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IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1199 
Commending the Orange County Water District and its employees for their 
sound financial management and innovative groundwater management, 
water quality, water efficiency, and environmental programs, on its 75th 
anniversary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2008 
Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California (for herself, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CAMP-
BELL of California, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. ROHR-
ABACHER, and Mr. ROYCE) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
RESOLUTION 
Commending the Orange County Water District and its em-
ployees for their sound financial management and inno-
vative groundwater management, water quality, water 
efficiency, and environmental programs, on its 75th anni-
versary. 
Whereas the Orange County Water District (OCWD) is cele-
brating its 75th anniversary of providing high quality 
groundwater to millions of residents in northern and cen-
tral Orange County, California, and upon this occasion, 
deserves special recognition; 
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Commission, but shall be allowed travel expenses, in-
cluding per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates au-
thorized for employees of agencies under subchapter 
I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 
away from their homes or regular places of business 
in the performance of services for the Commission. 
(d) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 
(1) LOCATION.—The Commission shall be lo-
cated in a facility maintained by the Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission. 
(2) DETAIL
OF
GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES.— 
Any Federal Government employee may be detailed 
to the Commission without reimbursement, and such 
detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil 
service status or privilege. 
(3) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
The Commission may secure directly from any Fed-
eral department or agency such information as the 
Commission considers necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this section. Upon request of the Com-
mission, the head of such department or agency 
shall furnish such information to the Commission. 
(4) HEARINGS.—The Commission may hold 
such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, 
take such testimony, and receive such evidence as
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4738
AN ACT
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
extend certain expiring provisions, provide tax re-
lief for farmers and small businesses, and for
other purposes.
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to the State in which the participants and 
beneficiaries reside’’. 
(C) WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP MODEL 
COVERAGE
COORDINATION
DISCLOSURE 
FORM.— 
(i) MEDICAID, CHIP, AND EMPLOYER- 
SPONSORED
COVERAGE
COORDINATION 
WORKING GROUP.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and the Secretary of 
Labor shall jointly establish a Med-
icaid, CHIP, and Employer-Sponsored 
Coverage 
Coordination 
Working 
Group (in this subparagraph referred 
to as the ‘‘Working Group’’). The 
purpose of the Working Group shall 
be to develop the model coverage co-
ordination disclosure form described 
in subclause (II) and to identify the 
impediments to the effective coordina-
tion of coverage available to families 
that include employees of employers 
that maintain group health plans and 
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members who are eligible for medical 
assistance under title XIX of the So-
cial Security Act or child health as-
sistance or other health benefits cov-
erage under title XXI of such Act. 
(II) MODEL COVERAGE COORDI-
NATION
DISCLOSURE
FORM
DE-
SCRIBED.—The model form described 
in this subclause is a form for plan 
administrators of group health plans 
to complete for purposes of permitting 
a State to determine the availability 
and cost-effectiveness of the coverage 
available under such plans to employ-
ees who have family members who are 
eligible for premium assistance offered 
under a State plan under title XIX or 
XXI of such Act and to allow for co-
ordination of coverage for enrollees of 
such plans. Such form shall provide 
the following information in addition 
to such other information as the 
Working Group determines appro-
priate: 
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•HCON 95 EH
than $45,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2006
through 2010.
(c)(1) Upon the submission to the Committee on the
Budget of the House of a recommendation that has com-
plied with its reconciliation instructions solely by virtue
of section 310(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, the chairman of that committee may file with the
House appropriately revised allocations under section
302(a) of such Act and revised functional levels and aggre-
gates.
(2) Upon the submission to the House of a conference
report recommending a reconciliation bill or resolution in
which a committee has complied with its reconciliation in-
structions solely by virtue of this section, the chairman
of the Committee on the Budget of the House may file
with the House appropriately revised allocations under
section 302(a) of such Act and revised functional levels
and aggregates.
(3) Allocations and aggregates revised pursuant to
this subsection shall be considered to be allocations and
aggregates established by the concurrent resolution on the
budget pursuant to section 301 of such Act.
•HCON 95 EH
TITLE III—CONTINGENCY
PROCEDURE
SEC. 
301. 
CONTINGENCY 
PROCEDURE 
FOR 
SURFACE
TRANSPORTATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House reports legislation,
or if an amendment thereto is offered or a conference re-
port thereon is submitted, that provides new budget au-
thority for the budget accounts or portions thereof in the
highway and transit categories as defined in sections
250(c)(4)(B) and (C) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 in excess of the fol-
lowing amounts:
(1) for fiscal year 2005: $42,806,000,000,
(2) for fiscal year 2006: $45,899,100,000,
(3) for fiscal year 2007: $47,828,700,000,
(4) for fiscal year 2008: $49,715,400,000, or
(5) for fiscal year 2009: $51,743,500,000,
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget may adjust
the appropriate budget aggregates and increase the alloca-
tion of new budget authority to such committee for fiscal
year 2005 and for the period of fiscal years 2005 through
2009 to the extent such excess is offset by a reduction
in mandatory outlays from the Highway Trust Fund or
an increase in receipts appropriated to such fund for the
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(aa) 
A 
determination 
of 
whether the employee is eligible 
for coverage under the group 
health plan. 
(bb) The name and contract 
information of the plan adminis-
trator of the group health plan. 
(cc) The benefits offered 
under the plan. 
(dd) The premiums and 
cost-sharing required under the 
plan. 
(ee) Any other information 
relevant to coverage under the 
plan. 
(ii) 
MEMBERSHIP.—The 
Working 
Group shall consist of not more than 30 
members and shall be composed of rep-
resentatives of— 
(I) the Department of Labor; 
(II) the Department of Health 
and Human Services; 
(III) State directors of the Med-
icaid program under title XIX of the 
Social Security Act; 
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(IV) State directors of the State 
Children’s Health Insurance Program 
under title XXI of the Social Security 
Act; 
(V) employers, including owners 
of small businesses and their trade or 
industry representatives and certified 
human resource and payroll profes-
sionals; 
(VI) plan administrators and 
plan sponsors of group health plans 
(as defined in section 607(1) of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act of 1974); and 
(VII) children and other bene-
ficiaries of medical assistance under 
title XIX of the Social Security Act or 
child health assistance or other health 
benefits coverage under title XXI of 
such Act. 
(iii) COMPENSATION.—The members 
of the Working Group shall serve without 
compensation. 
(iv) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The 
Department of Health and Human Serv-
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1025 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the 
service in the reserve components of certain persons by 
honoring them with status as veterans under law. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1053 
To clarify authority granted under the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to define the 
exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the 
State of Utah, and for other purposes’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2011 
Mr. MATHESON (for himself and Mr. BISHOP of Utah) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To clarify authority granted under the Act entitled ‘‘An 
Act to define the exterior boundary of the Uintah and 
Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, 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. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY. 
The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to define the exterior 
boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in 
the State of Utah, and for other purposes’’, approved 
March 11, 1948 (62 Stat. 72), as amended by the Act 
entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Act extending the exterior 
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SEC. 10. TERMINATION OF BENEFITS. 
Duty-free treatment provided under this Act shall re-
main in effect through September 30, 2023. 
Æ 
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the Commission considers advisable to carry out the 
objectives of this section, except that, to the extent 
possible, the Commission shall use existing data and 
research. 
(5) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may 
use the United States mails in the same manner and 
under the same conditions as other departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after all of the 
members are appointed to the Commission under sub-
section (c)(1), the Commission shall submit to Congress 
a report that summarizes the findings of the Commission 
and makes such recommendations for legislation as are 
consistent with this Act. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 209. CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this title shall be construed to— 
(1) limit the rights or protections of an indi-
vidual under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), including coverage 
afforded to individuals under section 102 of such
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1059 
AN ACT 
To protect the safety of judges by extending the authority 
of the Judicial Conference to redact sensitive information 
contained in their financial disclosure reports, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Act (42 U.S.C. 12112), or under the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.); 
(2)(A) limit the rights or protections of an indi-
vidual to bring an action under this title against an 
employer, employment agency, labor organization, or 
joint labor-management committee for a violation of 
this title; or 
(B) establish a violation under this title for an 
employer, employment agency, labor organization, or 
joint labor-management committee of a provision of 
the amendments made by title I; 
(3) limit the rights or protections of an indi-
vidual under any other Federal or State statute that 
provides equal or greater protection to an individual 
than the rights or protections provided for under 
this title; 
(4) apply to the Armed Forces Repository of 
Specimen Samples for the Identification of Remains; 
(5) limit or expand the protections, rights, or 
obligations of employees or employers under applica-
ble workers’ compensation laws; 
(6) limit the authority of a Federal department 
or agency to conduct or sponsor occupational or 
other health research that is conducted in compli-
ance with the regulations contained in part 46 of
title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (or any cor-
responding or similar regulation or rule); and 
(7) limit the statutory or regulatory authority 
of the Occupational Safety and Health Administra-
tion or the Mine Safety and Health Administration 
to promulgate or enforce workplace safety and 
health laws and regulations. 
SEC. 210. MEDICAL INFORMATION THAT IS NOT GENETIC 
INFORMATION. 
An employer, employment agency, labor organization, 
or joint labor-management committee shall not be consid-
ered to be in violation of this title based on the use, acqui-
sition, or disclosure of medical information that is not ge-
netic information about a manifested disease, disorder, or 
pathological condition of an employee or member, includ-
ing a manifested disease, disorder, or pathological condi-
tion that has or may have a genetic basis. 
SEC. 211. REGULATIONS. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this title, the Commission shall issue final regulations 
in an accessible format to carry out this title. 
SEC. 212. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this title (except for sec-
tion 208).
SEC. 213. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This title takes effect on the date that is 18 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISION 
SEC. 301. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by 
this Act, or the application of such provision or amend-
ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti-
tutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made 
by this Act, and the application of such provisions to any 
person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. 
Æ
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‘‘(c) DIVIDEND TREATMENT.—Only the portion of a 
patronage dividend that is not a qualified patronage divi-
dend shall be treated as a dividend under this chapter and 
chapter 2. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) QUALIFIED
PATRONAGE
DIVIDEND.—A 
‘qualified patronage dividend’ is that part of a pa-
tronage dividend that is attributable to the patron’s 
allocable share of patronage earnings of a marketing 
cooperative or a supply cooperative. 
‘‘(2) SUPPLY COOPERATIVE.—A ‘supply cooper-
ative’ is a cooperative that sells goods or service to 
patrons and provided patronage dividends with re-
spect to the quantity of purchases of the patrons. 
‘‘(3) MARKETING COOPERATIVE.—A ‘marketing 
cooperative’ is a cooperative that sells goods pro-
duced by its members and provides patronage divi-
dends to the members based on the quantities of 
goods sold or provided for sale. 
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES.— 
‘‘(1) NOTICES OF ALLOCATION AND PER-UNIT 
RETAIN
CERTIFICATES.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), a notice of allocation, per-unit retain 
certificate, or other similar document shall not be 
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 415 
AN ACT 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
segments of the Taunton River in the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts as a component of the National Wild 
and Scenic Rivers System. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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sisting homeowners of owner-occupied homes with mort-
gages in default, in danger of default, or subject to or at 
risk of foreclosure and who have legal issues that cannot 
be handled by counselors already employed by such inter-
mediaries: Provided, That of the amounts provided for in 
the prior provisos the NRC shall give priority consideration 
to counseling intermediaries and legal organizations that 
(1) provide legal assistance in the 100 metropolitan statis-
tical areas (as defined by the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget) with the highest home foreclosure 
rates, and (2) have the capacity to begin using the financial 
assistance within 90 days after receipt of the assistance: 
Provided further, That no funds provided under this Act 
shall be used to provide, obtain, or arrange on behalf of 
a homeowner, legal representation involving or for the pur-
poses of civil litigation. 
TITLE IV—HOUSING 
COUNSELING RESOURCES 
SEC. 2401. HOUSING COUNSELING RESOURCES. 
There are appropriated out of any money in the Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2008, for 
an additional amount for the ‘‘Neighborhood Reinvestment 
Corporation—Payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment 
Corporation’’ $100,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008, for foreclosure mitigation activities under
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the terms and conditions contained in the second undesig-
nated paragraph (beginning with the phrase ‘‘For an addi-
tional amount’’) under the heading ‘‘Neighborhood Rein-
vestment Corporation—Payment to the Neighborhood Rein-
vestment Corporation’’ of Public Law 110–161. 
SEC. 2402. CREDIT COUNSELING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Entities approved by the Neighbor-
hood Reinvestment Corporation or the Secretary and State 
housing finance entities receiving funds under this title 
shall work to identify and coordinate with non-profit orga-
nizations operating national or statewide toll-free fore-
closure prevention hotlines, including those that— 
(1) serve as a consumer referral source and data 
repository for borrowers experiencing some form of de-
linquency or foreclosure; 
(2) connect callers with local housing counseling 
agencies approved by the Neighborhood Reinvestment 
Corporation or the Secretary to assist with working 
out a positive resolution to their mortgage delin-
quency or foreclosure; or 
(3) facilitate or offer free assistance to help 
homeowners to understand their options, negotiate so-
lutions, and find the best resolution for their par-
ticular circumstances.
508 
TITLE 
V—MORTGAGE 
DISCLO-
SURE IMPROVEMENT ACT 
SEC. 2501. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Mortgage Disclosure 
Improvement Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2502. ENHANCED MORTGAGE LOAN DISCLOSURES. 
(a) TRUTH IN LENDING ACT DISCLOSURES.—Section 
128(b)(2) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 
1638(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘In the’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘a residential mortgage trans-
action, as defined in section 103(w)’’ and inserting 
‘‘any extension of credit that is secured by the dwell-
ing of a consumer’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘before the credit is extended, or’’; 
(4) by inserting ‘‘, which shall be at least 7 busi-
ness days before consummation of the transaction’’ 
after ‘‘written application’’; 
(5) by striking ‘‘, whichever is earlier’’; and 
(6) by striking ‘‘If the’’ and all that follows 
through the end of the paragraph and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(B) In the case of an extension of credit that is 
secured by the dwelling of a consumer, the disclosures 
provided under subparagraph (A), shall be in addi-
509 
tion to the other disclosures required by subsection 
(a), and shall— 
‘‘(i) state in conspicuous type size and for-
mat, the following: ‘You are not required to com-
plete this agreement merely because you have re-
ceived these disclosures or signed a loan applica-
tion.’; and 
‘‘(ii) be provided in the form of final disclo-
sures at the time of consummation of the trans-
action, in the form and manner prescribed by 
this section. 
‘‘(C) In the case of an extension of credit that is 
secured by the dwelling of a consumer, under which 
the annual rate of interest is variable, or with respect 
to which the regular payments may otherwise be vari-
able, in addition to the other disclosures required by 
subsection (a), the disclosures provided under this 
subsection shall do the following: 
‘‘(i) Label the payment schedule as follows: 
‘Payment Schedule: Payments Will Vary Based 
on Interest Rate Changes’. 
‘‘(ii) State in conspicuous type size and for-
mat examples of adjustments to the regular re-
quired payment on the extension of credit based 
on the change in the interest rates specified by
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ices and the Department of Labor shall 
jointly provide appropriate administrative 
support to the Working Group, including 
technical assistance. The Working Group 
may use the services and facilities of either 
such Department, with or without reim-
bursement, as jointly determined by such 
Departments. 
(v) REPORT.— 
(I) REPORT BY WORKING GROUP 
TO
THE
SECRETARIES.—Not later 
than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Working 
Group shall submit to the Secretary of 
Labor and the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services the model form 
described in clause (i)(II) along with a 
report containing recommendations 
for appropriate measures to address 
the impediments to the effective co-
ordination of coverage between group 
health plans and the State plans 
under titles XIX and XXI of the So-
cial Security Act. 
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ships, including such activities as con-
ducting workforce needs assessments, 
brokering public-private and inter-
agency 
agreements, 
creating 
cus-
tomized curricula, and developing 
work experience opportunities. 
(ii) PROHIBITION
ON
SUBSIDIZING 
WAGES
OF
CURRENT
EMPLOYEES.—No 
funds made available to carry out this 
paragraph shall be used to subsidize the 
wages of any individual who, as of the date 
of the establishment of the career pathway 
partnership, is an employee of any em-
ployer participating in the partnership. 
(D) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
AWARDING
OF 
SUBGRANTS.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Funds shall be 
made available to career pathway partner-
ships to carry out the purpose described in 
this paragraph based on a performance- 
based accountability system that includes 
the following measures of performance: 
(I) The number of individuals to 
be trained. 
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