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(3) CREDIT
FOR
WORK-IN-KIND
CONSIDER-
ATIONS.—In determining the amount of a contribu-
tion made by a non-Federal interest under this sec-
tion, the non-Federal interest shall receive credit 
equal to 100 percent of the value of any land, ease-
ments, rights-of-way, and relocations, and the rea-
sonable cost of services, studies, and supplies, con-
tributed toward the non-Federal share of project 
costs. 
(4) LIABILITY
OF
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.— 
The eligible recipient shall hold the United States 
harmless from any claim or damage that may arise 
from carrying out the restoration or remediation 
project under this section, except any claim or dam-
age that may arise from the negligence of the Fed-
eral Government or a contractor of the Federal Gov-
ernment. 
(e) FUNDING LIMITATION PER PROJECT.—Of the 
funds provided under this section, not more than 
$5,000,000 may be allocated for an individual restoration 
or rehabilitation project. 
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SEC. 702. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY TO RESTORE AND RE-
MEDIATE 
WATERFRONT 
AND 
RELATED 
AREAS. 
The Secretary, in consultation with appropriate Fed-
eral, State, and local agencies, is authorized to restore and 
remediate waterfront and related areas, including site 
characterization, planning, design, construction, and mon-
itoring. 
SEC. 703. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out this title $50,000,000 for fiscal years 
2010 through 2014. 
TITLE VIII—COORDINATION AND 
OVERSIGHT 
SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) COLLABORATION.—The term ‘‘Collabora-
tion’’ means the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration 
established by section 804(a). 
(2) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Exec-
utive Committee’’ means the Great Lakes Regional 
Collaboration Executive Committee established by 
section 803(a). 
(3) EXECUTIVE ORDER.—The term ‘‘Executive 
Order’’ means Executive Order 13340 (33 U.S.C. 
1268 note; relating to establishment of Great Lakes 
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Interagency Task Force and promotion of regional 
collaboration of national significance for Great 
Lakes). 
(4) GREAT
LAKE.—The term ‘‘Great Lake’’ 
means— 
(A) Lake Erie; 
(B) Lake Huron (including Lake Saint 
Clair); 
(C) Lake Michigan; 
(D) Lake Ontario; 
(E) Lake Superior; and 
(F) the connecting channels of those 
Lakes, including— 
(i) the Saint Mary’s River; 
(ii) the Saint Clair River; 
(iii) the Detroit River; 
(iv) the Niagara River; and 
(v) the Saint Lawrence River to the 
Canadian border. 
(5) GREAT
LAKES
CITY.—The term ‘‘Great 
Lakes city’’ means a city located in the watershed 
basin of a Great Lake. 
(6) GREAT
LAKES
TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Great 
Lakes Tribe’’ means any Indian tribe, band, village, 
nation, or other organized group or community in 
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the watershed basin of a Great Lake that is recog-
nized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as eligible for 
the special programs and services provided by the 
United States to Indians because of their status as 
Indians. 
(7) SAINT LAWRENCE CITY.—The term ‘‘Saint 
Lawrence city’’ means a city located in the water-
shed basin of the Saint Lawrence River. 
(8) TASK
FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ 
means the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force es-
tablished by section 802(a). 
SEC. 802. GREAT LAKES INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE. 
(a) 
INTERAGENCY
COORDINATION.—The 
Great 
Lakes Interagency Task Force, as established by the Ex-
ecutive Order for administrative purposes, is established 
as a task force within the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy. 
(b) DUTIES.—In addition to the duties described in 
the Executive Order, the Task Force shall— 
(1) ensure that implementation of programs 
and projects under the authority of the Task Force 
members is coordinated, effective, and cost-efficient; 
(2) work in cooperation with Federal agencies 
on the development of budgets and financial plans 
regarding the Great Lakes for inclusion in annual 
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submissions by the President to Congress of the 
budget of the United States; and 
(3) submit to Congress a biennial report that 
describes the projects and activities carried out by 
the Collaboration during the 2-year period covered 
by the report, including a description of— 
(A) any actions that Federal agencies can 
take to address the biennial restoration goals; 
(B) Federal expenditures to meet the res-
toration goals; and 
(C) the indicators and monitoring used to 
determine whether the goals will be met. 
SEC. 803. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established a Great 
Lakes Regional Collaboration Executive Committee. 
(b) COMPOSITION.—The Executive Committee shall 
be composed of— 
(1) the Chairperson of the Task Force; 
(2) a representative of the Governors of the 
Great Lakes States, as agreed upon by the Gov-
ernors; 
(3) a representative of the Great Lakes cities 
and Saint Lawrence cities, as agreed upon by the 
majority of mayors of those cities; and 
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an ocean carrier that was transporting, loading, 
or unloading the goods under a Department of 
Defense contract for ocean carriage; and 
‘‘(B) the land-based portions of the trans-
portation were under contracts, in accordance 
with section 2636a of this title, that require the 
land carriers to settle claims on the basis of full 
replacement value. 
‘‘(3) A case in which— 
‘‘(A) the lost or damaged goods were 
transported or stored under a contract or solici-
tation that requires at least one of the trans-
portation service providers or carriers that han-
dled the shipment to settle claims on the basis 
of full replacement value pursuant to section 
2636a of this title; 
‘‘(B) the lost or damaged goods have been 
in the custody of more than one independent 
contractor or transportation service provider; 
and 
‘‘(C) a claim submitted to the delivering 
transportation service provider or carrier is de-
nied in whole or in part because the loss or 
damage occurred while the lost or damaged 
goods were in the custody of a prior transpor-
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(4) a designated representative for the Great 
Lakes Tribes, as agreed upon by those Tribes. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Executive Committee shall— 
(1) hold semiannual meetings to discuss Great 
Lakes restoration goals and progress; 
(2) establish a process to receive input from in-
terested parties with respect to proposed rec-
ommendations of the Executive Committee for res-
toration of the Great Lakes; and 
(3) submit to Congress and the Task Force a 
biennial report that includes— 
(A) an analysis of progress in carrying out 
restoration of the Great Lakes, including meet-
ing the goals and recommendations in the res-
toration and protection strategy developed by 
the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration and 
this Act; and 
(B) recommendations on future priorities 
and actions with respect to that restoration. 
(d) SUBCOMMITTEES.—The members of the Execu-
tive Committee may designate representatives to work as 
1 or more subcommittees to provide staff support and oth-
erwise assist in carrying out responsibilities of the Execu-
tive Committee relating to the Collaboration. 
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II 
Calendar No. 299 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1376 
[Report No. 111–149] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 28, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
MARCH 2, 2010 
Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To establish the Waco Mammoth National Monument in 
the State of Texas, 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 ‘‘Waco Mammoth Na-
tional Monument Establishment Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1376 
AN ACT 
To establish the Waco Mammoth National Monu-
ment in the State of Texas, and for other pur-
poses.
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SEC. 804. GREAT LAKES REGIONAL COLLABORATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Great 
Lakes Regional Collaboration. 
(b) COMPOSITION.—The Collaboration shall be com-
posed of— 
(1) the members of the Executive Committee; 
and 
(2) each other individual and entity that noti-
fies the Executive Committee of the desire and in-
tent of the individual or entity to participate in the 
Collaboration. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Collaboration shall— 
(1) develop a restoration and protection strat-
egy to provide information for use in future Great 
Lakes program implementation and funding deci-
sions; 
(2) serve as a forum for addressing near-term 
regional issues relating to ecosystem restoration and 
protection of the Great Lakes; and 
(3) establish an oversight forum to coordinate 
and enhance implementation of Great Lakes pro-
grams. 
Æ 
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SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF VETERAN ELIGIBILITY FOR RE-
IMBURSEMENT BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT FUR-
NISHED IN A NON-DEPARTMENT FACILITY. 
(a) EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY.—Section 1725 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(3)(C), by striking ‘‘or in 
part’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking subpara-
graph (E). 
(b) LIMITATIONS ON REIMBURSEMENT.—Subsection 
(c) of such section is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4)(A) If the veteran has contractual or legal re-
course against a third party that would only, in part, ex-
tinguish the veteran’s liability to the provider of the emer-
gency treatment, and payment for the treatment may be 
made both under subsection (a) and by the third party, 
the amount payable for such treatment under such sub-
section shall be the amount by which the costs for the 
emergency treatment exceed the amount payable or paid 
by the third party, except that the amount payable may 
not exceed the maximum amount payable established 
under paragraph (1)(A).
‘‘(B) In any case in which a third party is financially 
responsible for part of the veteran’s emergency treatment 
expenses, the Secretary shall be the secondary payer. 
‘‘(C) A payment in the amount payable under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be considered payment in full and 
shall extinguish the veteran’s liability to the provider. 
‘‘(D) The Secretary may not reimburse a veteran 
under this section for any copayment or similar payment 
that the veteran owes the third party or for which the vet-
eran is responsible under a health-plan contract.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with 
respect to emergency treatment furnished on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) REIMBURSEMENT
FOR
TREATMENT
PRO-
VIDED
BEFORE
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The Secretary 
may provide reimbursement under section 1725 of 
title 38, United States Code, as amended by sub-
sections (a) and (b), for emergency treatment fur-
nished to a veteran before the date of the enactment 
of this Act, if the Secretary determines that, under
the circumstances applicable with respect to the vet-
eran, it is appropriate to do so. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 30, 
2009. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1377 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand 
veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treat-
ment furnished in a non-Department facility, and 
for other purposes.
H. R. 1377 
One Hundred Eleventh Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten 
An Act 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimburse-
ment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished 
in a non-Department facility, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF VETERAN ELIGIBILITY FOR REIMBURSE-
MENT BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR 
EMERGENCY 
TREATMENT 
FURNISHED 
IN 
A 
NON- 
DEPARTMENT FACILITY. 
(a) EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY.—Section 1725 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(3)(C), by striking ‘‘or in part’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking subparagraph (E). 
(b) LIMITATIONS ON REIMBURSEMENT.—Subsection (c) of such 
section is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4)(A) If the veteran has contractual or legal recourse against 
a third party that would only, in part, extinguish the veteran’s 
liability to the provider of the emergency treatment, and payment 
for the treatment may be made both under subsection (a) and 
by the third party, the amount payable for such treatment under 
such subsection shall be the amount by which the costs for the 
emergency treatment exceed the amount payable or paid by the 
third party, except that the amount payable may not exceed the 
maximum amount payable established under paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(B) In any case in which a third party is financially responsible 
for part of the veteran’s emergency treatment expenses, the Sec-
retary shall be the secondary payer. 
‘‘(C) A payment in the amount payable under subparagraph 
(A) shall be considered payment in full and shall extinguish the 
veteran’s liability to the provider. 
‘‘(D) The Secretary may not reimburse a veteran under this 
section for any copayment or similar payment that the veteran 
owes the third party or for which the veteran is responsible under 
a health-plan contract.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by subsections 
(a) and (b) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and shall apply with respect to emergency treatment 
furnished on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) REIMBURSEMENT
FOR
TREATMENT
PROVIDED
BEFORE 
EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Secretary may provide reimbursement 
under section 1725 of title 38, United States Code, as amended
H. R. 1377—2 
by subsections (a) and (b), for emergency treatment furnished 
to a veteran before the date of the enactment of this Act, 
if the Secretary determines that, under the circumstances 
applicable with respect to the veteran, it is appropriate to 
do so. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1377 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for 
reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treat-
ment furnished in a non-Department facility, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2009 
Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran 
eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-De-
partment facility, 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. EXPANSION OF VETERAN ELIGIBILITY FOR RE-
IMBURSEMENT BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT FUR-
NISHED IN A NON-DEPARTMENT FACILITY. 
(a) EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY.—Section 1725 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b)(3)(C), by striking ‘‘or in 
part’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking subpara-
graph (E). 
(b) LIMITATIONS ON REIMBURSEMENT.—Subsection 
(c) of such section is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4)(A) If the veteran has contractual or legal re-
course against a third party that would only, in part, ex-
tinguish the veteran’s liability to the provider of the emer-
gency treatment, and payment for the treatment may be 
made both under subsection (a) and by the third party, 
the amount payable for such treatment under such sub-
section shall be the amount by which the costs for the 
emergency treatment exceed the amount payable or paid 
by the third party, except that the amount payable may 
not exceed the maximum amount payable established 
under paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(B) In any case in which a third party is financially 
responsible for part of the veteran’s emergency treatment 
expenses, the Secretary shall be the secondary payer. 
‘‘(C) A payment in the amount payable under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be considered payment in full and 
shall extinguish the veteran’s liability to the provider. 
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‘‘(D) The Secretary may not reimburse a veteran 
under this section for any copayment or similar payment 
that the veteran owes the third party or for which the vet-
eran is responsible under a health-plan contract.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to emer-
gency treatment furnished on or after October 8, 2007. 
Æ 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1383 
To provide that, for purposes of certain Government facilities, the rate at 
which a Federal employee earns compensatory time for irregular or 
occasional overtime work shall be increased so as to permit greater 
parity with rates of overtime pay. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2009 
Mr. COLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To provide that, for purposes of certain Government facili-
ties, the rate at which a Federal employee earns compen-
satory time for irregular or occasional overtime work 
shall be increased so as to permit greater parity with 
rates of overtime pay. 
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 ‘‘Air Force Depot Work-
ers Fairness Act’’. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1380 
AN ACT 
To establish a grant program for automated exter-
nal defibrillators in elementary and secondary 
schools.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1381 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend existing 
elective tax treatment for Alaska Native Settlement Trusts. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2009 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently 
extend existing elective tax treatment for Alaska Native 
Settlement Trusts. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF ELECTIVE TAX 
TREATMENT FOR ALASKA NATIVE SETTLE-
MENT TRUSTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 901 of the Economic 
Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (relat-
ing to sunset provisions) shall not apply to the provisions 
of, and amendments made by, section 671 of such Act (re-
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lating to tax treatment and information requirements of 
Alaska Native Settlement Trusts). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall be effective upon the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
Æ 
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‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The term 
‘small business concern’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632(a)), except that such term does not in-
clude any concern, or group of concerns controlled 
by the same socially and economically disadvantaged 
individual or individuals, which has gross receipts 
over the preceding 3 fiscal years averaging in excess 
of $19,570,000 per year. The Secretary shall adjust 
annually for inflation the threshold amount in the 
preceding sentence. 
‘‘(2) SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVAN-
TAGED INDIVIDUALS.—The term ‘socially and eco-
nomically disadvantaged individuals’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 8(d)(3)(C) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)(C)) and 
relevant subcontracting regulations issued under 
such Act, except that women shall be presumed to 
be socially and economically disadvantaged individ-
uals.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
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after the item relating to section 26106 the following new 
item: 
‘‘26107. Disadvantaged business enterprises.’’. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING VETERAN- 
OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Federal Govern-
ment should continue to encourage participation by vet-
eran-owned small businesses in Federal contracting and 
procurement opportunities and federally funded projects, 
including by making veteran-owned businesses a key part 
of the small business programs of the Department of 
Transportation and other Federal agencies. 
Æ 
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