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tons of ferromanganese from the National Defense
Stockpile before that date.
(c) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense may
dispose of ferromanganese under the authority of paragraph
(1) or (2) of subsection (b) only if the Secretary submits
written certification to the Committee on Armed Services
of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the
House of Representatives, not later than 30 days before the
commencement of disposal under the applicable paragraph,
that—
(1) the disposal of the additional ferromanganese
from the National Defense Stockpile is in the interest
of national defense;
(2) the disposal of the additional ferromanganese
will not cause disruption to the usual markets of pro-
ducers and processors of ferromanganese in the
United States; and
(3) the disposal of the additional ferromanganese
is consistent with the requirements and purpose of the
National Defense Stockpile.
(d) DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITY.—The Secretary
of Defense may delegate the responsibility of the Secretary
under subsection (c) to an appropriate official within the
Department of Defense.
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6517 
AN ACT 
To extend trade adjustment assistance and certain trade 
preference programs, to amend the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States to modify temporarily 
certain rates of duty, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4811 
To extend the suspension of duty on 2,3-quinoline dicarboxylic acid. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 18, 2007 
Mr. HULSHOF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the suspension of duty on 2,3-quinoline 
dicarboxylic acid. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. 2,3-QUINOLINE DICARBOXYLIC ACID. 
Heading 9902.24.19 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (relating to 2,3-quinoline 
dicarboxylic acid) is amended by striking the date in the 
effective period column and inserting ‘‘12/31/2011’’. 
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(as in effect on the day before the date of the enact-
ment of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990). 
SEC. 104. CREDIT FOR RESIDENTIAL ENERGY EFFICIENT 
PROPERTY. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 25D(g) is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2014’’. 
(b) MAXIMUM CREDIT FOR SOLAR ELECTRIC PROP-
ERTY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 25D(b)(1)(A) is 
amended by striking ‘‘$2,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$4,000’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
25D(e)(4)(A)(i) is amended by striking ‘‘$6,667’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$13,333’’. 
(c) CREDIT FOR RESIDENTIAL WIND PROPERTY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 25D(a) is amended 
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (2), by 
striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and 
inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) 30 percent of the qualified small wind en-
ergy property expenditures made by the taxpayer 
during such year.’’. 
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SEC. 252. AUTHORITY FOR UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS 
MADE PERMANENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 7608 is 
amended by striking paragraph (6). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall take effect on January 1, 2008. 
SEC. 253. AUTHORITY TO DISCLOSE RETURN INFORMATION 
FOR CERTAIN VETERANS PROGRAMS MADE 
PERMANENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (7) of section 6103(l) is 
amended by striking the last sentence thereof. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
6103(l)(7)(D)(viii)(III) is amended by striking ‘‘sections 
1710(a)(1)(I), 1710(a)(2), 1710(b), and 1712(a)(2)(B)’’ and 
inserting 
‘‘sections 
1710(a)(2)(G), 
1710(a)(3), 
and 
1710(b)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to requests made after September 
30, 2008. 
SEC. 254. INCREASE IN LIMIT ON COVER OVER OF RUM EX-
CISE TAX TO PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN 
ISLANDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 7652(f) is 
amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2008’’ and inserting 
‘‘January 1, 2009’’. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6051 
AN ACT 
To amend Public Law 110–196 to provide for a temporary 
extension of programs authorized by the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 beyond May 16, 2008. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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‘‘(C) determinations regarding the eligi-
bility of such applications for such mortgage in-
surance to be made by the chief underwriter pur-
suant to requirements prescribed by the Sec-
retary, which shall include requiring submission 
of reports regarding applications of proposed 
mortgagees by third-party entities expressly ap-
proved by the chief underwriter.’’. 
SEC. 2835. OTHER HUD PROGRAMS. 
(a) SECTION 8 ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) PHA PROJECT-BASED ASSISTANCE.—Section 
8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (D)(i)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘building’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘project’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘For purposes of this subparagraph, the 
term’’project‘‘ means a single building, mul-
tiple contiguous buildings, or multiple 
buildings on contiguous parcels of land.’’; 
(B) in the first sentence of subparagraph 
(F), by striking ‘‘10 years’’ and inserting ‘‘15 
years’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (G)—
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(i) by inserting after the period at the 
end of the first sentence the following: ‘‘Such 
contract may, at the election of the public 
housing agency and the owner of the struc-
ture, specify that such contract shall be ex-
tended for renewal terms of up to 15 years 
each, if the agency makes the determination 
required by this subparagraph and the 
owner is in compliance with the terms of 
the contract.’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘A public housing agency may agree to 
enter into such a contract at the time it en-
ters into the initial agreement for a housing 
assistance payment contract or at any time 
thereafter that is before the expiration of the 
housing assistance payment contract.’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (H), by inserting be-
fore the period at the end of the first sentence the 
following: ‘‘, except that in the case of a contract 
unit that has been allocated low-income housing 
tax credits and for which the rent limitation 
pursuant to such section 42 is less than the 
amount that would otherwise be permitted under 
this subparagraph, the rent for such unit may,
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‘‘(B) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of com-
bined heat and power system property with 
an electrical capacity in excess of the appli-
cable capacity placed in service during the 
taxable year, the credit under subsection 
(a)(1) (determined without regard to this 
paragraph) for such year shall be equal to 
the amount which bears the same ratio to 
such credit as the applicable capacity bears 
to the capacity of such property. 
‘‘(ii) 
APPLICABLE
CAPACITY.—For 
purposes of clause (i), the term ‘applicable 
capacity’ means 15 megawatts or a me-
chanical energy capacity of more than 
20,000 horsepower or an equivalent com-
bination of electrical and mechanical energy 
capacities. 
‘‘(iii) MAXIMUM CAPACITY.—The term 
‘combined heat and power system property’ 
shall not include any property comprising a 
system if such system has a capacity in ex-
cess of 50 megawatts or a mechanical en-
ergy capacity in excess of 67,000 horsepower
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or an equivalent combination of electrical 
and mechanical energy capacities. 
‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULES.— 
‘‘(i) ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
PERCENT-
AGE.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 
energy efficiency percentage of a system is 
the fraction— 
‘‘(I) the numerator of which is the 
total useful electrical, thermal, and me-
chanical power produced by the system 
at normal operating rates, and ex-
pected to be consumed in its normal 
application, and 
‘‘(II) the denominator of which is 
the lower heating value of the fuel 
sources for the system. 
‘‘(ii) DETERMINATIONS MADE ON BTU 
BASIS.—The energy efficiency percentage 
and the percentages under subparagraph 
(A)(ii) shall be determined on a Btu basis. 
‘‘(iii) INPUT AND OUTPUT PROPERTY 
NOT INCLUDED.—The term ‘combined heat 
and power system property’ does not in-
clude property used to transport the energy
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source to the facility or to distribute energy 
produced by the facility. 
‘‘(D) SYSTEMS USING BIOMASS.—If a sys-
tem is designed to use biomass (within the mean-
ing of paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 45(c) 
without regard to the last sentence of paragraph 
(3)(A)) for at least 90 percent of the energy 
source— 
‘‘(i) subparagraph (A)(iii) shall not 
apply, but 
‘‘(ii) the amount of credit determined 
under subsection (a) with respect to such 
system shall not exceed the amount which 
bears the same ratio to such amount of cred-
it (determined without regard to this sub-
paragraph) as the energy efficiency percent-
age of such system bears to 60 percent.’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 48(a)(1) 
is amended by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1)(B) and 
(2)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(B), 
and (3)(B)’’. 
(d) INCREASE OF CREDIT LIMITATION FOR FUEL CELL 
PROPERTY.—Subparagraph (B) of section 48(c)(1) is 
amended by striking ‘‘$500’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,500’’.
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‘‘(III) any combination of agree-
ments or transactions referred to in 
this clause; 
‘‘(IV) any option to enter into 
any agreement or transaction referred 
to in this clause; 
‘‘(V) a master agreement that pro-
vides for an agreement or transaction 
referred to in subclause (I), (II), (III), 
or (IV), together with all supplements 
to any such master agreement, without 
regard to whether the master agreement 
contains an agreement or transaction 
that is not a swap agreement under 
this clause, except that the master 
agreement shall be considered to be a 
swap agreement under this clause only 
with respect to each agreement or 
transaction under the master agree-
ment that is referred to in subclause 
(I), (II), (III), or (IV); and 
‘‘(VI) any security agreement or 
arrangement or other credit enhance-
ment related to any agreements or 
transactions referred to in subclause
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(e) PUBLIC UTILITY PROPERTY TAKEN INTO AC-
COUNT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 
48(a) is amended by striking the second sentence 
thereof. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Paragraph (1) of section 48(c) is 
amended by striking subparagraph (D) and re-
designating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph 
(D). 
(B) Paragraph (2) of section 48(c) is 
amended by striking subparagraph (D) and re-
designating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph 
(D). 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided 
in this subsection, the amendments made by this sec-
tion shall take effect on the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) ALLOWANCE AGAINST ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM 
TAX.—The amendments made by subsection (b) shall 
apply to credits determined under section 46 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in taxable years begin-
ning after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
to carrybacks of such credits.
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(3) COMBINED
HEAT
AND
POWER
AND
FUEL 
CELL
PROPERTY.—The amendments made by sub-
sections (c) and (d) shall apply to periods after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, in taxable years 
ending after such date, under rules similar to the 
rules of section 48(m) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (as in effect on the day before the date of the 
enactment of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990). 
(4) PUBLIC
UTILITY
PROPERTY.—The amend-
ments made by subsection (e) shall apply to periods 
after February 13, 2008, in taxable years ending after 
such date, under rules similar to the rules of section 
48(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as in ef-
fect on the day before the date of the enactment of the 
Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990). 
SEC. 104. ENERGY CREDIT FOR SMALL WIND PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 48(a)(3)(A), as amended by 
section 103, is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 
(iv), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (v), and by insert-
ing after clause (v) the following new clause: 
‘‘(vi) qualified small wind energy 
property,’’. 
(b) 30 PERCENT CREDIT.—Section 48(a)(2)(A)(i) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause (II) and
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(I), (II), (III), (IV), or (V), including 
any guarantee or reimbursement obli-
gation in connection with any agree-
ment or transaction referred to in any 
such subclause. 
Such term is applicable for purposes of this 
subsection only and shall not be construed 
or applied so as to challenge or affect the 
characterization, definition, or treatment of 
any swap agreement under any other stat-
ute, regulation, or rule, including the Secu-
rities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934, the Public Utility Holding 
Company Act of 1935, the Trust Indenture 
Act of 1939, the Investment Company Act of 
1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, 
the Securities Investor Protection Act of 
1970, the Commodity Exchange Act, the 
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and the Legal 
Certainty for Bank Products Act of 2000. 
‘‘(vii) TREATMENT OF MASTER AGREE-
MENT
AS
ONE
AGREEMENT.—Any master 
agreement for any contract or agreement de-
scribed in any preceding clause of this sub-
paragraph (or any master agreement for
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such master agreement or agreements), to-
gether with all supplements to such master 
agreement, shall be treated as a single 
agreement and a single qualified financial 
contract. If a master agreement contains 
provisions relating to agreements or trans-
actions that are not themselves qualified fi-
nancial contracts, the master agreement 
shall be deemed to be a qualified financial 
contract only with respect to those trans-
actions that are themselves qualified finan-
cial contracts. 
‘‘(viii) TRANSFER.—The term ‘trans-
fer’ means every mode, direct or indirect, 
absolute or conditional, voluntary or invol-
untary, of disposing of or parting with 
property or with an interest in property, 
including retention of title as a security in-
terest and foreclosure of the regulated enti-
ty’s equity of redemption. 
‘‘(E) CERTAIN PROTECTIONS IN EVENT OF 
APPOINTMENT
OF
CONSERVATOR.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act (other 
than paragraph (13) of this subsection), any 
other Federal law, or the law of any State, no
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person shall be stayed or prohibited from exer-
cising— 
‘‘(i) any right such person has to cause 
the termination, liquidation, or acceleration 
of any qualified financial contract with a 
regulated entity in a conservatorship based 
upon a default under such financial con-
tract which is enforceable under applicable 
noninsolvency law; 
‘‘(ii) any right under any security 
agreement or arrangement or other credit 
enhancement relating to one or more such 
qualified financial contracts; or 
‘‘(iii) any right to offset or net out any 
termination values, payment amounts, or 
other transfer obligations arising under or 
in connection with such qualified financial 
contracts. 
‘‘(F) CLARIFICATION.—No provision of law 
shall be construed as limiting the right or power 
of the Agency, or authorizing any court or agen-
cy to limit or delay, in any manner, the right 
or power of the Agency to transfer any qualified 
financial contract in accordance with para-
graphs (9) and (10) of this subsection or to dis-
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(B) the proceeds from the obligations issued 
by the Trust Fund to the Secretary of the Treas-
ury under paragraph (2)(A)(i). 
(4) PREPAYMENT
OF
TRUST
FUND
OBLIGA-
TIONS.—The Trust Fund is authorized to repay any 
obligation issued to the Secretary of the Treasury 
under subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B) of paragraph (2) 
prior to its maturity date by paying a prepayment 
price that would, if the obligation being prepaid (in-
cluding all unpaid interest accrued thereon through 
the date of prepayment) were purchased by a third 
party and held to the maturity date of such obliga-
tion, produce a yield to the third-party purchaser for 
the period from the date of purchase to the maturity 
date of such obligation substantially equal to the 
Treasury yield on outstanding marketable obligations 
of the United States having a comparable maturity to 
this period. 
SEC. 114. SPECIAL RULES FOR REFUND OF THE COAL EX-
CISE TAX TO CERTAIN COAL PRODUCERS AND 
EXPORTERS. 
(a) REFUND.— 
(1) COAL PRODUCERS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sub-
sections (a)(1) and (c) of section 6416 and sec-
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tion 6511 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
if— 
(i) a coal producer establishes that 
such coal producer, or a party related to 
such coal producer, exported coal produced 
by such coal producer to a foreign country 
or shipped coal produced by such coal pro-
ducer to a possession of the United States, 
or caused such coal to be exported or 
shipped, the export or shipment of which 
was other than through an exporter who 
meets the requirements of paragraph (2), 
(ii) such coal producer filed an excise 
tax return on or after October 1, 1990, and 
on or before the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and 
(iii) such coal producer files a claim 
for refund with the Secretary not later than 
the close of the 30-day period beginning on 
the date of the enactment of this Act, 
then the Secretary shall pay to such coal pro-
ducer an amount equal to the tax paid under 
section 4121 of such Code on such coal exported 
or shipped by the coal producer or a party re-
lated to such coal producer, or caused by the coal
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affirm or repudiate any such contract in accord-
ance with subsection (d)(1) of this section. 
‘‘(G) WALKAWAY
CLAUSES
NOT
EFFEC-
TIVE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
the provisions of subparagraphs (A) and 
(E), and sections 403 and 404 of the Fed-
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation Im-
provement Act of 1991, no walkaway clause 
shall be enforceable in a qualified financial 
contract of a regulated entity in default. 
‘‘(ii) WALKAWAY CLAUSE DEFINED.— 
For purposes of this subparagraph, the term 
‘walkaway clause’ means a provision in a 
qualified financial contract that, after cal-
culation of a value of a party’s position or 
an amount due to or from 1 of the parties 
in accordance with its terms upon termi-
nation, liquidation, or acceleration of the 
qualified financial contract, either does not 
create a payment obligation of a party or 
extinguishes a payment obligation of a 
party in whole or in part solely because of 
such party’s status as a nondefaulting 
party.
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‘‘(A) the imposition of interest rates on 
cardholders, including separate estimates for— 
‘‘(i) interest with an annual percent-
age rate of less than 25 percent; and 
‘‘(ii) interest with an annual percent-
age rate equal to or greater than 25 per-
cent; 
‘‘(B) the imposition of fees on cardholders; 
‘‘(C) the imposition of fees on merchants; 
and 
‘‘(D) any other material source of income, 
while specifying the nature of that income.’’. 
SEC. 6. STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO INITIAL ISSUANCE OF 
SUBPRIME OR ‘‘FEE HARVESTER’’ CARDS. 
Section 127B of the Truth in Lending Act is amend-
ed by inserting after subsection (m) (as added by section 
4) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(n) STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO INITIAL ISSUANCE 
OF SUBPRIME OR ‘FEE HARVESTER’ CARDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any credit 
card account under an open end consumer credit 
plan the terms of which require the payment of fees 
(other than late fees or over-the-limit fees) by the 
consumer in the first year the account is opened in 
an amount in excess of 25 percent of the total 
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SEC. 116. CERTAIN INCOME AND GAINS RELATING TO IN-
DUSTRIAL SOURCE CARBON DIOXIDE TREAT-
ED AS QUALIFYING INCOME FOR PUBLICLY 
TRADED PARTNERSHIPS. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Subparagraph (E) of section 
7704(d)(1) (defining qualifying income) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘or industrial source carbon dioxide’’ after ‘‘tim-
ber)’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, in taxable years ending after such date. 
SEC. 117. CARBON AUDIT OF THE TAX CODE. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall enter 
into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences 
to undertake a comprehensive review of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 to identify the types of and specific tax 
provisions that have the largest effects on carbon and other 
greenhouse gas emissions and to estimate the magnitude of 
those effects. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the National Academy of Sciences 
shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of 
study authorized under this section. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$1,500,000 for the period of fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
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TITLE 
II—TRANSPORTATION 
AND DOMESTIC FUEL SECU-
RITY PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. INCLUSION OF CELLULOSIC BIOFUEL IN BONUS 
DEPRECIATION 
FOR 
BIOMASS 
ETHANOL 
PLANT PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 168(l) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) CELLULOSIC BIOFUEL.—The term ‘cellulosic 
biofuel’ means any liquid fuel which is produced from 
any lignocellulosic or hemicellulosic matter that is 
available on a renewable or recurring basis.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (l) of sec-
tion 168 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘cellulosic biomass ethanol’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘cellulosic biofuel’’, 
(2) by striking ‘‘CELLULOSIC BIOMASS ETH-
ANOL’’ in the heading of such subsection and inserting 
‘‘CELLULOSIC BIOFUEL’’, and 
(3) by striking ‘‘CELLULOSIC BIOMASS ETHANOL’’ 
in the heading of paragraph (2) thereof and inserting 
‘‘CELLULOSIC BIOFUEL’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply to property placed in service after the
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6052 
AN ACT 
To promote increased public transportation use, to promote 
increased use of alternative fuels in providing public 
transportation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,