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SEC. 7. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Funding for purposes of this Act 
shall be allocated by grant to the States based on the pop-
ulation of veterans in the respective States. Funds allo-
cated to a State under this Act shall be directed to County 
Veterans Service Offices within the State through the 
State Department of Veterans Affairs (or the equivalent). 
(b) STATE OVERHEAD.—A State Department of Vet-
erans Affairs may retain from any such grant for any fis-
cal year an amount equal to the expenses incurred by that 
State for administrative overhead in administering grants 
for that year, except that the amount so retained in any 
fiscal year may not exceed 3 percent of the amount of the 
grant to that State for that fiscal year. 
(c) FUNDS FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING.—A por-
tion of the funding received by a State under this Act for 
any fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs in agreement with County Veterans Service 
Offices, shall be used for County Veterans Service Officers 
to attend educational programs sponsored by or equivalent 
to the National Association of County Veterans Service 
Officers annual continuing education and accreditation 
training. 
(d) LIMITATION ON FEDERAL FUNDING.—Federal 
funds under this Act may not be used to provide more 
than 50 percent of the total costs for County Veterans
Service Offices and shall be used to expand existing pro-
grams, not to supplant existing local government funding. 
(e) ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW CVSO PROGRAMS.—
(1) In the case of a State that as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act does not have a County Veterans Service 
Officer program, Federal funding under this Act may be 
used by units of local government to establish such a pro-
gram to assist veterans and their dependents in filing ap-
plications for veterans benefits and for the purposes speci-
fied in this Act. 
(2) In a State covered by paragraph (1), if a unit 
of local government chooses not to establish a County Vet-
erans Service Officers program as described in that para-
graph, the State department of veterans affairs (or the 
equivalent) may elect to perform the services as specified 
in this Act for that State. 
(3) In a State covered by paragraph (1), if both units 
of local government and the State government elect not 
to use some or all of the funds, the unused amount shall 
revert back to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and shall 
be reallocated to those State department of veterans af-
fairs (or the equivalent) in which County Veterans Service 
Officers programs exist to further expand services to vet-
erans in those States in support of the veterans claims 
backlog reduction services under this Act.
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‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated the fol-
lowing amounts to carry out this subsection:
‘‘(A) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
‘‘(B) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
‘‘(C) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this
subsection:
‘‘(A) The term ‘approved renewable fuels’
are fuels and components of fuels that have
been approved by the Department of Energy, as
defined in section 301 of the Energy Policy Act
of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13211)), which have been
made from renewable biomass.
‘‘(B) The term ‘renewable biomass’ is, as
defined in Presidential Executive Order 13134,
published in the Federal Register on August
16, 1999, any organic matter that is available
on a renewable or recurring basis (excluding
old-growth timber), including dedicated energy
crops and trees, agricultural food and feed crop
residues, acquatic plants, animal wastes, wood
and wood residues, paper and paper residues,
and other vegetative waste materials. Old-
growth timber means timber of a forest from
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the late successional stage of forest develop-
ment.’’.
SEC. 1513. BLENDING OF COMPLIANT REFORMULATED GAS-
OLINES.
Section 211 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(s) BLENDING
OF COMPLIANT REFORMULATED
GASOLINES.—
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
sub-
sections (h) and (k) and subject to the limitations in
paragraph (2) of this subsection, it shall not be a
violation of this subtitle for a gasoline retailer, dur-
ing any month of the year, to blend at a retail loca-
tion batches of ethanol-blended and non-ethanol-
blended reformulated gasoline, provided that—
‘‘(A) each batch of gasoline to be blended
has been individually certified as in compliance
with subsections (h) and (k) prior to being
blended;
‘‘(B) the retailer notifies the Administrator
prior to such blending, and identifies the exact
location of the retail station and the specific
tank in which such blending will take place;
‘‘(C) the retailer retains and, as requested
by the Administrator or the Administrator’s
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designee, makes available for inspection such
certifications accounting for all gasoline at the
retail outlet; and
‘‘(D) the retailer does not, between June 1
and September 15 of each year, blend a batch
of VOC-controlled, or ‘summer’, gasoline with a
batch of non-VOC-controlled, or ‘winter’, gaso-
line (as these terms are defined under sub-
sections (h) and (k)).
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(A) FREQUENCY LIMITATION.—A retailer shall
only be permitted to blend batches of compliant re-
formulated gasoline under this subsection a max-
imum of two blending periods between May 1 and
September 15 of each calendar year.
‘‘(B) DURATION OF BLENDING PERIOD.—Each
blending period authorized under subparagraph (A)
shall extend for a period of no more than 10 con-
secutive calendar days.
‘‘(3) SURVEYS.—A sample of gasoline taken
from a retail location that has blended gasoline with-
in the past 30 days and is in compliance with sub-
paragraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (1)
shall not be used in a VOC survey mandated by 40
C.F.R. Part 80.
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6170 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent 
the deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2006 
Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself, Mr. PAUL, Mr. FORTUN˜O, Ms. JACKSON- 
LEE of Texas, and Mr. DELAHUNT) 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 modify 
and make permanent the deduction for qualified tuition 
and related expenses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DEDUCTION FOR QUALIFIED TUITION AND RE-
LATED EXPENSES. 
(a) DEDUCTION MADE PERMANENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 222 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking sub-
section (e). 
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(2) EGTRRA SUNSET.—Title IX of the Eco-
nomic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 
2001 shall not apply to section 431 of such Act. 
(b) INCREASE IN DOLLAR LIMITATION; REPEAL OF 
AGI PHASEOUT.—Subsection (b) of section 222 of such 
Code is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) DOLLAR LIMITATION.—The amount allowed as 
a deduction under subsection (a) with respect to the tax-
payer for any taxable year shall not exceed $5,000.’’. 
(c) ALLOWANCE
OF
DEDUCTION
TO
GRAND-
PARENTS.—Subsection (d) of section 222 of such Code is 
amended by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7) 
and inserting after paragraph (5) the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(6) GRANDCHILDREN TREATED AS DEPEND-
ENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of deter-
mining qualified tuition and related expenses 
for purposes of this section, any grandchild of 
the taxpayer shall be treated as a dependent of 
the taxpayer. 
‘‘(B) GRANDCHILDREN.—For purposes of 
this paragraph, the term ‘grandchild’ means a 
child of any child of the taxpayer.’’. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2005. 
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‘‘(C) REVISIONS
TO
PROCESS.—The Ad-
ministrator may revise the allocation process re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A) after—
‘‘(i) consulting with State agencies re-
sponsible for overseeing corrective action
for releases from underground storage
tanks; and
‘‘(ii) taking into consideration, at a
minimum, each of the following:
‘‘(I) The number of confirmed re-
leases from federally regulated leaking
underground storage tanks in the
States.
‘‘(II) The number of federally
regulated underground storage tanks
in the States.
‘‘(III) The performance of the
States in implementing and enforcing
the program.
‘‘(IV) The financial needs of the
States.
‘‘(V) The ability of the States to
use the funds referred to in subpara-
graph (A) in any year.
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‘‘(3) DISTRIBUTIONS
TO
STATE
AGENCIES.—
Distributions from the Trust Fund under this sub-
section shall be made directly to a State agency
that—
‘‘(A) enters into a cooperative agreement
referred to in paragraph (2)(A); or
‘‘(B) is enforcing a State program ap-
proved under this section.’’.
(b) 
WITHDRAWAL
OF
APPROVAL
OF
STATE
FUNDS.—Section 9004(c) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act
(42 U.S.C. 6991c(c)) is amended by inserting the fol-
lowing new paragraph at the end thereof:
‘‘(6) WITHDRAWAL
OF
APPROVAL.—After an
opportunity for good faith, collaborative efforts to
correct financial deficiencies with a State fund, the
Administrator may withdraw approval of any State
fund or State assurance program to be used as a fi-
nancial responsibility mechanism without with-
drawing approval of a State underground storage
tank program under section 9004(a).’’.
(c) ABILITY
TO PAY.—Section 9003(h)(6) of the
Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6591a(h)(6)) is
amended by adding the following new subparagraph at the
end thereof:
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6173 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an alternate sulfur 
dioxide removal measurement for advanced coal-based generation tech-
nology units under the qualifying advanced coal project credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2006 
Mr. RAMSTAD 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 provide 
an alternate sulfur dioxide removal measurement for ad-
vanced coal-based generation technology units under the 
qualifying advanced coal project credit. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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HR 6173 IH 
SECTION 1. ALTERNATE SULFUR DIOXIDE REMOVAL MEAS-
UREMENT FOR ADVANCED COAL-BASED GEN-
ERATION TECHNOLOGY UNITS UNDER QUALI-
FYING ADVANCED COAL PROJECT CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 48A(f)(1) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to advanced coal-based 
generation technology) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘percent’’ the first place it ap-
pears in the table contained in subparagraph (B), 
(2) by striking ‘‘99 percent’’ in such table and 
inserting ‘‘SO2 removal design level’’, and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
flush sentence: 
‘‘For purposes of the table contained in subpara-
graph (B), the term ‘SO2 removal design level’ 
means either 99 percent SO2 removal or the achieve-
ment of an emission limit of 0.04 pound SO2 per 
million Btu, on a 30-day average.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the amend-
ment made by section 1307(b) of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6174 
To redesignate the Miners Castle Information Station located near Munising, 
Michigan, as the ‘‘Raymond F. Clevenger Visitor Information Center 
at Miners Castle’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2006 
Mr. STUPAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To redesignate the Miners Castle Information Station located 
near Munising, Michigan, as the ‘‘Raymond F. Clevenger 
Visitor Information Center at Miners Castle’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION. 
The Miners Castle Information Station, located near 
Munising, Michigan, shall be known and redesignated as 
the ‘‘Raymond F. Clevenger Visitor Information Center at 
Miners Castle’’. 
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SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the Miners 
Castle Information Station, located near Munising, Michi-
gan, and referred to in section 1, shall be deemed to be 
a reference to the ‘‘Raymond F. Clevenger Visitor Infor-
mation Center at Miners Castle’’. 
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(e) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
such subtitle I is amended by adding the following new
item at the end thereof:
‘‘Sec. 9011. Use of funds for release prevention and compliance.’’.
SEC. 1527. DELIVERY PROHIBITION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle I of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act (42 U.S.C. 6991 et seq.) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 9012. DELIVERY PROHIBITION.
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION
OF
DELIVERY
OR
DE-
POSIT.—Beginning 2 years after the date of enact-
ment of this section, it shall be unlawful to deliver
to, deposit into, or accept a regulated substance into
an underground storage tank at a facility which has
been identified by the Administrator or a State im-
plementing agency to be ineligible for fuel delivery or
deposit.
‘‘(2) GUIDANCE.—Within 1 year after the date
of enactment of this section, the Administrator and
States that receive funding under this subtitle shall,
in consultation with the underground storage tank
owner and product delivery industries, for territory
for which they are the primary implementing agen-
cies, publish guidelines detailing the specific proc-
esses and procedures they will use to implement the
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provisions of this section. The processes and proce-
dures include, at a minimum—
‘‘(A) the criteria for determining which un-
derground storage tank facilities are ineligible
for delivery or deposit;
‘‘(B) the mechanisms for identifying which
facilities are ineligible for delivery or deposit to
the underground storage tank owning and fuel
delivery industries;
‘‘(C) the process for reclassifying ineligible
facilities as eligible for delivery or deposit; and
‘‘(D) a delineation of, or a process for de-
termining, the specified geographic areas sub-
ject to paragraph (4).
‘‘(3) DELIVERY PROHIBITION NOTICE.—
‘‘(A) ROSTER.—The Administrator and
each State implementing agency that receives
funding under this subtitle shall establish with-
in 24 months after the date of enactment of
this section a Delivery Prohibition Roster list-
ing underground storage tanks under the Ad-
ministrator’s or the State’s jurisdiction that are
determined to be ineligible for delivery or de-
posit pursuant to paragraph (2).
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‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION.—The Administrator
and each State, as appropriate, shall make
readily known, to underground storage tank
owners and operators and to product delivery
industries, the underground storage tanks listed
on a Delivery Prohibition Roster by:
‘‘(i) posting such Rosters, including
the physical location and street address of
each listed underground storage tank, on
official web sites and, if the Administrator
or the State so chooses, other electronic
means;
‘‘(ii) updating these Rosters periodi-
cally; and
‘‘(iii) installing a tamper-proof tag,
seal, or other device blocking the fill pipes
of such underground storage tanks to pre-
vent the delivery of product into such un-
derground storage tanks.
‘‘(C) ROSTER
UPDATES.—The Adminis-
trator and the State shall update the Delivery
Prohibition Rosters as appropriate, but not less
than once a month on the first day of the
month.
‘‘(D) TAMPERING WITH DEVICE.—
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‘‘(i) PROHIBITION.—It shall be unlaw-
ful for any person, other than an author-
ized representative of the Administrator or
a State, as appropriate, to remove, tamper
with, destroy, or damage a device installed
by the Administrator or a State, as appro-
priate, under subparagraph (B)(iii) of this
subsection.
‘‘(ii) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Any person
violating clause (i) of this subparagraph
shall be subject to a civil penalty not to ex-
ceed $10,000 for each violation.
‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—
‘‘(A) RURAL AND REMOTE AREAS.—Sub-
ject to subparagraph (B), the Administrator or
a State shall not include an underground stor-
age tank on a Delivery Prohibition Roster
under paragraph (3) if an urgent threat to pub-
lic health, as determined by the Administrator,
does not exist and if such a delivery prohibition
would jeopardize the availability of, or access
to, fuel in any rural and remote areas.
‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY
OF
LIMITATION.—
The limitation under subparagraph (A) shall
apply only during the 180-day period following
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the date of a determination by the Adminis-
trator or the appropriate State that exercising
the authority of paragraph (3) is limited by
subparagraph (A).
‘‘(b) EFFECT ON STATE AUTHORITY.—Nothing in
this section shall affect the authority of a State to prohibit
the delivery of a regulated substance to an underground
storage tank.
‘‘(c) DEFENSE TO VIOLATION.—A person shall not
be in violation of subsection (a)(1) if the underground
storage tank into which a regulated substance is delivered
is not listed on the Administrator’s or the appropriate
State’s Prohibited Delivery Roster 7 calendar days prior
to the delivery being made.’’.
(b) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 9006(d)(2) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 6991e(d)(2)) is amended as follows:
(1) By adding the following new subparagraph
after subparagraph (D):
‘‘(E) the delivery prohibition requirement estab-
lished by section 9012,’’.
(2) By adding the following new sentence at the
end thereof: ‘‘Any person making or accepting a de-
livery or deposit of a regulated substance to an un-
derground storage tank at an ineligible facility in
(16 U.S.C. 4211(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘and to each 
country within which the project is proposed to be con-
ducted’’. 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Section 2306(b) 
of the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
4245(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘$80,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$100,000’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
2306(a) of the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 4245(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2001, 2002, 
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2007 
through 2012’’. 
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION AND AMENDMENT OF RHINOC-
EROS AND TIGER CONSERVATION ACT OF 
1994. 
(a) NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF PROJECT PROPOSAL.— 
Section 5(c) of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 
of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5304(c)) is amended in the third sen-
tence by striking ‘‘, to the Administrator, and to each 
country within which the project is to be conducted’’ and 
inserting ‘‘and to the Administrator’’. 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Section 10(b) of 
the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 
U.S.C. 5306(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘$80,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$100,000’’. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6177 
To establish the United States Postal Service Memorial Fund for the benefit 
of the families of Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. of the 
United States Postal Service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2006 
Mr. OWENS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the United States Postal Service Memorial Fund 
for the benefit of the families of Joseph Curseen, Jr. 
and Thomas Morris, Jr. of the United States Postal 
Service. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
POSTAL SERVICE MEMORIAL FUND. 
There is hereby established in the Treasury of the 
United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘United States 
Postal Service Memorial Fund’’ (hereinafter in this Act 
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referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’), into which there shall be de-
posited all amounts received by the United States Postal 
Service which are designated for deposit into the Fund. 
SEC. 2. PAYMENTS FROM FUND FOR FAMILIES OF JOSEPH 
CURSEEN, JR. AND THOMAS MORRIS, JR. 
Subject to the regulations issued under section 4, 
amounts in the Fund shall be paid to the families of Jo-
seph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. of the United
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4621 
AN ACT 
To protect the integrity of the constitutionally mandated 
United States census and prohibit deceptive mail prac-
tices that attempt to exploit the decennial census. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,