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H. R. 663 
One Hundred Eleventh Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the sixth day of January, two thousand and nine 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12877 
Broad Street in Sparta, Georgia, as the ‘‘Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim Post Office 
Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. YVONNE INGRAM-EPHRAIM POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 12877 Broad Street in Sparta, Georgia, shall 
be known and designated as the ‘‘Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim Post 
Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim Post Office Building’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 663 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
12877 Broad Street in Sparta, Georgia, as the ‘‘Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim 
Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2009 
Mr. BARROW (for himself, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, 
Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor-
gia, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LINDER, Mr. MARSHALL, 
Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, and Mr. WESTMORELAND) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 12877 Broad Street in Sparta, Georgia, as 
the ‘‘Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. YVONNE INGRAM-EPHRAIM POST OFFICE 
BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 12877 Broad Street in Sparta, 
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Georgia, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Yvonne 
Ingram-Ephraim Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Yvonne Ingram- 
Ephraim Post Office Building’’. 
Æ 
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IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 663 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 12877 Broad Street in Sparta, Georgia, as 
the ‘‘Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim Post Office Building’’. 
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. YVONNE INGRAM-EPHRAIM POST OFFICE 
BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 12877 Broad Street in Sparta, 
Georgia, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Yvonne 
Ingram-Ephraim Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Yvonne Ingram- 
Ephraim Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 13, 
2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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II 
Calendar No. 65 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 663 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
MAY 20, 2009 
Reported by Mr. LIEBERMAN, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 12877 Broad Street in Sparta, Georgia, as 
the ‘‘Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. YVONNE INGRAM-EPHRAIM POST OFFICE 
BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 12877 Broad Street in Sparta, 
Georgia, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Yvonne 
Ingram-Ephraim Post Office Building’’. 
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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 facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Yvonne Ingram- 
Ephraim Post Office Building’’. 
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Calendar No. 65 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 663 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 12877 Broad Street in 
Sparta, Georgia, as the ‘‘Yvonne Ingram-Ephra-
im Post Office Building’’. 
MAY 20, 2009 
Reported without amendment 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 664 
To make the 2001 and 2003 tax relief permanent law. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2009 
Mr. GRAVES (for himself and Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To make the 2001 and 2003 tax relief permanent law. 
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 ‘‘Economic Stimulus 
Enhancement and Tax Relief Permanency Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. 2001 AND 2003 TAX RELIEF MADE PERMANENT. 
(a) ECONOMIC GROWTH
AND TAX RELIEF REC-
ONCILIATION ACT OF 2001.—Title IX of the Economic 
Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 is here-
by repealed. 
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‘‘(e) SAVINGS PROVISION.—If’’. 
SEC. 
3. 
MISREPRESENTATION 
OF 
INDIAN 
PRODUCED 
GOODS AND PRODUCTS. 
Section 1159 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) PENALTY.—Any person that knowingly violates 
subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) in the case of a first violation by that per-
son— 
‘‘(A) if the applicable goods are offered or 
displayed for sale at a total price of $1,000 or 
more, or if the applicable goods are sold for a 
total price of $1,000 or more— 
‘‘(i) in the case of an individual, be 
fined not more than $250,000, imprisoned 
for not more than 5 years, or both; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a person other 
than an individual, be fined not more than 
$1,000,000; and 
‘‘(B) if the applicable goods are offered or 
displayed for sale at a total price of less than 
$1,000, or if the applicable goods are sold for 
a total price of less than $1,000— 
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(b) INCOME TAX RATES ON DIVIDENDS AND NET 
CAPITAL GAIN.—Section 303 of the Jobs and Growth Tax 
Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 is hereby repealed. 
Æ 
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for 30 days of public comment on the pro-
posal. 
(B) INFORMATION
REQUIRED.—Any pro-
posal under this paragraph must include suffi-
cient scientific and commercial information to 
allow the Secretary to evaluate whether the pro-
posed nonnative wildlife species is likely to 
cause economic or environmental harm or harm 
to other animal species’ or human health. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—Based on scientific and 
commercial information provided in a proposal under 
paragraph (1) or otherwise available to the Sec-
retary, the Secretary shall make one of the following 
determinations regarding such a proposal in a rea-
sonable period of time and in accordance with the 
regulations issued under section 3: 
(A) The nonnative wildlife species is ap-
proved for importation, and is added to the list 
of approved species under this section. 
(B) The nonnative wildlife species is not 
approved for importation, unless permitted 
under section 7. 
(C) The Secretary has insufficient sci-
entific and commercial information to make a 
determination under subparagraph (A) or (B). 
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(3) TREATMENT OF UNAPPROVED SPECIES.—If 
the Secretary makes a determination under para-
graph (2)(B) that a nonnative wildlife species is not 
approved for importation, the Secretary shall include 
the nonnative wildlife species in the list of unap-
proved species under section 5. 
(4) NOTICE
OF
DETERMINATION.—The Sec-
retary shall publish in the Federal Register notice of 
the determination made under paragraph (2) and 
make available on a publicly available Federal Inter-
net site or through other appropriate means, the 
basis for the determination. 
SEC. 5. LIST OF UNAPPROVED SPECIES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO ISSUE LIST OF UNAPPROVED 
SPECIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall publish 
in the Federal Register a list of nonnative wildlife 
species that are prohibited from importation into the 
United States except as provided in section 7. 
(2) INCLUDED SPECIES.—The list under this 
subsection shall include— 
(A) those species listed as injurious wildlife 
under section 42 of title 18, United States 
Code, or under regulations under that section, 
as of the date of enactment of this Act; and 
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SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘national brain injury care spe-
cialist organization’’ means a national organization 
or association with demonstrated experience in pro-
viding training, education, and technical assistance 
in the provision of care for individuals with brain in-
jury. 
(2) The term ‘‘neurocognitive’’ means of, relat-
ing to, or involving the central nervous system and 
cognitive or information processing abilities (think-
ing, memory, and reasoning), as well as sensory 
processing (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell), 
and communication (expression and understanding). 
(3) The term ‘‘traumatic brain injury’’ means 
an acquired injury to the brain, including brain inju-
ries caused by anoxia due to trauma and such other 
injuries as the Secretary considers appropriate, ex-
cept that such term excludes brain dysfunction 
caused by— 
(A) congenital or degenerative disorders; or 
(B) birth trauma. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 668 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide flexibility in 
the manner in which beds are counted for purposes of determining 
whether a hospital may be designated as a critical access hospital under 
the Medicare Program and to exempt from the critical access hospital 
inpatient bed limitation the number of beds provided for certain veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2009 
Mr. WALDEN (for himself and Mr. KIND) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
flexibility in the manner in which beds are counted for 
purposes of determining whether a hospital may be des-
ignated as a critical access hospital under the Medicare 
Program and to exempt from the critical access hospital 
inpatient bed limitation the number of beds provided 
for certain veterans. 
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 ‘‘Critical Access Hos-
pital Flexibility Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. FLEXIBILITY IN THE MANNER IN WHICH BEDS ARE 
COUNTED FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING 
WHETHER A HOSPITAL MAY BE DESIGNATED 
AS A CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL UNDER 
THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1820(c)(2)(B) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–4(c)(2)(B)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘(or 20, as de-
termined on an annual, average basis)’’ after ‘‘25’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following flush 
sentence: 
‘‘In determining the number of beds for purposes of 
clause (iii), only beds that are occupied shall be 
counted.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section take effect on January 1, 2010. 
SEC. 3. CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL INPATIENT BED LIMI-
TATION EXEMPTION FOR BEDS PROVIDED TO 
CERTAIN VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1820(c) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–4(c)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) EXEMPTION FROM BED LIMITATION.—For 
purposes of this section, no acute care inpatient bed 
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shall be counted against any numerical limitation 
specified under this section for such a bed (or for in-
patient bed days with respect to such a bed) if the 
bed is provided for an individual who is a veteran 
and the Department of Veterans Affairs referred the 
individual for care in the hospital or is coordinating 
such care with other care being provided by such 
Department.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to cost reporting periods begin-
ning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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117 
TITLE III—LIMITATION ON TREA-
TY BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN 
DEDUCTIBLE 
PAYMENTS; 
TIME FOR PAYMENT OF COR-
PORATE ESTIMATED TAXES 
SEC. 301. LIMITATION ON TREATY BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN 
DEDUCTIBLE PAYMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 894 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to income affected by treaty) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON TREATY BENEFITS FOR CER-
TAIN DEDUCTIBLE PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any deduct-
ible related-party payment, any withholding tax im-
posed under chapter 3 (and any tax imposed under 
subpart A or B of this part) with respect to such 
payment may not be reduced under any treaty of the 
United States unless any such withholding tax would 
be reduced under a treaty of the United States if 
such payment were made directly to the foreign par-
ent corporation. 
‘‘(2) 
DEDUCTIBLE
RELATED-PARTY
PAY-
MENT.—For purposes of this subsection, the term 
‘deductible related-party payment’ means any pay-
(A) Syria should control its border with 
Iraq to the maximum extent possible and work 
together with Iraqis on joint patrols on the bor-
der to stem the flow of funding, insurgents, and 
terrorists in and out of Iraq. 
(B) Syria should establish hotlines to ex-
change information with the Iraqis. 
(C) Syria should increase its political and 
economic cooperation with Iraq. 
SEC. 203. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this title shall be construed to prohibit 
or otherwise restrict the use of funds available to any de-
partment or agency of the United States to carry out so-
cial and economic reconstruction activities in Iraq. 
SEC. 204. REPORTS. 
The President shall submit to Congress every 30 days 
a report on the status of diplomatic efforts described in 
section 202. 
Æ 
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trol purposes under the Plant Protection 
Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.); or 
(ii) defined or regulated as a threat to 
livestock or poultry under the Animal 
Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et 
seq.); and 
(D) does not include any cat (Felis catus), 
cattle or oxen (Bos taurus), chicken (Gallus 
gallus domesticus), dog (Canis lupus familiaris), 
donkey or ass (Equus asinus), domesticated 
members of the family Anatidae (geese), duck 
(domesticated Anas spp.), goat (Capra aegagrus 
hircus), goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus), 
horse (Equus caballus), llama (Lama glama), 
mule or hinny (Equus caballus x E. asinus), pig 
or hog (Sus scrofa domestica), domesticated va-
rieties of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), or 
sheep (Ovis aries), or any other species or vari-
ety of species that is determined by the Sec-
retary to be common and clearly domesticated. 
(6) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means— 
(A) an individual, corporation, partnership, 
trust, association, or any other private entity; 
(B) any officer, employee, agent, depart-
ment, or instrumentality of the Federal Govern-
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ment, or of any State, municipality, or political 
subdivision of a State, or of any foreign govern-
ment; and 
(C) any other entity subject to the jurisdic-
tion of the Government of the United States. 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes the 
District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin 
Islands, and any other territory or possession of the 
United States. 
(9) 
UNITED
STATES.—The 
term 
‘‘United 
States’’ means the several States of the United 
States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, 
Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Vir-
gin Islands, any possession of the United States, and 
any waters, including the territorial sea and the Ex-
clusive Economic Zone, within the jurisdiction or 
sovereignty of the Government of the United States. 
Æ 
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•HRES 1282 IH 
recreational fishing as a national priority for the oceans, 
coasts, and the Great Lakes; and 
Whereas without recognition of the promotion of recreational 
fishing as a national priority, recreational fishing oppor-
tunities could become more limited, curtailed, or even po-
tentially eliminated: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) continued access to public waters for rec-
reational fishing and boating should be a national 
priority; 
(2) the final report of the Interagency Ocean 
Policy Task Force should include the promotion of 
recreational fishing and boating as a national pri-
ority; and 
(3) in implementing the recommendations of 
the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, the Presi-
dent should take necessary actions to provide for the 
promotion of recreational fishing and boating. 
Æ 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 670 
To authorize Federal payment to first responders for costs associated with 
providing emergency services at the international borders of the United 
States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2009 
Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To authorize Federal payment to first responders for costs 
associated with providing emergency services at the inter-
national borders of the United States, 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 ‘‘Save our Border Com-
munities Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING FEDERAL PAYMENT TO FIRST RE-
SPONDERS FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH 
PROVIDING EMERGENCY SERVICES AT THE 
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall, from amounts appropriated under subsection 
(b), provide payment to first responders, including police, 
firefighters, and emergency medical technicians, for costs 
associated with providing emergency services at the inter-
national borders of the United States, but only to the ex-
tent that such costs are not otherwise reimbursed through 
any Federal program and cannot otherwise be recovered. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for each 
fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2010, such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out this section. 
Æ 
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