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amount of management and related fees with respect to 
a public housing project if the fee is determined to be rea-
sonable by the public housing agency, unless such restric-
tion or limitation imposed by the Secretary on such fees— 
(1) is determined pursuant to a negotiated rule-
making which is convened by the Secretary no ear-
lier than April 1, 2009, and in accordance with sub-
chapter III of chapter 5 of title 5, United States 
Code, with representatives from interested parties; 
and 
(2) is effective only on or after January 1, 
2011. 
(b) INCREASE
OF THRESHOLD
FOR EXEMPTION 
FROM ASSET MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS.—Except as 
provided in subsection (c) of this section, any public hous-
ing agency that owns or operates fewer than 500 public 
housing units under title I of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 may elect to be exempt from any asset man-
agement requirement imposed by the Secretary. 
(c) EXCEPTION FOR PHAS SEEKING A DISCONTINU-
ANCE IN OPERATING FUND REDUCTIONS.—Subsections 
(a) and (b) shall not apply to any public housing agency 
during the period that the agency is seeking, pursuant to 
subpart F of part 990 of title 24 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, a discontinuance of a reduction in the 
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amount of the operating fund allocation for the agency 
under section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)) or after the agency is success-
ful in obtaining a discontinuance of the reduction. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON RESTRICTION OF FUNGIBILITY OF 
CAPITAL FUND AMOUNTS. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall not impose any requirement, regulation, or guideline 
relating to asset management that restricts or limits in 
any way the use by public housing agencies of amounts 
for Capital Fund assistance under section 9(d) of such 
Act, pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of section 9(g) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437g(g)), for costs of any central office of a public hous-
ing agency. 
SEC. 4. TENANT PARTICIPATION. 
(a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This Act may not be 
construed to repeal or waive any provision of part 964 of 
title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, regarding ten-
ant participation and tenant opportunities in public hous-
ing. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall ensure that public housing agencies encourage the 
reasonable efforts of resident tenant organizations to rep-
resent their members or the reasonable efforts of tenants 
to organize. 
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(b) GUIDANCE.—Guidance issued by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall encourage partici-
pation by residents in the implementation of asset man-
agement and the development of local policies for such 
purposes. 
Æ 
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tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-
tively awarded grants. 
SEC. 708. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poul-
try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 
SEC. 709. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 
office funded by this Act to any other agency or office 
of the Department for more than 30 days unless the indi-
vidual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by 
the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses 
of the employee for the period of assignment. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Agriculture or 
the Food and Drug Administration shall be used to trans-
mit or otherwise make available to any non-Department 
of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human 
Services employee questions or responses to questions that 
are a result of information requested for the appropria-
tions hearing process. 
SEC. 711. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
quire new information technology systems or significant 
upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
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mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer without the prior approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided 
further, That none of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for information technology shall be 
obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of writ-
ten approval by the Chief Information Officer. 
SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
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(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 
or 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram-
ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which- 
ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, 
projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding 
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers 
of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
personnel which would result in a change in existing pro-
grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un-
less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
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enant,’’ governmental purposes ‘‘shall include the provi-
sion of governmental services to the public by Rio Arriba 
County and the development and operation of private busi-
nesses to the extent permitted by applicable State law.’’. 
SEC. 5. BOUNDARY CHANGE. 
Upon issuance of the patent authorized by section 4, 
the lands conveyed to Rio Arriba County in the patent 
shall cease to be a part of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation 
and the exterior boundary of the Jicarilla Apache Reserva-
tion shall be deemed relocated accordingly. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 29, 2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before im-
plementing a program or activity not carried out during 
the previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is 
funded by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 
SEC. 713. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 
language as part of the President’s Budget submission to 
the Congress of the United States for programs under the 
jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or re-
flects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees 
proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the 
submission of the Budget unless such Budget submission 
identifies which additional spending reductions should 
occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted 
prior to the date of the convening of a committee of con-
ference for the fiscal year 2010 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 714. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a Rural 
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Development office unless or until the Secretary of Agri-
culture determines the cost effectiveness and/or enhance-
ment of program delivery: Provided, That not later than 
120 days before the date of the proposed closure or reloca-
tion, the Secretary notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tion of the House and Senate, and the members of Con-
gress from the State in which the office is located of the 
proposed closure or relocation and provides a report that 
describes the justifications for such closures and reloca-
tions. 
SEC. 715. None of the funds made available to the 
Food and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used 
to close or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the 
Food and Drug Administration Division of Pharma-
ceutical Analysis in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city 
or county limits of St. Louis, Missouri. 
SEC. 716. There is hereby appropriated $434,000, to 
remain available until expended, for the Denali Commis-
sion to address deficiencies in solid waste disposal sites 
which threaten to contaminate rural drinking water sup-
plies. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 
an environmental quality incentives program authorized 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 746 
Prohibiting the consideration of a concurrent resolution providing for adjourn-
ment or adjournment sine die unless a law is enacted to provide for 
the extension of certain expired or expiring tax provisions that apply 
to middle-income taxpayers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2012 
Ms. SLAUGHTER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Prohibiting the consideration of a concurrent resolution pro-
viding for adjournment or adjournment sine die unless 
a law is enacted to provide for the extension of certain 
expired or expiring tax provisions that apply to middle- 
income taxpayers. 
Resolved, That it shall not be in order to consider a 
concurrent resolution providing for adjournment or ad-
journment sine die unless the House has been notified that 
the President has signed a bill to extend for one year cer-
tain expired or expiring tax provisions that apply to mid-
dle-income taxpayers with income below $250,000 for 
married couples filing jointly, and below $200,000 for sin-
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components of the green building rat-
ing systems and levels identified by 
the Secretary pursuant to subsection 
(l)(3), but only to the extent such 
compliance exceeds the minimum level 
required under such systems and lev-
els. 
‘‘(xiii) HARD-TO-HOUSE
FAMILIES.— 
The extent to which the one-for-one re-
placement plan under subparagraph (B)(v) 
for the revitalization plan provides replace-
ment housing that is likely to be most ap-
propriate and beneficial for families whose 
housing needs are difficult to fulfill, includ-
ing, but not limited to, elderly households, 
disabled households, households consisting 
of grandparents raising grandchildren, 
large families, households displaced by the 
revitalization plan in need of special serv-
ices, and households consisting of or in-
cluding an individual who served on active 
duty in the Armed Forces of the United 
States for a period of not less than 90 
days and who was discharged or released 
from such duty under conditions other
enant,’’ governmental purposes ‘‘shall include the provi-
sion of governmental services to the public by Rio Arriba 
County and the development and operation of private busi-
nesses to the extent permitted by applicable State law.’’. 
SEC. 5. BOUNDARY CHANGE. 
Upon issuance of the patent authorized by section 4, 
the lands conveyed to Rio Arriba County in the patent 
shall cease to be a part of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation 
and the exterior boundary of the Jicarilla Apache Reserva-
tion shall be deemed relocated accordingly. 
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Union Calendar No. 380 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3522 
[Report No. 110–610] 
A BILL 
To ratify a conveyance of a portion of the Jicarilla 
Apache Reservation to Rio Arriba County, State 
of New Mexico, pursuant to the settlement of liti-
gation between the Jicarilla Apache Nation and 
Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, to au-
thorize issuance of a patent for said lands, and 
to change the exterior boundary of the Jicarilla 
Apache Reservation accordingly, and for other 
purposes. 
APRIL 29, 2008 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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poultry products to be imported into the United States 
from the People’s Republic of China. 
SEC. 728. There is hereby appropriated $794,000 to 
the Farm Service Agency to carry out a pilot program to 
demonstrate the use of new technologies that increase the 
rate of growth of re-forested hardwood trees on private 
non-industrial forests lands, enrolling lands on the coast 
of the Gulf of Mexico that were damaged by Hurricane 
Katrina in 2005. 
SEC. 729. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture in this Act may be used to im-
plement the risk-based inspection program in the 30 pro-
totype locations announced on February 22, 2007, by the 
Under Secretary for Food Safety, or at any other loca-
tions, until the USDA Office of Inspector General has pro-
vided its findings to the Food Safety and Inspection Serv-
ice and the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate on the data used in sup-
port of the development and design of the risk-based in-
spection program and FSIS has addressed and resolved 
issues identified by OIG. 
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, and until receipt of the decennial Census in the year 
2010, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider— 
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(1) the City of Palmview, Texas; the City of 
Pharr, Texas; the City of Hidalgo, Texas; the City 
of Alton, Texas; the City of La Joya, Texas; the 
City of Penitas, Texas; the City of Schertz, Texas; 
the City of Converse, Texas; the City of Cibolo, 
Texas; and the Township of Bern, Pennsylvania (in-
cluding individuals and entities with projects within 
the cities), eligible for loans and grants funded 
through the Rural Business Program account; 
(2) the County of Nueces, Texas (including in-
dividuals and entities with projects within the coun-
ty), eligible under the Business and Industry Loan 
Guarantee Program for the purposes of financing a 
beef processing facility; 
(3) the City of Asheboro, North Carolina (in-
cluding individuals and entities with projects within 
the city), eligible for loans and grants funded 
through the Rural Community Facilities Program 
account; 
(4) the City of Healdsburg, California; the City 
of Imperial, California; the City of Havelock, North 
Carolina; and the City of Newton, North Carolina 
(including individuals and entities with projects 
within the cities), eligible for loans and grants fund-
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3658
AN ACT
To amend the Public Health Service Act to strengthen edu-
cation, prevention, and treatment programs relating to
stroke, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3690
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 2 West Main Street in Bata-
via, New York, as the ‘‘Barber Conable Post Of-
fice Building’’.
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‘‘(III) contains such agreements 
with or assurances by the Secretary, 
State and local governmental agen-
cies, and other entities sufficient to 
ensure compliance with subsection (j) 
(as modified by any percentage reduc-
tion 
requested 
under 
subsection 
(j)(1)(B)); and 
‘‘(IV) contains such assurances 
or agreements as the Secretary con-
siders necessary to ensure compliance 
with subsection (i)(2). 
‘‘(vi) FAIR HOUSING; LIMITATION ON 
EXCLUSION.—The proposed plan shall be 
carried out in a manner that complies with 
section (m) (relating to affirmatively fur-
thering fair housing and limitation on ex-
clusion). 
‘‘(vii) GREEN
DEVELOPMENTS.—The 
proposed plan complies with the require-
ment under subsection (l) (relating to 
green developments). 
‘‘(C) 
MANDATORY
GRADED
COMPO-
NENTS.—The criteria under this paragraph 
shall provide that, in addition to the require-
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3690
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 2 West Main Street in Batavia, New York,
as the ‘‘Barber Conable Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
H. Res. 1322 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
June 15, 2010. 
Whereas the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow-
ship Program was established in 1990, and formalized by 
law in 1994; 
Whereas Einstein Fellows are selected through a highly com-
petitive process from among the best science, technology, 
engineering, and mathematics teachers in the field, and 
represent diverse geographic regions and communities; 
Whereas the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow-
ship Program places these exceptional teachers in posi-
tions within Federal agencies and on Capitol Hill where 
they contribute to advancing the fields of education, 
science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and public 
policy; 
Whereas the Department of Energy through its Office of 
Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists, and 
the Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Edu-
cation have nurtured and grown the Einstein Fellowship 
Program; 
Whereas over 190 Einstein Fellows have served professionally 
at the Department of Education, the Department of En-
ergy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the
ed through the Rural Water and Waste Disposal 
Program account; and 
(5) the City of Aptos, California (including indi-
viduals and entities with projects within the city), el-
igible for loans and grants funded under the housing 
programs of the Rural Housing Service. 
SEC. 731. There is hereby appropriated $2,347,000 
for section 4404 of Public Law 107–171. 
SEC. 732. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, there is hereby appropriated: 
(1) $1,877,000 of which $1,408,000 shall be for 
a grant to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, 
Trade, and Consumer Protection, and $469,000 
shall be for a grant to the Vermont Agency of Agri-
culture, Foods, and Markets, as authorized by sec-
tion 6402 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note); 
(2) $338,000 for a grant to the Wisconsin De-
partment of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Pro-
tection; and 
(3) $94,000 for a grant to the Graham Avenue 
Business Improvement District in the State of New 
York. 
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SEC. 733. Section 382K(c) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa–10(c)) is 
repealed. 
SEC. 734. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro-
vide financial and technical assistance— 
(1) through the Watershed and Flood Preven-
tion Operations program for the Pocasset River 
Floodplain Management Project in the State of 
Rhode Island; 
(2) through the Watershed and Flood Preven-
tion Operations program to carry out the East Lo-
cust Creek Watershed Plan Revision in Missouri, in-
cluding up to 100 percent of the engineering assist-
ance and 75 percent cost share for construction cost 
of site RW1; 
(3) through the Watershed and Flood Preven-
tion Operations program to carry out the Little 
Otter Creek Watershed project in Missouri. The 
sponsoring local organization may obtain land rights 
by perpetual easements; 
(4) through the Watershed and Flood Preven-
tion Operations program to carry out the Churchill 
Woods Dam Removal project in DuPage County, Il-
linois; 
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‘‘(ii) the adjusted basis of such prop-
erty in the hands of the partnership, 
shall be taken into account as an increase in 
such partner’s distributive share of the taxable 
income of the partnership (except to the extent 
such excess is otherwise taken into account in 
determining the taxable income of the partner-
ship), 
‘‘(B) such property shall be treated for 
purposes of subpart B of part II as money dis-
tributed to such partner in an amount equal to 
such fair market value, and 
‘‘(C) the basis of such property in the 
hands of such partner shall be such fair market 
value. 
Subsection (b) of section 734 shall be applied with-
out regard to the preceding sentence. 
‘‘(5) APPLICATION OF SECTION 751.—In apply-
ing section 751(a), an investment services partner-
ship interest shall be treated as an inventory item. 
‘‘(c) INVESTMENT SERVICES PARTNERSHIP INTER-
EST.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘investment serv-
ices partnership interest’ means any interest in a 
partnership which is held by any person if such per-
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