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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clauses 
(ii) and (iii) and the succeeding subpara-
graphs of this paragraph, the Secretary 
shall pay from the Fund to a State that is 
an eligible State for a month of a fiscal 
year a CHIP contingency fund payment 
equal to the Federal share of the shortfall 
determined under subparagraph (D). In 
the case of an eligible State under sub-
paragraph (D)(i), the Secretary shall not 
make the payment under this subpara-
graph until the State makes, and submits 
to the Secretary, a projection of the 
amount of the shortfall. 
‘‘(ii) SEPARATE DETERMINATIONS OF 
SHORTFALLS.—The Secretary shall sepa-
rately compute the shortfall under sub-
paragraph (D) for expenditures for eligible 
individuals other than nonpregnant child-
less adults and parents with respect to 
whom amounts are set aside under section 
2111, for expenditures for such childless 
adults, and for expenditures for such par-
ents. 
‘‘(iii) PAYMENTS.— 
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‘‘(I) NONPREGNANT
CHILDLESS 
ADULTS.—No payments shall be made 
from the Fund for nonpregnant child-
less adults with respect to whom 
amounts are set aside under section 
2111(a)(3). 
‘‘(II) PARENTS.—Any payments 
with respect to any shortfall for par-
ents who are paid from amounts set 
aside under section 2111(b)(2)(B)(i) 
shall be made only from the account 
established under paragraph (2)(E)(ii) 
and not from any other amounts in 
the Fund. No other payments may be 
made from such account. 
‘‘(iv) 
SPECIAL
RULES.—Subpara-
graphs (B) and (C) shall be applied sepa-
rately with respect to shortfalls described 
in clause (ii). 
‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts paid to 
an eligible State from the Fund shall be used 
only to eliminate the Federal share of a short-
fall in the State’s allotment under subsection (i) 
for a fiscal year. 
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in the aggregate and disaggregate shall be evaluated 
for annual growth in accordance with this Act. 
(2) BASELINE ADJUSTMENT.—Once a State has 
implemented an individual student identifier longitu-
dinal data system and can calculate the adjusted-co-
hort graduation rate described in paragraphs (2) 
and (3) of section 4, but no later than 2012, such 
State shall use this rate as the new baseline gradua-
tion rate for reporting and accountability purposes. 
(3) ANNUAL GROWTH.— 
(A) For a State, local educational agency, 
or school to make adequate yearly progress, it 
must demonstrate increases in the graduation 
rate from the baseline rate, in the aggregate 
and for each subgroup described in this sub-
section, as follows: 
(i) For the four-year adjusted cohort 
rate, an average of 2.5 percentage points 
per year since the baseline was established. 
(ii) For the five-year adjusted cohort 
rate, an average of 3 percentage points per 
year since the baseline was established. 
(B) A school may not make adequate year-
ly progress using the five-year adjusted cohort 
rate if— 
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(i) its four-year adjusted cohort rate, 
overall or for any subgroup described in 
this subsection, falls below the cohort’s ini-
tial baseline or shows no improvement over 
a four-year period; or 
(ii) fewer than 75 percent of the stu-
dents included as five-year graduates, over-
all or for any subgroup described in this 
subsection, are four-year graduates. 
(d) WAIVERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Local educational agencies 
may apply to the State educational agency, on behalf 
of schools or programs described as an alternative 
education setting under section 4(8) for a waiver re-
lated to an alternative expected completion time. 
(2) APPLICATION.—For each alternative edu-
cation setting the application for the waiver shall in-
clude— 
(A) description of the educational program; 
and 
(B) a proposed alternative expected com-
pletion time for the preponderance of the stu-
dents in the program to be used for calculating 
an adjusted-cohort graduation rate. 
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1768
AN ACT
To amend title 28, United States Code, to allow a
judge to whom a case is transferred to retain ju-
risdiction over certain multidistrict litigation
cases for trial, and for other purposes.
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘100’’ each place that such 
appears and inserting ‘‘50’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘4,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2,000’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘50’’ and in-
serting ‘‘25’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘500’’ 
and inserting ‘‘100’’. 
(b) NOTICE REQUIRED.—Section 3 of the Worker 
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 
2102) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘60-day’’ and 
inserting ‘‘90-day’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘60-day’’ each 
place that such appears and inserting ‘‘90-day’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) CALENDAR DAYS.—All references in this Act to 
‘days’ shall mean calendar days.’’. 
(c) NOTICE TO OTHER PARTIES AND SECRETARY OF 
LABOR.—Section 3(a) of the Worker Adjustment and Re-
training Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2102(a) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘LOCAL GOVERNMENTS’’ and inserting ‘‘GOVERN-
MENT OFFICIALS’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(4) by adding after paragraph (2) the following: 
‘‘(2) to the Secretary of Labor, including the 
number of employees affected; 
‘‘(3) to the United States Senators, United 
States Representative, State Senator, and State 
Representative who represent the area in which the 
plant is located; and 
‘‘(4) to the Governor of the State in which the 
plant is located and to the chief elected official of 
the unit of local government within such closing or 
layoff is to occur.’’. 
(d) DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO EMPLOY-
MENT LOSS.—Section 3(d) of the Worker Adjustment and 
Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2102(d)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘, each of which is less than the min-
imum number’’ and all that follows, and inserting ‘‘during 
any 180-day period, one or more of which is less than the 
minimum number specified in section 2(a)(2) or (3) but 
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(3) ANNUAL
GROWTH.—To make adequate 
yearly progress, each program or school receiving a 
waiver under paragraph (1) must increase its ap-
proved alternative graduation calculation an average 
of 2.5 percentage points per year since the baseline 
was established. 
SEC. 7. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 
Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and annually thereafter, each State educational 
agency shall submit, and make publicly available a report 
to the Secretary on the implementation of this Act, includ-
ing— 
(1) a description of every category, code, and 
the corresponding definitions that the State has au-
thorized for identifying, tracking, calculating, and 
publicly reporting student status; and 
(2) if using an interim graduation rate pursu-
ant to section 5(d), a description of efforts to imple-
ment the four-year and five-year adjusted cohort 
rates and expected date of implementation, no later 
than 2012. 
Æ 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2956 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of Defense to commence the reduc-
tion of the number of United States Armed Forces in 
Iraq to a limited presence by April 1, 2008, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3663 
To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to establish additional 
prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2007 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. DINGELL, and Mr. 
DICKS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to establish 
additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft, 
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 ‘‘Protect America’s 
Wildlife Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO PROHIBITIONS. 
Section 13(a) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 
(16 U.S.C. 742j–1(a)) is amended— 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Responsible Redeploy-
ment from Iraq Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Authorization for Use of Military Force 
Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107– 
243), enacted into law on October 16, 2002, author-
ized the President to use the Armed Forces as the 
President determined necessary and appropriate in 
order to defend the national security of the United 
States against the continuing threat posed by the 
Government of Iraq at that time; 
(2) the Government of Iraq which was in power 
at the time the Authorization for Use of Military 
Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 was enacted 
into law has been removed from power and its leader 
indicted, tried, convicted, and executed by the new 
freely-elected democratic Government of Iraq; 
(3) the current Government of Iraq does not 
pose a threat to the United States or its interests; 
and 
(4) after more than four years of valiant efforts 
by members of the Armed Forces and United States 
civilians, the Government of Iraq must now be re-
sponsible for Iraq’s future course.
HR 3222 RS 
Test and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of 
operational test and evaluation, including initial oper-
ational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, 
and in support of, production decisions; joint operational 
testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 
connection therewith, $180,264,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2009. 
TITLE V 
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 
For
the
Defense
Working
Capital
Funds, 
$1,352,746,000. 
NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND 
For
National
Defense
Sealift
Fund
programs, 
projects, and activities, and for expenses of the National 
Defense Reserve Fleet, as established by section 11 of the 
Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. App. 1744), 
and for the necessary expenses to maintain and preserve 
a U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security 
needs of the United States, $2,489,094,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds 
provided in this paragraph shall be used to award a new 
contract that provides for the acquisition of any of the 
following major components unless such components are 
manufactured in the United States: auxiliary equipment,
669 
dollars, as adjusted by the Secretary to reflect inflation 
since 1999.’’. 
SEC. 911. RESEARCH PRIORITIES. 
Section 210(b) of the Education of the Deaf Act of 
1986 (20 U.S.C. 4359b(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on 
Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate’’. 
SEC. 912. NATIONAL STUDY ON THE EDUCATION OF THE 
DEAF. 
(a) CONDUCT OF STUDY.—Subsection (a)(1) of sec-
tion 211 of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 
U.S.C. 4360) is amended by inserting after ‘‘The Sec-
retary shall’’ the following: ‘‘establish a commission on the 
education of the deaf (in this section referred to as the 
‘commission’) to’’. 
(b) PUBLIC INPUT AND CONSULTATION.—Subsection 
(b) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘commission’’. 
(c) REPORT.—Subsection (c) of such section is 
amended— 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6145 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to include within the certification 
required for certain schools and libraries having computers with Internet 
access that receive services at discounted rates that, as part of the 
required Internet safety policy, the schools and libraries are educating 
minors about safe online behavior. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2008 
Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CRAMER, and 
Mr. KIRK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to include within 
the certification required for certain schools and libraries 
having computers with Internet access that receive serv-
ices at discounted rates that, as part of the required 
Internet safety policy, the schools and libraries are edu-
cating minors about safe online behavior. 
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 ‘‘The Protecting Our 
Children Online Act of 2008’’. 
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‘‘(ii) the first taxable year for which 
recapture 
is 
required 
under 
section 
50(a)(2) with respect to such facility, or 
for any taxable year thereafter. 
‘‘(3) SELF-CONSTRUCTED.—For purposes of 
this subsection— 
‘‘(A) The term ‘self-constructed facility’ 
means any facility if it is reasonable to believe 
that more than half of the qualified nuclear fa-
cility expenditures for such facility will be made 
directly by the taxpayer. 
‘‘(B) A component of a facility shall be 
treated as not self-constructed if the cost of the 
component is at least 5 percent of the expected 
cost of the facility and the component is ac-
quired by the taxpayer. 
‘‘(4) ELECTION.—An election shall be made 
under this section for a qualified nuclear power facil-
ity by claiming the nuclear power facility construc-
tion credit for expenditures described in paragraph 
(1) on a tax return filed by the due date for such 
return (taking into account extensions). Such an 
election shall apply to the taxable year for which 
made and all subsequent taxable years. Such an 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2956 
To require the Secretary of Defense to commence the reduction of the number 
of United States Armed Forces in Iraq to a limited presence by April 
1, 2008, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2007 
Mr. SKELTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Defense to commence the reduc-
tion of the number of United States Armed Forces in 
Iraq to a limited presence by April 1, 2008, 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 ‘‘Responsible Redeploy-
ment from Iraq Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3664 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that tips shall 
not be subject to income or employment taxes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2007 
Mr. PAUL 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 provide 
that tips shall not be subject to income or employment taxes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Tax Free Tips Act of 2007’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.—Except as other-
wise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amend-
ment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment 
to, or repeal of , a section or other provision, the reference 
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6146 
AN ACT 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recogni-
tion and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(1) the Authorization for Use of Military Force 
Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107– 
243), enacted into law on October 16, 2002, author-
ized the President to use the Armed Forces as the 
President determined necessary and appropriate in 
order to defend the national security of the United 
States against the continuing threat posed by the 
Government of Iraq at that time; 
(2) the Government of Iraq which was in power 
at the time the Authorization for Use of Military 
Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 was enacted 
into law has been removed from power and its leader 
indicted, tried, convicted, and executed by the new 
freely-elected democratic Government of Iraq; 
(3) the current Government of Iraq does not 
pose a threat to the United States or its interests; 
and 
(4) after more than four years of valiant efforts 
by members of the Armed Forces and United States 
civilians, the Government of Iraq must now be re-
sponsible for Iraq’s future course. 
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SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF 
ARMED FORCES IN IRAQ AND TRANSITION TO 
A 
LIMITED 
PRESENCE 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES IN IRAQ. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
commence the reduction of the number of Armed Forces 
in Iraq beginning not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and shall complete the reduc-
tion and transition to a limited presence of the Armed 
Forces in Iraq by not later than April 1, 2008. 
(b) REDUCTION AND TRANSITION TO BE CARRIED 
OUT IN A SAFE AND ORDERLY MANNER.—The reduction 
of the number of Armed Forces in Iraq and transition to 
a limited presence of the Armed Forces in Iraq required 
by subsection (a) shall be implemented in a safe and or-
derly manner, with maximum attention paid to protection 
of the Armed Forces that are being redeployed from Iraq. 
(c) REDUCTION AND TRANSITION TO FURTHER COM-
PREHENSIVE STRATEGY.—The reduction of the number of 
Armed Forces in Iraq and transition to a limited presence 
of the Armed Forces in Iraq required by subsection (a) 
shall further be implemented as part of the comprehensive 
United States strategy for Iraq required by section 4 of 
this Act. 
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Health and Mental Hygiene that provide for the World 
Trade Center Health Registry. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary. 
‘‘SEC. 3052. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. 
‘‘The WTC program administrator may make grants 
to the New York City Department of Health and Mental 
Hygiene to provide mental health services to address men-
tal health needs relating to the 9/11 NYC terrorist at-
tacks.’’. 
TITLE II—SEPTEMBER 11 VICTIM 
COMPENSATION FUND OF 2001 
SEC. 201. DEADLINE EXTENSION FOR CERTAIN CLAIMS 
UNDER SEPTEMBER 11 VICTIM COMPENSA-
TION FUND OF 2001. 
Section 405(a)(3) of the Air Transportation Safety 
and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by 
subparagraph (B), no claim may be filed under 
paragraph (1) after December 22, 2003. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.— 
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‘‘(C) PRORATION RULE.—If the amounts 
available for payment from the Fund for a fis-
cal year are less than the total amount of pay-
ments determined under subparagraph (A) for 
the fiscal year, the amount to be paid under 
such subparagraph to each eligible State shall 
be reduced proportionally. 
‘‘(D) ELIGIBLE STATE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A State is an eli-
gible State for a month if the State is a 
subsection (b) State (as defined in sub-
section (i)(7)), the State requests access to 
the Fund for the month, and it is de-
scribed in clause (ii) or (iii). 
‘‘(ii) SHORTFALL OF FEDERAL ALLOT-
MENT
FUNDING
OF
NOT
MORE
THAN
PERCENT.—The Secretary estimates, on 
the basis of the most recent data available 
to the Secretary or requested from the 
State by the Secretary, that the State’s al-
lotment for the fiscal year is at least 95 
percent, but less than 100 percent, of the 
projected expenditures under the State 
child health plan for the State for the fis-
cal year determined under subsection (i) 
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108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1770
AN ACT
To provide benefits and other compensation for certain indi-
viduals with injuries resulting from administration of
smallpox countermeasures, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(without regard to incentive bonuses or 
payments for which the State is eligible for 
under subsection (j)(2) for the fiscal year). 
‘‘(iii) SHORTFALL
OF
FEDERAL
AL-
LOTMENT FUNDING OF MORE THAN 5 PER-
CENT CAUSED BY SPECIFIC EVENTS.—The 
Secretary estimates, on the basis of the 
most recent data available to the Secretary 
or requested from the State by the Sec-
retary, that the State’s allotment for the 
fiscal year is less than 95 percent of the 
projected expenditures under the State 
child health plan for the State for the fis-
cal year determined under subsection (i) 
(without regard to incentive bonuses or 
payments for which the State is eligible for 
under subsection (j)(2) for the fiscal year) 
and that such shortfall is attributable to 1 
or more of the following events: 
‘‘(I) STAFFORD ACT OR PUBLIC 
HEALTH
EMERGENCY.—The 
State 
has— 
‘‘(aa) 1 or more parishes or 
counties for which a major dis-
aster has been declared in ac-
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