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Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), Public Law 107–304, 
and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemploy-
ment Rights Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees 
and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in 
the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; $17,468,000. 
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory 
Commission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal 
Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109– 
435), $14,043,000, to be derived by transfer from the 
Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec-
tion 603(a) of such Act. 
PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-
erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 
the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004 (5 U.S.C. 601 note), $1,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010. 
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 
year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 
not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $943,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; of which not to exceed $20,000 may be used to-
ward funding a permanent secretariat for the Inter-
national Organization of Securities Commissions; and of 
which not to exceed $130,000 shall be available for ex-
penses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Com-
mission with foreign governmental and other regulatory 
officials, members of their delegations, appropriate rep-
resentatives and staff to exchange views concerning devel-
opments relating to securities matters, development and 
implementation of cooperation agreements concerning se-
curities matters and provision of technical assistance for 
the development of foreign securities markets, such ex-
penses to include necessary logistic and administrative ex-
penses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign 
invitees in attendance at such consultations and meetings 
including: (1) such incidental expenses as meals taken in 
the course of such attendance; (2) any travel and trans-
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‘‘(I) the country’s Annex to the 
Treaty of Accession to the European 
Union 2003 includes a transitional 
measure for the regulation of human 
pharmaceutical products that has not 
expired; or 
‘‘(II) the Secretary determines 
that the requirements described in 
subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (vii) 
will not be met by the date on which 
such transitional measure for the reg-
ulation 
of 
human 
pharmaceutical 
products expires; 
‘‘(iv) Japan; 
‘‘(v) New Zealand; 
‘‘(vi) Switzerland; and 
‘‘(vii) a country in which the Sec-
retary determines the following require-
ments are met: 
‘‘(I) The country has statutory or 
regulatory requirements— 
‘‘(aa) that require the review 
of drugs for safety and effective-
ness by an entity of the govern-
ment of the country; 
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(c) STATE ALLOCATION.—Each State shall receive, 
in the aggregate, an amount based on— 
(1) the population of children between ages 5 
and 17 of the State according to the most recent 
Census, in comparison to all other States; and 
(2) the regional cost of transportation and heat-
ing fuel, in comparison with the average national 
cost, as determined by the most recent statistical 
data from the Energy Information Administration. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts provided under this 
section to eligible local educational agencies may be used 
to pay for the cost of transportation or heating fuel pur-
chased by the eligible local educational agencies or for 
transportation fuel purchased by entities under contract 
to provide transportation services to such agencies. 
(e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
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‘‘(3) to support research on effective geography 
teaching practices and the development of assess-
ment instruments and strategies to document stu-
dent understanding of geography; 
‘‘(4) to convene national conferences on geog-
raphy education to assess the current state of geo-
graphic literacy and to identify strategies for im-
provement; and 
‘‘(5) to develop and disseminate appropriate re-
search-based materials to foster geographic literacy. 
‘‘(b) SUBGRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The grantee shall use not 
more than 75 percent of the funds made available 
through the grant for a fiscal year to award sub-
grants to eligible recipients. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT DEFINED.—In this 
part the term ‘eligible recipient’ means an institution 
of higher education associated with— 
‘‘(A) a State geographic alliance; 
‘‘(B) a nonprofit educational organization; 
‘‘(C) a State educational agency or local 
educational agency; or 
‘‘(D) a partnership between or among an 
alliance, organization, or agency described in 
subparagraph (A), (B) or (C). 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘School Choice for Fos-
ter Kids Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF STATES TO USE FUNDS PROVIDED 
FOR THE CHAFEE FOSTER CARE INDEPEND-
ENCE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE VOUCHERS TO 
COVER TUITION COSTS AT PRIVATE SCHOOLS 
AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS TO AND FROM 
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, OF FOSTER CHILDREN OF 
ALL AGES. 
Section 477 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
677) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(6), by inserting ‘‘and to 
make available vouchers for tuition costs at private 
schools and transportation costs to and from public 
schools, to youths in foster care regardless of their 
age’’ before the period; 
(2) in subsection (h)(2), by striking all that fol-
lows ‘‘vouchers’’ and inserting ‘‘as provided in sub-
section (i).’’; and 
(3) in subsection (i), by redesignating para-
graphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (6) and (7), re-
spectively, and inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) Vouchers under the program may be avail-
able to youths in foster care, regardless of age, for 
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the cost of tuition at a private school offering ele-
mentary or secondary education, or the cost of 
transportation to and from a public school offering 
such education.’’. 
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tions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and 
for other purposes.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 11, 
2014. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
endar year 2001’ for ‘calendar year 1992’ in 
subparagraph (B) thereof, and 
‘‘(B) in the case of the dollar amount in 
subsection (a)(4), by substituting ‘calendar year 
2007’ for ‘calendar year 1992’ in subparagraph 
(B) of such section 1(f)(3).’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2007. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4319 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on parts for use in the 
manufacture of certain high-performance loudspeakers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 6, 2007 
Mr. DUNCAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on parts for 
use in the manufacture of certain high-performance loud-
speakers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EQUIPMENT PARTS FOR USE IN THE MANUFAC-
TURE 
OF 
CERTAIN 
HIGH-PERFORMANCE 
LOUDSPEAKERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.23.28 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
parts for use in the manufacture of certain high-perform-
ance loudspeakers) is amended by striking ‘‘12/31/2009’’ 
and inserting ‘‘12/31/2011’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-
priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 
to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 521. All disaster loans issued in Alaska or 
North Dakota shall be administered by the Small Business 
Administration and shall not be sold during fiscal year 
2009. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used by the Small Business Administra-
tion to implement the rule relating to women-owned small 
business Federal contract assistance procedures published 
in the Federal Register on October 1, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 
56940 et seq.). 
SEC. 523. Of the amount made available under the 
heading ‘‘State and Tribal Assistance Grants’’ under title 
II of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2008 (Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2125) for the 
Mingo County Redevelopment Authority, $2,953,000 is 
transferred to the ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account of the 
Small Business Administration. The amount transferred 
under this section shall be for the Mingo County Redevel-
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opment Authority and shall be available for use under the 
terms and conditions otherwise applicable to amounts ap-
propriated for the ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account of the 
Small Business Administration and shall remain available 
until expended. 
SEC. 524. Funds made available under section 534 
of Public Law 110–161 (121 Stat. 2125) for the Alabama 
Small Business Institute of Commerce, Small Business In-
cubator, Rainbow City, Alabama shall be made available 
to Alabama Small Business Institute of Commerce, Rain-
bow City, Alabama. 
SEC. 525. For an additional amount under the head-
ing ‘‘Small Business Administration, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $65,653,678, to remain available until September 
30, 2010, shall be for initiatives related to small business 
development 
and 
entrepreneurship, 
including 
pro-
grammatic and construction activities, and in the amounts 
specified in the table that appears under the heading ‘‘Ad-
ministrative Provisions–Small Business Administration’’ 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
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‘‘(3) SUBGRANT USES OF FUNDS.—Eligible re-
cipients shall use the subgrant funds for 1 or more 
of the following purposes: 
‘‘(A) Conducting teacher training pro-
grams that use effective and research-based ap-
proaches to the teaching of geography at the 
kindergarten through grade 12 level. 
‘‘(B) Applying Geographic Information 
System (GIS) or other geographic technological 
tools to the teaching of geography. 
‘‘(C) Applying Internet and other distance 
learning technology to the teaching of geog-
raphy or to the continuing education of teach-
ers. 
‘‘(D) Promoting rigorous academic stand-
ards and assessment techniques to guide and 
measure student performance in geography. 
‘‘(E) Promoting research in geography 
education, emphasizing research that leads to 
improving student achievement. 
‘‘(F) Carrying out local, field-based activi-
ties for teachers and students to improve their 
knowledge of the concepts and tools of geog-
raphy while enhancing understanding of their 
home region. 
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SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES OF THE CHIEF OF 
THE CAPITOL POLICE. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN HIRING AUTHORI-
TIES.— 
(1) CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.—Section 
108(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1903(a)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(a) CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be within 
the Capitol Police an Office of Administration, to be 
headed by the Chief Administrative Officer, who 
shall report to and serve at the pleasure of the Chief 
of the Capitol Police. 
‘‘(2) APPOINTMENT.—The Chief Administrative 
Officer shall be appointed by the Chief of the Capitol 
Police, after consultation with the Capitol Police 
Board, without regard to political affiliation and 
solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties 
of the position. 
‘‘(3) COMPENSATION.—The annual rate of pay 
for the Chief Administrative Officer shall be the 
amount equal to $1,000 less than the annual rate of 
pay in effect for the Chief of the Capitol Police.’’. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—Section 108 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. THE MIXTURE OF 5,5-BIS[(G,V-PERFLUORO(C4- 
20)ALKYLTHIO)METHYL]-2-HYDROXY-2-OXO- 
1,3,2-DIOXAPHOSPHORINANE, 
AMMONIUM 
SALT (CAS NO. 148240–85–1) AND 2,2-BIS[(G,V- 
PERFLUORO(C4-20)-ALKYLTHIO)METHYL]-3- 
HYDROXYPROPYL PHOSPHATE, DIAMMONIUM 
SALT 
(CAS 
NO. 
148240–87–3) 
AND 
DI-[2,2- 
BIS[(G,V-PERFLUORO-(C4- 
20)ALKYLTHIO)METHYL]]-3-HYDROXYPROPYL 
PHOSPHATE, 
AMMONIUM 
SALT 
(CAS 
NO. 
148240–89–5) AND 2,2-BIS[(G,V-PERFLUORO(C4- 
20)ALKYLTHIO)METHYL]-1,3-DI- 
(DIHYDROGENPHOSPHATE)PROPANE, 
TETRAAMMONIUM SALT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.24.08 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended 
by striking ‘‘12/31/2009’’ and inserting ‘‘12/31/2012’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies 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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(2 U.S.C. 1903) is amended by striking subsection 
(c). 
(3) CERTIFYING OFFICERS.—Section 107 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 
U.S.C. 1904) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the 
Capitol Police Board’’ and inserting ‘‘the Chief 
of the Capitol Police’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘the 
Capitol Police Board’’ and inserting ‘‘the Chief 
of the Capitol Police’’. 
(4) PERSONNEL
ACTIONS
OF
THE
CHIEF
OF 
THE CAPITOL POLICE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1018(e) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 
U.S.C. 1907(e)) is amended by striking para-
graph (1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Chief of the Cap-
itol Police, in carrying out the duties of office, 
is authorized to appoint, hire, suspend with or 
without pay, discipline, discharge, and set the 
terms, conditions, and privileges of employment 
of employees of the Capitol Police, subject to 
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 123 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That, in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 3979, 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make the 
following correction: In section 1207(e)(2), strike ‘‘cat-
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egories I, II, III, VII, and X’’ and insert ‘‘categories I, 
II, III, VII, X, XI, and XIII’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 
2014. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 432 
To allow seniors to file their Federal income tax on a new Form 1040S. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 12, 2007 
Mr. REYNOLDS (for himself, Mr. WELLER of Illinois, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. 
SAXTON, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of 
Florida, and Mrs. MUSGRAVE) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To allow seniors to file their Federal income tax on a new 
Form 1040S. 
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 ‘‘Seniors’ Tax Sim-
plification Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FORM 1040S FOR SENIORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury (or 
the Secretary’s delegate) shall make available a form, to 
be known as ‘‘Form 1040S’’, for use by individuals to file 
the return of tax imposed by chapter 1 of the Internal 
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Revenue Code of 1986. Such form shall be as similar as 
practicable to Form 1040EZ, except that— 
(1) the form shall be available to individuals 
who have attained age 65 as of the close of the tax-
able year, 
(2) the form may be used even if income for the 
taxable year includes— 
(A) social security benefits (as defined in 
section 86(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986), 
(B) distributions from qualified retirement 
plans (as defined in section 4974(c) of such 
Code), annuities or other such deferred pay-
ment arrangements, 
(C) interest and dividends, or 
(D) capital gains and losses taken into ac-
count in determining adjusted net capital gain 
(as defined in section 1(h)(3)), and 
(3) the form shall be available without regard 
to the amount of any item of taxable income or the 
total amount of taxable income for the taxable year. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The form required by sub-
section (a) shall be made available for taxable years begin-
ning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4331 
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to preparation for 
an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 6, 2007 
Mrs. LOWEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to 
preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an 
avian influenza pandemic, 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 ‘‘Attacking Viral Influ-
enza Across Nations Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 123 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives 
to make a correction in the enrollment of the bill 
H.R. 3979.
SEC. 2. CENTRALIZED INTAKE OF CONSUMER COMPLAINTS 
AND INQUIRIES MADE TO FEDERAL FINAN-
CIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY AGENCIES. 
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination 
Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 1009A the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1009B. CONSUMER COMPLAINTS AND INQUIRIES. 
‘‘(a) SINGLE TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR 
CONSUMER COMPLAINTS AND INQUIRIES.— 
‘‘(1) CALL INTAKE SYSTEM.—The Federal fi-
nancial institution regulatory agencies, coordinating 
through the Council, shall establish a single, toll-free 
telephone number for consumer complaints and in-
quiries concerning institutions regulated by such 
agencies and a system for routing such calls to the 
Federal financial institution regulatory agency that 
primarily supervises the financial institution, or that 
is otherwise the appropriate agency to address the 
subject of the complaint or inquiry. 
‘‘(2) ROUTING CALLS TO STATES.—To the ex-
tent practicable, State agencies may receive appro-
priate call transfers from the system established 
under paragraph (1) if— 
‘‘(A) the State agency’s system has the 
functional capacity to receive calls routed by the 
system; and 
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‘‘(B) the State agency has satisfied any 
conditions of participation in the system that 
the Council, coordinating with State agencies 
through the chairperson of the State Liaison 
Committee, may establish. 
‘‘(b) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of the enactment of the Financial 
Consumer Hotline Act of 2007, the Federal financial insti-
tution regulatory agencies shall submit a report to the 
Committee on Financial Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate describing the agencies’ ef-
forts to establish— 
‘‘(1) a public interagency Web site for directing 
and referring Internet consumer complaints and in-
quiries concerning any financial institution to the 
Federal financial institution regulatory agency that 
primarily supervises the financial institution, or to 
the Federal financial institution regulatory agency 
or State agency that is otherwise the appropriate 
agency to address the subject of the complaint or in-
quiry; and 
‘‘(2) a system to expedite the prompt and effec-
tive rerouting of any misdirected consumer com-
plaint or inquiry documents between or among the 
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agencies, with prompt referral of any complaint or 
inquiry to the appropriate Federal financial institu-
tion regulatory agency, and to participating State 
agencies.’’. 
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