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SECTION 1. DOROTHY BUELL MEMORIAL VISITOR CENTER. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center Partnership 
Act’’. 
(b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior may enter into a memorandum of 
understanding to establish a joint partnership with the 
Porter County Convention, Recreation and Visitor Com-
mission. The memorandum of understanding shall— 
(1) identify the overall goals and purpose of the 
Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center; 
(2) establish how management and operational 
duties will be shared; 
(3) determine how exhibits, signs, and other in-
formation are developed; 
(4) indicate how various activities will be fund-
ed; 
(5) identify who is responsible for providing site 
amenities; 
(6) establish procedures for changing or dis-
solving the joint partnership; and 
(7) address any other issues deemed necessary 
by the Secretary or the Porter County Convention, 
Recreation and Visitor Commission. 
(c) DEVELOPMENT
OF EXHIBITS.—The Secretary 
may plan, design, construct, and install exhibits in the 
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Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center related to the use 
and management of the resources at Indiana Dunes Na-
tional Lakeshore, at a cost not to exceed $1,500,000. 
(d) NATIONAL LAKESHORE PRESENCE.—The Sec-
retary may use park staff from Indiana Dunes National 
Lakeshore in the Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center 
to provide visitor information and education. 
SEC. 2. INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE. 
Section 19 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for 
the establishment of the Indiana Dunes National Lake-
shore, and for other purposes’’ (16 U.S.C. 460u–19) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘After notifying’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) After notifying’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) CONTIGUOUS CLARIFIED.—For purposes of sub-
section (a), lands may be considered contiguous to other 
lands if the lands touch the other lands, or are separated 
from the other lands by only a public or private right- 
of-way, such as a road, railroad, or utility corridor.’’. 
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Calendar No. 298 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1287 
[Report No. 111–148] 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter 
into a partnership with the Porter County Con-
vention, Recreation and Visitor Commission re-
garding the use of the Dorothy Buell Memorial 
Visitor Center as a visitor center for the Indiana 
Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other pur-
poses. 
MARCH 2, 2010 
Reported without amendment 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1288 
To halt Saudi support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, 
or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, to secure full Saudi coopera-
tion in the investigation of terrorist incidents, to halt the issuance of 
visas to citizens of Saudi Arabia until the President certifies that the 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia does not discriminate in the issuance of visas 
on the basis of religious affiliation or heritage, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2009 
Mr. WEINER (for himself, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. NADLER of New 
York, and Mrs. TAUSCHER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To halt Saudi support for institutions that fund, train, incite, 
encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, 
to secure full Saudi cooperation in the investigation of 
terrorist incidents, to halt the issuance of visas to citi-
zens of Saudi Arabia until the President certifies that 
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia does not discriminate in 
the issuance of visas on the basis of religious affiliation 
or heritage, 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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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Saudi Arabia Account-
ability Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) United Nations Security Council Resolution 
1373 (2001) mandates that all states ‘‘refrain from 
providing any form of support, active or passive, to 
entities or persons involved in terrorist acts’’, take 
‘‘the necessary steps to prevent the commission of 
terrorist acts’’, and ‘‘deny safe haven to those who 
finance, plan, support, or commit terrorist acts’’. 
(2) The Council on Foreign Relations concluded 
in an October 2002 report on terrorist financing 
that ‘‘[f]or years, individuals and charities based in 
Saudi Arabia have been the most important source 
of funds for al-Qaeda, and for years, Saudi officials 
have turned a blind eye to this problem’’. 
(3) In a June 2004 report entitled ‘‘Update on 
the Global Campaign Against Terrorist Financing’’, 
the Council on Foreign Relations reported that 
‘‘[w]e find it regrettable and unacceptable that since 
September 11, 2001, we know of not a single Saudi 
donor of funds to terrorist groups who has been 
publicly punished’’. 
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documentation sufficient to verify the amount and 
source of the mortgagor’s income. 
‘‘(6) PROHIBITION
ON
REFINANCING
ZERO- 
DOWN
LOANS
AND
LOANS
WITH
EQUITY
RE-
MOVED.—The Secretary may not insure a mortgage 
under this section if— 
‘‘(A) under the existing mortgage to be re-
financed, the mortgagor did not make any pay-
ment on account of the property (or any pay-
ment exceeding such nominal amount as the 
Secretary may establish), in cash or its equiva-
lent, in connection with acquisition of the prop-
erty; or 
‘‘(B) during the term of the existing mort-
gage to be refinanced, the mortgagor withdrew 
all, or substantially all (in accordance with such 
standards and guidelines as the Secretary shall 
establish) of any equity of the mortgagor in the 
property subject to such existing mortgage. 
‘‘(7) TERMS.—The mortgage to be insured 
under this section shall have such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary shall provide, except that such 
mortgage shall— 
‘‘(A) have a term to maturity not exceed-
ing 40 years; and 
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‘‘(B) bear interest at an annual rate that 
is fixed for the entire term of the mortgage. 
‘‘(8) REQUIRED WAIVER OF PREPAYMENT PEN-
ALTIES AND FEES.—All penalties for prepayment or 
refinancing of the existing mortgage, and all fees 
and penalties related to default or delinquency on 
the existing mortgage, shall be waived or forgiven. 
‘‘(9) SHARED
APPRECIATION.—The Secretary 
shall provide that, with respect to each mortgage in-
sured under this section, upon any sale or disposi-
tion of the property subject to such mortgage occur-
ring during the 5-year period beginning on the date 
of the insurance of the mortgage, to the extent of 
any principal write-down or interest rate subsidy 
provided in connection with the mortgage, the Sec-
retary and the mortgagee shall be entitled to a per-
centage of any appreciation in value of such prop-
erty that has occurred since the date that such 
mortgage was insured under this section, which per-
centage shall decrease over time, and the mortgagor 
shall be entitled to the remainder of any such appre-
ciation. 
‘‘(10) MAXIMUM LOAN AMOUNT.—The principal 
obligation amount of the mortgage to be insured 
under this section shall not exceed the applicable 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1289 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month 
waiting period in the disability insurance program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2009 
Mr. WILSON of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate 
the five-month waiting period in the disability insurance 
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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Social Security Fair-
ness for the Terminally Ill Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF TITLE II WAITING PERIOD FOR 
TERMINALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 223(a)(1) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423(a)(1)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘In the case of any 
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application for disability insurance benefits filed by an in-
dividual who is determined to be under a disability and 
who has been certified as terminally ill by a physician (as 
defined in section 1861(r)(1)), this paragraph shall be ap-
plied without regard to any waiting period. For the pur-
poses of the preceding sentence, an individual is consid-
ered to be terminally ill if the individual has a medical 
prognosis that the individual’s life expectancy is 6 months 
or less.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall take effect with respect to applications 
filed after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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‘‘(iii) aquatic plant control programs; 
‘‘(iv) screening of planned introduc-
tions pursuant to and consistent with sec-
tion 1105; and 
‘‘(v) the review and revision of re-
quirements of this subsection and the re-
approval process under this subsection. 
‘‘(6) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PLANS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A plan approved 
under paragraph (4) shall be deemed to meet 
any State planning requirement of the program 
established under section 104 of the River and 
Harbor Act of 1958 (33 U.S.C. 610) for a plan 
to control noxious aquatic plant growths. 
‘‘(B) ENFORCEMENT.—Funds provided to 
States for implementation of plans pursuant to 
section 1204 may be used by States to enforce 
requirements relating to aquatic invasive species 
under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 
et seq.) (including regulations promulgated 
under that Act contained in part 360 of title 7, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 
regulations)). 
‘‘(7) REVIEW AND REVISION.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall peri-
odically review and, as necessary and subject to 
subparagraph (B), revise the management plan 
of the State in accordance with guidelines of 
the Task Force under paragraph (5). 
‘‘(B) UPDATE
OF
EXISTING
PLANS.—A 
State plan approved under the section before 
the date of the enactment of the National 
Aquatic Species Act of 2006 shall be revised by 
the State under guidelines issued by the Direc-
tor to conform to the guidelines published 
under paragraph (5), but shall be treated as a 
plan approved under this subsection for pur-
poses of grants under this section. 
‘‘(8) OTHER STATE MANAGEMENT PLANS.—In 
addition to the management plans required under 
this subsection, the Director shall encourage each 
State to develop and implement new, and expand ex-
isting, State management plans to improve State ac-
tions to prevent and control aquatic invasive spe-
cies.’’. 
(f) GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 1204(b)(1) of the 
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control 
Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4724(b)(1)) is amended by strik-
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(b) ADJUSTMENT
OF STATUS.—If Kumi Iizuka- 
Barcena enters the United States before the filing dead-
line specified in subsection (c), she shall be considered to 
have entered and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise 
eligible, be eligible for adjustment of status under section 
245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF 
FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.— 
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-
idence to Kumi Iizuka-Barcena, the Secretary of State 
shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the 
current or next following fiscal year, the total number of 
immigrant visas that are made available to natives of the 
country of the alien’s birth under section 203(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act or, if applicable, the 
total number of immigrant visas that are made available 
to natives of the country of the alien’s birth under section 
202(e) of such Act. 
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to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 through 
2014— 
‘‘(1) $5,000,000, to carry out the priority path-
way management program under section 1210, of 
which— 
‘‘(A) $2,000,000 shall be used by the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 
and 
‘‘(B) $3,000,000 shall be used by the Di-
rector; 
‘‘(2) $1,000,000, to be used by the Invasive 
Species Council to establish screening guidelines 
under section 1105(b); and 
‘‘(3) $3,500,000, to be used by the Director to 
promulgate and implement screening requirements 
under section 1105(g). 
‘‘(f) EARLY DETECTION AND MONITORING.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated, to carry out early detec-
tion, monitoring, and survey planning and implementation 
under section 1106, $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2010 and 2011 and $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2012 through 2014, of which— 
‘‘(1) for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011— 
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‘‘(A) $1,000,000 shall be used by the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 
and 
‘‘(B) $1,000,000 shall be used by the Di-
rector; and 
‘‘(2) for each of fiscal years 2012 through 
2014— 
‘‘(A) $5,000,000 shall be used by the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 
and 
‘‘(B) $5,000,000 shall be used by the Di-
rector. 
‘‘(g) 
RAPID
RESPONSE
AND
ENVIRONMENTAL 
SOUNDNESS.— 
‘‘(1) RAPID RESPONSE.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 
through 2014— 
‘‘(A) $25,000,000, to the rapid response 
fund of the Secretary of the Interior established 
under section 1211; 
‘‘(B) $1,000,000, to be used by the 
Invasive Species Council in developing the State 
and regional rapid response contingency strat-
egy under section 1211; and 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disabled Veterans 
Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant In-
crease Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO DISABLED 
VETERANS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND STRUC-
TURAL ALTERATIONS FURNISHED AS PART 
OF HOME HEALTH SERVICES. 
(a) INCREASE.—Section 1717(a)(2) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘$4,100’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$6,800’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘$1,200’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$2,000’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a veteran who 
first applies for benefits under section 1717(a)(2) of title 
38, United States Code, on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—A veteran who exhausts such 
veteran’s eligibility for benefits under section 1717(a)(2) 
of title 38, United States Code, before the date of the en-
actment of this Act, is not entitled to additional benefits
under such section by reason of the amendments made 
by subsection (a). 
Passed the House of Representatives July 28, 2009. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1293 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 
for an increase in the amount payable by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans for im-
provements and structural alterations furnished 
as part of home health services.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5154 
To authorize public housing agencies to use public housing operating funds 
as collateral for financing energy conservation improvements and to 
freeze utility consumption levels for purposes of determining Operating 
Fund assistance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2010 
Mr. HIMES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To authorize public housing agencies to use public housing 
operating funds as collateral for financing energy con-
servation improvements and to freeze utility consumption 
levels for purposes of determining Operating Fund assist-
ance, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Public Housing Energy 
Savings Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO DISABLED 
VETERANS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND STRUC-
TURAL ALTERATIONS FURNISHED AS PART 
OF HOME HEALTH SERVICES. 
(a) INCREASE.—Section 1717(a)(2) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘$4,100’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$6,800’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘$1,200’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$2,000’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a veteran who 
first applies for benefits under section 1717(a)(2) of title 
38, United States Code, on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—A veteran who exhausts such 
veteran’s eligibility for benefits under section 1717(a)(2) 
of title 38, United States Code, before the date of the en-
actment of this Act, is not entitled to additional benefits 
under such section by reason of the amendments made 
by subsection (a). 
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IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1293 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 29, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an 
increase in the amount payable by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs to veterans for improvements and struc-
tural alterations furnished as part of home health serv-
ices. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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HR 1293 RFS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disabled Veterans 
Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant In-
crease Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO DISABLED 
VETERANS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND STRUC-
TURAL ALTERATIONS FURNISHED AS PART 
OF HOME HEALTH SERVICES. 
(a) INCREASE.—Section 1717(a)(2) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘$4,100’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$6,800’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘$1,200’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$2,000’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a veteran who 
first applies for benefits under section 1717(a)(2) of title 
38, United States Code, on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—A veteran who exhausts such 
veteran’s eligibility for benefits under section 1717(a)(2) 
of title 38, United States Code, before the date of the en-
actment of this Act, is not entitled to additional benefits 
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under such section by reason of the amendments made 
by subsection (a). 
Passed the House of Representatives July 28, 2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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(b) SHORT TITLE.—(1) Section 1001 of the Non-
indigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act 
of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701) is amended by striking ‘‘Non-
indigenous Aquatic Nuisance’’ and inserting ‘‘Nonindige-
nous Aquatic Invasive Species’’. 
(2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention 
and Control Act of 1990 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the Nonindigenous Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention 
and Control Act of 1990. 
Subtitle B—Aquatic Invasive 
Species Research 
SEC. 141. FINDINGS. 
The Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Aquatic invasive species damage infrastruc-
ture, disrupt commerce, outcompete native species, 
reduce biodiversity, and threaten human health. 
(2) The direct and indirect costs of aquatic 
invasive species to our Nation’s economy number in 
the billions of dollars per year. 
(3) Recent studies have shown that, in addition 
to economic damage, invasive species cause enor-
mous environmental damage, and have cited invasive 
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‘‘§ 1701a. Management for acquisition workforce ex-
cellence 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this chapter is to re-
quire the Department of Defense to develop and manage 
a highly skilled professional acquisition workforce— 
‘‘(1) in which excellence and contribution to 
mission is rewarded; 
‘‘(2) which has the technical expertise and busi-
ness skills to ensure the Department receives the 
best value for the expenditure of public resources; 
‘‘(3) which serves as a model for performance 
management of employees of the Department; and 
‘‘(4) which is managed in a manner that com-
plements and reinforces the performance manage-
ment of the defense acquisition system pursuant to 
chapter 149 of this title. 
‘‘(b) PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT.—In order to 
achieve the purpose set forth in subsection (a), the Sec-
retary of Defense shall— 
‘‘(1) use the full authorities provided in sub-
sections (a) through (d) of section 9902 of title 5, 
including flexibilities related to performance manage-
ment and hiring and to training of managers; 
‘‘(2) require managers to develop performance 
plans for individual members of the acquisition 
workforce in order to give members an under-