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use in financing, or accept as collateral for an ad-
vance under this section, any mortgage that a Bank 
is prohibited from so accepting under the standards 
issued under section 1330 of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1992 by the Director of 
the Federal Housing Finance Agency.’’. 
SEC. 337. REVISION OF HOUSING GOALS. 
(a) HOUSING GOALS.—The Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 is amended by striking sections 
1331 through 1334 (12 U.S.C. 4561–4) and inserting the 
following new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 1331. ESTABLISHMENT OF HOUSING GOALS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish, effec-
tive for the first year that begins after the effective date 
under section 365 of the Federal Housing Finance Reform 
Act of 2008 and each year thereafter, annual housing goals, 
with respect to the mortgage purchases by the enterprises, 
as follows: 
‘‘(1) SINGLE
FAMILY
HOUSING
GOALS.—Three 
single-family housing goals under section 1332. 
‘‘(2) MULTIFAMILY SPECIAL AFFORDABLE HOUS-
ING GOALS.—A multifamily special affordable hous-
ing goal under section 1333. 
‘‘(b) ELIMINATING INTEREST RATE DISPARITIES.—
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SEC. 1232. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON REGIONAL TRANS-
MISSION ORGANIZATIONS.
It is the sense of Congress that, in order to promote
fair, open access to electric transmission service, benefit
retail consumers, facilitate wholesale competition, improve
efficiencies in transmission grid management, promote
grid reliability, remove opportunities for unduly discrimi-
natory or preferential transmission practices, and provide
for the efficient development of transmission infrastruc-
ture needed to meet the growing demands of competitive
wholesale power markets, all transmitting utilities in inter-
state commerce should voluntarily become members of Re-
gional Transmission Organizations as defined in section
3 of the Federal Power Act.
SEC. 1233. REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATION AP-
PLICATIONS PROGRESS REPORT.
Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment
of this section, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis-
sion shall submit to Congress a report containing each of
the following:
(1) A list of all regional transmission organiza-
tion applications filed at the Commission pursuant
to subpart F of part 35 of title 18, Code of Federal
Regulations (in this section referred to as ‘‘Order
No. 2000’’), including an identification of each pub-
lic utility and other entity included within the pro-
‘‘(2) A violation of section 34 of this title. 
‘‘(3) A violation of section 36(b)(2)(A) of this 
title. 
‘‘(4) A violation of section 37(a) of this title 
that results in the death of any person. 
‘‘(5) A violation of section 229A(a)(2) of this 
title. 
‘‘(6) A violation of section 241, 242, 245(b), or 
247(a) of this title that— 
‘‘(A) results in death; or 
‘‘(B) involved kidnapping or an attempt to 
kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt 
to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an at-
tempt to kill. 
‘‘(7) A violation of subsection (b) or (d) of sec-
tion 351 of this title. 
‘‘(8) A violation of section 794(a) of this title. 
‘‘(9) A violation of subsection (d), (f), or (i) of 
section 844 of this title that results in the death of 
any person (including any public safety officer per-
forming duties as a direct or proximate result of 
conduct prohibited by such subsection). 
‘‘(10) An offense punishable under subsection 
(c)(5)(B)(i) or (j)(1) of section 924 of this title. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 412 
To require an independent evaluation of distance education programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 11, 2007 
Mr. EHLERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To require an independent evaluation of distance education 
programs. 
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 ‘‘Independent Study of 
Distance Education Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF DISTANCE EDU-
CATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.—The Secretary of 
Education shall enter into an agreement with the National 
Academy of Sciences to conduct a scientifically correct, 
statistically valid evaluation of the quality of distance edu-
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6137 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to double the damages, fines, 
and penalties for the unauthorized inspection or disclosure of returns 
and return information, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2006 
Mr. REYNOLDS (for himself, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. WELLER, Mr. FOLEY, and 
Mr. CHOCOLA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to double 
the damages, fines, and penalties for the unauthorized 
inspection or disclosure of returns and return informa-
tion, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tax Snooping Preven-
tion Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. DOUBLING OF CIVIL DAMAGES FOR UNAUTHOR-
IZED INSPECTION OR DISCLOSURE OF RE-
TURNS AND RETURN INFORMATION. 
Subparagraph (A) of section 7431(c)(1) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000’’. 
SEC. 3. DOUBLING OF CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR UNAU-
THORIZED INSPECTION OF RETURNS AND RE-
TURN INFORMATION. 
Paragraph (1) of section 7213A(b) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘$1,000, or imprisonment of not 
more than 1 year, or both,’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000, or im-
prisonment of not more than 2 years, or both,’’. 
SEC. 4. DOUBLING OF CRIMINAL FINE FOR UNAUTHORIZED 
DISCLOSURE OF RETURNS OR RETURN IN-
FORMATION. 
Subsection (a) of section 7213 of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘$10,000’’. 
SEC. 5. MANDATORY TERMINATION FOR IRS EMPLOYEES 
FOR UNAUTHORIZED INSPECTION OF RE-
TURNS OR RETURN INFORMATION. 
Paragraph (3) of section 1203(b) of the Internal Rev-
enue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (Pub-
lic Law 105–206; 112 Stat. 720) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(A), 
(2) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(B), and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) the Internal Revenue Service policy 
on unauthorized inspection of returns or return 
information;’’. 
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posed membership of the regional transmission orga-
nization.
(2) A brief description of the status of each
pending regional transmission organization applica-
tion, including a precise explanation of how each
fails to comply with the minimal requirements of
Order No. 2000 and what steps need to be taken to
bring each application into such compliance.
(3) For any application that has not been fi-
nally approved by the Commission, a detailed de-
scription of every aspect of the application that the
Commission has determined does not conform to the
requirements of Order No. 2000.
(4) For any application that has not been fi-
nally approved by the Commission, an explanation
by the Commission of why the items described pur-
suant to paragraph (3) constitute material non-
compliance with the requirements of the Commis-
sion’s Order No. 2000 sufficient to justify denial of
approval by the Commission.
(5) For all regional transmission organization
applications filed pursuant to the Commission’s
Order No. 2000, whether finally approved or not—
555
(A) a discussion of that regional trans-
mission organization’s efforts to minimize rate
seams between itself and—
(i) other regional transmission organi-
zations; and
(ii) entities not participating in a re-
gional transmission organization;
(B) a discussion of the impact of such
seams on consumers and wholesale competition;
and
(C) a discussion of minimizing cost-shifting
on consumers.
SEC. 1234. FEDERAL UTILITY PARTICIPATION IN REGIONAL
TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
(1) APPROPRIATE FEDERAL REGULATORY AU-
THORITY.—The term ‘‘appropriate Federal regu-
latory authority’’ means—
(A) with respect to a Federal power mar-
keting agency (as defined in the Federal Power
Act), the Secretary of Energy, except that the
Secretary may designate the Administrator of a
Federal power marketing agency to act as the
appropriate Federal regulatory authority with
556
respect to the transmission system of that Fed-
eral power marketing agency; and
(B) with respect to the Tennessee Valley
Authority, the Board of Directors of the Ten-
nessee Valley Authority.
(2) FEDERAL
UTILITY.—The term ‘‘Federal
utility’’ means a Federal power marketing agency or
the Tennessee Valley Authority.
(3) TRANSMISSION SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘trans-
mission system’’ means electric transmission facili-
ties owned, leased, or contracted for by the United
States and operated by a Federal utility.
(b) TRANSFER.—The appropriate Federal regulatory
authority is authorized to enter into a contract, agreement
or other arrangement transferring control and use of all
or part of the Federal utility’s transmission system to an
RTO or ISO (as defined in the Federal Power Act), ap-
proved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Such contract, agreement or arrangement shall include—
(1) performance standards for operation and
use of the transmission system that the head of the
Federal utility determines necessary or appropriate,
including standards that assure recovery of all the
Federal utility’s costs and expenses related to the
transmission facilities that are the subject of the
557
contract, agreement or other arrangement; consist-
ency with existing contracts and third-party financ-
ing arrangements; and consistency with said Federal
utility’s statutory authorities, obligations, and limi-
tations;
(2) provisions for monitoring and oversight by
the Federal utility of the RTO’s or ISO’s fulfillment
of the terms and conditions of the contract, agree-
ment or other arrangement, including a provision for
the resolution of disputes through arbitration or
other means with the regional transmission organi-
zation or with other participants, notwithstanding
the obligations and limitations of any other law re-
garding arbitration; and
(3) a provision that allows the Federal utility to
withdraw from the RTO or ISO and terminate the
contract, agreement or other arrangement in accord-
ance with its terms.
Neither this section, actions taken pursuant to it, nor any
other transaction of a Federal utility using an RTO or
ISO shall confer upon the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission jurisdiction or authority over the Federal util-
ity’s electric generation assets, electric capacity or energy
that the Federal utility is authorized by law to market,
or the Federal utility’s power sales activities.
558
(c) EXISTING STATUTORY
AND OTHER OBLIGA-
TIONS.—
(1) SYSTEM OPERATION REQUIREMENTS.—No
statutory provision requiring or authorizing a Fed-
eral utility to transmit electric power or to construct,
operate or maintain its transmission system shall be
construed to prohibit a transfer of control and use
of its transmission system pursuant to, and subject
to all requirements of subsection (b).
(2) OTHER
OBLIGATIONS.—This subsection
shall not be construed to—
(A) suspend, or exempt any Federal utility
from, any provision of existing Federal law, in-
cluding but not limited to any requirement or
direction relating to the use of the Federal util-
ity’s transmission system, environmental protec-
tion, fish and wildlife protection, flood control,
navigation, water delivery, or recreation; or
(B) authorize abrogation of any contract
or treaty obligation.
(3) REPEAL.—Section 311 of title III of Appen-
dix B of the Act of October 27, 2000 (P.L. 106–
377, section 1(a)(2); 114 Stat. 1441, 1441A–80; 16
U.S.C. 824n) is repealed.
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 60
JOINT RESOLUTION
Honoring Maureen Reagan on the occasion of her death
and expressing condolences to her family, including her
husband Dennis Revell and her daughter Rita Revell.
Whereas the Congress is greatly saddened by the tragic death
of Maureen Reagan on August 8, 2001;
(2) METHOD
OF
DISCHARGE
OR
CANCELLA-
TION.—A loan required to be discharged or canceled 
under paragraph (1) shall be discharged or canceled 
by the method used under section 437(a), 455(a)(1), 
or 464(c)(1)(F) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1087(a), 
1087e(a)(1), 
1087dd(c)(1)(F)), whichever is applicable to such 
loan. 
(c) FACILITATION
OF
CLAIMS.—The Secretary 
shall— 
(1) establish procedures for the filing of appli-
cations for discharge or cancellation under this sec-
tion by regulations that shall be prescribed and pub-
lished within 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act and without regard to the requirements of 
section 553 of title 5, United States Code, and sec-
tion 437 of the General Education Provisions Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1232); and 
(2) take such actions as may be necessary to 
publicize the availability of discharge or cancellation 
of Federal student loan indebtedness under this sec-
tion. 
(d) AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS
FOR PAYMENTS.— 
Funds available for the purposes of making payments to 
lenders in accordance with section 437(a) for the dis-
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charge of indebtedness of deceased or disabled individuals 
shall be available for making payments under section 
437(a) to lenders of loans as required by this section. 
(e) APPLICABLE TO OUTSTANDING DEBT.—The pro-
visions of this section shall be applied to discharge or can-
cel only Federal student loans (including consolidation 
loans) on which amounts were owed on September 11, 
2001, except that nothing in this section shall be con-
strued to authorize any refunding of any repayment of a 
loan. 
(f) DEADLINES AND PROCEDURES.—Sections 482(c) 
and 492 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1089(c), 1098(a)) shall not apply to any regulations re-
quired by this section. 
SEC. 7. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act, or in the Higher Education Ex-
tension Act of 2005 as amended by this Act, shall be con-
strued to limit or otherwise alter the authorizations of ap-
propriations for, or the durations of, programs contained 
in the amendments made by the Higher Education Rec-
onciliation Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–171) to the pro-
visions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Tax-
payer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004. 
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SEC. 1237. STUDY ON THE BENEFITS OF ECONOMIC DIS-
PATCH.
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Energy, in coordina-
tion and consultation with the States, shall conduct a
study on—
(1) the procedures currently used by electric
utilities to perform economic dispatch;
(2) identifying possible revisions to those proce-
dures to improve the ability of nonutility generation
resources to offer their output for sale for the pur-
pose of inclusion in economic dispatch; and
(3) the potential benefits to residential, com-
mercial, and industrial electricity consumers nation-
ally and in each state if economic dispatch proce-
dures were revised to improve the ability of non-
utility generation resources to offer their output for
inclusion in economic dispatch.
(b) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘economic dispatch’’
when used in this section means the operation of genera-
tion facilities to produce energy at the lowest cost to reli-
ably serve consumers, recognizing any operational limits
of generation and transmission facilities.
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND THE STATES.—Not
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
and on a yearly basis following, the Secretary of Energy
shall submit a report to Congress and the States on the
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 69
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year
2002, and for other purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That Public Law 107–44 is further amended by striking
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 613
To prohibit the sale of any alcohol without liquid machine without premarket 
approval, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 8, 2005
Mr. BEAUPREZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit the sale of any alcohol without liquid machine 
without premarket approval, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alcohol Without Liquid 
Machine Safety Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. ALCOHOL WITHOUT LIQUID MACHINES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—It shall be unlawful for any per-
son to introduce or deliver for introduction into interstate 
commerce any alcohol without liquid machine, unless an
approval of an application submitted pursuant to sub-
section (b) is in effect with respect to such machine. 
(b) APPLICATION.—Any person may file with the 
Commissioner an application for premarket approval of an 
alcohol without liquid machine. Such an application shall 
be submitted in such manner, and containing such infor-
mation, as the Commissioner may require. 
(c) APPROVAL.—Upon receipt of an application sub-
mitted pursuant to subsection (b), the Commissioner 
shall—
(1) issue an order approving the application if 
the person submitting the application demonstrates 
to the Commissioner’s satisfaction that the alcohol 
without liquid machine is safe; or 
(2) deny approval of the application if the per-
son submitting the application fails to demonstrate 
to the Commissioner’s satisfaction that the alcohol 
without liquid machine is safe. 
(d) WITHDRAWAL
OF APPROVAL.—The Secretary 
may issue an order withdrawing approval of an application 
submitted pursuant to subsection (b) if the Secretary finds 
that the alcohol without liquid machine is unsafe. 
(e) PENALTY.—The provisions of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) shall 
apply to a violation of subsection (a) in the same manner
and to the same extent as such provisions apply to a viola-
tion of section 515 of such Act (21 U.S.C. 360e; regarding 
premarket approval of class III devices). 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘alcohol without liquid machine’’ 
means a device designed or marketed for the pur-
pose of mixing alcohol with oxygen or another gas 
to produce a mist for inhalation for recreational pur-
poses. 
(2) The term ‘‘Commissioner’’ means the Com-
missioner of Food and Drugs.
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the date specified in section 107(c) and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘October 31, 2001’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 17,
2001.
Attest:
Clerk.
cation programs, as compared to campus-based education 
programs, at institutions of higher education. Such eval-
uation shall include— 
(1) identification of the elements by which the 
quality of distance education, as compared to cam-
pus-based education, can be assessed, including ele-
ments such as subject matter, interactivity, and stu-
dent outcomes; 
(2) identification of distance and campus-based 
education program success, with respect to student 
achievement, in relation to the mission of the insti-
tution of higher education; and 
(3) by assessing elements including access to 
higher education, job placement rates, under-
graduate graduation rates, and graduate and profes-
sional degree attainment rates, identification of the 
types of students (including classification of types of 
students based on student age)— 
(A) who most benefit from distance edu-
cation programs; 
(B) who most benefit from campus-based 
education programs; and 
(C) who do not benefit from distance edu-
cation programs. 
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radio format and stating the name of the drug 
and its conditions of use, the major statement 
relating to side effects and contraindications 
shall be presented in a clear, conspicuous, and 
neutral manner.’’. 
(B) REGULATIONS TO DETERMINE CLEAR, 
CONSPICUOUS, AND
NEUTRAL
MANNER.—Not 
later than 30 months after the date of the en-
actment of the Food and Drug Administration 
Amendments Act of 2007, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall by regulation 
establish standards for determining whether a 
major statement relating to side effects and 
contraindications of a drug, described in section 
502(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 352(n)) (as amended by 
subparagraph (A)) is presented in the manner 
required under such section. 
(4) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Section 303 of the Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 333), 
as amended by section 801(b), is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(g)(1) With respect to a person who is a holder of 
an approved application under section 505 for a drug sub-
ject to section 503(b) or under section 351 of the Public