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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3076 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a credit 
against income tax for the cost of insurance against negative outcomes 
from surgery, including against malpractice of a physician. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2005 
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 allow indi-
viduals a credit against income tax for the cost of insur-
ance against negative outcomes from surgery, including 
against malpractice of a physician. 
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 ‘‘Freedom From Unnec-
essary Litigation Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR PURCHASE BY PATIENT OF INSUR-
ANCE AGAINST NEGATIVE OUTCOMES RE-
SULTING FROM SURGERY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart A of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (relating to nonrefundable credits) is amended by 
inserting after section 25B the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 25C. COST OF INSURANCE PURCHASED BY PATIENT 
AGAINST NEGATIVE OUTCOMES RESULTING 
FROM SURGERY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual, 
there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed 
by this chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to 
the cost of negative outcomes insurance covering the indi-
vidual or the spouse or any dependent (as defined in sec-
tion 152) of the individual. 
‘‘(b) NEGATIVE OUTCOMES INSURANCE.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘negative outcomes insur-
ance’ means insurance covering any negative side effect 
of surgery, including those caused by malpractice from the 
action or inaction of a physician.’’. 
(b) CONFORMIMG AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for such subpart A of such Code is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 25B the following 
new item:
‘‘Sec. 25C. Cost of insurance purchased by patient against negative outcomes 
resulting from surgery.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME FOR MEDICAL 
MALPRACTICE AWARDS GRANTED IN BIND-
ING ARBITRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to compensation for injuries 
or sickness) is amended by redesignated subsection (d) as 
subsection (e) and by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) MEDICAL MALPRACTICE BINDING ARBITRATION 
AWARDS.—In the case of damages awarded for medical 
malpractice in binding arbitration, gross income does not 
include such damages (whether for lost wages or other-
wise).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to damages awarded after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 107. LIST OF FUELS. 
(a) LIST OF FUELS.—Section 211(c)(4)(C) of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(c)(4)(C)) is amended as 
follows: 
(1) By redesignating subclause (VI) of clause 
(viii) (as so redesignated by section 107(1) of this 
Act) as clause (x). 
(2) In such redesignated clause (x) by striking 
‘‘this clause’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (viii) or clause 
(ix)’’. 
(3) By inserting the following new subclause at 
the end of clause (viii) (as so redesignated by section 
107(1) of this Act): 
‘‘(VI) The provisions of this clause, including the lim-
itations of the authority of the Administrator and the limit 
on the total number of fuels permitted, shall remain in 
effect until the publication of the list under subclause (III) 
of clause (ix).’’. 
(4) By inserting the following new clause after 
clause (viii) (as so redesignated): 
‘‘(ix)(I) The Administrator, in coordination with the 
Secretary of Energy (hereinafter in this clause referred 
to as the ‘Secretary’), shall identify and publish in the 
Federal Register, within 12 months after the enactment 
of this subclause and after notice and opportunity for pub-
lic comment, a list of 6 gasoline and diesel fuels to be
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used in States that have not received a waiver under sec-
tion 209(b) of this Act or any State dependent on refin-
eries in such State for gasoline or diesel fuel supplies. The 
list shall be referred to as the ‘Federal Fuels List’ and 
shall include one Federal diesel fuel, one other diesel fuel, 
one conventional gasoline for ozone attainment areas, one 
reformulated gasoline (RFG) meeting the requirements of 
subsection (k), and 2 additional gasolines with Reid vapor 
pressure (RVP) controls for use in ozone nonattainment 
areas of varying degrees of severity. None of the fuels 
identified under this subclause shall control fuel sulfur or 
toxics levels beyond levels required by regulations of the 
Administrator. 
‘‘(II) Gasoline and diesel fuels shall be included on 
the Federal Fuels List based on the Administrator’s anal-
ysis of their ability to reduce ozone emissions to assist 
States in attaining established ozone standards under this 
Act, and on an analysis by the Secretary that the adoption 
of the Federal Fuels List will not result in a reduction 
in supply or in producibility, including that caused by a 
reduction in domestic refining capacity triggered by this 
clause. In the event the Secretary concludes that adoption 
of the Federal Fuels List will result in a reduction in sup-
ply or in producibility, the Administrator and the Sec-
retary shall report that conclusion to Congress, and sus-
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3079 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income 
amounts received on the sale of animals which are raised and sold 
as part of an educational program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2005 
Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. OTTER) 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 exclude 
from gross income amounts received on the sale of ani-
mals which are raised and sold as part of an educational 
program. 
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 ‘‘Agriculture Education 
Freedom Act’’.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME FOR AMOUNTS 
RECEIVED ON SALE OF ANIMALS WHICH ARE 
RAISED 
AND 
SOLD 
AS 
PART 
OF 
EDU-
CATIONAL PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 
items specifically excluded from gross income) is amended 
by inserting after section 139A the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 139B. PROCEEDS OF SALE OF ANIMALS RAISED AND 
SOLD AS PART OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. 
‘‘In the case of an individual, gross income shall not 
include any gain from the sale of any animal which is 
raised and sold by such individual as part of such individ-
ual’s participation in— 
‘‘(1) the 4–H program under the Cooperative 
State Research, Education, and Extension Service of 
the Department of Agriculture, 
‘‘(2) the Future Farmers of America, 
‘‘(3) any program of an organization described 
in section 501(c) and exempt from tax under section 
501(a) which is similar to such 4–H program or the 
Future Farmers of America, or 
‘‘(4) any program of an educational organiza-
tion described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii).’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such part III is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 139 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 139B. Proceeds of sale of animals raised and sold as part of educational 
program.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to sales in taxable years ending 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3993 
AN ACT 
To require accurate and reasonable disclosure of the terms 
and conditions of prepaid telephone calling cards and 
services. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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pend implementation of this clause. The Administrator 
and the Secretary shall conduct the study required under 
section 1541(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 on the 
timetable required in that section to provide Congress with 
legislative recommendations for modifications to the pro-
posed Federal Fuels List only if the Secretary concludes 
that adoption of the Federal Fuels List will result in a 
reduction in supply or in producibility. 
‘‘(III) Upon publication of the Federal Fuels List, 
the Administrator shall have no authority, when consid-
ering a State implementation plan or State implementa-
tion plan revision, to approve under this subparagraph any 
fuel included in such plan or plan revision if the fuel pro-
posed is not one of the fuels included on the Federal Fuels 
List; or to approve such plan or revision unless, after con-
sultation with the Secretary, the Administrator publishes 
in the Federal Register, after notice and opportunity for 
public comment, a finding that, in the Administrator’s 
judgment, such revisions to newly adopt one of the fuels 
included on the Federal Fuels List will not cause fuel sup-
ply or distribution interruptions or have a significant ad-
verse impact on fuel producibility in the affected area or 
contiguous area. The Administrator’s findings shall in-
clude an assessment of reasonably foreseeable supply dis-
tribution emergencies that could occur in the affected area
‘‘(C) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘space spray-
ing’ does not include crack and crevice treat-
ment. 
‘‘(16) STAFF MEMBER.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘staff mem-
ber’ means an employee of a school or local 
educational agency. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘staff mem-
ber’ includes an administrator, teacher, and 
other person that is regularly employed by a 
school or local educational agency. 
‘‘(C) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘staff mem-
ber’ does not include— 
‘‘(i) an employee hired by a school, 
local educational agency, or State to apply 
a pesticide; or 
‘‘(ii) a person assisting in the applica-
tion of a pesticide. 
‘‘(17) STATE
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—The 
term ‘State educational agency’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 9101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(18) UNIVERSAL
NOTIFICATION.—The term 
‘universal notification’ means notice provided by a 
local educational agency or school to— 
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SEC. 207. REVIEW OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT INITIA-
TIVES RELATING TO USE OF RECYCLED 
PRODUCTS 
AND 
FLEET 
AND 
TRANSPOR-
TATION EFFICIENCY. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall 
submit to Congress a report that details efforts by each 
Federal agency to implement the procurement policies 
specified in Executive Order No. 13101 (63 Fed. Reg. 
49643; relating to governmental use of recycled products) 
and Executive Order No. 13149 (65 Fed. Reg. 24607; re-
lating to Federal fleet and transportation efficiency). 
SEC. 208. REPORT ON RENEWABLE MOTOR FUEL. 
Not later than January 1, 2007, the Secretary of En-
ergy and the Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly prepare 
and submit to Congress a report containing recommenda-
tions for achieving, by January 1, 2025, at least 25 per-
cent renewable fuel content (calculated on an average an-
nual basis) for all gasoline sold or introduced into com-
merce in the United States.
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or contiguous area and how adoption of the particular fuel 
revision would effect supply opportunities during reason-
ably foreseeable supply distribution emergencies. 
‘‘(IV) The Administrator, in consultation with the 
Secretary, shall develop a plan to harmonize the currently 
approved fuels in State implementation plans with the 
fuels included on the Federal Fuels List and shall promul-
gate implementing regulations for this plan not later than 
18 months after enactment of this subclause. This harmo-
nization shall be fully implemented by the States by De-
cember 31, 2008.’’. 
(b) STUDY.—Section 1541(c)(2) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) FOCUS OF STUDY.—The primary focus of 
the study required under paragraph (1) shall be to 
determine how to develop a Federal fuels system 
that maximizes motor fuel fungibility and supply, 
preserves air quality standards, and reduces motor 
fuel price volatility that results from the prolifera-
tion of boutique fuels, and to recommend to Con-
gress such legislative changes as are necessary to 
implement such a system. The study should include 
the impacts on overall energy supply, distribution, 
and use as a result of the legislative changes rec-
ommended. The study should include an analysis of
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6559 
To require automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less that 80 percent 
of the automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States by each 
such manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent 
ethanol, 85 percent methanol, or biodiesel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2008 
Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. ISRAEL, and Mr. INGLIS of 
South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less 
that 80 percent of the automobiles manufactured or sold 
in the United States by each such manufacturer to oper-
ate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol, 85 
percent methanol, or biodiesel. 
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 ‘‘Open Fuel Standard 
Act of 2008’’ or the ‘‘OFS Act’’. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 655 
To provide for more accurate valuation of multifamily housing properties, 
and loans for such properties, that are sold at a discount by the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development to facilitate acquisition of 
such properties that maintains the properties as affordable housing. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2007 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To provide for more accurate valuation of multifamily hous-
ing properties, and loans for such properties, that are 
sold at a discount by the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development to facilitate acquisition of such prop-
erties that maintains the properties as affordable hous-
ing. 
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 ‘‘Pathway to Preserva-
tion Act of 2007’’. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6560 
AN ACT 
To establish an earned import allowance program under 
Public Law 109–53, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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the impact on ozone emissions and supply of a man-
datory reduction in the number of fuels to 6, includ-
ing one Federal diesel fuel, one other diesel fuel, one 
conventional gasoline for ozone attainment areas, 
one reformulated gasoline (RFG) meeting the re-
quirements of subsection (k), and 2 additional gaso-
lines with Reid vapor pressure (RVP) controls for 
use in ozone nonattainment areas of varying degrees 
of severity.’’. 
SEC. 108. ATTAINMENT DATES FOR DOWNWIND OZONE 
NONATTAINMENT AREAS. 
Section 181 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511) 
is amended by adding the following new subsection at the 
end thereof: 
‘‘(d) EXTENDED ATTAINMENT DATE FOR CERTAIN 
DOWNWIND AREAS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘upwind area’ means an 
area that— 
‘‘(i) affects nonattainment in another 
area, hereinafter referred to as a downwind 
area; and 
‘‘(ii) is either—
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subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 
Code (commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act).’’. 
SEC. 9202. EXCLUSION OF CATEGORIES. 
Section 1704 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16514) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) EXCLUSION OF CATEGORIES.—No appropriation 
authorized pursuant to this section may exclude any cat-
egory of eligible project described in section 1703.’’. 
Subtitle D—Renewable Fuel Infra-
structure and International Co-
operation 
PART 1—RENEWABLE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE 
SEC. 9301. RENEWABLE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOP-
MENT. 
(a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this subtitle— 
(1) the term ‘‘renewable fuel’’ means E85 
biofuel, or B20; 
(2) the term ‘‘biofuel’’ means fuel produced en-
tirely from biological material and determined by the 
Department of Energy and the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency to be commercially viable; 
(3) the term ‘‘B20’’ means a mixture of bio-
diesel and diesel fuel meeting the standard estab-
lished by the American Society for Testing and Ma-
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2090
AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to contract
with the National Academy of Sciences to estab-
lish the Coordinated Oceanographic Program Ad-
visory Panel to report to the Congress on the fea-
sibility and social value of a coordinated oceanog-
raphy program.
‘‘(A) all parents or guardians of children 
attending the school; and 
‘‘(B) staff members of the school or local 
educational agency. 
‘‘(b) INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Education, shall es-
tablish a National School Integrated Pest Manage-
ment Advisory System to develop and update uni-
form standards and criteria for implementing inte-
grated pest management systems in schools. 
‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this sub-
section, each local educational agency of a school 
district shall develop and implement in each of the 
schools in the school district an integrated pest man-
agement system that complies with this section. 
‘‘(3) STATE PROGRAMS.—If, on the date of en-
actment of this section, a State maintains an inte-
grated pest management system that meets the 
standards and criteria established under paragraph 
(1) (as determined by the Board), a local edu-
cational agency in the State may continue to imple-
ment the system in a school or in the school district 
in accordance with paragraph (2). 
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In the Senate of the United States,
September 29, 2006.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 3085) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the National
Trails System Act to update the feasibility and suitability
study originally prepared for the Trail of Tears National His-
toric Trail and provide for the inclusion of new trail seg-
ments, land components, and campgrounds associated with
that trail, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the fol-
lowing
AMENDMENT:
On page 3, strike lines 1 through 3 and insert the following:
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‘‘(iv) The related campgrounds located
along the routes and land components described
in clauses (i) through (iii).
‘‘(D) No additional funds are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out subparagraph (C). The
Secretary may accept donations for the Trail from
private, nonprofit, or tribal organizations.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
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terials or under section 211(u) of the Clean Air Act 
for fuel containing 20 percent biodiesel; 
(4) the term ‘‘E85’’ means a fuel blend con-
taining 85 percent denatured ethanol and 15 percent 
gasoline by volume; 
(5) the term ‘‘flexible-fuel vehicle’’ means any 
motor vehicle warranted by the manufacturer of the 
vehicle as capable of operating on gasoline or diesel 
fuel and on— 
(A) E85; or 
(B) B20; and 
(6) the term ‘‘motor vehicle’’ means, as defined 
in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency that are in ef-
fect on the date of enactment of this Act— 
(A) a light-duty truck; 
(B) a light-duty vehicle; or 
(C) medium-duty passenger vehicle, 
that is designed to be propelled by gasoline or diesel 
fuel. 
(b) INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.— 
The Secretary of Energy shall establish a program for 
making grants for providing assistance to retail and 
wholesale motor fuel dealers or other entities for the in-
stallation, replacement, or conversion of motor fuel storage
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3085
AN ACT 
To amend the National Trails System Act to update the 
feasibility and suitability study originally prepared for 
the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and provide 
for the inclusion of new trail segments, land components, 
and campgrounds associated with that trail, 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. REVISION OF FEASIBILITY AND SUITABILITY 
STUDY OF TRAIL OF TEARS NATIONAL HIS-
TORIC TRAIL. 
Section 5(a)(16) of the National Trails System Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(16)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub-
sections’’ and inserting ‘‘sections’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
complete the remaining criteria and submit to Congress 
a study regarding the feasibility and suitability of desig-
nating, as additional components of the Trail of Tears Na-
tional Historic Trail, the following routes and land compo-
nents by which the Cherokee Nation was removed to Okla-
homa: 
‘‘(i) The Benge and Bell routes. 
‘‘(ii) The land components of the designated 
water routes in Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and 
Tennessee. 
‘‘(iii) The routes from the collection forts in 
Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee to 
the emigration depots.
‘‘(iv) The related campgrounds located along 
the routes and land components described in clauses 
(i) through (iii).’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 17, 2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3085
AN ACT 
To amend the National Trails System Act to up-
date the feasibility and suitability study origi-
nally prepared for the Trail of Tears National 
Historic Trail and provide for the inclusion of 
new trail segments, land components, and camp-
grounds associated with that trail, and for other 
purposes.