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suming no capture or sequestration of that green-
house gas, and excluding any natural gas that is de-
livered to a covered entity that is a facility described 
in paragraph (1) or (2). 
‘‘(5) For a covered entity that produced for sale 
or distribution, or imported, hydrofluorocarbons, 
perfluorocarbons, 
sulfur 
hexafluoride, 
nitrogen 
trifluoride, or any other fluorinated gas that is a 
greenhouse gas, as designated by the Administrator 
under section 704, 1 emission allowance for each 
carbon dioxide equivalent of such greenhouse gas 
produced for sale or distribution in the United 
States, or imported, during the calendar year, except 
that 
this 
paragraph 
shall 
not 
apply 
to 
hydrofluorocarbons produced or imported for sale or 
distribution during calendar years 2012 through 
2019. 
‘‘(6) For a covered entity that is a geological 
sequestration site, 1 emission allowance for each car-
bon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gas that such 
site emitted in the calendar year. 
‘‘(7) A covered entity to which more than 1 of 
paragraphs (1) through (6) apply shall submit emis-
sion allowances in compliance with all applicable 
paragraphs, except that a covered entity shall not be 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6179 
To encourage and enhance the adoption of interoperable health information 
technology to improve health care quality, reduce medical errors, and 
increase the efficiency of care. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2008 
Mr. CAMP of Michigan (for himself, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 
HERGER, Mr. PORTER, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. PRICE of 
Georgia, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. WELLER of Illinois, Mr. 
RAMSTAD, and Mr. HULSHOF) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To encourage and enhance the adoption of interoperable 
health information technology to improve health care 
quality, reduce medical errors, and increase the efficiency 
of care. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Promoting Health Information Technology Act of 2008’’. 
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(C) other actions in violation of the 
Waasenaar Arrangement on Export Controls 
for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods 
and Technologies, the Missile Technology Con-
trol Regime, the Australia Group, the Nuclear 
Suppliers’ Group, the Zangger Committee, and 
any other international agreement or arrange-
ment to which the United States is a party that 
restricts the export of chemical, biological, nu-
clear, and other weapons and their delivery sys-
tems, and effectively restricts the export of dual 
use components of such weapons and their de-
livery systems. 
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(8) A list of any potential concerns posed by 
any country that is a party to the agreements listed 
in section 2(3) to the national security of the United 
States, including— 
(A) any potential effect on the efforts of 
the United States to increase the energy self- 
sufficiency of the United States; 
(B) any increase in narco-trafficking as a 
result of economic pressures on farmers in any 
such country to grow illegal crops; and 
(C) any increase in poverty in any such 
country as a result of the displacement of work-
ers in sectors impacted by the agreement. 
(9) An analysis of trends in the number of im-
migrants, including undocumented immigrants, en-
tering the United States on a year-by-year basis 
from each country that is a party to the agreements 
listed in section 2(3). 
(10) An assessment of the consequences of sig-
nificant currency movements and a determination of 
whether the currency of a country that is a party to 
the agreements listed in section 2(3) is misaligned 
deliberately to promote a competitive advantage in 
international trade for that country. 
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(7) a requirement that a trade agreement be 
approved by a majority vote in both Houses of Con-
gress before the President may sign the agreement. 
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required to submit more than 1 emission allowance 
for the same emissions. 
‘‘(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR COVERED ENTI-
TIES RECEIVING NATURAL GAS FROM LOCAL DISTRIBU-
TION COMPANIES.—The owner or operator of a covered 
entity that is an industrial facility and that takes delivery 
of natural gas from a local distribution company shall, not 
later than September 1 of each calendar year, notify such 
local distribution company in writing that such industrial 
facility will qualify as a covered entity under this title for 
that calendar year. 
‘‘(c) ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE.—A covered entity 
may— 
‘‘(1) satisfy up to 15 percent of its compliance 
obligations under subsection (a) by submitting in 
lieu of an emission allowance an offset credit issued 
pursuant to subtitle E; 
‘‘(2) satisfy up to 15 percent of its compliance 
obligations under subsection (a) by submitting in 
lieu of an emission allowance an international emis-
sion allowance or an international offset credit ap-
proved by the Administrator under subtitle F; 
‘‘(3) submit in lieu of an emission allowance a 
destruction credit obtained under subsection (f) of 
this section. 
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egory or subcategory of international offset credits to be 
approved for use under this title— 
‘‘(1) such international offset credits shall not 
have been awarded based on land use, land use 
change, or forestry activities; 
‘‘(2) such international offset credits have not 
been 
awarded 
based 
on 
the 
destruction 
of 
hydrofluorocarbons; 
‘‘(3) the methods, protocols, and standards for 
approval of such international offset credits shall be 
at least as stringent as the methods, protocols, and 
standards applicable to offset allowances issued 
under subtitle E of this title, except that the listing 
of eligible project types in section 742 shall not 
apply to this section; and 
‘‘(4) the foreign country in which the project 
that generated the international offset credits was 
carried out— 
‘‘(A) has taken comparable action to re-
duce greenhouse gas emissions within that 
country, as determined by the President pursu-
ant to section 764(b); 
‘‘(B) was responsible, in the most recent 
calendar year for which emissions data is avail-
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eign country of the negotiating objective under sub-
section (b). 
‘‘(2) REQUEST FOR COMPARABLE ACTION.—No-
tification shall include a request that any foreign 
country that would not otherwise be excluded under 
subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 765(b)(2) take 
comparable action to limit greenhouse gas emissions 
of the foreign country. 
‘‘SEC. 764. DETERMINATION OF COMPARABLE ACTION. 
‘‘(a) INTERAGENCY REVIEW.— 
‘‘(1) INTERAGENCY GROUP.— 
‘‘(A) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
President 
shall establish an interagency group to carry 
out this subsection. 
‘‘(B) CHAIRPERSON.—The chairperson of 
the interagency group established under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be the Secretary of State. 
‘‘(C) REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator 
shall be a member of the interagency group. 
‘‘(2) 
DETERMINATIONS.—The 
interagency 
group established under paragraph (1)(A) shall de-
termine whether, and the extent to which, each for-
eign country has taken comparable action to limit 
the greenhouse gas emissions of the foreign country. 
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‘‘(3) REPORT TO PRESIDENT.—Not later than 
January 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, the inter-
agency group shall submit to the President a report 
describing the determinations of the interagency 
group under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(b) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATIONS.—Not later 
than January 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, the Presi-
dent shall— 
‘‘(1) determine whether each foreign country 
has taken comparable action to limit the greenhouse 
gas emissions of the foreign country, taking into 
consideration applicable reports submitted under 
subsection (a)(3); 
‘‘(2) submit to Congress an annual report de-
scribing the determinations of the President under 
paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(3) publish the determinations in the Federal 
Register. 
‘‘SEC. 765. INTERNATIONAL RESERVE ALLOWANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a program under which the Administrator, 
during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 
2019, and annually thereafter, shall offer for sale to 
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HR 6184 RFS 
party would be authorized to engage in such ac-
tivities under subparagraph (A) if the party 
were acting as the designee of the Director 
under such subparagraph.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 9, 2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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United States in and to the federally owned land under 
jurisdiction of the Secretary consisting of the approxi-
mately 78.15 acres (and all buildings and amenities within 
those acres) located in the Mount Rogers National Recre-
ation Area in the Jefferson National Forest in Carroll 
County, Virginia, as generally depicted on the map titled 
‘‘Potential Conveyance of the New River Campground to 
the Commonwealth of Virginia’’, dated May 1, 2008. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 
and legal description of the land to be conveyed under sub-
section (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory 
to the Secretary. The cost of the survey and all other costs 
incurred by the Secretary to convey the land shall be borne 
by the Commonwealth of Virginia. 
(c) CONDITION OF CONVEYANCE, USE OF CONVEYED 
LAND.—The conveyance authorized under subsection (a) 
shall be subject to the condition that the Commonwealth 
of Virginia accept the real property described in such sub-
section in its condition at the time of conveyance (com-
monly known as conveyance ‘‘as is’’). 
(d) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The 
Secretary may require such additional terms and condi-
tions in connection with the conveyance under subsection 
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(a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the 
interests of the United States. 
Æ 
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1142 
† HR 146 EAS 
tion, economic development, ecosystem-based ma-
rine, coastal, and Great Lakes resource manage-
ment, public safety, and public outreach training 
and education; 
(B) promote greater public awareness and 
stewardship of the Nation’s ocean, coastal, and 
Great Lakes resources and the general public 
welfare; and 
(C) enable advances in scientific under-
standing to support the sustainable use, con-
servation, management, and understanding of 
healthy ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes re-
sources; 
(2) improve the Nation’s capability to measure, 
track, explain, and predict events related directly and 
indirectly to weather and climate change, natural cli-
mate variability, and interactions between the oceanic 
and atmospheric environments, including the Great 
Lakes; and 
(3) authorize activities to promote basic and ap-
plied research to develop, test, and deploy innovations 
and improvements in coastal and ocean observation 
technologies, modeling systems, and other scientific 
and technological capabilities to improve our concep-
tual understanding of weather and climate, ocean-at-
‘‘Subchapter XXII 
Alternative Fuels 
Head-
ing/ 
Sub-
heading 
Article Description 
Rates of Duty 
General 
Special 
9823.01.01 
Ethyl alcohol (provided for in subheadings 
2207.10.60 and 2207.20) or any mixture 
containing such ethyl alcohol (provided for 
in heading 2710 or 2824) if such ethyl al-
cohol or mixture is to be used as a fuel or 
in producing a mixture of gasoline and al-
cohol, a mixture of a special fuel and alco-
hol, or any other mixture to be used as fuel 
(including motor fuel provided for in sub-
heading 
2710.11.15, 
2710.19.15 
or 
2710.19.21), or is suitable for any such 
uses ..............................................................
Free 
Free 
20%’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subchapter I of 
chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States is amended— 
(1) by striking heading 9901.00.50; and 
(2) by striking U.S. notes 2 and 3. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6184 
To provide for a program for circulating quarter dollar coins that are emblem-
atic of a national park or other national site in each State, the District 
of Columbia, and each territory of the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2008 
Mr. CASTLE (for himself, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, and Mr. GUTIERREZ) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services 
A BILL 
To provide for a program for circulating quarter dollar coins 
that are emblematic of a national park or other national 
site in each State, the District of Columbia, and each 
territory 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 ‘‘America’s Beautiful 
National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008’’. 
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lower the cap each year between 2012 and 2050, on 
the condition that the system includes— 
(A) robust programs to assist American 
workers and middle- and low-income consumers 
with the transition to a low-carbon economy; 
(B) significant investment in energy effi-
ciency policies and research, development, dem-
onstration, and deployment of zero- and low- 
carbon energy technologies; 
(C) cost containment measures; 
(D) measures to avoid windfall profits to 
polluters; 
(E) measures to promote a strong global 
effort to combat climate change, including 
measures to encourage major developing coun-
tries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; 
(F) programs to assist communities in the 
United States and in the developing world to 
adapt to any impacts of unavoidable climate 
change; and 
(G) periodic review of requirements and 
programs; 
(9) Congress may need to update the emissions 
caps in order to account for continuing scientific 
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6147 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6157 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(1) ensure the accuracy of the information included in the record es-
tablished and maintained by the agency under subsection (a); and 
(2) transmit in a timely manner such information to the General 
Services Administration for entry into the Federal Procurement Data 
System referred to in section 1122(a)(4) of this title, or any successor 
system. 
§ 1713. Procurement data 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) QUALIFIED HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘qualified HUBZone small business concern’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 3(p) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
632(p)). 
(2) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SO-
CIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS.—The term 
‘‘small business concern owned and controlled by socially and economi-
cally disadvantaged individuals’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)). 
(3) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN
OWNED
AND
CONTROLLED
BY 
WOMEN.—The term ‘‘small business concern owned and controlled by 
women’’ has the meaning given that term in section 8(d) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) and section 204 of the Women’s 
Business Ownership Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–533, 102 Stat. 
2692). 
(b) REPORTING.—Each Federal agency shall report to the Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy the number of qualified HUBZone small business 
concerns, the number of small businesses owned and controlled by women, 
and the number of small business concerns owned and controlled by socially 
and economically disadvantaged individuals, by gender, that are first time 
recipients of contracts from the agency. The Office shall take appropriate 
action to ascertain, for each fiscal year, the number of those small busi-
nesses that have newly entered the Federal market. 
CHAPTER 19—SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES 
Sec. 
1901.
Simplified acquisition procedures. 
1902.
Procedures applicable to purchases below micro-purchase threshold. 
1903.
Special emergency procurement authority. 
1904.
Certain transactions for defense against attack. 
1905.
List of laws inapplicable to contracts or subcontracts not greater than simplified acqui-
sition threshold. 
1906.
List of laws inapplicable to procurements of commercial items. 
1907.
List of laws inapplicable to procurements of commercially available off-the-shelf items. 
1908.
Inflation adjustment of acquisition-related dollar thresholds. 
§ 1901. Simplified acquisition procedures 
(a) WHEN PROCEDURES ARE TO BE USED.—To promote efficiency and 
economy in contracting and to avoid unnecessary burdens for agencies and
H. R. 1107—140 
(f) TIMELINESS OF WAGE AND FRINGE BENEFIT DETERMINATIONS.— 
It is the intent of Congress that determinations of minimum wages 
and fringe benefits under section 6703(1) and (2) of this title should 
be made as soon as administratively feasible for all contracts subject 
to this chapter. In any event, the Secretary shall at least make 
the determinations for contracts under which more than 5 service 
employees are to be employed. 
Subtitle III—Contract Disputes 
Chapter 
Sec. 
71. Contract Disputes .......................................................................................
7101 
CHAPTER 71—CONTRACT DISPUTES 
Sec. 
7101.
Definitions. 
7102.
Applicability of chapter. 
7103.
Decision by contracting officer. 
7104.
Contractor’s right of appeal from decision by contracting officer. 
7105.
Agency boards. 
7106.
Agency board procedures for accelerated and small claims. 
7107.
Judicial review of agency board decisions. 
7108.
Payment of claims. 
7109.
Interest. 
§ 7101. Definitions 
In this chapter: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the 
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy appointed pursu-
ant to section 1102 of this title. 
(2) AGENCY BOARD OR AGENCY BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS.— 
The term ‘‘agency board’’ or ‘‘agency board of contract appeals’’ 
means— 
(A) the Armed Services Board; 
(B) the Civilian Board; 
(C) the board of contract appeals of the Tennessee Valley 
Authority; or 
(D) the Postal Service Board established under section 
7105(d)(1) of this title. 
(3) AGENCY HEAD.—The term ‘‘agency head’’ means the head 
and any assistant head of an executive agency. The term may 
include the chief official of a principal division of an executive 
agency if the head of the executive agency so designates that 
chief official. 
(4) ARMED
SERVICES
BOARD.—The term ‘‘Armed Services 
Board’’ means the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals 
established under section 7105(a)(1) of this title. 
(5) CIVILIAN BOARD.—The term ‘‘Civilian Board’’ means the 
Civilian Board of Contract Appeals established under section 
7105(b)(1) of this title. 
(6) CONTRACTING OFFICER.—The term ‘‘contracting officer’’— 
(A) means an individual who, by appointment in accord-
ance with applicable regulations, has the authority to make 
and administer contracts and to make determinations and 
findings with respect to contracts; and 
(B) includes an authorized representative of the con-
tracting officer, acting within the limits of the representa-
tive’s authority.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6163 
To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to reform the 
Consumer Financial Civil Penalty Fund and to prohibit the Bureau 
of Consumer Financial Protection from serving as the administrator 
of redress payments, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2018 
Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 
to reform the Consumer Financial Civil Penalty Fund 
and to prohibit the Bureau of Consumer Financial Pro-
tection from serving as the administrator of redress pay-
ments, 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. MONETARY PENALTY AND REDRESS REFORMS. 
Section 1017(d) of the Consumer Financial Protec-
tion Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5497(d)) is amended— 
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