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Union Calendar No. 460 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6109 
[Report No. 110–725] 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act to reauthorize the pre-disaster hazard mitigation program, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2008 
Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. MICA, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. GRAVES) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure 
JUNE 19, 2008 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act to reauthorize the pre-disaster haz-
ard mitigation program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pre-Disaster Mitiga-
tion Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. PRE-DISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION. 
(a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Section 203(f) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(f)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) BASE AMOUNT.—The amount of financial 
assistance made available to a State (including 
amounts made available to local governments of the 
State) under this section for a fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) shall be not less than the lesser of— 
‘‘(i) $575,000; or 
‘‘(ii) the amount that is equal to 1.0 
percent of the total funds appropriated to 
carry out this section for the fiscal year; 
and 
‘‘(B) shall be subject to the criteria speci-
fied in subsection (g). 
‘‘(2) COMPETITIVE PROGRAM.—Other than the 
amounts described in paragraph (1), financial assist-
ance made available to a State (including amounts 
made available to local governments of the State) 
under this section shall be awarded on a competitive 
basis subject to the criteria in subsection (g). 
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Union Calendar No. 460 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6109 
[Report No. 110–725] 
A BILL 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the 
pre-disaster hazard mitigation program, and for 
other purposes. 
JUNE 19, 2008 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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HR 6124 PCS
thorization to accept and redeem benefits shall be 
valid under the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program.’’; and 
(C) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘section 
3(g)(9)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3(k)(9)’’. 
(7) Section 10 of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2019) is amended— 
(A) by striking the section designation and 
heading and all that follows through ‘‘Regula-
tions’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 10. REDEMPTION OF PROGRAM BENEFITS. 
‘‘Regulations’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 3(k)(4) of this 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3(p)(4)’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘section 7(i)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 7(h)’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘coupons’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘benefits’’. 
(8) Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (d)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 3(n)(1) of this 
Act’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘section 3(t)(1)’’; and 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5866 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize individuals who are 
pursuing programs of rehabilitation, education, or training under laws 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to receive work-study 
allowances for certain outreach services provided through congressional 
offices, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2018 
Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize individ-
uals who are pursuing programs of rehabilitation, edu-
cation, or training under laws administered by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to receive work-study allow-
ances for certain outreach services provided through con-
gressional offices, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This 
Act 
may 
be 
cited 
as 
the 
‘‘Employee 
Misclassification Prevention Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND NON-EM-
PLOYEES. 
(a) RECORD-KEEPING
AND
NOTICE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 11(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 211(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Every employer’’ and inserting 
‘‘(1) Every employer’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘the persons employed by him’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(A) the persons employed by such 
employer’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘maintained by him’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, (B) the individuals who are not employees of 
the employer (within the meaning of section 3(g)) 
but with whom the employer, in the course of the 
trade or business in which the employer is engaged, 
has engaged for the performance of labor or services, 
and of the remuneration and hours relating to the 
performance of labor or services by such individuals, 
and (C) the notices required under paragraph (3),’’; 
and 
(4) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) All records under this subsection shall contain 
an accurate classification of the status of each individual 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6112 
To provide for the monitoring of the long-term medical health of firefighters 
who responded to emergencies in certain disaster areas and for the 
treatment of such firefighters. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2008 
Mr. BACA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science 
and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the monitoring of the long-term medical 
health of firefighters who responded to emergencies in 
certain disaster areas and for the treatment of such 
firefighters. 
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 referred to as the ‘‘Healthy Fire-
fighters Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MONITORING AND TREATMENT OF FIREFIGHTERS 
IN DISASTER AREAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Fire Adminis-
tration, after consultation with the National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health, shall— 
(1) contract with an appropriate, locally based 
medical research university to conduct long-term 
medical health monitoring of those firefighters who 
responded to emergencies in any areas referred to in 
subsection (b); and 
(2) in consultation with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, provide for the treatment of 
firefighters described in paragraph (1) who suffer 
health-related conditions as a result of responding to 
such emergencies. 
(b) AFFECTED FIREFIGHTERS.—An area referred to 
in this subsection is any area which is declared a disaster 
area by the Federal Government. 
(c) HEALTH MONITORING.—The long-term health 
monitoring referred to in subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) pulmonary illness, neurological damage, and 
cardiovascular damage; and 
(2) exposure documentation. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the United States 
Fire Administration to carry out this section, such sums 
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as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 
2013. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1107 
AN ACT 
To enact certain laws relating to public contracts as title 
41, United States Code, ‘‘Public Contracts’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1.
Table of contents.
‘‘(6)(A) it is required by section 910(a) to have 
premarket review and does not have an order in ef-
fect under section 910(c)(1)(A)(i); or 
‘‘(B) it is in violation of an order under section 
910(c)(1)(A); 
‘‘(7) the methods used in, or the facilities or 
controls used for, its manufacture, packing, or stor-
age are not in conformity with applicable require-
ments under section 906(e)(1) or an applicable con-
dition prescribed by an order under section 
906(e)(2); or 
‘‘(8) it is in violation of section 911. 
‘‘SEC. 903. MISBRANDED TOBACCO PRODUCTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A tobacco product shall be 
deemed to be misbranded— 
‘‘(1) if its labeling is false or misleading in any 
particular; 
‘‘(2) if in package form unless it bears a label 
containing— 
‘‘(A) the name and place of business of the 
tobacco product manufacturer, packer, or dis-
tributor; 
‘‘(B) an accurate statement of the quantity 
of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or 
numerical count; 
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(1) The status of implementation by agencies of 
the requirement in section 3506(c)(1)(B)(iii)(VI) of 
such title 44, as added by section 2 of this Act. 
(2) A description of how each agency has re-
sponded to complaints made to the agency related to 
the agency’s compliance with such requirement. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendment made by section 2 shall apply to new 
or revised collections of information approved by the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget beginning 
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6113 
AN ACT 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to require 
each agency to include contact information for 
the agency in its collection of information.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6113 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to require each agency to include 
a contact telephone number in its collection of information. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2008 
Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to require each 
agency to include a contact telephone number in its 
collection of information. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION REQUIRE-
MENT. 
Section 3506(c)(1)(B)(iii) of title 44, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subclause (IV) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(VI) the agency’s contact tele-
phone number; and’’. 
SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General shall— 
(1) conduct a study on— 
(A) the number of complaints made to an 
agency or other entity by a person receiving the 
collection of information from an agency with 
respect to such agency’s contact telephone num-
ber, or lack thereof; and 
(B) the status of the resolution of such 
complaints by such agency; and 
(2) submit a report on the findings of such 
study to each House of Congress. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendment made by section 1 shall take effect 
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6113 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 30, 2008 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to require each 
agency to include contact information for the agency 
in its collection of information. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Paperwork Assistance 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION REQUIREMENT. 
Section 3506(c)(1)(B)(iii) of title 44, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subclause (IV) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(VI) contact information for the 
agency, including a website and a tele-
phone number, by which a person may 
obtain a specific contact person re-
sponsible for answering questions 
about the information collection and 
other information to assist in respond-
ing to the information collection; 
and’’. 
SEC. 3. REPORT BY THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 
BUDGET. 
The Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et shall include in the report required by section 
3514(a)(1)(B) of title 44, United States Code, covering 
fiscal year 2010 the following: 
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(1) The status of implementation by agencies of 
the requirement in section 3506(c)(1)(B)(iii)(VI) of 
such title 44, as added by section 2 of this Act. 
(2) A description of how each agency has re-
sponded to complaints made to the agency related to 
the agency’s compliance with such requirement. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendment made by section 2 shall apply to new 
or revised collections of information approved by the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget beginning 
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6114 
To amend the Veterans’ Benefits and Services Act of 1988 relating to testing 
for infection with the human immunodeficiency virus. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2008 
Mr. DOYLE (for himself and Mr. DENT) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Veterans’ Benefits and Services Act of 1988 
relating to testing for infection with the human immuno-
deficiency virus. 
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 ‘‘Simplifying and Up-
dating National Standards to Encourage Testing of the 
Human Immunodeficiency Virus of 2008’’ or ‘‘SUNSET 
Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. SUNSET. 
Section 124 of the Veterans’ Benefits and Services 
Act of 1988 (38 U.S.C. 4133 note; 102 Stat. 505) and 
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the item relating to such section in the table of contents 
of such Act (102 Stat. 487) are repealed. 
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(11) PAYMENT
ACRES.—The term ‘‘payment 
acres’’ means, in the case of direct payments and 
counter-cyclical payments— 
(A) except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), 85 percent of the base acres of a covered 
commodity on a farm on which direct payments 
or counter-cyclical payments are made; and 
(B) in the case of direct payments for each 
of the 2009 through 2011 crop years, 83.3 per-
cent of the base acres for the covered com-
modity on a farm on which direct payments are 
made. 
(12) PAYMENT
YIELD.—The term ‘‘payment 
yield’’ means the yield established for direct pay-
ments and the yield established for counter-cyclical 
payments under section 1102 of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7912) 
as in effect on September 30, 2007, or under section 
1102 of this Act, for a farm for a covered com-
modity. 
(13) PRODUCER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘producer’’ 
means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or 
sharecropper that shares in the risk of pro-
ducing a crop and is entitled to share in the 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6117 
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to analyze the 
impacts of Federal regulations on small businesses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2008 
Mr. HILL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Small Business 
A BILL 
To require the Comptroller General of the United States 
to analyze the impacts of Federal regulations on small 
businesses. 
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 ‘‘Small Business Regu-
latory Equity Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. ANALYSIS OF IMPACTS OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS 
ON SMALL BUSINESSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30, 
2009, and every two years thereafter, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to Congress a 
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report containing the Comptroller General’s analysis of 
the impacts of Federal regulations on businesses described 
in subsection (c). The report shall detail— 
(1) the cost and impacts of federally mandated 
regulations that are administered by State agencies; 
(2) the amount of time such businesses must 
spend working with agencies attempting to obtain 
written responses to their written questions; 
(3) the period of time that passes between sub-
mitting such questions to agencies and receiving 
such responses; 
(4) how long projects are delayed due to Fed-
eral regulations; and 
(5) how long it takes small business (on aver-
age) to obtain permits from Federal agencies. 
(b) IMPACTS COVERED.—The report shall cover, and 
treat separately, direct impacts (such as wages, time, and 
fees spent on compliance) and indirect impacts (such as 
the impact on cash flow, sales, and competitiveness). 
(c) BUSINESSES COVERED.—The report shall cover, 
and treat separately, impacts on— 
(1) businesses with 15 or fewer employees; 
(2) businesses with 16 to 35 employees; and 
(3) businesses with 36 to 50 employees. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 611 
To eliminate the requirement that States collect Social Security numbers 
from applicants for recreational licenses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 22, 2007 
Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. HOLDEN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To eliminate the requirement that States collect Social 
Security numbers from applicants for recreational licenses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT THAT STATES 
COLLECT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS FROM 
APPLICANTS FOR RECREATIONAL LICENSES. 
Section 466(a)(13)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 666(a)(13)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘rec-
reational license,’’. 
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(2) Youth who create Internet content and use 
social networking sites are more likely to be targets 
of cyberbullying. 
(3) Electronic communications provide anonym-
ity to the perpetrator and the potential for wide-
spread public distribution, potentially making them 
severely dangerous and cruel to youth. 
(4) Online victimizations are associated with 
emotional distress and other psychological problems, 
including depression. 
(5) Cyberbullying can cause psychological harm, 
including depression; negatively impact academic 
performance, safety, and the well-being of children 
in school; force children to change schools; and in 
some cases lead to extreme violent behavior, includ-
ing murder and suicide. 
(6) Sixty percent of mental health professionals 
who responded to the Survey of Internet Mental 
Health Issues report having treated at least one pa-
tient with a problematic Internet experience in the 
previous five years; 54 percent of these clients were 
18 years of age or younger. 
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SEC. 3. CYBERBULLYING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 41 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 881. Cyberbullying 
‘‘(a) Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign com-
merce any communication, with the intent to coerce, in-
timidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress 
to a person, using electronic means to support severe, re-
peated, and hostile behavior, shall be fined under this title 
or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. 
‘‘(b) As used in this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘communication’ means the elec-
tronic transmission, between or among points speci-
fied by the user, of information of the user’s choos-
ing, without change in the form or content of the in-
formation as sent and received; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘electronic means’ means any 
equipment dependent on electrical power to access 
an information service, including email, instant mes-
saging, blogs, websites, telephones, and text mes-
sages.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 41 of title 18, United States 
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Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘881. Cyberbullying.’’. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5868 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 530 Claremont Avenue in Ashland, Ohio, as 
the ‘‘Bill Harris Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,