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H. Res. 723 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
October 10, 2007. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. EXPENSES OF SELECT COMMITTEE. 
(a) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.—There shall be paid out 
of the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives 
not more than $300,000 for the expenses of the select com-
mittee established under House Resolution 611, as agreed to 
August, 3, 2007 (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘select com-
mittee’’). 
(b) CONSULTANTS.—The select committee shall be treat-
ed as a standing committee of the House for purposes of sec-
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 72a(i)). 
(c) VOUCHERS.—Payments under this resolution shall be 
made on vouchers authorized by the select committee, signed 
by the chairman of such committee, and approved in the 
manner directed by the Committee on House Administration.
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(d) REGULATIONS.—Amounts made available under this 
resolution shall be expended in accordance with regulations 
prescribed by the Committee on House Administration. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
H. Res. 724 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
October 17, 2007. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 2095) to amend title 49, United States Code, 
to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous mate-
rials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety Ad-
ministration, and for other purposes. The first reading of the 
bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against con-
sideration 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 chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 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-
•HRES 726 EH 
Whereas since 2003, mass rape committed by members of the 
Sudanese armed forces and affiliated militias with the 
support of the Government of Sudan has been a central 
component of the Government of Sudan’s violence and 
ethnic cleansing in Darfur; 
Whereas women and girls leaving Internally Displaced Per-
sons camps in Darfur and refugee camps in eastern 
Chad, to seek firewood, water or outside sources of in-
come are often attacked and subjected to rape and sexual 
violence perpetrated by members of the Sudanese armed 
forces and associated Janjaweed militia and other armed 
combatants; 
Whereas, on July 19, 2004, Amnesty International reported 
that it collected the names of 250 women who had been 
raped in Darfur and information on 250 additional rapes; 
Whereas, on January 25, 2005, the International Commission 
of Inquiry on Darfur, in a report to the United Nations 
Secretary General, reported numerous cases of mass rape 
throughout Darfur including an incident in which a large 
number of Janjaweed attacked a boarding school, and 
raped as many as 110 girls; 
Whereas, on October 14, 2005, the Secretary General of the 
United Nations reported ‘‘Many girls have given birth as 
a result of rape. Although local communities are trying 
to accept the offspring, the children face a great deal of 
stigmatization.’’; 
Whereas, on March 9, 2007, members of the United Nations 
High-Level Mission on the situation of human rights in 
Darfur reported that ‘‘rape and sexual assualt have been 
widespread and systematic, terrorizing women and break-
ing down families and communities’’ and that ‘‘women
•HRES 724 EH 
ommended by the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure 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 na-
ture 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 amendment in the 
nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed 
in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 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 amendment, and shall not be subject to a de-
mand for division 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 na-
ture of a substitute. The previous question shall be consid-
•HRES 724 EH 
ered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final 
passage without intervening motion except one motion to re-
commit with or without instructions. 
SEC. 2. During consideration in the House of H.R. 2095 
pursuant to this resolution, notwithstanding the operation of 
the previous question, the Chair may postpone further consid-
eration of the bill to such time as may be designated by the 
Speaker. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
•HRES 725 EH 
sources of pollution and to maintain the Nation’s com-
mitment to a ‘‘no net loss’’ of wetlands; 
Whereas the Nation’s decaying water infrastructure and a 
lack of available funding to maintain and upgrade the 
Nation’s wastewater infrastructure pose a serious threat 
to the water quality improvements achieved over the past 
35 years; 
Whereas the Environmental Protection Agency, the Congres-
sional Budget Office, and other stakeholders have identi-
fied a funding gap of between $300,000,000,000 and 
$400,000,000,000 over the next 20 years for the restora-
tion and replacement of wastewater infrastructure; 
Whereas further development and innovation of water pollu-
tion control programs and advancement of water pollu-
tion control research, technology, and education are nec-
essary and desirable; and 
Whereas October 18, 2007, is the 35th anniversary of the en-
actment of the Clean Water Act: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the 35th anniversary of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the 
Clean Water Act); 
(2) recommits itself to restoring and maintaining 
the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Na-
tion’s waters in accordance with the goals and objectives 
of the Clean Water Act;
•HRES 725 EH 
(3) dedicates itself to working toward a sustainable, 
long-term solution to address the Nation’s decaying 
water infrastructure; and 
(4) encourages the public and all levels of govern-
ment— 
(A) to recognize and celebrate the Nation’s ac-
complishments under the Clean Water Act; and 
(B) to renew their commitment to restoring 
and protecting the Nation’s rivers, lakes, streams, 
marine waters, and wetlands for future generations. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
H. Res. 726 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
October 29, 2007. 
Whereas, during war, rape and sexual violence are often used 
systematically as a weapon of intimidation, humiliation, 
terror and ethnic cleansing; 
Whereas it is estimated that between 250,000 and 500,000 
women and girls were raped during the genocide in 
Rwanda; 
Whereas, on September 2, 1998, the United National Inter-
national Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda found Jean Paul 
Akayesu guilty of rape and held that rape and sexual as-
sault constitute crimes against humanity; 
Whereas, on October 31, 2000, the United Nations Security 
Council adopted Security Council Resolution 1325 
(2000), calling on all parties to an armed conflict to take, 
‘‘special measures to protect women and girls from gen-
der-based violence, particularly rape and other forms of 
sexual abuse’’; 
Whereas the Rome Statute of the International Criminal 
Court, which entered into force on July 1, 2002, states 
that rape and ‘‘any other form of sexual violence of com-
parable gravity’’ may constitute both ‘‘crimes against hu-
manity’’ and ‘‘war crimes’’;
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toring relationships, tutoring, life skills, and study 
skills programs, service-learning, physical, nutrition, 
and health education programs, and other activities 
addressing the needs of the children in the commu-
nities, including children of working parents.’’; 
(E) by striking paragraph (8); 
(F) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(9) 
through (15) as paragraphs (8) through (14), re-
spectively; 
(G) in paragraph (10) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (F))— 
(i) by striking ‘‘educationally dis-
advantaged children’’ and inserting ‘‘stu-
dents’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the basic skills of such 
children’’ and inserting ‘‘the academic 
achievement of such students’’; 
(H) by striking paragraph (11) (as redesig-
nated by subparagraph (F)) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(11) Programs that engage older individuals 
with children and youth to complete service in energy 
conservation, environmental stewardship, or other en-
vironmental needs of a community, including service 
relating to conducting energy audits, insulating
•HRES 727 IH 
(1) a bipartisan panel comprised of Members 
appointed by the Speaker and the minority leader is 
established to make recommendations to the House 
on how to better provide oversight of the congres-
sional earmarking process to prevent waste, fraud, 
and abuse of taxpayer funds; and 
(2) that panel reports its recommendations to 
the House. 
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H. Res. 728 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
November 6, 2007. 
Whereas heavy rainstorms brought severe flooding to Ohio 
and the upper Midwest over the week of August 19, 
2007; 
Whereas, in many parts of Ohio, this was the worst flood 
since 1913 with nearly 15 inches of rain in some areas; 
Whereas the record storms and flooding were responsible for 
up to 18 deaths across parts of the upper Midwest— 
some of these in Ohio; 
Whereas over 500 citizens were forced to flee their homes and 
businesses and many hundreds of homes and businesses 
were damaged; 
Whereas, on August 21, 2007, Allen, Crawford, Hancock, 
Hardin, Paulding, Putnam, Richland, Seneca, Van Wert 
and Wyandot counties made initial local emergency dec-
laration; 
Whereas, on August 22, 2007, Governor Ted Strickland 
issued a State disaster declaration for Allen, Crawford, 
Hancock, Hardin, Putnam, Richland, Seneca, Wyandot 
and Van Wert Counties; 
Whereas, on August 27, 2007, President George W. Bush 
issued a Federal disaster declaration for Allen, Crawford,
•HRES 728 EH 
Hancock, Putnam, Richland and Wyandot Counties and 
later added Hardin and Seneca Counties; and 
Whereas Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and 
Indiana also experienced serious, storms, flooding and 
tornadoes: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses its support and profoundest sympathy 
for the victims of the devastating flooding that occurred 
across much of Ohio and the surrounding region in Au-
gust 2007; 
(2) conveys its gratitude to the local, State and 
Federal officials and emergency personnel who re-
sponded to this emergency and continue working to re-
store normalcy in the affected counties; 
(3) thanks the many volunteers, charitable organi-
zations, business and individual donors, churches and re-
ligious organizations for their generosity in responding 
to this crisis; and 
(4) commends the people of Ohio for their indomi-
table spirit and for the grace and magnanimity with 
which they have supported one another during the flood-
ing and continuing recovery. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
•HRES 729 IH 
eral crew chiefs, mechanics, avionics experts and gunners 
all who occupy many different positions as civilians; 
Whereas, during 11 months of combat, the 1st-149th Attack 
Reconnaissance Battalion averaged a Mission Capable 
rate of 83 percent and has met or exceeded Department 
of Army Fully Mission Capable standards each month, 
logging 17,138 combat hours; and had to repair 16 battle 
damaged aircraft; 
Whereas, on June 30, 2007, the 1st-149th Attack Reconnais-
sance Battalion, upon receiving notice that Coalition 
Forces were taking heavy small arms fire in Ramadi, flew 
to the fight, evacuated a critically-wounded soldier and 
killed several extremists while taking small arms fire and 
multiple enemy rounds to their aircraft; 
Whereas the families of the members of the 1st-149th Attack 
Reconnaissance Battalion have anxiously awaited the re-
turn of loved ones and endured many hardships during 
this lengthy deployment; 
Whereas the employers of members and family members of 
the 1st-149th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion have done 
their patriotic duty, by keeping jobs open for the return-
ing soldiers and supporting the families during this de-
ployment; 
Whereas the 1st-149th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion has 
performed admirably and courageously, putting service to 
country over personal interests and gaining the gratitude 
and respect of all Texans and our Nation; and 
Whereas, in July of 2007, the 1st-149th Attack Reconnais-
sance Battalion returned from Iraq to Houston having 
served nobly in their mission: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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•HRES 729 IH 
(1) commends 1st-149th Attack Reconnaissance 
Battalion of the Texas Army National Guard on the 
completion of its important mission; 
(2) recognizes the achievements of the members 
of the 1st-149th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion 
and their families in their exemplary service to the 
United States; and 
(3) directs the Clerk of the House of Represent-
atives to transmit a copy of this resolution to the 
Texas National Guard for appropriate display. 
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H. Res. 734 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
October 16, 2007. 
Whereas Stuart Bowen, the Special Inspector General for 
Iraq Reconstruction, testified before the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform on October 4, 2007, 
that the ‘‘rising tide of corruption in Iraq’’ is ‘‘a second 
insurgency’’ that ‘‘stymies the construction and mainte-
nance of Iraq’s infrastructure, deprives people of goods 
and services, reduces confidence in public institutions, 
and potentially aids insurgent groups reportedly funded 
by graft derived from oil smuggling or embezzlement’’; 
Whereas David Walker, the Comptroller General of the 
United States, testified at the hearing that ‘‘widespread 
corruption undermines efforts to develop the govern-
ment’s capacity by robbing it of needed resources, some 
of which are used to fund the insurgency’’; 
Whereas Judge Radhi Hamza al-Radhi, the former Commis-
sioner of the Iraqi Commission on Public Integrity, testi-
fied at the hearing that ‘‘corruption in Iraq today is 
rampant across the government, costing tens of billions 
of dollars, and has infected virtually every agency and 
ministry, including some of the most powerful officials in 
Iraq’’, that ‘‘the Ministry of Oil [is] effectively financing 
terrorism’’, and that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ‘‘has
•HRES 734 EH 
protected some of his relatives that were involved in cor-
ruption’’; 
Whereas the Independent Commission on the Security Forces 
of Iraq, chaired by General James L. Jones, U.S.M.C. 
(Ret.), reported on September 6, 2007, that ‘‘sec-
tarianism and corruption are pervasive in the MOI [Min-
istry of Interior] and cripple the ministry’s ability to ac-
complish its mission to provide internal security of Iraqi 
citizens’’ and that ‘‘the National Police should be dis-
banded and reorganized’’; 
Whereas on September 25, 2007, the State Department in-
structed officials not to answer questions in an open set-
ting that ask for ‘‘Broad statements/assessments which 
judge or characterize the quality of Iraqi governance or 
the ability/determination of the Iraqi government to deal 
with corruption, including allegations that investigations 
were thwarted/stifled for political reasons’’; 
Whereas Members of the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform asked Ambassador Lawrence Butler, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern 
Affairs, at the hearing whether ‘‘the Government of Iraq 
currently has the political will or the capability to root 
out corruption within its Government’’, whether ‘‘the 
Maliki Government is working hard to improve the cor-
ruption situation so that he can unite his country’’, and 
whether 
Prime 
Minister 
Maliki 
‘‘obstructed 
any 
anticorruption investigations in Iraq to protect his polit-
ical allies’’; 
Whereas Ambassador Butler refused to answer these ques-
tions at the hearing because ‘‘questions which go to the 
broad nature of our bilateral relationship with Iraq are 
best answered in a classified setting’’, although he did
•HRES 743 IH 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 
Varian Fry on the 100th anniversary of his birth. 
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•HRES 734 EH 
(2) it was wrong to retroactively classify portions of 
the report titled ‘‘Stabilizing and Rebuilding Iraq: U.S. 
Ministry Capacity Development Efforts Need an Overall 
Integrated Strategy to Guide Efforts and Manage Risk’’, 
which was released by the Comptroller General of the 
United States at the hearing of the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform on October 4, 2007, and 
other statements that are embarrassing but do not meet 
the criteria for classification; 
(3) it is an abuse of the classification process to 
withhold from Congress and the people of the United 
States broad assessments of the extent of corruption in 
the Iraqi Government; and 
(4) the directive that prohibits Federal Government 
officials from providing Congress and the people of the 
United States with ‘‘broad statements/assessments which 
judge or characterize the quality of Iraqi governance or 
the ability/determination of the Iraqi government to deal 
with corruption, including allegations that investigations 
were thwarted/stifled for political reasons’’ should be re-
scinded. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
•HRES 747 EH 
Whereas for Sikhs, Diwali is feted as the day that the sixth 
founding Sikh Guru, or revered teacher, Guru Hargobind 
ji, was released from captivity from the ruling Mughal 
Emperor; and 
Whereas for Jains, Diwali marks the anniversary of the at-
tainment of moksha or liberation by Mahavira, the last 
of the Tirthankaras, who were the great teachers of Jain 
dharma, at the end of his life in 527 B.C.: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) during this time of celebration, in order to dem-
onstrate support for Indian Americans and the Indian 
Diaspora throughout the world, recognizes Diwali as an 
important festival; 
(2) acknowledges the international religious and his-
torical importance of the festival of Diwali; 
(3) recognizes and appreciates the religious diver-
sity in both India and the United States and throughout 
the world; 
(4) acknowledges and supports the new relationship 
of collaboration and dialogue in international efforts be-
tween the United States and India; and 
(5) in observance of and out of respect for the start 
of Diwali, the festival of lights, acknowledges the onset 
of Diwali and expresses its deepest respect to Indian
•HRES 734 IH 
(4) the directive that prohibits Federal Govern-
ment officials from providing Congress and the peo-
ple of the United States with ‘‘broad statements/as-
sessments which judge or characterize the quality of 
Iraqi governance or the ability/determination of the 
Iraqi government to deal with corruption, including 
allegations that investigations were thwarted/stifled 
for political reasons’’ should be rescinded. 
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•HRES 736 EH 
aircraft and achieved advances in a wide range of aero-
nautics research areas: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes and honors the contributions of the 
scientists and engineers of NACA and its partners who 
pioneered the technologies to enable supersonic flight; 
(2) recognizes and honors the bravery of Charles 
Yeager, and the bravery of the many other test pilots 
who, sometimes at the cost of their lives, enabled the 
aeronautics developments that made that first supersonic 
flight possible; and 
(3) recognizes the importance of strong and robust 
aeronautics research activities to the well being of Amer-
ica. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 736 
Honoring the 60th anniversary of the aeronautics research accomplishments 
embodied in ‘‘the breaking of the sound barrier’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 12, 2007 
Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Mr. UDALL of 
Colorado, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. MCKEON, 
Mr. MCCARTHY of California, Mr. RAHALL, and Mrs. CAPITO) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Science 
and Technology 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the 60th anniversary of the aeronautics research 
accomplishments embodied in ‘‘the breaking of the sound 
barrier’’. 
Whereas the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 
(NACA), and its successor agency, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration (NASA), developed 
and sustained the world’s preeminent aeronautics re-
search program after NACA’s formation in 1915; 
Whereas the speed of sound once presented a seemingly im-
penetrable and dangerous barrier to piloted flight; 
Whereas NACA, the U.S. Air Force, and Bell Aircraft under-
took a joint project to develop and test the X–1 aircraft 
and achieve piloted supersonic flight; 
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•HRES 736 IH 
Whereas on the morning of October 14, 1947, an X–1 air-
craft piloted by Captain Charles ‘‘Chuck’’ Yeager was 
dropped from a B–29 carrier aircraft and ‘‘broke the 
sound barrier’’ and achieved supersonic flight for the 
first time in history; 
Whereas this flight provided proof of the feasibility of piloted 
supersonic flight, and delivered the data required to im-
prove high speed performance and develop technologies 
for advanced supersonic aircraft; and 
Whereas subsequent X-plane aeronautics research projects 
have built on the historic accomplishments of the X–1 
aircraft and achieved advances in a wide range of aero-
nautics research areas: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes and honors the contributions of 
the scientists and engineers of NACA and its part-
ners who pioneered the technologies to enable super-
sonic flight; 
(2) recognizes and honors the bravery of 
Charles Yeager, and the bravery of the many other 
test pilots who, sometimes at the cost of their lives, 
enabled the aeronautics developments that made 
that first supersonic flight possible; and 
(3) recognizes the importance of strong and ro-
bust aeronautics research activities to the well being 
of America. 
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