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are available for distribution as evidence-based practice 
bonuses under this section shall remain available for dis-
tribution until the end of the succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect beginning with fiscal year 
2010. 
SEC. 5. IMPROVING INFORMATION ABOUT PREVALENCE OF 
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE 
DISORDERS IN JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
(a) INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE 
ABUSE DISORDER INFORMATION IN REQUIRED ANNUAL 
REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 207(1) of the Juve-
nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5617(1)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) the prevalence of mental health dis-
orders among juveniles, including separate in-
formation on the diagnoses of serious mental 
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health disorders, substance abuse disorders, and 
both such disorders.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by subsection (a) shall take effect beginning with fis-
cal year 2010. 
(b) EXAMINATION
AND REPORT
ON EVIDENCE- 
BASED PRACTICES BY COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JUVE-
NILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 206(c)(1) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5616(c)(1)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following sentence: ‘‘The Council shall 
examine and report on evidence-based practices for 
decreasing delinquency and recidivism among juve-
niles with mental health or substance abuse dis-
orders.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply to the first annual re-
port under section 206(c)(1) of the Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5616(c)(1)) issued after the expiration of the 45-day 
period which begins on the date of enactment of this 
Act and to each succeeding annual report. 
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SEC. 6. DEDICATING EXCESS APPROPRIATIONS FOR JAIL 
DIVERSION PROGRAMS TO PROGRAMS SPE-
CIFICALLY TARGETING JUVENILES. 
(a) GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS TARGETING JUVENILES 
FOR DIVERSION.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall ensure that at least 25 percent of the grants 
awarded in a fiscal year under section 520G of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–38) are awarded to 
programs specifically targeting juveniles for diversion. 
(b) MINIMUM
APPROPRIATION
REQUIRED.—Sub-
section (a) only shall apply to a fiscal year in which the 
amount appropriated for grants under section 520G of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–38) for that 
fiscal year exceeds the amount appropriated for such 
grants in fiscal year 2009 by more than 50 percent. 
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H. R. 5014 
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 clarify the health care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that con-
stitutes minimum essential coverage. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDED BY THE SEC-
RETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS THAT CONSTITUTES 
MINIMUM ESSENTIAL COVERAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Clause (v) of section 5000A(f)(1)(A) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 1501(b) of 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(v) a health care program under chapter 17 or 
18 of title 38, United States Code, as determined by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in coordination with 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 
Secretary,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall take effect as if included in section 1501(b) of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘A Child Is Missing 
Alert and Recovery Center Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DIRECTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO MAKE AN-
NUAL GRANTS TO A CHILD IS MISSING ALERT 
AND RECOVERY CENTER TO ASSIST LAW EN-
FORCEMENT 
AGENCIES 
IN 
RECOVERING 
MISSING CHILDREN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, acting 
through the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Jus-
tice and Delinquency Prevention, shall annually make a 
grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Cen-
ter. 
(b) SPECIFIED USE OF FUNDS FOR RECOVERY AC-
TIVITIES, REGIONAL CENTERS, EDUCATION, AND INFOR-
MATION SHARING.—A Child Is Missing Alert and Recov-
ery Center shall use the funds made available under this 
Act— 
(1) to operate and expand the A Child Is Miss-
ing Alert and Recovery Center to provide services to 
Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies 
to promote the quick recovery of a missing child in 
response to a request from such agencies for assist-
ance by utilizing rapid alert telephone calls, text 
messaging, and satellite mapping technology;
(2) to maintain and expand technologies and 
techniques to ensure the highest level of performance 
of such services; 
(3) to establish and maintain regional centers 
to provide both centralized and on-site training and 
to distribute information to Federal, State, and local 
law enforcement agency officials about how to best 
utilize the services provided by the A Child Is Miss-
ing Alert and Recovery Center; 
(4) to share appropriate information with the 
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 
the AMBER Alert Coordinator, the Silver Alert Co-
ordinator, and appropriate Federal, State, and local 
law enforcement agencies; and 
(5) to assist the National Center for Missing 
and Exploited Children, the AMBER Alert Coordi-
nator, the Silver Alert Coordinator, and appropriate 
Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies 
with education programs. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF MISSING CHILD. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘missing child’’ 
means an individual whose whereabouts are unknown to 
a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
For grants under section 2, there are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Attorney General $5,000,000 for 
each fiscal year from fiscal year 2010 through fiscal year 
2015. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 21, 2009. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1933 
AN ACT 
To direct the Attorney General to make an annual 
grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recov-
ery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in 
the rapid recovery of missing children, and for 
other purposes.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5014 
To clarify the health care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
that constitutes minimum essential coverage. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2010 
Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To clarify the health care provided by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs that constitutes minimum essential cov-
erage. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDED 
BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
THAT CONSTITUTES MINIMUM ESSENTIAL 
COVERAGE. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Clause 
(v) 
of 
section 
5000A(f)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as 
added by section 1501(b) of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act, is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(v) chapter 17 or 18 of title 38, 
United States Code, or otherwise under the 
laws administered by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs, of an individual entitled to 
coverage under such chapter or laws for 
essential health benefits (as defined by the 
Secretary for purposes of section 1302(b) 
of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act) insofar as such benefits are 
available under such chapter or laws; or’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in section 
1501(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
and shall be executed immediately after the amendments 
made by section 2 of the TRICARE Affirmation Act. 
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HR 1 EAS 
exchange of an individual’s individually 
identifiable health information. 
‘‘(iv) Ensuring security methods to en-
sure appropriate authorization and elec-
tronic authentication of health information 
and specifying technologies or methodologies 
for rendering health information unusable, 
unreadable, or indecipherable. 
‘‘(v) Specifying a framework for co-
ordination and flow of recommendations 
and policies under this subtitle among the 
Secretary, the National Coordinator, the 
HIT Policy Committee, the HIT Standards 
Committee, and other health information 
exchanges and other relevant entities. 
‘‘(vi) Methods to foster the public un-
derstanding of health information tech-
nology. 
‘‘(vii) Strategies to enhance the use of 
health information technology in improving 
the quality of health care, reducing medical 
errors, reducing health disparities, improv-
ing public health, increasing prevention and 
coordination with community resources,
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1936 
To provide certain requirements for the licensing of commercial nuclear 
facilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 2, 2009 
Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. HALL of New York, and Mr. HINCHEY) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide certain requirements for the licensing of 
commercial nuclear facilities. 
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 ‘‘Nuclear Power Licens-
ing Reform Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2133) is amended— 
(1) in subsection b., by inserting ‘‘, including 
that the facility does not pose an unreasonable 
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threat to persons or the environment because of 
safety or security vulnerabilities (including vulner-
ability to terrorist attacks), and that there exist ade-
quate evacuation plans for emergency events and 
that those plans have been approved by the relevant 
Federal agencies and States within 50 miles of the 
facility’’ after ‘‘by rule establish’’; and 
(2) in subsection c., by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘Any such renewal shall be subject to the 
same criteria and requirements that would be appli-
cable for an original application for initial construc-
tion, and the Commission shall ensure that any 
changes in the size or distribution of the sur-
rounding population have not resulted in the facility 
being located at a site at which a new facility would 
not be allowed to be built.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1937 
To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to retain and redistribute 
certain amounts collected as fines. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 2, 2009 
Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. HINCHEY, and Mr. 
ENGEL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to retain 
and redistribute certain amounts collected as fines. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. USE OF FUNDS. 
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall retain 
amounts collected for safety-related fines, and shall dis-
tribute those amounts to counties for maintaining radio-
logical emergency preparedness plans required in connec-
tion with the nuclear facility with respect to which the 
fines were collected. 
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340 
AMDT. NO. 98 
(6) HEALTH
CARE
OPERATIONS.—The term 
‘‘health care operation’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 164.501 of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(7) HEALTH
CARE
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘‘health care provider’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 160.103 of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(8) HEALTH PLAN.—The term ‘‘health plan’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 1171(5) 
of the Social Security Act. 
(9) NATIONAL COORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Coordinator’’ means the head of the Office of 
the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology established under section 3001(a) of the 
Public Health Service Act, as added by section 
13101. 
(10) PAYMENT.—The term ‘‘payment’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 164.501 of title 
45, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(11) PERSONAL HEALTH RECORD.—The term 
‘‘personal health record’’ means an electronic record 
of individually identifiable health information on an 
individual that can be drawn from multiple sources 
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‘‘(G) appropriate efforts to be carried out 
by hospitals, schools of medicine, schools of os-
teopathic medicine, schools of dentistry, and ac-
crediting bodies with respect to changes in un-
dergraduate and graduate medical training to 
improve competency and clinical skills of physi-
cians in providing health care services to, and 
communicating with, patients with disabilities, 
including those with intellectual disabilities; 
and’’. 
(f) MEDICARE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION 
PROGRAMS.—Section 1886(h) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(8) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE TRAINING.— 
To be eligible to receive a payment under this sub-
section, a hospital shall provide training to improve 
competency and clinical skills in providing health 
care to, and communicating with, patients with dis-
abilities, including those with intellectual disabilities, 
as part of any approved medical residency training 
program provided by the hospital. Such training 
shall include treating patients with disabilities in 
community-based settings, as part of the usual 
training or residency placement.’’. 
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(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsections (b), (c), and (f) shall take effect 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act 
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‘‘PART B—BENEFITS 
‘‘SEC. 2221. SCOPE OF BENEFITS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in the suc-
ceeding provisions of this part, the benefits provided to 
an individual described in section 2201(a) by the program 
established by this title shall consist of entitlement to the 
same benefits as are provided under parts A and B of title 
XVIII to individuals entitled to benefits under part A, and 
enrolled under part B, of title XVIII. 
‘‘(b) CHANGE IN THE COST-SHARING.— 
‘‘(1) DEDUCTIBLE.—Except as provided in the 
succeeding provisions of this part, the amount of ex-
penses (other than expenses for benefits described in 
subsection (c)) with respect to which an individual is 
entitled to have payment made under this title for 
any year shall first be reduced by a deductible of 
$350, except that in no case shall the amount of the 
deductible for all the members of a family exceed 
$500. Such deductible shall be instead of the deduct-
ible for inpatient hospital services under the first 
sentence of section 1813(a)(1) and the deductible 
under section 1833(b). 
‘‘(2) COINSURANCE.—After the application of 
the deductible under paragraph (1), the expenses re-
ferred to in such paragraph shall be subject to a co-
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sideration to privacy protections and employee 
rights. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITION. 
As used in this Act, the term ‘‘electronic life safety 
and security systems industry’’ means businesses that pro-
vide installation and central monitoring of fire and burglar 
alarm systems to public or private entities including but 
not limited to fire alarms, burglar alarms, closed-circuit 
TV, biometric systems, access control systems and other 
crime prevention systems. 
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HR 1945 RFS
(B) other commercial, agricultural, and in-
dustrial needs not related to a gaming activity. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 8, 2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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II 
Calendar No. 303 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1945 
[Report No. 111–153] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 9, 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 require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
on the feasibility and suitability of constructing a storage 
reservoir, outlet works, and a delivery system for the 
Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation 
in the State of California to provide a water supply 
for domestic, municipal, industrial, and agricultural pur-
poses, 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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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1941 
To allow for additional flights beyond the perimeter restriction applicable 
to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 2, 2009 
Mr. MITCHELL (for himself, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. HELLER, and Ms. TITUS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To allow for additional flights beyond the perimeter restric-
tion applicable to Ronald Reagan Washington National 
Airport. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENDING THE LENGTH OF FLIGHTS FROM 
RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL 
AIRPORT. 
Section 41718 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) USE OF AIRPORT SLOTS FOR BEYOND PERIM-
ETER FLIGHTS.—Notwithstanding section 49109 or any 
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other provision of law, any air carrier that holds or oper-
ates air carrier slots at Ronald Reagan Washington Na-
tional Airport as of January 1, 2009, pursuant to subparts 
K and S of part 93 of title 14, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, which are being used as of that date for scheduled 
service between that airport and a large hub airport (as 
defined in section 40102(a)) may use such slots for service 
between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and 
any airport located outside of the perimeter restriction de-
scribed in section 49109.’’. 
Æ 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1943 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for adjustments 
in the individual income tax rates to reflect regional differences in the 
cost-of-living. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 2, 2009 
Mr. NADLER of New York (for himself, Mrs. LOWEY, and Mr. ISRAEL) intro-
duced 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 
for adjustments in the individual income tax rates to 
reflect regional differences in the cost-of-living. 
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 ‘‘Tax Equity Act of 
2009’’. 
SEC. 2. REGIONAL COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS IN INDI-
VIDUAL INCOME TAX RATES. 
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Subsection (f) of section 1 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to adjust-
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by such employee as that employee’s domestic 
partner. 
‘‘(13) The term ‘parent-in-law’ means a parent 
of the spouse or domestic partner of an employee. 
‘‘(14) The term ‘grandparent’ means a parent 
of a parent of an employee. 
‘‘(15) The term ‘sibling’ means any person who 
is a son or daughter of an employee’s parent. 
‘‘(16) The term ‘spouse’ includes a same-sex 
spouse as determined under applicable State law.’’. 
(b) LEAVE REQUIREMENT.—Section 6382 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘spouse, 
or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if 
such spouse, son, daughter, or parent’’ and inserting 
‘‘spouse, or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, 
parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling, of the 
employee if such spouse, domestic partner, son, 
daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sib-
ling’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘spouse, 
son, daughter, parent,’’ and inserting ‘‘spouse or do-
mestic partner, son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, 
grandparent, sibling,’’; and 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1944 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 
subpart F exemption for active financing income. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 2, 2009 
Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut, Mr. HERGER, Mr. CROWLEY, and Mr. BRADY of Texas) intro-
duced 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 the subpart F exemption for active financing income. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PERMANENT SUBPART F EXEMPTION FOR AC-
TIVE FINANCING INCOME. 
(a) BANKING, FINANCING, 
OR
SIMILAR
BUSI-
NESSES.—Subsection (h) of section 954 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to special rule for income 
derived in the active conduct of banking, financing, or 
similar businesses) is amended by striking paragraph (9). 
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