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‘‘(C) The amount by which the total spend-
ing exceeds the total spending limit. 
‘‘(D) The sequestration percentage nec-
essary to eliminate any excess total spending. 
‘‘(5) DEFICIT SEQUESTRATION REPORTS.—The 
preview report shall set forth for the budget year es-
timates for each of the following: 
‘‘(A) The amount of the projected gross 
domestic product of the United States. 
‘‘(B) The estimated deficit. 
‘‘(C) The amount by which the estimated 
deficit exceeds the deficit limit. 
‘‘(D) The sequestration percentage nec-
essary to eliminate any excess deficit spend-
ing.’’; 
(4) in subsection (f)(3), by amending the side 
heading and the first sentence to read as follows: 
‘‘DIRECT, TOTAL, AND DEFICIT SEQUESTRATION RE-
PORTS.—The final report shall contain all the infor-
mation required in the direct, total, and deficit se-
questration preview reports. The final report shall 
also include any net increase or decrease in the cur-
rent year resulting from all OMB estimates for the 
current year of direct spending that were not re-
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flected in the final OMB sequestration report for the 
current year.’’; 
(5) in subsection (f), by amending paragraph 
(4) to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) EXPLANATION
OF
DIFFERENCES.—The 
OMB report shall explain any material differences 
between OMB and CBO estimates in any com-
parable reports.’’; and 
(6) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘(f)(4)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(f)(5)’’. 
SEC. 106. EXEMPT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES; SPECIAL 
SEQUESTRATION RULES. 
Sections 255 and 256 of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 255. EXEMPT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘(a) EXEMPT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.—The fol-
lowing shall be exempt from reduction under any order 
issued under this part: 
‘‘(1) Payments for net interest. 
‘‘(2) Benefits payable under the old-age, sur-
vivors, and disability insurance program established 
under title II of the Social Security Act. 
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with. All points of order against consideration of the bill 
are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of 
rule XXI. General debate shall be confined to the bill and 
shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled 
by the chair and ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on Science and Technology. After general debate 
the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five- 
minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original 
bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute 
rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec-
ommended by the Committee on Science and Technology 
now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. All 
points of order against the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute are waived except those arising 
under clause 10 of rule XXI. Notwithstanding clause 11 
of rule XVIII, no amendment to the committee amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except 
those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules ac-
companying this resolution. Each such amendment may 
be offered only in the order printed in the report, may 
be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 
specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 
the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
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amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi-
sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 
of the Whole. All points of order against such amendments 
are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of 
rule XXI. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 
for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 
bill to the House with such amendments as may have been 
adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the 
House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 
the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 
to final passage without intervening motion except one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
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House Calendar No. 44 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 352 
[Report No. 111–82] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1145) 
to implement a National Water Research and 
Development Initiative, and for other purposes. 
APRIL 22, 2009 
Referred to House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
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H. Res. 353 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
May 5, 2009. 
Whereas Global Youth Service Days is an annual public 
awareness and education campaign that highlights the 
valuable contributions that young people make to their 
communities year-round; 
Whereas the goals of Global Youth Service Days are to— 
(1) mobilize the youth of the United States to iden-
tify and address the needs of their communities through 
community service and service-learning opportunities; 
(2) support young people in embarking on a lifelong 
path of volunteer service and civic engagement; and 
(3) educate the public, the media, and policymakers 
about contributions made by young people as community 
leaders throughout the year; 
Whereas Global Youth Service Days, a program of Youth 
Service America, is the largest service event in the world 
and in 2009 is being observed for the 21st consecutive 
year in the United States and for the 10th year in more 
than 100 countries; 
Whereas young people in the United States and in many 
other countries are providing more volunteer service to 
their communities than in any other generation in his-
tory, thereby demonstrating that children and youth not
•HRES 353 EH 
only represent the future of the world, but are also lead-
ers and assets today; 
Whereas recent research shows that high quality, semester- 
long service-learning, when used as a teaching and learn-
ing strategy that integrates meaningful community serv-
ice with academic curriculum, increases students’ cog-
nitive engagement, motivation to learn, school attend-
ance, and academic achievement scores; 
Whereas a fundamental and conclusive correlation exists be-
tween youth service, character development, lifelong adult 
volunteering, philanthropy, and other forms of civic en-
gagement; 
Whereas community service and service-learning provide op-
portunities for youth to apply their knowledge, idealism, 
energy, creativity, and unique perspectives to improve 
local communities by addressing critical issues such as 
poverty, hunger, illiteracy, education, natural disasters, 
climate change, and many others; 
Whereas a growing number of Global Youth Service Days 
projects involve youth working collaboratively across na-
tional boundaries to address global issues, to increase 
intercultural understanding, and to promote the sense 
that they are global citizens; 
Whereas Global Youth Service Day engages millions of young 
people worldwide with the support of 50 International 
Coordinating Committee member organizations, over 150 
U.S. National Partners, 75 local and statewide Global 
Youth Services Days lead agencies, and thousands of 
local organizers; and 
Whereas both young people and their communities will ben-
efit greatly from expanded opportunities for youth to en-
•HRES 393 IH 
riers that prevent businesses from upgrading their facili-
ties with newer, more efficient energy technologies; 
Whereas we should not remove economic incentives for Amer-
ica’s oil and natural gas producers and workers that will 
effectively raise taxes on businesses keeping them from 
hiring additional workers; and 
Whereas higher energy tax rates on producers will be passed 
along to consumers and threatens our security by leaving 
us more dependent on foreign nations for our energy 
needs: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that the Obama administration and Congress 
should end the assault on America’s energy independence 
by leaving in place domestic energy tax incentives. 
Æ 
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gage in volunteer community service and service-learning: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes and commends the significant con-
tributions of youth of the United States and encourages 
the cultivation of a civic bond between young people 
dedicated to serving their neighbors, their communities, 
and the Nation; 
(2) supports the goals and ideals of Global Youth 
Services Days 2009; and 
(3) calls on the citizens of the United States to— 
(A) observe the day by encouraging youth to 
participate community service and service-learning 
projects and by joining them in such projects; 
(B) recognize the volunteer efforts of the 
young people of the United States throughout the 
year; and 
(C) support the volunteer efforts of young peo-
ple and engage them in meaningful community serv-
ice, service-learning, and decision-making opportuni-
ties today as an investment in the future of the 
United States. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
•HRES 354 IH 
more intense storms, harm to water resources, agri-
culture, wildlife, and ecosystems, and higher concentra-
tions of ground-level ozone, a harmful pollutant; 
Whereas the National Academies of Sciences recognizes sig-
nificant global warming is occurring, it is likely that most 
of the warming in recent decades can be attributed to 
human activities, and this warming has already led to 
change in the Earth’s climate; 
Whereas the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) 
has concluded that rising sea levels are submerging low- 
lying lands, eroding beaches, converting wetlands to open 
water, exacerbating coastal flooding, and increasing the 
salinity of estuaries and freshwater aquifers; 
Whereas the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion (NOAA) affirms 2008 was the eighth warmest year 
on record for the Earth, based on combined average of 
land and ocean surface temperatures; 
Whereas the World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases 
(WDCGG) affirms that greenhouse gas concentrations in 
the Earth’s atmosphere have increased dramatically since 
the Industrial Revolution, with carbon dioxide growing 
from about 280 ppm in 1850 to about 380 ppm today; 
and 
Whereas the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has 
issued a proposed finding that greenhouse gases, includ-
ing carbon dioxide, contribute to air pollution that may 
endanger public health or welfare: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes that the climate system of the 
Earth is warming and that most of the increase in 
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global average temperatures is very likely due to the 
observed increase in human greenhouse gas emis-
sions; and 
(2) recognizes legislation is needed to mitigate 
risks humans and ecosystems face from a warming 
climate system. 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2650
AN ACT
To designate portions of the Maurice River and its
tributaries in the State of New Jersey as compo-
nents of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers
Systems.
H. Res. 356 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
June 8, 2009. 
Whereas Boy Scouts of America was incorporated by Chicago 
publisher, William Boyce, on February 8, 1910, after 
learning of the Scouting movement during a visit to Lon-
don; 
Whereas, on June 21, 1910, a group of 34 national rep-
resentatives met, developed organization plans, and 
opened a temporary national headquarters in New York; 
Whereas the purpose of Boy Scouts of America is to teach 
America’s youth patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and 
kindred values; 
Whereas by 1912, Scouts were enrolled in every State; 
Whereas in 1916, Congress granted Boy Scouts of America 
a Federal charter; 
Whereas each council will commit each Boy Scout to perform 
hours 
of 
community 
service 
yearly, 
totaling 
30,000,000 community service hours each year; 
Whereas 
membership 
since 
1910 
totals 
more 
than 
111,000,000 scouts and is found in 185 countries around 
the world; 
Whereas the organization will present the 2 millionth Eagle 
Scout award in 2009;
•HRES 356 EH 
Whereas more than 1,000,000 adult volunteer leaders self-
lessly serve young people in their communities through 
organizations chartered by the Boy Scouts of America; 
Whereas these men and women often neither receive nor seek 
the thanks of the public; 
Whereas February 8, 2010, would be an appropriate day to 
designate as ‘‘Boy Scouts of America Day’’ in celebration 
of the Boy Scouts of America’s 100th anniversary; and 
Whereas Boy Scouts of America endeavors to develop Amer-
ican citizens who are physically, mentally, and emotion-
ally fit, have a high degree of self-reliance as evidenced 
in such qualities as initiative, courage, and resourceful-
ness, have personal values based on religious concepts, 
have the desire and skills to help others, understand the 
principles of the American social, economic, and govern-
mental systems, take pride in their American heritage 
and understand our Nation’s role in the world, have a 
keen respect for the basic rights of all people, and are 
prepared to participate in and give leadership to Amer-
ican society: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports 
the designation of ‘‘Boy Scouts of America Day’’ in celebra-
tion of its 100th anniversary. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
•HRES 35 IH 
Whereas insulin treats but does not cure this potentially 
deadly disease and does not prevent the complications of 
diabetes, which include blindness, heart attack, kidney 
failure, stroke, nerve damage, and amputations; 
Whereas the National Institutes of Health has established 6 
goal areas to guide type 1 diabetes research focused on 
the reduction, prevention, and cure of type 1 diabetes 
and its complications; 
Whereas Federal funding has enabled research focused on de-
termining the underlying genetic and environmental 
causes of diabetes and testing of promising new treat-
ments to halt and reverse the autoimmune attack causing 
type 1 diabetes; 
Whereas a cure for type 1 diabetes will require restoring beta 
cell function either by replacement with transplantation 
or by beta cell regeneration; 
Whereas the development of a ‘‘closed-loop’’ artificial pan-
creas would greatly alleviate the daily burden of disease 
management for type 1 diabetes patients by continuously 
monitoring blood sugar levels, infusing insulin as nec-
essary when blood glucose levels become too high, and 
warning patients when blood glucose levels become dan-
gerously low; 
Whereas continued progress toward a cure for type 1 diabetes 
depends on training the next generation of diabetes re-
searchers; 
Whereas a strong public-private partnership to fund type 1 
diabetes exists between the Federal Government and the 
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, a 
foundation which has awarded more than $1,000,000,000 
for diabetes research since its founding and in fiscal year 
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IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 359 
Providing for the consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 251) directing 
the Secretary of the Treasury to transmit to the House of Representa-
tives all information in his possession relating to specific communications 
with American International Group, Inc. (AIG). 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 23, 2009 
Mr. LATOURETTE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for the consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 
251) directing the Secretary of the Treasury to transmit 
to the House of Representatives all information in his 
possession relating to specific communications with 
American International Group, Inc. (AIG). 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution 
the House shall immediately proceed to consider in the 
House the resolution (H. Res. 251) directing the Secretary 
of the Treasury to transmit to the House of Representa-
tives all information in his possession relating to specific 
communications with American International Group, Inc. 
(AIG). All points of order against the resolution and 
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against its consideration are waived. The resolution shall 
be considered as read. The previous question shall be con-
sidered as ordered on the resolution to final adoption with-
out intervening motion except: (1) six hours of debate 
equally 
divided 
and 
controlled 
by 
Representative 
LaTourette of Ohio or his designee and an opponent; and 
(2) one motion to recommit. 
Æ 
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H. Res. 35 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 10, 2009. 
Whereas as many as 3,000,000 Americans suffer from type 
1 diabetes, a chronic, genetically determined, debilitating 
disease affecting every organ system; 
Whereas more than 15,000 children each year are diagnosed 
with type 1 diabetes, a disease caused by an autoimmune 
attack that destroys the insulin-producing beta cells of 
the pancreas; 
Whereas diabetes is one of the most costly chronic diseases, 
costing 
the 
United 
States 
economy 
more 
than 
$174,000,000,000 and costing individuals with diabetes 
an average of $13,000 in annual health care costs, com-
pared to $2,600 for individuals without diabetes; 
Whereas insulin treats but does not cure this potentially 
deadly disease and does not prevent the complications of 
diabetes, which include blindness, heart attack, kidney 
failure, stroke, nerve damage, and amputations; 
Whereas the National Institutes of Health has established 6 
goal areas to guide type 1 diabetes research focused on 
the reduction, prevention, and cure of type 1 diabetes 
and its complications; 
Whereas Federal funding has enabled research focused on de-
termining the underlying genetic and environmental
•HRES 35 EH 
causes of diabetes and testing of promising new treat-
ments to halt and reverse the autoimmune attack causing 
type 1 diabetes; 
Whereas a cure for type 1 diabetes will require restoring beta 
cell function either by replacement with transplantation 
or by beta cell regeneration; 
Whereas the development of a ‘closed-loop’ artificial pancreas 
would greatly alleviate the daily burden of disease man-
agement for type 1 diabetes patients by continuously 
monitoring blood sugar levels, infusing insulin as nec-
essary when blood glucose levels become too high, and 
warning patients when blood glucose levels become dan-
gerously low; 
Whereas continued progress toward a cure for type 1 diabetes 
depends on training the next generation of diabetes re-
searchers; 
Whereas a strong public-private partnership to fund type 1 
diabetes exists between the Federal Government and the 
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, a 
foundation which has awarded more than $1,000,000,000 
for diabetes research since its founding and in fiscal year 
2008 provided more than $156,000,000 for diabetes re-
search in 20 countries; 
Whereas Congress has provided $150,000,000 annually 
through fiscal year 2011 for the Special Statutory Fund-
ing Program for type 1 Diabetes Research; 
Whereas the National Institutes of Health devoted a total of 
$433,000,000 in fiscal year 2009 for type 1 diabetes re-
search; 
Whereas leading type 1 diabetes researchers have rec-
ommended a total funding level of $4,100,000,000 for
•HRES 35 EH 
fiscal years 2009 through 2013 in order to meet the Na-
tional Institutes of Health’s type 1 research goals: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That Federal funding for diabetes research 
should be increased to meet the National Institutes of 
Health’s goals so that a cure for type 1 diabetes can be 
found. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 35 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should 
provide increased Federal funding for continued type 1 diabetes research. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 8, 2009 
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
Congress should provide increased Federal funding for 
continued type 1 diabetes research. 
Whereas as many as 3,000,000 Americans suffer from type 
1 diabetes, a chronic, genetically determined, debilitating 
disease affecting every organ system; 
Whereas more than 15,000 children each year are diagnosed 
with type 1 diabetes, a disease caused by an autoimmune 
attack that destroys the insulin-producing beta cells of 
the pancreas; 
Whereas diabetes is one of the most costly chronic diseases, 
costing 
the 
United 
States 
economy 
more 
than 
$174,000,000,000 and costing individuals with diabetes 
an average of $13,000 in annual health care costs, com-
pared to $2,600 for individuals without diabetes; 
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2008 provided more than $156,000,000 for diabetes re-
search in 20 countries; 
Whereas Congress has provided $150,000,000 annually 
through fiscal year 2011 for the Special Statutory Fund-
ing Program for type 1 Diabetes Research; 
Whereas the National Institutes of Health devoted a total of 
$433,000,000 in fiscal year 2009 for type 1 diabetes re-
search; and 
Whereas leading type 1 diabetes researchers have rec-
ommended a total funding level of $4,100,000,000 for 
fiscal years 2009 through 2013 in order to meet the Na-
tional Institutes of Health’s type 1 research goals: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That Federal funding for diabetes research 
should be increased to meet the National Institutes of 
Health’s goals so that a cure for type 1 diabetes can be 
found. 
Æ 
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