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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4753
To establish a demonstration project to create Medicare Consumer Coalitions
to provide Medicare beneficiaries with accurate and understandable infor-
mation with respect to managed care health benefits under the Medicare
Program and to negotiate with Medicare+Choice organizations offering
Medicare+Choice plans to improve and expand benefits under the plans.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 26, 2000
Mrs. KELLY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Com-
merce, 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 establish a demonstration project to create Medicare Con-
sumer Coalitions to provide Medicare beneficiaries with
accurate and understandable information with respect
to managed care health benefits under the Medicare Pro-
gram and to negotiate with Medicare+Choice organiza-
tions offering Medicare+Choice plans to improve and
expand benefits under the plans.
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. 3307 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
570 Broadway in Bayonne, New Jersey, as the ‘‘Dennis P. Collins 
Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2007 
Mr. SIRES (for himself, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. HOLT, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. 
PASCRELL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. FRELING-
HUYSEN, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. SAXTON, and 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 570 Broadway in Bayonne, New Jersey, as 
the ‘‘Dennis P. Collins Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DENNIS P. COLLINS POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 570 Broadway in Bayonne, New 
Jersey, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Dennis P. 
Collins Post Office Building’’. 
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IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 555 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Minority Donor Awareness Day. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2007 
Mr. CLAY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Minority Donor 
Awareness Day. 
Whereas more than 96,000 individuals in the United States 
are on the national waiting list for organ transplants; 
Whereas in 2006, 50 percent of individuals on the national 
waiting list for organ transplants were racial or ethnic 
minorities, including more than 27,000 African Ameri-
cans, nearly 16,000 Hispanics and Latinos, more than 
6,000 Asians and Pacific Islanders, and nearly 900 
American Indians and Alaska Natives; 
Whereas individuals on the national waiting list for organ 
transplants are most likely to find well-matched organs 
within their own racial or ethnic group, but minority 
organ donors account for only about 30 percent of the 
available donor pool; 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Dennis P. Collins Post 
Office Building’’. 
Æ 
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II 
Calendar No. 498 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3307 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 1, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
NOVEMBER 14, 2007 
Reported by Mr. LIEBERMAN, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 570 Broadway in Bayonne, New Jersey, as 
the ‘‘Dennis P. Collins Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DENNIS P. COLLINS POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 570 Broadway in Bayonne, New 
Jersey, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Dennis P. 
Collins Post Office Building’’. 
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(A) to inventory and analyze existing elec-
tric drive transportation technologies and hy-
brid technologies and markets; and 
(B) to identify and implement methods of 
removing barriers for existing and emerging ap-
plications of electric drive transportation tech-
nologies and hybrid transportation technologies. 
(2) ELECTRICITY
USAGE.—The Secretary, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency and private industry, shall 
carry out a program— 
(A) to develop systems and processes— 
(i) to enable plug-in electric vehicles 
to enhance the availability of emergency 
back-up power for consumers; and 
(ii) to study and demonstrate the po-
tential value to the electric grid of using 
the energy stored in the on-board storage 
systems to improve the efficiency of the 
grid generation system; and 
(B) to work with utilities and other inter-
ested stakeholders to study and demonstrate 
the implications of the introduction of plug-in 
electric vehicles and other types of electric 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Dennis P. Collins Post 
Office Building’’. 
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HR 3221 PCS
thereafter to ensure that amounts under subsection (a) are 
fully used. The fee contribution for a fiscal year shall be 
based on the outstanding commitments made and the 
guarantees and grants that the Administrator projects will 
be made during that fiscal year, given the program level 
authorized by law for that fiscal year and any other fac-
tors that the Administrator deems appropriate. 
‘‘SEC. 389. OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—In accordance with this sec-
tion, the Administrator may make grants to Renew-
able Fuel Capital Investment companies and to 
other entities, as authorized by this part, to provide 
operational assistance to smaller enterprises fi-
nanced, or expected to be financed, by such compa-
nies or other entities. 
‘‘(2) TERMS.—Grants made under this sub-
section shall be made over a multiyear period not to 
exceed 10 years, under such other terms as the Ad-
ministrator may require. 
‘‘(3) GRANTS TO SPECIALIZED SMALL BUSINESS 
INVESTMENT COMPANIES.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—In accordance with 
this section, the Administrator may make 
grants to specialized small business investment 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4293 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line 
deduction for State and local, and foreign, real property taxes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 5, 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 allow an 
above-the-line deduction for State and local, and foreign, 
real property taxes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DEDUCTION FOR REAL PROPERTY TAXES AL-
LOWED 
WHETHER 
OR 
NOT 
TAXPAYER 
ITEMIZES OTHER DEDUCTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 62 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining adjusted gross 
income) is amended by inserting before the last sentence 
the following new paragraph: 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 571 
To require additional tariffs be imposed on products of any nonmarket econ-
omy country until the President certifies to the Congress that that 
country is a market economy country, and to direct the Secretary of 
the Treasury to deposit the amounts generated from those tariffs into 
the Social Security trust funds. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 18, 2007 
Mr. TANCREDO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To require additional tariffs be imposed on products of any 
nonmarket economy country until the President certifies 
to the Congress that that country is a market economy 
country, and to direct the Secretary of the Treasury 
to deposit the amounts generated from those tariffs into 
the Social Security trust funds. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL TARIFFS ON PRODUCTS OF NON-
MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the provisions of 
title I of Public Law 106–286 (19 U.S.C. 2431 note), title 
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Calendar No. 498 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3307 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 570 Broadway in Bayonne, 
New Jersey, as the ‘‘Dennis P. Collins Post Of-
fice Building’’. 
NOVEMBER 14, 2007 
Reported without amendment 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3308 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 216 East Main Street in Atwood, Indiana, 
as the ‘‘Lance Corporal David K. Fribley Post Office’’. 
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. 3308 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
216 East Main Street in Atwood, Indiana, as the ‘‘Lance Corporal 
David K. Fribley Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2007 
Mr. SOUDER (for himself, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. BURTON of 
Indiana, Mr. BUYER, Mr. HILL, Mr. PENCE, Mr. VISCLOSKY, and Ms. 
CARSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 216 East Main Street in Atwood, Indiana, 
as the ‘‘Lance Corporal David K. Fribley Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LANCE CORPORAL DAVID K. FRIBLEY POST OF-
FICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 216 East Main Street in Atwood, 
Indiana, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Lance 
Corporal David K. Fribley Post Office’’. 
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such member will experience no reduction in serv-
ices. 
‘‘(b) EXEMPTION
FROM
LIMITATIONS.—National 
Health Service Corps scholars qualifying for the Commis-
sioned Corps in the United States Public Health Service 
shall be exempt from the full-time equivalent limitations 
of the National Health Service Corps and the Service 
when serving as a commissioned corps officer in a Tribal 
Health Program or an Urban Indian Organization. 
‘‘SEC. 125. SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR EDUCATIONAL 
CURRICULA DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.—The Secretary, act-
ing through the Service, may enter into contracts with, 
or make grants to, accredited tribal colleges and univer-
sities and eligible accredited and accessible community col-
leges to establish demonstration programs to develop edu-
cational curricula for substance abuse counseling. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds provided under this 
section shall be used only for developing and providing 
educational curriculum for substance abuse counseling (in-
cluding paying salaries for instructors). Such curricula 
may be provided through satellite campus programs. 
‘‘(c) TIME PERIOD OF ASSISTANCE; RENEWAL.—A 
contract entered into or a grant provided under this sec-
tion shall be for a period of 3 years. Such contract or 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Lance Corporal David 
K. Fribley Post Office’’. 
Æ 
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employee welfare benefit plan on and after the date 
of such demonstration.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
TO PREEMPTION 
RULES.—
(1) Section 514(b)(6) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
1144(b)(6)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) The preceding subparagraphs of this paragraph 
do not apply with respect to any State law in the case 
of an association health plan which is certified under part 
8.’’. 
(2) Section 514 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1144) 
is amended—
(A) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘Sub-
section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subsections (a) and 
(d)’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a)’’ in subparagraph (A) and inserting 
‘‘subsection (a) of this section and subsections 
(a)(2)(B) and (b) of section 805’’, and by strik-
ing ‘‘subsection (a)’’ in subparagraph (B) and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (a) of this section or sub-
section (a)(2)(B) or (b) of section 805’’; 
(C) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3463 
AN ACT 
To reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating 
taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and 
party conventions and by terminating the Election As-
sistance Commission. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
regulation. The part B totalization account of a par-
ticipant shall be identified to such participant by 
means of the participant’s social security account 
number. 
‘‘(2) ACCOUNT
BALANCE.—The balance in a 
participant’s part B totalization account at any time 
is the sum of—
‘‘(A) any balance in the Tier I Investment 
Fund credited to such participant’s part B to-
talization account prior to transfer to the Tier 
II Investment Fund under section 252(b)(1); 
plus 
‘‘(B) the excess of—
‘‘(i) all deposits in the Tier II Invest-
ment Fund credited to such participant’s 
part B totalization account under sub-
section (a) (including the proceeds of any 
sale by such participant, as provided in 
section 257(e), of any recognition bond 
issued in the name of the participant 
under section 257(b)), subject to such in-
creases and reductions as may result from 
allocations made to and reductions made in 
the account pursuant to paragraph (3)(A)
II 
Calendar No. 501 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3308 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 15, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
NOVEMBER 14, 2007 
Reported by Mr. LIEBERMAN, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 216 East Main Street in Atwood, Indiana, 
as the ‘‘Lance Corporal David K. Fribley Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LANCE CORPORAL DAVID K. FRIBLEY POST OF-
FICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 216 East Main Street in Atwood, 
Indiana, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Lance 
Corporal David K. Fribley Post Office’’. 
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IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 525 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 27, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Secu-
rity Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entre-
preneurs with small businesses with respect to medical 
care for their employees. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
H. Res. 3
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 4, 2007.
Resolved, That a committee of two Members be ap-
pointed by the Speaker on the part of the House of Rep-
resentatives to join with a committee on the part of the Sen-
ate to notify the President of the United States that a 
quorum of each House has assembled and Congress is ready 
to receive any communication that he may be pleased to 
make. 
Attest:
Clerk.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 664 
To amend the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to assist in research and development, environmental 
and feasibility studies, and preliminary engineering for the Municipal 
Water District of Orange County, California, Dana Point Desalination 
Project located at Dana Point, California. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2007 
Mr. CAMPBELL of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to assist in research and 
development, environmental and feasibility studies, and 
preliminary engineering for the Municipal Water District 
of Orange County, California, Dana Point Desalination 
Project located at Dana Point, California. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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H. Res. 403 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
May 16, 2007. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 1585) to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2008 for military activities of the Department of De-
fense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 
2008, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill 
shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consider-
ation of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 
9 or 10 of rule XXI. General debate shall be confined to the 
bill and the amendments made in order by this resolution and 
shall not exceed 90 minutes equally divided and controlled by 
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Armed Services. After general debate the bill shall be con-
sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. 
SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an original 
bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule
HR 525 RFS 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Rules governing association health plans. 
Sec. 3. Clarification of treatment of single employer arrangements. 
Sec. 4. Enforcement provisions relating to association health plans. 
Sec. 5. Cooperation between Federal and State authorities. 
Sec. 6. Effective date and transitional and other rules. 
SEC. 2. RULES GOVERNING ASSOCIATION HEALTH PLANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title I of the Em-
ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is amend-
ed by adding after part 7 the following new part: 
‘‘PART 8—RULES GOVERNING ASSOCIATION 
HEALTH PLANS 
‘‘SEC. 801. ASSOCIATION HEALTH PLANS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this part, the 
term ‘association health plan’ means a group health plan 
whose sponsor is (or is deemed under this part to be) de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) SPONSORSHIP.—The sponsor of a group health 
plan is described in this subsection if such sponsor— 
‘‘(1) is organized and maintained in good faith, 
with a constitution and bylaws specifically stating its 
purpose and providing for periodic meetings on at 
least an annual basis, as a bona fide trade associa-