 
revenue derived from such fee or charge is obligated or 
expended for any purpose other than support of 911 and 
E–911 services or enhancements of such services. 
‘‘(e) FEASIBILITY.—In establishing requirements or 
obligations under subsections (a) and (b), the Commission 
shall ensure that such standards impose requirements or 
obligations on VOIP service providers and entities with