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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2008; except that the amendments made 
by subsection (c) shall take effect on January 1, 2009. 
SEC. 6. 15 PERCENT RATE ON DIVIDENDS AND CAPITAL 
GAINS OF INDIVIDUALS REDUCED TO 10 PER-
CENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section 
1(h)(1) (relating to maximum capital gains rate) is 
amended by striking ‘‘15 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘10 per-
cent’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2008. 
SEC. 7. INDEXING OF CERTAIN ASSETS FOR PURPOSES OF 
DETERMINING GAIN OR LOSS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part II of subchapter O of chap-
ter 1 (relating to basis rules of general application) is 
amended by redesignating section 1023 as section 1024 
and by inserting after section 1022 the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 1023. INDEXING OF CERTAIN ASSETS FOR PURPOSES 
OF DETERMINING GAIN OR LOSS. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.— 
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approval or disapproval, the plan shall be considered 
approved for purposes of this section. 
(2) STANDARD FOR DISAPPROVAL.—The Sec-
retary may disapprove a plan only if the plan fails 
to comply with the requirements of this Act. 
(3) RESUBMISSION.—If the Secretary dis-
approves the plan of a State, the Secretary shall 
submit to the State the reasons for the disapproval, 
and the State may, during the 15-day period that 
begins upon notification of such disapproval and the 
reasons for such disapproval, submit to the Sec-
retary a revised plan for review and approval in ac-
cordance with this subsection. 
SEC. 5. ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS. 
(a) GRANTS.—From the total amount made available 
under section 12(a) for grants under this Act, the Sec-
retary shall make a grant to each qualified State in the 
grant amount determined under subsection (c) of this sec-
tion for the qualified State. 
(b) LOANS.—From the aggregate amount of author-
ity for the outstanding principal balance of loans made 
under this Act pursuant to section 12(b)(1), the Secretary 
shall allocate such authority for loans under this Act for 
each qualified State in the loan authority amount deter-
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mined under subsection (c) of this section for the qualified 
State. 
(c) GRANT
AMOUNTS
AND
LOAN
AUTHORITY 
AMOUNTS.—The grant amount or loan authority amount 
for a qualified State shall be the foreclosure grant share 
or foreclosure loan share, respectively, for the State deter-
mined under subsection (d), as such share is adjusted in 
accordance with an index established or selected by the 
Secretary to account for differences between qualified 
States in the median price of single family housing in such 
States. 
(d) FORECLOSURE SHARES.—For purposes of this 
section: 
(1) GRANT
SHARE.—The foreclosure grant 
share for a qualified State shall be the amount that 
bears the same ratio to the total amount made avail-
able under section 12(a) as the number of fore-
closures on mortgages for single family housing oc-
curring in such State during the most recently com-
pleted four calendar quarters for which such infor-
mation is available, as determined by the Secretary, 
bears to the aggregate number of such foreclosures 
occurring in all qualified States during such cal-
endar quarters. 
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spect to an appeal initiated or filed before the date
of enactment of this Act.
(c) CLOSURE OF RECORD FOR APPEAL FILED BE-
FORE DATE OF ENACTMENT.—Notwithstanding section
319(b)(1) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
(as amended by this section), in the case of an appeal of
a consistency determination under section 307 of that Act
initiated or filed before the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Commerce shall receive no more filings
on the appeal and the administrative record regarding the
appeal shall be closed not later than 120 days after the
date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 2014. REIMBURSEMENT FOR COSTS OF NEPA ANAL-
YSES, DOCUMENTATION, AND STUDIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Mineral Leasing Act is
amended by inserting after section 37 (30 U.S.C. 193)
the following:
‘‘REIMBURSEMENT FOR COSTS OF CERTAIN ANALYSES,
DOCUMENTATION, AND STUDIES
‘‘SEC. 38. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the
Interior shall issue regulations under which the Secretary
shall reimburse a person that is a lessee, operator, oper-
ating rights owner, or applicant for any lease under this
Act for reasonable amounts paid by the person for prepa-
ration for the Secretary by a contractor or other person
selected by the Secretary of any project-level analysis, doc-
920
(7) Enhanced production of oil and natural gas
lessens the potential for environmental impacts when
compared with development of new oil and natural
gas fields because the infrastructure, such as wells,
pipelines, and platforms, is generally already in
place.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is—
(1) to promote the capturing, transportation,
and injection of produced carbon dioxide, natural
carbon dioxide, and other appropriate gases for se-
questration into oil and gas fields; and
(2) to promote oil and natural gas production
from the abundant resources on the outer Conti-
nental Shelf and onshore Federal lands by enhanc-
ing recovery of oil or natural gas (or both).
(c) SUSPENSION OF ROYALTIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall grant a royalty relief in accordance with
this section for production of oil or natural gas (or
both) from lands subject to an eligible lease into
which the lessee injects carbon dioxide, or other ap-
propriate gas or other matter approved by the Sec-
retary, for the purpose of enhancing recovery of oil
or natural gas (or both) from the eligible lease.
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(2) ELIGIBLE LEASES.—A lease shall be an eli-
gible lease for purposes of this section if it is a lease
for production of oil or gas (or both) from Federal
outer Continental Shelf or onshore lands that the
Secretary determines may contain a volume of oil or
natural gas that would not likely be produced with-
out royalty relief under this subsection.
(3) AMOUNT OF RELIEF.—The Secretary shall
grant royalty relief under this section as a suspen-
sion volume determined by the Secretary in an
amount necessary to maximize production of oil and
natural gas volumes. The maximum suspension vol-
ume shall be 50 billion cubic feet of natural gas, or
equivalent oil volume on a Btu basis, or a combina-
tion thereof, per eligible lease.
(4) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may place lim-
itations on the suspension of royalty relief granted
based on market price.
(d) APPLICATION.—This section shall apply to any
eligible lease issued before, on, or after the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
(e) RULEMAKINGS.—The Secretary shall complete
any rulemakings implementing this provision within 1 year
after the date of enactment of this Act.
corrective action plan for the State to come 
into compliance with the requirement of 
subparagraph (C) before October 1 of such 
year; 
‘‘(ii) shall not effect a denial of pay-
ment under subparagraph (A) on the basis 
of such determination before October 1 of 
such year; and 
‘‘(iii) shall not effect such a denial if 
the Secretary determines that there is a 
reasonable likelihood that the implementa-
tion of such a correction action plan will 
bring the State into compliance with the 
requirement of subparagraph (C).’’. 
(2) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the amend-
ment made by paragraph (1) or this section this 
shall be construed as authorizing the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to limit payments 
under title XXI of the Social Security Act in the 
case of a State that is not a higher income eligibility 
State (as defined in section 2105(c)(9)(B) of such 
Act, as added by paragraph (1)). 
(f) TREATMENT OF MEDICAL SUPPORT ORDERS.— 
Section 2102(b) (42 U.S.C. 1397bb(c)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
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SEC. 2018. OIL SHALE.
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that oil shale re-
sources located within the United States—
(1) total almost 2 trillion barrels of oil in place;
and
(2) are a strategically important domestic re-
source that should be developed on an accelerated
basis to reduce our growing reliance on politically
and economically unstable sources of foreign oil im-
ports.
(b) REQUIREMENT TO DEVELOP OIL SHALE LEAS-
ING PROGRAM.—The Secretary of the Interior shall de-
velop a Federal commercial oil shale leasing program as
soon as practicable and publish a final regulation imple-
menting such program by not later than December 31,
2006.
(c) COMMENCEMENT OF LEASE SALES.—The Sec-
retary shall hold the first oil shale lease sale under such
program within 180 days after publishing the final regula-
tion.
(d) REPORT.—Within 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall report to the Com-
mittee on Resources of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
Senate on-
(1) the interim actions necessary to—
‘‘(5) TREATMENT
OF
MEDICAL
SUPPORT
OR-
DERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title 
shall be construed to allow the Secretary to re-
quire that a State deny eligibility for child 
health assistance to a child who is otherwise eli-
gible on the basis of the existence of a valid 
medical support order being in effect. 
‘‘(B) STATE
ELECTION.—A State may 
elect to limit eligibility for child health assist-
ance to a targeted low-income child on the basis 
of the existence of a valid medical support order 
on the child’s behalf, but only if the State does 
not deny such eligibility for a child on such 
basis if the child asserts that the order is not 
being complied with for any of the reasons de-
scribed in subparagraph (C) unless the State 
demonstrates that none of such reasons applies 
in the case involved. 
‘‘(C) REASONS
FOR
NONCOMPLIANCE.— 
The reasons described in this subparagraph for 
noncompliance with a medical support order 
with respect to a child are that the child is not 
being provided health benefits coverage pursu-
ant to such order because—
SECTION 1. EXCLUSION FROM INCOME FOR PAYMENTS 
FROM THE HOKIE SPIRIT MEMORIAL FUND. 
For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
gross income shall not include any amount received from 
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, out 
of amounts transferred from the Hokie Spirit Memorial 
Fund established by the Virginia Tech Foundation, an or-
ganization organized and operated as described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if such 
amount is paid on account of the tragic event on April 
16, 2007, at such university. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO FILE 
PARTNERSHIP RETURNS. 
For any return of a partnership required to be filed 
under section 6031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
for a taxable year beginning in 2008, the dollar amount 
in effect under section 6698(b)(1) of such Code shall be 
increased by $1. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 4, 
2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4118 
AN ACT 
To exclude from gross income payments from the 
Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the 
tragic event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & 
State University.
H. Res. 770 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
November 5, 2007. 
Whereas the Veterans History Project was established by a 
unanimous vote of the United States Congress to collect 
and preserve the wartime stories of American veterans; 
Whereas Congress charged the American Folklife Center at 
the Library of Congress to undertake the Veterans His-
tory Project and to engage the public in the creation of 
a collection of oral histories that would be a lasting trib-
ute to individual veterans and an abundant resource for 
scholars; 
Whereas there are 17,000,000 wartime veterans in America 
whose stories can educate people of all ages about impor-
tant moments and events in the history of the United 
States and the world and provide instructive narratives 
that illuminate the meanings of ‘‘service’’, ‘‘sacrifice’’, 
‘‘citizenship’’, and ‘‘democracy’’; 
Whereas the Veterans History Project relies on a corps of 
volunteer interviewers, partner organizations, and an 
array of civic minded institutions nationwide who inter-
view veterans according to the guidelines it provides; 
Whereas increasing public participation in the Veterans His-
tory Project will increase the number of oral histories
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6202 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility 
of designating the Ka’u Coast on the island of Hawaii as a unit of 
the National Park System. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2006 
Mr. CASE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability 
and feasibility of designating the Ka’u Coast on the 
island of Hawaii as a unit of the National Park System. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. KA’U COAST STUDY; REPORT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Ka’u Coast Preservation Act’’. 
(b) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall complete a study to determine the suit-
ability and feasibility of designating the Ka’u Coast 
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on the island of Hawaii, as a unit of the National 
Park System. 
(2) STUDY AREA.—The study area shall extend 
generally from Kapaoo Point to Kahuku Point, Ha-
waii. 
(3) APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
LAW.—Para-
graphs (2) and (3) of section 8(c) of Public Law 91– 
383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5(c)(2) and (3); commonly 
known as the National Park System General Au-
thorities Act) shall apply to the study. 
(c) REPORT.—Upon completion of the study required 
by subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior shall trans-
mit to the Committee on Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report containing the conclu-
sions of the study. 
Æ 
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For purposes of this subsection, any contribution 
which is distributed from a Lifetime Skills Account 
in a distribution to which rules similar to the rules 
of 
section 
530(d)(4)(C) 
apply 
under 
section 
530B(c)(4)(B)(i) shall be treated as an amount not 
contributed.’’. 
(c) TAX ON PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 
4975(e) (relating to prohibited transactions), as 
amended by section 9 of this Act, is amended by 
striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (G), by re-
designating subparagraph (H) as subparagraph (I), 
and by inserting after subparagraph (G) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(H) a Lifetime Skills Account described 
in section 530A, or’’. 
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—Subsection (c) of section 
4975, as amended by section 9 of this Act, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(8) SPECIAL RULES FOR LIFETIME SKILLS AC-
COUNTS.—An individual for whose benefit a Life-
time Skills Account is established and any contrib-
utor to such account shall be exempt from the tax 
imposed by this section with respect to any trans-
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IV 
House Calendar No. 140 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 773 
[Report No. 110–407] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3867) to update and expand 
the procurement programs of the Small Business Administration, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 24, 2007 
Mr. CARDOZA, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3867) to update 
and expand the procurement programs of the Small 
Business Administration, 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. 3867) to update and expand the 
procurement programs of the Small Business Administra-
tion, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill 
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action concerning such account (which would other-
wise be taxable under this section) if section 
530A(d) applies with respect to such transaction.’’. 
(d) FAILURE TO PROVIDE REPORTS.—Paragraph 
(2) of section 6693(a) (relating to failure to provide re-
ports on certain tax-favored accounts or annuities; pen-
alties relating to designated nondeductible contributions), 
as amended by section 9 of this Act, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (E), by striking 
the period at the end of subparagraph (F) and inserting 
‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(G) section 530A(g) (relating to Lifetime 
Skills Accounts).’’. 
(e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 26(b)(2) is amended by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (U), by striking 
the period at the end of subparagraph (V) and in-
serting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(W) section 530A(c)(4) (relating to Life-
time Skills Accounts).’’. 
(2) Paragraph (9) of section 72(e) is amend-
ed— 
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IV 
House Calendar No. 141 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 774 
[Report No. 110–408] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3963) to amend title XXI 
of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children’s Health 
Insurance Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 24, 2007 
Ms. SLAUGHTER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3963) to amend 
title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and im-
prove the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and for 
other purposes. 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution 
it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 
3963) to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to 
extend and improve the Children’s Health Insurance Pro-
gram, and for other purposes. All points of order against 
consideration of the bill are waived except those arising 
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ployee is employed, including, as applicable, par-
ticular expertise in—
(A) the consultations and the preparation
of biological opinions under section 7 of the En-
dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1536);
(B) permits under section 404 of Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344);
(C) regulatory matters under the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
(D) planning under the National Forest
Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a et
seq.); and
(E) the preparation of analyses under the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
(2) DUTIES.—Each employee assigned under
paragraph (1) shall—
(A) not later than 90 days after the date
of assignment, report to the Bureau of Land
Management Field Managers in the office to
which the employee is assigned;
(B) be responsible for all issues relating to
the jurisdiction of the home office or agency of
the employee; and
IV 
#
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 775 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1366) to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the alternative minimum tax on individuals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 25, 2007 
Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1366) to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the alter-
native minimum tax on individuals. 
Resolved, That immediately upon the adoption of this 
resolution the House shall without intervention of any 
point of order consider in the House the bill (H.R. 1366) 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal 
the alternative minimum tax on individuals. The bill shall 
be considered as read. The previous question shall be con-
sidered as ordered on the bill to final adoption without 
intervening motion or demand for division of the question 
except: (1) one hour of debate on the resolution equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
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