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HRES 157 RH 
than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to 
Iraq. The concurrent resolution shall be considered as 
read. The previous question shall be considered as ordered 
on the concurrent resolution to final adoption without in-
tervening motion or demand for division of the question 
except: (1) debate not beyond midnight on Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 13, 2007, equally divided and controlled by the Ma-
jority Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees; 
(2) debate not beyond midnight on Wednesday, February 
14, 2007, equally divided and controlled by the Majority 
Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees; (3) 
12 hours of debate commencing on Thursday, February 
15, 2007, equally divided and controlled by the Majority 
Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees; and 
(4) one motion to recommit which may not contain in-
structions. 
SEC. 2. During consideration of House Concurrent 
Resolution 63 pursuant to this resolution, notwithstanding 
any other provision of this resolution, on each demand of 
the Majority Leader or his designee after consultation 
with the Minority Leader, it shall be in order at any time 
to debate the concurrent resolution for an additional hour 
equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and 
Minority Leader or their designees. 
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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 ‘‘National Guard and 
Reservists Debt Relief Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
Section 707(b)(2)(D) of title 11, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in clauses (i) and (ii)— 
(A) by indenting the left margin of such 
clauses 2 ems to the right, and 
(B) by redesignating such clauses as sub-
clauses (I) and (II), respectively, 
(2) by striking ‘‘if the debtor is a disabled vet-
eran’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘if— 
‘‘(i) the debtor is a disabled veteran’’, 
(3) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; or’’, and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) while— 
‘‘(I) the debtor is— 
‘‘(aa) on, and during the 540-day pe-
riod beginning immediately after the debt-
or is released from, a period of active duty
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2607
AN ACT
To promote the development of the commercial space trans-
portation industry, to authorize appropriations for the
Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial
Space Transportation, to authorize appropriations for the
Office of Space Commercialization, and for other pur-
poses.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2614
AN ACT
To amend the Small Business Investment Act to
make improvements to the certified development
company program, and for other purposes.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2614
AN ACT
To amend the Small Business Investment Act to make im-
provements to the certified development company pro-
gram, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2632
AN ACT
To designate certain Federal lands in the Talladega
National Forest in the State of Alabama as the
Dugger Mountain Wilderness.
SEC. 6. FOREIGN STUDENTS AND EXCHANGE PROGRAM 
PARTICIPANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an nonimmigrant 
alien described in subsection (b), the alien’s nonimmigrant 
status shall be considered to have been maintained during 
the period beginning on August 29, 2005, and ending on 
February 1, 2006, if, on February 1, 2006, the alien is 
enrolled in a course of study, or participating in a des-
ignated exchange visitor program, sufficient to satisfy the 
terms and conditions of the alien’s nonimmigrant status 
on August 29, 2005. 
(b) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—An alien is described in 
this subsection if the alien—
(1) was, on August 29, 2005, lawfully present 
in the United States in the status of a non-
immigrant described in subparagraph (F), (J), or 
(M) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S. C. 1101(a)(15)); and 
(2) fails to satisfy a term or condition of such 
status as a consequence of a specified hurricane dis-
aster. 
SEC. 7. NOTICES OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any notice of 
change of address otherwise required to be submitted to 
the Secretary of Homeland Security by an alien described 
in subsection (b)—
(1) if the notice relates to a change of address 
occurring during the period beginning on August 29, 
2005, and ending on November 15, 2005, the alien 
shall have until December 1, 2005, to submit such 
notice; and 
(2) if the notice relates to a change of address 
occurring during the period beginning on November 
16, 2005, and ending on February 16, 2006, the 
alien shall have until February 28, 2006, to submit 
such notice. 
(b) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—An alien is described in 
this subsection if the alien—
(1) resided, on August 29, 2005, within a dis-
trict of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 
that was declared by the President to be affected by 
a specified hurricane disaster; and 
(2) is required, under section 265 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1305) or any 
other provision of law, to notify the Secretary of 
Homeland Security in writing of a change of ad-
dress. 
SEC. 8. TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security, for humani-
tarian purposes or to ensure family unity, may provide 
temporary administrative relief to any alien who—
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2632
AN ACT
To designate certain Federal lands in the Talladega National
Forest in the State of Alabama as the Dugger Mountain
Wilderness.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(1) was lawfully present in the United States on 
August 29, 2005; 
(2) was on such date the spouse, parent, or 
child of an individual who died or was disabled as 
a consequence of a specified hurricane disaster; and 
(3) is not otherwise entitled to relief under any 
other provision of this Act. 
SEC. 9. EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION DURING EFFECTIVE-
NESS OF MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 274A(b)(1) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b)(1)) is 
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The per-
son’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subparagraph (F), 
the person’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) SPECIAL RULE DURING MAJOR DIS-
ASTER DECLARATION.—In a case in which the 
President has declared a major disaster under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.), the Secretary of Homeland Security may 
provide, 
in 
the 
Secretary’s 
sole 
and 
unreviewable discretion and only during the pe-
riod in which such declaration is in effect, that
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4045 
To award competitive grants to minority serving institutions to establish 
centers of excellence for teacher education. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 1, 2007 
Mr. ALTMIRE (for himself and Mr. DAVIS of Illinois) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To award competitive grants to minority serving institutions 
to establish centers of excellence for teacher education. 
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 ‘‘Improving Teacher Di-
versity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 
Title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1021 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2634
AN ACT
To amend the Controlled Substances Act with re-
spect to registration requirements for practi-
tioners who dispense narcotic drugs in schedule
III, IV, or V for maintenance treatment or de-
toxification treatment.
‘‘PART C—CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE 
‘‘SEC. 231. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘As used in this part: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘eligi-
ble institution’ means— 
‘‘(A) an institution of higher education 
that has a teacher preparation program that 
meets the requirements of section 203(b)(2) 
and that is— 
‘‘(i) a part B institution (as defined in 
section 322); 
‘‘(ii) a Hispanic-serving institution (as 
defined in section 502); 
‘‘(iii) a Tribal College or University 
(as defined in section 316); 
‘‘(iv) an Alaska Native-serving institu-
tion (as defined in section 317(b)); or 
‘‘(v) a Native Hawaiian-serving insti-
tution (as defined in section 317(b)); 
‘‘(B) a consortium of institutions described 
in subparagraph (A); or 
‘‘(C) an institution described in subpara-
graph (A), or a consortium described in sub-
paragraph (B), in partnership with any other 
institution of higher education, but only if the 
center of excellence established under section 
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2641
AN ACT
To make technical corrections to title X of the Energy Policy
Act of 1992.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
a person or other entity hiring, recruiting, or 
referring an individual for employment in the 
United States is not required to make the attes-
tation or conduct the verification required 
under subparagraph (A) until, at the latest, 90 
days after the hiring, recruitment, or referral, if 
the individual hired, recruited or referred at-
tests under penalty of perjury at the time of 
being hired, recruited, or referred that the indi-
vidual does not possess the documents nec-
essary to satisfy clause (i) or (ii) of subpara-
graph (A) as a result of such disaster.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 274A(b)(2) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1324a(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Paragraph (1)(F) shall not be construed to affect 
the obligation under the preceding sentence.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and shall apply to hiring, recruitment, or refer-
ral of an individual for employment in the United States 
occurring on or after August 29, 2005.
H. Res. 158 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
May 1, 2007. 
Whereas in 1780, William Wilberforce was elected at the age 
of 21 years to the British House of Commons; 
Whereas Mr. Wilberforce and his friends were active in at 
least 69 different projects focusing on issues such as 
prison reform, education, child labor conditions, animal 
cruelty, and the reformation of the culture; 
Whereas Mr. Wilberforce was mentored and counseled by 
former slave trader and author of the hymn ‘‘Amazing 
Grace’’, John Newton, on the horrors of the slave trade; 
Whereas at the time, 11 million human beings had been cap-
tured and taken from Africa to the Western hemisphere 
and forced into slavery and bondage; 
Whereas at the time, the British Empire controlled the larg-
est portion of the slave trade; 
Whereas Mr. Wilberforce devoted his life to the suppression 
and abolition of the institution of slavery; 
Whereas a dedicated group of like-minded reformers, the 
Clapham group, assisted, supported, and encouraged Mr. 
Wilberforce in his fight against the slave trade; 
Whereas Mr. Wilberforce fought for 20 years in the House 
of Commons to pass legislation banning the slave trade;
232 is located at an institution described in 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) HIGHLY
QUALIFIED.—The term ‘highly 
qualified’ when used with respect to an individual 
means that the individual is highly qualified as de-
termined under section 9101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) 
or section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401). 
‘‘(3) SCIENTIFICALLY
BASED
READING
RE-
SEARCH.—The term ‘scientifically based reading re-
search’ has the meaning given such term in section 
1208 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6368). 
‘‘(4) SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH.—The 
term ‘scientifically based research’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 9101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801). 
‘‘SEC. 232. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts 
appropriated to carry out this part, the Secretary is au-
thorized to award competitive grants to eligible institu-
tions to establish centers of excellence. 
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SEC. 10. REPLACEMENT OF DOCUMENTS EVIDENCING 
IDENTITY AND EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZA-
TION FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA. 
(a) IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE.—
(1) DOCUMENT REPLACEMENT.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security is authorized to provide imme-
diate assistance in States in which persons displaced 
by a specified hurricane disaster are residing for the 
purpose of replacing for such persons documents 
that were—
(A) previously issued by the Secretary and 
described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of 
section 274A(b)(1) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b)(1)); and 
(B) lost, stolen, or destroyed due to such 
disaster. 
(2) SUBSTITUTE.—Where replacement of a doc-
ument described in paragraph (1) is not feasible, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security may provide to a 
displaced person described in such paragraph a tem-
porary substitute document. 
(b) PROCEDURES FOR DOCUMENT REPLACEMENT.—
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that, 
when the Secretary replaces (or provides a temporary sub-
stitute for) a document relating to an alien and described 
in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of section 274A(b)(1)
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menting initiatives pursuant to the strategy with regard 
to that official’s armed force. 
‘‘(3) By authority of the Secretary of Defense, the 
Director shall prescribe policies and procedures for the im-
plementation of the strategy. The Director shall provide 
guidance to, and consult with, the Secretary of Defense, 
the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Secretaries of the 
military departments, and the officials designated under 
paragraph (2) with respect to specific operational energy 
plans and programs to be carried out pursuant to the 
strategy. 
‘‘(4) The initial strategy shall be submitted to the 
congressional defense committees not later than 180 days 
after the date on which the Director is first appointed. 
Subsequent updates to the strategy shall be submitted to 
the congressional defense committees as soon as prac-
ticable after the modifications to the strategy are made. 
‘‘(e) BUDGETARY AND FINANCIAL MATTERS.—(1) 
The Director shall review and make recommendations to 
the Secretary of Defense regarding all budgetary and fi-
nancial matters relating to the operational energy strat-
egy. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall require that the 
Secretary of each military department and the head of 
each Defense Agency with responsibility for executing ac-
430 
tivities associated with the strategy transmit their pro-
posed budget for those activities for a fiscal year to the 
Director for review before submission of the proposed 
budget to the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). 
‘‘(3) The Director shall review a proposed budget 
transmitted under paragraph (2) for a fiscal year and, not 
later than January 31 of the preceding fiscal year, shall 
submit to the Secretary of Defense a report containing 
the comments of the Director with respect to the proposed 
budget, together with the certification of the Director re-
garding whether the proposed budget is adequate for im-
plementation of the strategy. 
‘‘(4) Not later than 10 days after the date on which 
the budget for a fiscal year is submitted to Congress pur-
suant to section 1105 of title 31, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to Congress a report on the proposed budgets 
for that fiscal year that the Director has not certified 
under paragraph (3). The report shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) A discussion of the actions that the Sec-
retary proposes to take, together with any rec-
ommended legislation that the Secretary considers 
appropriate, to address the inadequacy of the pro-
posed budgets.
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‘‘(iii) free flowing water in an irriga-
tion system, canal, or other man-made 
channel, including projects that utilize non-
mechanical structures to accelerate the 
flow of water for electric power production 
purposes, or 
‘‘(iv) differentials in ocean tempera-
ture (ocean thermal energy conversion). 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—Such term shall not 
include any energy which is derived from any 
source which utilizes a dam, diversionary struc-
ture (except as provided in subparagraph 
(A)(iii)), or impoundment for electric power 
production purposes.’’. 
(c) DEFINITION
OF FACILITY.—Subsection (d) of 
section 45 is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) MARINE
AND
HYDROKINETIC
RENEW-
ABLE ENERGY FACILITIES.—In the case of a facility 
producing electricity from marine and hydrokinetic 
renewable energy, the term ‘qualified facility’ means 
any facility owned by the taxpayer— 
‘‘(A) which has a nameplate capacity rat-
ing of at least 150 kilowatts, and
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1324a(b)(1)) that was lost, stolen, or destroyed due to a 
specified hurricane disaster, the Secretary—
(1) authenticates information using biometric 
identifiers contained in records of the Department of 
Homeland Security; and 
(2) annotates the records in U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration Services information systems in 
such a way as to indicate that the replacement or 
substitute document was issued in the absence of an 
original due to such disaster. 
(c) WAIVER OF FEES FOR DATABASE ACCESS.—
(1) U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERV-
ICES.—The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immi-
gration Services is authorized to waive fees and costs 
associated with a request, made by a person or agen-
cy described in paragraph (2), for use of the 
Verification Information System database associated 
with the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitle-
ments Program in order to verify immigration status 
or employment eligibility with respect to a displaced 
person described in subsection (a)(1). 
(2) REQUESTING PERSONS.—The persons de-
scribed in this paragraph are as follows: 
(A) Employers.
(B) State or local government agencies. 
(C) The American National Red Cross. 
(D) Organizations described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of 
such Code whose mission is to assist displaced 
persons described in subsection (a)(1). 
SEC. 11. AGE-OUT PROTECTIONS. 
In administering Federal immigration laws, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security may grant any application 
or benefit notwithstanding the applicant or beneficiary (in-
cluding a derivative beneficiary of a principal applicant or 
beneficiary) reaching an age that would render the appli-
cant or beneficiary ineligible for the relief or benefit 
sought, if the failure to meet the age requirement is a con-
sequence of a specified hurricane disaster. 
SEC. 12. EVIDENCE OF DEATH, DISABILITY, OR LOSS OF EM-
PLOYMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall establish appropriate standards for evidence 
demonstrating, for purposes of this Act, that any of the 
following occurred as a consequence of a specified hurri-
cane disaster. 
(1) Death. 
(2) Disability.
(3) Loss of employment due to physical damage 
to, or destruction of, a business. 
(b) DEATH CERTIFICATES.—The standards estab-
lished under subsection (a) shall authorize the Secretary 
to make a determination of death in the absence of a death 
certificate, where appropriate. 
(c) AFFIDAVIT OF SURVIVING SPOUSE.—For pur-
poses of a benefit under section 2, or subsection (b) or 
(c) of section 4, that is conditioned on the beneficiary hav-
ing been the spouse of an individual who died as a con-
sequence of a specified hurricane disaster, the standards 
established under subsection (a) shall authorize the Sec-
retary to make a determination of death based on the 
sworn affidavit of such surviving spouse, in the absence 
of evidence to the contrary. 
SEC. 13. WAIVER OF REGULATIONS. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall carry out 
this Act as expeditiously as possible. The Secretary of 
Homeland Security is not required to promulgate regula-
tions prior to implementing this Act. 
SEC. 14. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) APPLICATION
OF IMMIGRATION
AND NATION-
ALITY ACT PROVISIONS.—Except as otherwise specifically 
provided in this Act, the definitions used in the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (excluding the definitions appli-
cable exclusively to title III of such Act) shall apply in 
the administration of this Act. 
(b) SPECIFIED HURRICANE DISASTER.—For pur-
poses of this Act, the term ‘‘specified hurricane disaster’’ 
means any major disaster resulting from Hurricane 
Katrina declared by the President under the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
Passed the House of Representatives September 21, 
2005. 
Attest:
Clerk.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4596 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Hydroxylamine. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2007 
Mr. CLEAVER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 
Hydroxylamine. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. HYDROXYLAMINE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.01.03 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended 
by striking ‘‘12/31/2006’’ and inserting ‘‘12/31/2011’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies with respect to goods entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 
the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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(3) RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN DEFINED.— 
The term ‘‘residential mortgage loan’’ means a loan 
that is secured by a lien on an owner-occupied resi-
dential dwelling. 
(4) 
SECURITIZATION
VEHICLE.—The 
term 
‘‘securitization vehicle’’ means a trust, corporation, 
partnership, limited liability entity, special purpose 
entity, or other structure that— 
(A) is the issuer, or is created by the issuer, 
of mortgage pass-through certificates, participa-
tion certificates, mortgage-backed securities, or 
other similar securities backed by a pool of assets 
that includes residential mortgage loans; and 
(B) holds such loans. 
(e) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—This section shall apply only 
with respect to qualified loan modification or workout plans 
initiated prior to January 1, 2011. 
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