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(1) In 1998, Congress enacted the Olympic and 
Amateur Sports Act Amendments of 1998, which 
amended chapter 2205 of title 36, United States 
Code, which included a statement that the purpose 
of the Act was ‘‘to encourage and provide assistance 
to amateur athletic programs and competition for 
amateur athletes with disabilities, including, where 
feasible, the expansion of opportunities for meaning-
ful participation by such amateur athletes in pro-
grams of athletic competition for able-bodied ama-
teur athletes’’. 
(2) The United States Olympic Committee 
manages and administers the Paralympic Program 
for physically disabled athletes. 
(3) In 2005, the United States Olympic Com-
mittee entered into a memorandum of understanding 
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expand the 
Paralympic Program to provide special training and 
rehabilitation to physically disabled members of the 
Armed Forces and veterans as part of their rehabili-
tation and return to an active lifestyle. 
(4) The Paralympic Program has a significant 
positive effect on the quality of life of members of 
the Armed Forces and veterans with physical dis-
abilities, including helping to improve the mobility, 
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vitality, physical, psychological, and social well-being 
of physically disabled members of the Armed Forces 
and veterans who participate in the program and re-
ducing the incidence of secondary medical conditions 
in those participants. 
(5) Because of Operation Iraqi Freedom and 
Operation Enduring Freedom, the number of phys-
ically disabled members of the Armed Forces and 
veterans has increased substantially and it is there-
fore necessary to expand the scope and size of the 
United States Olympic Committee’s Paralympic Pro-
gram to provide rehabilitative services through 
sports to physically disabled members of the Armed 
Forces and veterans. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this Act are as fol-
lows: 
(1) To provide support to the United States 
Olympic Committee for the Paralympic Program to 
increase the participation of physically disabled 
members of the Armed Forces and veterans in 
sports as part of their rehabilitation. 
(2) To promote the life-long health of members 
of the Armed Forces and veterans with service-con-
nected disabilities through regular participation in 
physical activity and sports. 
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The North Cascades complex contains 245 
mountain lakes, of which 91 have been historically 
stocked with fish. 
(2) In many cases, the stocking of fish in these 
lakes dates back to the 1800s. 
(3) This practice has been important to the 
economy of the area because of the recreational op-
portunities it creates. 
(4) During congressional hearings on the des-
ignation of the North Cascades National Park, the 
Department of the Interior indicated that the prac-
tice of fish stocking would be continued if the area 
became a unit of the National Park Service system. 
(5) Since designation of the National Park in 
1968, the stocking of certain lakes has continued 
under various agreements between the National 
Park Service and the State of Washington. 
(6) An Environmental Impact Statement com-
pleted by the National Park Service recommends 
continued stocking of up to 42 of the lakes that have 
historically been stocked with fish. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to clarify 
the continued authority of the National Park Service to 
allow the stocking of fish in certain lakes in the North
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3235
AN ACT
To improve academic and social outcomes for youth and
reduce both juvenile crime and the risk that youth will
become victims of crime by providing productive activities
conducted by law enforcement personnel during non-
school hours.
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3236
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter
into contracts with the Weber Basin Water Con-
servancy District, Utah, to use Weber Basin
Project facilities for the impounding, storage,
and carriage of nonproject water for domestic,
municipal, industrial, and other beneficial pur-
poses.
IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 294 
Commending the Kingdom of Lesotho, on the occasion of International Wom-
en’s Day, for the enactment of a law to improve the status of married 
women and ensure the access of married women to property rights. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2007 
Ms. WATSON (for herself, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, and Ms. CLARKE) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Commending the Kingdom of Lesotho, on the occasion of 
International Women’s Day, for the enactment of a law 
to improve the status of married women and ensure 
the access of married women to property rights. 
Whereas International Women’s Day, observed on March 8 
each year, has become a day on which people come to-
gether to recognize the accomplishments of women and to 
reaffirm their commitment to continue the struggle for 
equality, justice, and peace; 
Whereas the Kingdom of Lesotho is a parliamentary constitu-
tional monarchy that has been an independent country 
since 1966; 
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(B) in paragraph (2) by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) involve community-based organizations and 
other entities that have relationships with parents 
and can facilitate and support their involvement in 
the education of their children.’’; 
(5) in subsection (h)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) in clause (vii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (viii) by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ix) school attendance rates; 
‘‘(x) average class size in each grade; 
‘‘(xi) academic achievement and gains 
in English proficiency of limited English 
proficient students; 
‘‘(xii) the incidence of school violence, 
drug abuse, alcohol abuse, student suspen-
sions, and student expulsions; 
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‘‘(xiii) the extent and type of parental 
involvement in the schools; 
‘‘(xiv) the extent and type of commu-
nity involvement in schools, including part-
nerships between schools and public and 
private agencies and organizations, as well 
as services provided to children, youth and 
families resulting from these partnerships, 
and if possible, improvements in student 
academic achievement and other non-aca-
demic outcomes resulting from such part-
nerships; 
‘‘(xv) the percentage of students com-
pleting advanced placement courses, and 
the rate of passing of advanced placement 
tests; 
‘‘(xvi) other non-academic outcomes, 
including outcomes resulting from partner-
ships between schools and other entities, 
which may include social, emotional, phys-
ical, civic, and vocational outcomes; and 
‘‘(xvii) a clear and concise description 
of the State’s accountability system, in-
cluding a description of the criteria by 
which the State evaluates school perform-
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H. Res. 295 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
June 11, 2007. 
Whereas for more than 50 years since the outbreak of the 
Korean War, a close relationship has existed between the 
United States and the Republic of Korea, which has been 
of enormous economic, cultural, and strategic advantage 
to both nations; 
Whereas President George W. Bush and President Roh Moo 
Hyun have demonstrated their mutual willingness to 
forge a deeper alliance between the United States and the 
Republic of Korea to enhance stability in East Asia; 
Whereas the 29,000 United States armed services personnel 
who are stationed in the Republic of Korea serve as a 
testament to the enduring strength of the 1953 U.S.– 
R.O.K. Mutual Defense Treaty; 
Whereas the foundation of the relationship between the 
United States and the Republic of Korea rests on a 
shared interest in and commitment to peace, democracy, 
and freedom on the Korean Peninsula, in Asia, and 
throughout the world; 
Whereas the Republic of Korea and the United States are 
both deeply committed to the Six Party Talks and have 
a mutual interest in keeping the Korean Peninsula free 
of nuclear weapons;
(A) Interviews. 
(B) Traffic stops. 
(C) Pedestrian stops. 
(D) Frisks and other types of body 
searches. 
(E) Consensual or nonconsensual searches 
of the persons or possessions (including vehi-
cles) of motorists or pedestrians. 
(F) Inspections and interviews of entrants 
into the United States that are more extensive 
than those customarily carried out. 
(G) Immigration related workplace inves-
tigations. 
(H) Such other types of law enforcement 
encounters compiled by the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation and the Justice Departments Bu-
reau of Justice Statistics. 
(8) REASONABLE
REQUEST.—The term ‘‘rea-
sonable request’’ means all requests for information, 
except for those that— 
(A) are immaterial to the investigation; 
(B) would result in the unnecessary expo-
sure of personal information; or 
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may be members of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Officers Association. 
(B) APPLICABLE
TO
NOMINATING
OFFI-
CIALS.—In the case of a Board member who is 
an agency head, if such member nominates an 
individual under section 4(a), such member may 
not participate in any evaluation or rec-
ommendation process of the Board with respect 
to such individual. 
(3) QUALIFICATIONS.—Board members shall be 
individuals with knowledge or expertise, whether by 
experience or training, in the field of Federal law en-
forcement. 
(4) TERMS
AND
VACANCIES.—Each Board 
member shall be appointed for 2 years and may be 
reappointed. A vacancy in the Board shall not affect 
the powers of the Board and shall be filled in the 
same manner as the original appointment. 
(d) OPERATIONS.— 
(1) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of the 
Board shall be a Board member elected by a major-
ity of the Board. 
(2) MEETINGS.—The Board shall conduct its 
first meeting not later than 90 days after the ap-
pointment of a majority of Board members. There-
IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 299 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should 
increase public awareness of child abuse and neglect and should continue 
to work with the States to reduce the incidence of child abuse and 
neglect through such programs as the Child Welfare Services and Pro-
moting Safe and Stable Families programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 17, 2007 
Mr. MCDERMOTT (for himself and Mr. WELLER of Illinois) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
Congress should increase public awareness of child abuse 
and neglect and should continue to work with the States 
to reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect 
through such programs as the Child Welfare Services 
and Promoting Safe and Stable Families programs. 
Whereas child abuse and neglect continue to pose a serious 
threat to our Nation’s children; 
Whereas according to the most recent annual estimates, 
3,600,000 children were the subject of child abuse and 
neglect investigations in 2005, an increase of 462,000 
children from 2001; 
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TITLE II—PROTECTING HEALTH 
CARE WORKERS AND FIRST 
RESPONDERS 
FROM 
PAN-
DEMIC INFLUENZA 
SEC. 201. PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall develop and 
issue workplace standards, recommendations and plans to 
protect health care workers and first responders, including 
police, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel from 
workplace exposure to pandemic influenza. Such stand-
ards, recommendations and plans shall set forth appro-
priate measures to protect workers both in preparation for 
a potential pandemic influenza occurrence and in response 
to an actual occurrence of pandemic influenza. 
(b) WORKPLACE SAFETY
AND HEALTH STAND-
ARDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Within 6 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, pursuant to sec-
tion 6(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 
the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Di-
rector of the National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health, shall develop and issue an emer-
gency temporary standard for the protection of 
health care workers and first responders against oc-
cupational exposure to pandemic influenza, including 
avian influenza caused by the H5N1 virus. Within 6 
months after the issuance of an emergency standard, 
the Secretary of Labor shall issue a final permanent 
standard for occupational exposure to pandemic in-
fluenza under section 6(b) of the Occupational Safe-
ty and Health Act. The emergency temporary stand-
ard and final permanent standard shall provide, at 
a minimum, for the following: 
(A) The development and implementation 
of an exposure control plan to protect workers 
from airborne and contact hazards in conform-
ance with the Guideline for Protecting Workers 
Against Avian Flu issued by the Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration March 2004, 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
Interim Recommendations for Infection Control 
in Health-Care Facilities Caring for Patients 
with Known or Suspected Avian Influenza 
issued May 21, 2004, and the World Health 
Organization (WHO) Global Influenza Pre-
paredness Plan issued April 2005. 
(B) Personal protective equipment, in con-
formance with the requirements of 29 CFR 
1910.134 and 29 CFR 1910.132.
(C) Training and information in conform-
ance with the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens 
standard under 29 CFR 1910.1030(g). 
(D) Appropriate medical surveillance for 
workers exposed to the pandemic influenza 
virus, including the H5N1 virus. 
(E) Immunization against the pandemic 
influenza virus, if such a vaccine has been ap-
proved by the Food and Drug Administration 
and is available. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The emergency stand-
ard issued under paragraph (1) shall take effect not 
later than 90 days after the promulgation of such 
standard, except that the effective date for any re-
quirements for engineering controls shall go into ef-
fect not later than 90 days after the promulgation 
of the final permanent standard. The provisions of 
the emergency temporary standard shall remain in 
effect until the final permanent standard is in effect. 
(c) PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS PLAN 
REVISIONS.— 
(1) MINIMAL REQUIREMENTS.—Within 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall revise 
the provisions of the pandemic influenza plan of the
after, the Board shall meet at the call of the Chair-
person, or in the case of a vacancy of the position 
of Chairperson, at the call of the Attorney General. 
(3) VOTING AND RULES.—A majority of Board 
members shall constitute a quorum to conduct busi-
ness, but the Board may establish a lesser quorum 
for conducting hearings scheduled by the Board. The 
Board may establish by majority vote any other 
rules for the conduct of the business of the Board, 
if such rules are not inconsistent with this Act or 
other applicable law. 
(4) STAFF.—The Board may appoint and fix 
the pay of additional qualified personnel as the 
Board considers appropriate to assist it in carrying 
out its duties under subsection (b). 
(e) POWERS.— 
(1) HEARINGS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Board may hold 
hearings, sit and act at times and places, take 
testimony, and receive evidence as the Board 
considers appropriate to carry out the duties of 
the Board under this Act. The Board may ad-
minister oaths or affirmations to witnesses ap-
pearing before it.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4614 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on helium. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2007 
Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on helium. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. HELIUM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.01.47 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended 
by striking ‘‘12/31/2009’’ and inserting ‘‘12/31/2011’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies with respect to goods entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 
the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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H. Res. 2
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 4, 2007.
Resolved, That the Senate be informed that a quorum of 
the House of Representatives has assembled; that Nancy 
Pelosi, a Representative from the State of California, has 
been elected Speaker; and Karen L. Haas, a citizen of the 
State of Maryland, has been elected Clerk of the House of 
Representatives of the One Hundred Tenth Congress. 
Attest:
Clerk.
Department of Health and Human Services to con-
form with the minimal worker protection require-
ments set forth in subsection (b). 
(2) FINAL STANDARD.—Within 30 days of the 
promulgation of a final standard under subsection 
(b), the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall modify the pandemic influenza plan of the De-
partment of Health and Human Services to conform 
with the provisions of the occupational safety and 
health standard issued by the Secretary of Labor. 
SEC. 202. RELATION TO STATES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVI-
SIONS RECEIVING FUNDS UNDER TITLE I. 
An award of a grant, cooperative agreement, or con-
tract may not be made to any State or political subdivision 
of a State under any program receiving funds under title 
I or any program amended by such title unless the State 
or political subdivision agrees to comply with the stand-
ards issued under section 201 for protecting health care 
workers and first responders from pandemic influenza. 
TITLE III—INTERNATIONAL AS-
SISTANCE TO COMBAT THE 
AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS 
SEC. 301. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The H5N1 strain of the avian influenza 
virus is now endemic in parts of Southeast Asia, 
where Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, and Thailand are 
the worst-affected countries. 
(2) More than 150 million birds, mostly chick-
ens, have died or been culled as a result of the avian 
influenza virus and losses to the farmers are esti-
mated to be in excess of $10,000,000,000. Sixty- 
three out of 124 humans who have been infected 
with the virus have died since December 2003. 
(3) Despite control measures, the avian influ-
enza virus continues to spread and raise serious pub-
lic health concerns at the global level. 
(4) Farmers have faced economic hardships as 
a result of the avian influenza virus as they have 
had to sacrifice their infected flocks for slaughter, as 
well as dealing with consumer anxiety about the 
safety of eating chickens or eggs. 
(5) The major world animal and human health 
organizations, such as the World Health Organiza-
tion (WHO) and the Food and Agricultural Organi-
zation (FAO), have developed a global strategy and 
regional and country-specific plans to minimize the 
global threat of the avian influenza virus to humans 
and to domestic poultry and other animal popu-
(B) WITNESS
EXPENSES.—Witnesses re-
quested to appear before the Board may be 
paid the same fees as are paid to witnesses 
under section 1821 of title 28, United States 
Code. The per diem and mileage allowances for 
witnesses shall be paid from funds appropriated 
to the Board. 
(2) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
Subject to sections 552, 552a, and 552b of title 5, 
United States Code— 
(A) the Board may secure directly from 
any Federal department or agency information 
necessary to enable it to carry out this Act; and 
(B) upon request of the Board, the head of 
that department or agency shall furnish the in-
formation to the Board. 
(3) INFORMATION
TO
BE
KEPT
CONFIDEN-
TIAL.—The Board shall not disclose any information 
which may compromise an ongoing law enforcement 
investigation or is otherwise required by law to be 
kept confidential. 
(f) COMPENSATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), Board members shall serve without pay.
‘‘(B) ROLE OF AHRQ.—The Director of the 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 
shall be responsible for assessing the clinical 
benefit of covered part D drugs and making 
recommendations to the Secretary regarding 
which drugs should be included in the for-
mulary. In conducting such assessments and 
making such recommendations, the Director 
shall— 
‘‘(i) consider safety concerns including 
those identified by the Federal Food and 
Drug Administration; 
‘‘(ii) use available data and evalua-
tions, with priority given to randomized 
controlled trials, to examine clinical effec-
tiveness, comparative effectiveness, safety, 
and enhanced compliance with a drug regi-
men; 
‘‘(iii) use the same classes of drugs 
developed by United States Pharmacopeia 
for this part; 
‘‘(iv) consider evaluations made by— 
‘‘(I) the Director under section 
1013 of Medicare Prescription Drug, 
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Improvement, and Modernization Act 
of 2003; 
‘‘(II) other Federal entities, such 
as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; 
and 
‘‘(III) other private and public 
entities, such as the Drug Effective-
ness Review Project and Medicaid 
programs; and 
‘‘(v) recommend to the Secretary— 
‘‘(I) those drugs in a class that 
provide a greater clinical benefit, in-
cluding fewer safety concerns or less 
risk of side-effects, than another drug 
in the same class that should be in-
cluded in the formulary; 
‘‘(II) those drugs in a class that 
provide less clinical benefit, including 
greater safety concerns or a greater 
risk of side-effects, than another drug 
in the same class that should be ex-
cluded from the formulary; and 
‘‘(III) drugs in a class with same 
or similar clinical benefit for which it 
would be appropriate for the Sec-
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