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‘‘(C) The Secretary shall pay a claim submitted pur-
suant to subparagraph (B) with respect to an expenditure, 
to the extent that, in the absence of this paragraph, an 
amount would be payable under this part with respect to 
the expenditure. 
‘‘(D) For each State with respect to which a claim 
has been paid under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, 
the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) calculate the overall rate at which the ex-
penditures referred to in subsection (a)(2) have been 
reimbursed under this part during the 3-year period 
described in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph; 
and 
‘‘(ii) for each subsequent calendar quarter, re-
imburse the expenditures at the overall rate.’’. 
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 474 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 674) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(3)(E), by inserting ‘‘, 
subject to subsection (g)(3)’’ after ‘‘expendi-
tures’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end of subsection (g) 
(as added by subsection (a)(2)(B) of this sec-
tion) the following: 
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‘‘(2) 
APPORTIONMENT
OF
ALLOCATED 
FUNDS.—The apportionment of funds allocated to a 
Service Unit, Indian Tribe, or Tribal Organization 
under paragraph (1) among the health service re-
sponsibilities described in subsection (a)(5) shall be 
determined by the Service in consultation with, and 
with the active participation of, the affected Indian 
Tribes and Tribal Organizations. 
‘‘(d) PROVISIONS RELATING
TO HEALTH STATUS 
AND RESOURCE DEFICIENCIES.—For the purposes of this 
section, the following definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—The term ‘health status 
and resource deficiency’ means the extent to 
which— 
‘‘(A) the health status objectives set forth 
in section 3(2) are not being achieved; and 
‘‘(B) the Indian Tribe or Tribal Organiza-
tion does not have available to it the health re-
sources it needs, taking into account the actual 
cost of providing health care services given local 
geographic, climatic, rural, or other cir-
cumstances. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABLE RESOURCES.—The health re-
sources available to an Indian Tribe or Tribal Orga-
nization include health resources provided by the 
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IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 434 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Pasqualine J. 
Lawson of Denver, Colorado, an African American woman who valiantly 
served her country in the Army Air Corps during World War II and 
serving as a hospital neuropsychiatric team member, was unfairly passed 
over for promotion and should have held the grade of technical sergeant, 
rather than private first class, upon her discharge from the service 
on January 2, 1946. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2007 
Ms. DEGETTE (for herself, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. UDALL of 
Colorado, and Mr. WATT) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
Pasqualine J. Lawson of Denver, Colorado, an African 
American woman who valiantly served her country in 
the Army Air Corps during World War II and serving 
as a hospital neuropsychiatric team member, was unfairly 
passed over for promotion and should have held the 
grade of technical sergeant, rather than private first 
class, upon her discharge from the service on January 
2, 1946. 
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SEC. 132. ENHANCED CHARITABLE DEDUCTION FOR CON-
TRIBUTIONS OF FOOD INVENTORY. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Clause 
(iv) 
of 
section 
170(e)(3)(C) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2009’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to contributions made after De-
cember 31, 2009. 
SEC. 133. ENHANCED CHARITABLE DEDUCTION FOR CON-
TRIBUTIONS OF BOOK INVENTORIES TO PUB-
LIC SCHOOLS. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Clause 
(iv) 
of 
section 
170(e)(3)(D) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2009’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to contributions made after De-
cember 31, 2009. 
SEC. 134. ENHANCED CHARITABLE DEDUCTION FOR COR-
PORATE 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
OF 
COMPUTER 
TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT FOR EDU-
CATIONAL PURPOSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (G) of section 
170(e)(6) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’. 
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H. Res. 435 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
November 5, 2007. 
Whereas the Department of State has said that Iran is the 
‘‘most active state sponsor of terrorism’’; 
Whereas the Department of State 2007 International Nar-
cotics Control Strategy Report moved Iran to a ‘‘Juris-
diction of Primary Concern’’; 
Whereas in February 2006, the chairman of the Iranian leg-
islative body announced an offer to assist Venezuela with 
a nuclear program; 
Whereas in February 2006, Cuba, Venezuela, and Syria were 
the only 3 member nations of the 35-nation board of the 
International Atomic Energy Agency to vote against re-
ferring Iran to the United Nations Security Council for 
its nuclear program; 
Whereas in September 2007, Iran requested observer-status 
membership in the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples 
of the Americas (ALBA), an organization led by Hugo 
Chavez, President of Venezuela, to counter United 
States-led efforts for free trade in that region; 
Whereas in September 2007, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the 
President of Iran, made his third visit in one year to 
Latin America, this time visiting Venezuela and Bolivia, 
where Mr. Ahmadinejad announced a commitment of Ira-
‘‘(3)(A) The Secretary shall reduce the percentage by 
which the expenditures referred to in subsection (a)(3)(E) 
are reimbursed, by such equal percentage for all States 
as may be necessary to ensure that— 
‘‘(i) the ratio, for any calendar quarter, of the 
total of the amounts payable to States under sub-
section (a)(3)(E) to the total of all amounts ex-
pended by the States for expenditures referred to in 
such subsection (whether or not eligible for reim-
bursement under this part), excluding any expendi-
ture made from other funds provided by the Federal 
Government or from State funds with respect to 
which matching funds are provided by the Federal 
Government; equals 
‘‘(ii) the average such ratio for the 12 quarters 
most recently preceding the effective date of this 
subsection. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall establish procedures to 
allow States to submit to the Secretary supplemental 
claims for reimbursement of expenditures referred to in 
subsection (a)(3)(E) incurred during the 3-year period be-
ginning with the effective date of this subsection. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall pay a claim submitted pur-
suant to subparagraph (B) with respect to an expenditure, 
to the extent that, in the absence of this paragraph, an 
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ian may be finally approved for placement of a child 
regardless of whether foster care maintenance pay-
ments, adoption assistance payments, or kinship 
guardianship assistance payments’’. 
(2) MAINTENANCE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ADOP-
TION ASSISTANCE.—Section 473(a) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 673(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(7) The adoptive parents of a child who has 
been determined by the State, pursuant to sub-
section (c), to be a child with special needs and on 
whose behalf kinship guardianship assistance pay-
ments have been made under subsection (d) shall be 
eligible for adoption assistance as if no kinship 
guardianship assistance agreement or payments had 
been made. The State shall make payments of non-
recurring adoption expenses under this section to the 
adoptive parents of such a child. The State may 
make adoption assistance payments under this sec-
tion even if the child fails to meet the requirements 
of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2), if 
the child would meet the requirements of such sub-
paragraphs if the child were treated as if the child 
were in the same financial and other circumstances 
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IV 
House Calendar No. 65 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 437 
[Report No. 110–167] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2317) to amend the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 to require registered lobbyists to file quarterly 
reports on contributions bundled for certain recipients, and for other 
purposes and providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2316) 
to provide more rigorous requirements with respect to disclosure and 
enforcement of lobbying laws and regulations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 24 (legislative day, MAY 23), 2007 
Ms. CASTOR, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; 
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2317) to amend 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require reg-
istered lobbyists to file quarterly reports on contributions 
bundled for certain recipients, and for other purposes 
and providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 
2316) to provide more rigorous requirements with re-
spect to disclosure and enforcement of lobbying laws 
and regulations, and for other purposes. 
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IV 
House Calendar No. 66 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 438 
[Report No. 110–168] 
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2206) 
making emergency supplemental appropriations and additional supple-
mental appropriations for agricultural and other emergency assistance 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 24 (legislative day, MAY 23), 2007 
Ms. SLAUGHTER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the 
bill (H.R. 2206) making emergency supplemental appro-
priations and additional supplemental appropriations for 
agricultural and other emergency assistance for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it 
shall be in order to take from the Speaker’s table the bill 
(H.R. 2206) making emergency supplemental appropria-
tions and additional supplemental appropriations for agri-
cultural and other emergency assistance for the fiscal year 
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 120. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 
14 days for a notification provided in an electronic me-
dium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883, of title 10, 
United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as 
may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 
transferred to: (1) the Department of Defense Family 
Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 
for construction in ‘‘Family Housing’’ accounts, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated 
directly to the Fund; or (2) the Department of Defense 
Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 
from amounts appropriated for construction of military 
unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ ac-
counts, to be merged with and to be available for the same 
purposes and for the same period of time as amounts ap-
propriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That appropria-
tions made available to the Funds shall be available to 
cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 
guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 
to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 
10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means
the child was in at the time the kinship guardianship 
assistance agreement was made.’’. 
(3) PAYMENTS TO STATES.—Section 474(a) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 674(a)) is amended— 
(A) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; plus’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) an amount equal to the percentage by 
which the expenditures referred to in paragraph (2) 
of this subsection are reimbursed (after applying the 
reduction required by subsection (g)(2)(A) of this 
section) of the total amount expended during such 
quarter as kinship guardianship assistance payments 
under section 473(d) pursuant to kinship guardian-
ship assistance agreements.’’. 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—Section 475(1) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 675(1)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(F) In the case of a child with respect to 
whom the permanency plan is placement with a 
relative and receipt of kinship guardianship as-
sistance payments under section 473(d), a de-
scription of— 
‘‘(i) the steps that the agency has 
taken to determine that it is not appro-
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HR 3222 PP 
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 
and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 
$1,058,832,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2010. 
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi-
tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ-
ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli-
ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public 
and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, 
long leadtime components and designs for vessels to be con-
structed or converted in the future; and expansion of public 
and private plants, including land necessary therefor, and 
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, as 
follows: 
Carrier Replacement Program, $2,703,953,000; 
Carrier 
Replacement 
Program 
(AP), 
$124,401,000; 
NSSN, $1,796,191,000; 
NSSN (AP), $1,172,710,000; 
CVN Refuelings (AP), $297,344,000; 
SSBN Submarine Refuelings, $187,652,000; 
SSBN Submarine Refuelings (AP), $42,744,000; 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5101 
To authorize a major medical facility project for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs at Denver, Colorado. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2006 
Mr. BEAUPREZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize a major medical facility project for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs at Denver, Colorado. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY 
PROJECT, DENVER, COLORADO. 
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out a 
major medical facility project for a replacement facility for 
the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Den-
ver, Colorado, in an amount not to exceed $621,000,000. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR USE OF EXISTING FUNDS. 
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may obligate and 
expend any unobligated amount in the ‘‘Construction, 
Major Projects’’ appropriation of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs to purchase a site for, and for the construc-
tion of, the Department of Veterans Affairs replacement 
facility authorized in section 1. 
Æ 
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5103
AN ACT 
To provide for the conveyance of the former Konnarock 
Lutheran Girls School in Smyth County, Virginia, which 
is currently owned by the United States and adminis-
tered by the Forest Service, to facilitate the restoration 
and reuse of the property, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LAND CONVEYANCE, FORMER KONNAROCK LU-
THERAN GIRLS SCHOOL, JEFFERSON NA-
TIONAL FOREST, SMYTH COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall convey, without consideration, to the Evan-
gelical Lutheran Coalition for Mission in Appalachia (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘recipient’’) all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of 
real property in the Mount Rogers National Recreation 
Area, Smyth County, Virginia, located in the vicinity of 
the junction of Virginia Routes 600 and 603, consisting 
of not more than six acres, and containing the former 
Konnarock Lutheran Girls School and its outbuildings, as 
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Area for New 
Legislation or Sale–Konnarock School–Being a Portion of 
USA Tract J–935’’. 
(b) CONDITION OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance 
under subsection (a) shall be subject to the condition that 
the recipient accept the real property described in such 
subsection in its condition at the time of the conveyance, 
commonly known as conveyance ‘‘as is’’. 
(c) DESCRIPTION
OF PROPERTY.—Subject to the 
acreage limitation specified in subsection (a), the exact 
acreage and legal description of the real property to be 
conveyed under such subsection shall be determined by a
survey satisfactory to the Secretary. The cost of the survey 
shall be borne by the recipient. 
(d) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The 
Secretary may require such additional terms and condi-
tions in connection with the conveyance under subsection 
(a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the 
interests of the United States. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 26, 
2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5103
AN ACT 
To provide for the conveyance of the former 
Konnarock Lutheran Girls School in Smyth 
County, Virginia, which is currently owned by the 
United States and administered by the Forest 
Service, to facilitate the restoration and reuse of 
the property, and for other purposes.
357 
‘‘(3) PROMISING TECHNOLOGIES.—The stand-
ards developed under this subsection shall address 
promising technologies, which may include— 
‘‘(A) radio frequency identification tech-
nology; 
‘‘(B) nanotechnology; 
‘‘(C) encryption technologies; and 
‘‘(D) other track-and-trace or authentica-
tion technologies. 
‘‘(4) INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION.—In car-
rying out this subsection, the Secretary shall consult 
with Federal health and security agencies, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) the Department of Justice; 
‘‘(B) the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity; 
‘‘(C) the Department of Commerce; and 
‘‘(D) other appropriate Federal and State 
agencies. 
‘‘(c) INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall expand 
and enhance the resources and facilities of agency 
components of the Food and Drug Administration 
involved with regulatory and criminal enforcement of 
this Act to secure the drug supply chain against 
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H. R. 5103
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and six 
An Act 
To provide for the conveyance of the former Konnarock Lutheran Girls School 
in Smyth County, Virginia, which is currently owned by the United States and 
administered by the Forest Service, to facilitate the restoration and reuse of 
the property, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LAND CONVEYANCE, FORMER KONNAROCK LUTHERAN 
GIRLS SCHOOL, JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST, SMYTH 
COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
convey, without consideration, to the Evangelical Lutheran Coali-
tion for Mission in Appalachia (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘recipient’’) all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to a parcel of real property in the Mount Rogers National 
Recreation Area, Smyth County, Virginia, located in the vicinity 
of the junction of Virginia Routes 600 and 603, consisting of not 
more than six acres, and containing the former Konnarock Lutheran 
Girls School and its outbuildings, as depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘Proposed Area for New Legislation or Sale–Konnarock School–
Being a Portion of USA Tract J–935’’. 
(b) CONDITION OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the condition that the recipient 
accept the real property described in such subsection in its condition 
at the time of the conveyance, commonly known as conveyance 
‘‘as is’’. 
(c) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—Subject to the acreage limita-
tion specified in subsection (a), the exact acreage and legal descrip-
tion of the real property to be conveyed under such subsection 
shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. The 
cost of the survey shall be borne by the recipient. 
(d) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may 
require such additional terms and conditions in connection with
H. R. 5103—2
the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers 
appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.