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under color of law, including an alien granted asy-
lum or with lawful temporary resident status under 
section 210, 210A, or 245A of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act. 
‘‘(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
‘‘(4) STATE.—Subject to section 2204(c), the 
term ‘State’ means a State, the District of Colum-
bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 
States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands. 
‘‘(5) STATE
PLAN.—The term ‘State plan’ 
means a comprehensive health care plan of a State 
participating in a State Care demonstration project 
under this title that meets the requirements of sec-
tion 2203.’’. 
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(A) the average maturity date of the issue 
of which the refunding bond is a part is not 
later than the average maturity date of the 
bonds to be refunded by such issue, 
(B) the amount of the refunding bond does 
not exceed the outstanding amount of the re-
funded bond, and 
(C) the net proceeds of the refunding bond 
are used to redeem the refunded bond not later 
than 90 days after the date of the issuance of 
the refunding bond. 
For purposes of subparagraph (A), average maturity 
shall be determined in accordance with section 
147(b)(2)(A) of such Code. 
(7) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This subsection shall 
apply to obligations issued on or after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) ITEMS FROM QUALIFIED HARVESTING ACTIVI-
TIES NOT SUBJECT TO TAX OR TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Income, gains, deductions, 
losses, or credits from a qualified harvesting activity 
conducted by a qualified organization shall not be 
subject to tax or taken into account under subtitle 
A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(2) LIMITATION.—The amount of income ex-
cluded from gross income under paragraph (1) for 
any taxable year shall not exceed the amount used 
by the qualified organization to make debt service 
payments during such taxable year for qualified for-
est conservation bonds. 
(3) QUALIFIED
HARVESTING
ACTIVITY.—For 
purposes of paragraph (1)— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualified 
harvesting activity’’ means the sale, lease, or 
harvesting, of standing timber— 
(i) on land owned by a qualified orga-
nization which was acquired with proceeds 
of qualified forest conservation bonds, and 
(ii) pursuant to a qualified conserva-
tion plan adopted by the qualified organi-
zation. 
(B) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(i) CESSATION AS QUALIFIED ORGANI-
ZATION.—The term ‘‘qualified harvesting 
activity’’ shall not include any sale, lease, 
or harvesting for any period during which 
the organization ceases to qualify as a 
qualified organization.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3892 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize the issuance of Hurricane 
Katrina Relief EE savings bonds. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2005 
Mr. WICKER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize the 
issuance of Hurricane Katrina Relief EE savings bonds. 
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 ‘‘Hurricane Katrina 
Bond Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF EE SAVINGS BONDS. 
Section 3105 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3023
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey
property to the Greater Yuma Port Authority of
Yuma County, Arizona, for use as an inter-
national port of entry.
V 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3695 
For the relief of Daniel Acevedo. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2005 
Mr. CARDOZA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of Daniel Acevedo. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR DANIEL 
ACEVEDO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, Daniel Acevedo shall be eligible for issuance of an 
immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an 
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon fil-
ing an application for issuance of an immigrant visa under 
section 204 of such Act or for adjustment of status to 
lawful permanent resident.
(b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Daniel Acevedo 
enters the United States before the filing deadline speci-
fied in subsection (c), he shall be considered to have en-
tered and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligible, 
be eligible for adjustment of status under section 245 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(c) WAIVER OF GROUNDS FOR INELIGIBILITY FOR 
ADMISSION AND REMOVAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), and notwithstanding sections 212(a) and 
237(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
Daniel Acevedo may not be considered to be within 
a class of aliens ineligible to be admitted to the 
United States, or a class of deportable aliens, at any 
time on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act on any ground reflected in the records of the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service of the De-
partment of Justice, or the Visa Office of the De-
partment of State, on the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The waiver provided under 
paragraph (1) shall not apply to any ground for in-
eligibility for admission, or any ground for removal, 
described in section 212(a)(3), or paragraph (2)(D)
or (4) of section 237(a), of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act. 
(d) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF 
FEES.—Subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall apply only if 
the application for issuance of an immigrant visa or the 
application for adjustment of status is filed with appro-
priate fees within 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(e) REDUCTION
OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.— 
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-
idence to Daniel Acevedo, the Secretary of State shall in-
struct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the current 
or next following fiscal year, the total number of immi-
grant visas that are made available to natives of the coun-
try of the alien’s birth under section 203(a) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act or, if applicable, the total 
number of immigrant visas that are made available to na-
tives of the country of the alien’s birth under section 
202(e) of such Act. 
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‘‘(f) HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF EE SAVINGS 
BONDS.—The Secretary may designate one or more series 
of bonds or certificates (or any portion thereof) issued 
under this section as ‘Hurricane Katrina Relief Bonds’. 
Proceeds from such bonds and certificates shall be used 
for expenditures authorized for relief and reconstruction 
relating to the impact of Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf 
Coast of the United States in 2005.’’. 
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(ii) EXCEEDING
LIMITS
ON
HAR-
VESTING.—The term ‘‘qualified harvesting 
activity’’ shall not include any sale, lease, 
or harvesting of standing timber on land 
acquired with proceeds of qualified forest 
conservation bonds to the extent that— 
(I) the average annual area of 
timber harvested from such land ex-
ceeds 2.5 percent of the total area of 
such land, or 
(II) the quantity of timber re-
moved from such land exceeds the 
quantity which can be removed from 
such land annually in perpetuity on a 
sustained-yield basis with respect to 
such land. 
The limitations under subclauses (I) and 
(II) shall not apply to post-fire restoration 
and rehabilitation or sanitation harvesting 
of timber stands which are substantially 
damaged by fire, windthrow, or other ca-
tastrophes, or which are in imminent dan-
ger from insect or disease attack. 
(4) TERMINATION.—This subsection shall not 
apply to any qualified harvesting activity occurring
provided under the system and that 
indicates a final confirmation of such 
identity and work eligibility of the in-
dividual. 
‘‘(II) TENTATIVE NONCONFIRMA-
TION
RECEIVED.—If the person or 
other entity receives a tentative non-
confirmation of an individual’s iden-
tity or work eligibility under the 
verification system within the time pe-
riod specified, the person or entity 
shall so inform the individual for 
whom the verification is sought. If the 
individual does not contest the non-
confirmation within the time period 
specified, the nonconfirmation shall be 
considered final. The person or entity 
shall then record on the form an ap-
propriate code which has been pro-
vided under the system to indicate a 
final nonconfirmation. If the indi-
vidual does contest the nonconfirma-
tion, the individual shall utilize the 
process for secondary verification pro-
vided under subsection (d). The non-
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3893
AN ACT 
To expedite the construction of new refining capac-
ity in the United States, to provide reliable and 
affordable energy for the American people, and 
for other purposes.
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3893
AN ACT 
To expedite the construction of new refining capacity in 
the United States, to provide reliable and affordable en-
ergy for the American people, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Gasoline for America’s Security Act of 2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
TITLE I—INCREASING REFINERY CAPACITY 
Sec. 101. State participation and presidential designation. 
Sec. 102. Process coordination and rules of procedure. 
Sec. 103. Refinery revitalization repeal. 
Sec. 104. Standby support for refineries. 
Sec. 105. Military use refinery. 
Sec. 106. Waiver authority for extreme fuel supply emergencies. 
Sec. 107. List of fuels. 
Sec. 108. Attainment dates for downwind ozone nonattainment areas. 
Sec. 109. Rebates for sales of royalty-in-kind oil to qualified small refineries. 
Sec. 110. Study and report relating to streamlining paperwork requirements. 
Sec. 111. Response to biomass debris emergency. 
TITLE II—INCREASING DELIVERY INFRASTRUCTURE 
Sec. 201. Federal-State regulatory coordination. 
Sec. 202. Process coordination and rules of procedure. 
Sec. 203. Backup power capacity study. 
Sec. 204. Sunset of loan guarantees. 
Sec. 205. Offshore pipelines. 
Sec. 206. Savings clause. 
TITLE III—CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION 
Sec. 301. Department of Energy carpooling and vanpooling program. 
Sec. 302. Evaluation and assessment of carpool and vanpool projects. 
Sec. 303. Internet utilization study. 
Sec. 304. Fuel consumption education campaign. 
Sec. 305. Procurement of energy efficient lighting devices. 
Sec. 306. Minority employment. 
TITLE IV—GASOLINE PRICE REFORM 
Sec. 401. Short title. 
Sec. 402. Gasoline price gouging prohibited. 
Sec. 403. FTC investigation on price-gouging. 
Sec. 404. FTC study of petroleum prices on exchange. 
TITLE V—STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
Sec. 501. Strategic Petroleum Reserve capacity. 
Sec. 502. Strategic Petroleum Reserve sale.
SECTION 1. RESTORATION OF HIGHWAY TRUST FUND BAL-
ANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (f) of section 9503 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to determina-
tion of trust fund balances after September 30, 1998) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and by 
moving such subparagraphs 2 ems to the right, 
(2) by striking ‘‘For purposes’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes’’, 
(3) by moving the flush sentence at the end of 
paragraph (1), as so amended, 2 ems to the right, 
and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) RESTORATION OF FUND BALANCE.—Out 
of money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, there is hereby appropriated to the Highway 
Trust Fund $8,017,000,000.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The last sentence 
of section 9503(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, as amended by subsection (a), is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph’’. 
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Sec. 503. Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve capacity. 
TITLE VI—CRITICAL ENERGY ASSURANCE 
Sec. 601. Evacuation plan review. 
Sec. 602. Disaster assistance. 
Sec. 603. Critical Energy Assurance Account. 
Sec. 604. Regulations.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) No new refinery has been constructed in the 
United States since 1976. There are 148 operating 
refineries in the United States, down from 324 in 
1981. Refined petroleum product imports are cur-
rently projected to grow from 7.9 percent to 10.7 
percent of total refined product by 2025 to satisfy 
increasing demand. 
(2) While the number of American refineries in 
operation has reduced over the last 20 years, much 
of the resulting lost capacity has been replaced by 
gains from more efficient refineries. 
(3) Hurricanes Katrina and Rita substantially 
disrupted petroleum production, refining, and pipe-
line systems in the Gulf Coast region, affecting en-
ergy prices and supply nationwide. In the immediate 
aftermath of Katrina alone, United States refining 
capacity was reduced by more than 2,000,000 bar-
rels per day. However, before Hurricanes Katrina 
and Rita, United States refining capacity was al-
ready significantly strained by increased levels of
(2) in subchapter I by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘§ 1117. Extension of time for small businesses 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, in 
a small business case the court may extend any deadline 
specified in this chapter if the court finds that such exten-
sion is— 
‘‘(1) necessary to protect the best interests of 
the creditors and the estate; or 
‘‘(2) warranted by a natural disaster.’’. 
SEC. 7. AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 13. 
(a) CONVERSION OR DISMISSAL.—Section 1307(e) of 
title 11, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘The Court may extend any time period specified in this 
subsection as may be necessary if— 
‘‘(1) the debtor is a victim of a natural disaster; 
and 
‘‘(2) the debtor’s status as a victim of a natural 
disaster necessitates such extension of time.’’. 
(b) FILING OF PREPETITION TAX RETURNS.—Sec-
tion 1308 of title 11, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) The Court may extend any time period specified 
in this subsection as may be necessary if—
‘‘(1) the debtor is a victim of a natural disaster; 
and 
‘‘(2) the debtor’s status as a victim of a natural 
disaster necessitates such extension of time.’’. 
SEC. 8. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 28 OF THE UNITED STATES 
CODE. 
Section 1408 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Except’’, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) If a case under title 11 cannot be commenced 
in a district court described in subsection (a) because a 
person is the victim of a natural disaster (as defined in 
section 101 of title 11), then a case under title 11 may 
be commenced by such person in the district court for the 
district in which such person resides.’’. 
SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act shall take effect on October 18, 
2005. 
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend-
ments made by this Act shall apply only with respect to 
cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code 
on and after October 17, 2005. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on September 30, 2008. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6533 
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out conservation reserve 
program notice CRP–598, entitled the ‘‘Voluntary Modification of Con-
servation Reserve Program (CRP) Contract for Critical Feed Use’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2008 
Mr. MORAN of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out con-
servation reserve program notice CRP–598, entitled the 
‘‘Voluntary Modification of Conservation Reserve Pro-
gram (CRP) Contract for Critical Feed Use’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM CON-
TRACT MODIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO CRP- 
598. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall carry out conservation reserve 
program notice CRP–598, entitled ‘‘Voluntary Modifica-
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after the date on which there is no outstanding 
qualified forest conservation bond or any such bond 
ceases to be a tax-exempt bond. 
(5) PARTIAL RECAPTURE OF BENEFITS IF HAR-
VESTING LIMIT EXCEEDED.—If, as of the date that 
this subsection ceases to apply under paragraph (4), 
the average annual area of timber harvested from 
the land exceeds the requirement of paragraph 
(3)(B)(ii)(I), the tax imposed by chapter 1 of such 
Code shall be increased, under rules prescribed by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, by the sum of the tax 
benefits attributable to such excess and interest at 
the underpayment rate under section 6621 of such 
Code for the period of the underpayment. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) QUALIFIED
CONSERVATION
PLAN.—The 
term ‘‘qualified conservation plan’’ means a multiple 
land use program or plan which— 
(A) is designed and administered primarily 
for the purposes of protecting and enhancing 
wildlife and fish, timber, scenic attributes, 
recreation, and soil and water quality of the 
forest and forest land,
‘‘(II) The effective period of a waiver under this 
clause shall be the time period necessary to permit the 
correction of the extreme and unusual fuel or fuel additive 
supply emergency caused by the natural disaster, except 
that such period shall not be longer than 90 days. 
‘‘(III) A temporary waiver issued under this clause 
shall not permit an alteration of the properties of the fuel 
to the extent that the use of the fuel prevents the normal 
functioning of the vehicle, engine, component, system, or 
equipment in which the fuel is used or would materially 
degrade such functioning over the useful life of the vehicle, 
engine, component, system, or equipment.’’; and 
(4) by inserting after clause (v) (as inserted by 
paragraph (3)) the following: 
‘‘(vi) A State shall not be subject to any finding, dis-
approval, or determination by the Administrator under 
section 179, no person may bring an action against a 
State or the Administrator under section 304, and the Ad-
ministrator shall not take any action under section 110(c) 
to require the revision of an applicable implementation 
plan, because of any emissions attributable to a waiver 
granted by the Administrator under clause (ii) or by the 
President under clause (v).’’.
SEC. 107. LIST OF FUELS. 
(a) LIST OF FUELS.—Section 211(c)(4)(C) of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(c)(4)(C)) is amended as 
follows: 
(1) By redesignating subclause (VI) of clause 
(viii) (as so redesignated by section 107(1) of this 
Act) as clause (x). 
(2) In such redesignated clause (x) by striking 
‘‘this clause’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (viii) or clause 
(ix)’’. 
(3) By inserting the following new subclause at 
the end of clause (viii) (as so redesignated by section 
107(1) of this Act): 
‘‘(VI) The provisions of this clause, including the lim-
itations of the authority of the Administrator and the limit 
on the total number of fuels permitted, shall remain in 
effect until the publication of the list under subclause (III) 
of clause (ix).’’. 
(4) By inserting the following new clause after 
clause (viii) (as so redesignated): 
‘‘(ix)(I) The Administrator, in coordination with the 
Secretary of Energy (hereinafter in this clause referred 
to as the ‘Secretary’), shall identify and publish in the 
Federal Register, within 12 months after the enactment 
of this subclause and after notice and opportunity for pub-
lic comment, a list of 6 gasoline and diesel fuels to be
used in States that have not received a waiver under sec-
tion 209(b) of this Act or any State dependent on refin-
eries in such State for gasoline or diesel fuel supplies. The 
list shall be referred to as the ‘Federal Fuels List’ and 
shall include one Federal diesel fuel, one other diesel fuel, 
one conventional gasoline for ozone attainment areas, one 
reformulated gasoline (RFG) meeting the requirements of 
subsection (k), and 2 additional gasolines with Reid vapor 
pressure (RVP) controls for use in ozone nonattainment 
areas of varying degrees of severity. None of the fuels 
identified under this subclause shall control fuel sulfur or 
toxics levels beyond levels required by regulations of the 
Administrator. 
‘‘(II) Gasoline and diesel fuels shall be included on 
the Federal Fuels List based on the Administrator’s anal-
ysis of their ability to reduce ozone emissions to assist 
States in attaining established ozone standards under this 
Act, and on an analysis by the Secretary that the adoption 
of the Federal Fuels List will not result in a reduction 
in supply or in producibility, including that caused by a 
reduction in domestic refining capacity triggered by this 
clause. In the event the Secretary concludes that adoption 
of the Federal Fuels List will result in a reduction in sup-
ply or in producibility, the Administrator and the Sec-
retary shall report that conclusion to Congress, and sus-
pend implementation of this clause. The Administrator 
and the Secretary shall conduct the study required under 
section 1541(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 on the 
timetable required in that section to provide Congress with 
legislative recommendations for modifications to the pro-
posed Federal Fuels List only if the Secretary concludes 
that adoption of the Federal Fuels List will result in a 
reduction in supply or in producibility. 
‘‘(III) Upon publication of the Federal Fuels List, 
the Administrator shall have no authority, when consid-
ering a State implementation plan or State implementa-
tion plan revision, to approve under this subparagraph any 
fuel included in such plan or plan revision if the fuel pro-
posed is not one of the fuels included on the Federal Fuels 
List; or to approve such plan or revision unless, after con-
sultation with the Secretary, the Administrator publishes 
in the Federal Register, after notice and opportunity for 
public comment, a finding that, in the Administrator’s 
judgment, such revisions to newly adopt one of the fuels 
included on the Federal Fuels List will not cause fuel sup-
ply or distribution interruptions or have a significant ad-
verse impact on fuel producibility in the affected area or 
contiguous area. The Administrator’s findings shall in-
clude an assessment of reasonably foreseeable supply dis-
tribution emergencies that could occur in the affected area