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SECTION 1. REDUCTION OF PERIOD OF TIME FOR WHICH 
VETERANS MUST BE TOTALLY DISABLED FOR 
PURPOSES OF BENEFITS PROVIDED BY SEC-
RETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR SUR-
VIVORS OF CERTAIN VETERANS RATED TO-
TALLY DISABLED AT TIME OF DEATH. 
(a) EXPANSION.—Section 1318(b) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘if—’’ and all that 
follows through the period at the end and inserting the 
following: ‘‘if the disability was continuously rated totally 
disabling for a period of not less than one year imme-
diately preceding death.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to deaths occurring 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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HR 2918 PP 
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 
INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL 
EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL 
For Members’ representational allowances, including 
Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
$660,000,000. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 
special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 
$139,878,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 
31, 2010, except that $1,000,000 of such amount shall 
remain available until expended for committee room up-
grading. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap-
propriations, $31,300,000, including studies and examina-
tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv-
ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 
section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 
for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 
remain available for such salaries and expenses until De-
cember 31, 2010. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2952 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide medical assistance 
for certain men screened and found to have prostate cancer under a 
federally funded screening program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2009 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide 
medical assistance for certain men screened and found 
to have prostate cancer under a federally funded screen-
ing 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 ‘‘Medicaid Prostate 
Cancer Coverage Act of 2009’’. 
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claim alleged by such individual for a violation of 
such title; 
(3) the Board (as defined in section 101 of the 
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1301)) shall have the same powers as the Board has 
to administer and enforce the Congressional Ac-
countability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) in 
the case of a claim alleged by such individual for a 
violation of section 201(a)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
1311(a)(1)); 
(4) the Attorney General shall have the same 
powers as the Attorney General has to administer 
and enforce— 
(A) title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.); or 
(B) sections 302 and 304 of the Govern-
ment Employee Rights Act of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 
2000e–16b and 2000e–16c); 
in the case of a claim alleged by such individual for 
a violation of such title, or of section 302(a)(1) of 
the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 (42 
U.S.C. 2000e–16b(a)(1)), respectively; 
(5) the President, the Commission, and the 
Merit Systems Protection Board shall have the same 
powers as the President, the Commission, and the 
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‘‘(B) by a entity that is eligible for pay-
ments under the State plan; and 
‘‘(2) is included in the care and services covered 
by the State plan; 
shall be treated as medical assistance provided by such 
plan for purposes of section 1903(a)(5)(B).’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Section 1902(a)(47) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(47)) is amend-
ed— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and provide’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, provide’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before the semicolon 
at the end the following: ‘‘, and provide for 
making medical assistance available to in-
dividuals described in subsection (a) of sec-
tion 1920C during a presumptive eligibility 
period in accordance with such section’’. 
(B) Section 1903(u)(1)(D)(v) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396b(u)(1)(D)(v)) is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or for’’ and inserting 
‘‘, for’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before the period the 
following: ‘‘, or for medical assistance pro-
vided to an individual described in sub-
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Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 used in consid-
ering a concurrent resolution on the budget; or, after the 
beginning of a new calendar year and before consideration 
of a concurrent resolution on the budget, using the most 
recent baseline estimates supplied by the Congressional 
Budget Office consistent with section 257 of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. CBO 
estimates of legislation containing a current policy des-
ignation under this subsection shall include a separate 
presentation of costs excluded from the calculation of 
budgetary effects for the legislation, as well as an updated 
total of all excluded costs of provisions within the same 
subsection of section 7. 
(d) OMB PAYGO SCORECARDS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—OMB shall maintain and 
make publicly available a continuously updated docu-
ment containing two PAYGO scorecards displaying 
the budgetary effects of PAYGO legislation as deter-
mined under section 308 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974, applying the look-back requirement 
in subsection (e) and the averaging requirement in 
subsection (f), and a separate addendum displaying 
the estimates of the costs of provisions designated in 
statute as emergency requirements.
(2) ESTIMATES
IN
LEGISLATION.—Except as 
provided in paragraph (3), in making the calcula-
tions for the PAYGO scorecards, OMB shall use the 
budgetary effects included by reference in the appli-
cable legislation. 
(3) OMB ESTIMATES.—If legislation does not 
contain the estimate of budgetary effects under 
paragraph (2), then OMB shall score the budgetary 
effects of that legislation upon its enactment, based 
on the approaches to scorekeeping set forth in this 
Act. 
(4) 5-YEAR
SCORECARD.—The first scorecard 
shall display the budgetary effects of PAYGO legis-
lation in each year over the 5-year period beginning 
in the budget year. 
(5) 10-YEAR SCORECARD.—The second score-
card shall display the budgetary effects of PAYGO 
legislation in each year over the 10-year period be-
ginning in the budget year. 
(e) LOOK-BACK TO CAPTURE CURRENT-YEAR EF-
FECTS.—For purposes of this section, OMB shall treat the 
budgetary effects of PAYGO legislation enacted during a 
session of Congress that occur during the current year as 
though they occurred in the budget year.
(f) AVERAGING USED
TO MEASURE COMPLIANCE 
OVER 5-YEAR AND 10-YEAR PERIODS.—OMB shall cumu-
late the budgetary effects of a PAYGO Act over the budg-
et year (which includes any look-back effects under sub-
section (e)) and— 
(1) for purposes of the 5-year scorecard re-
ferred to in subsection (d)(4), the four subsequent 
outyears, divide that cumulative total by five, and 
enter the quotient in the budget-year column and in 
each subsequent column of the 5-year PAYGO score-
card; and 
(2) for purposes of the 10-year scorecard re-
ferred to in subsection (d)(5), the nine subsequent 
outyears, divide that cumulative total by ten, and 
enter the quotient in the budget-year column and in 
each subsequent column of the 10-year PAYGO 
scorecard. 
SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT AND SEQUESTRATION ORDER. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 14 days (ex-
cluding weekends and holidays) after Congress adjourns 
to end a session, OMB shall make publicly available and 
cause to be printed in the Federal Register an annual 
PAYGO report. The report shall include an up-to-date 
document containing the PAYGO scorecards, a description 
of any current policy adjustments made under section
school food authorities, local educational agen-
cies, and State educational agencies. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall submit to the Committee on Education and Labor 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, a re-
port that describes the results and recommendations of the 
study conducted pursuant to subsection (a). 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
may prescribe regulations as may be necessary to imple-
ment the processes or procedures identified pursuant to 
subsection (a)(3) for establishing an effective and efficient 
administrative review system. 
(d) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, out of any funds in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary of Agri-
culture $3,500,000 to carry out this section, to re-
main available until expended. 
(2) RECEIPT
AND
ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall be entitled to receive, 
shall accept, and shall use to carry out this section 
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the funds transferred under paragraph (1), without 
further appropriation. 
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Board, respectively, have to administer and enforce 
chapter 5 of title 3, United States Code, in the case 
of a claim alleged by such individual for a violation 
of section 411 of such title; and 
(6) a court of the United States shall have the 
same jurisdiction and powers as the court has to en-
force— 
(A) title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) in the case of 
a claim alleged by such individual for a viola-
tion of such title; 
(B) sections 302 and 304 of the Govern-
ment Employee Rights Act of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 
2000e–16b and 2000e–16c) in the case of a 
claim alleged by such individual for a violation 
of section 302(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
2000e–16b(a)(1)); 
(C) the Congressional Accountability Act 
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) in the case of 
a claim alleged by such individual for a viola-
tion of section 201(a)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
1311(a)(1)); and 
(D) chapter 5 of title 3, United States 
Code, in the case of a claim alleged by such in-
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2921 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an annual 
review by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission on geographic 
access to services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2009 
Mr. BLUMENAUER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
for an annual review by the Medicare Payment Advisory 
Commission on geographic access to services. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MEDPAC ANNUAL REVIEW OF GEOGRAPHIC AC-
CESS. 
Section 1805(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395b–6(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C); 
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(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (D); and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(E) by not later than July 15 of each 
year (beginning with 2010), submit a report to 
Congress containing an evaluation, by Medicare 
administrative contractor area, of access to 
care, quality of care, increases or decreases in 
volume of services among such areas and the 
potential effects of the Commission’s most re-
cent policy recommendations under subpara-
graphs (B) through (D) on access to care in 
such areas.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5028 
To allow homeowners of moderate-value homes who are subject to mortgage 
foreclosure proceedings to remain in their homes as renters. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2010 
Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself and Ms. KAPTUR) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To allow homeowners of moderate-value homes who are sub-
ject to mortgage foreclosure proceedings to remain in 
their homes as renters. 
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 ‘‘Right to Rent Act of 
2010’’. 
SEC. 2. RIGHT TO RENT HOME SUBJECT TO FORECLOSURE. 
(a) EXERCISE OF RIGHT.—If, at any time after no-
tice under subsection (b) for an eligible mortgage is pro-
vided to the eligible mortgagor and before the commence-
ment of the 7-day period that ends on the first date that 
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the foreclosing creditor may first commence or execute 
such foreclosure pursuant to such notice, the eligible mort-
gagor under the eligible mortgage that is subject to such 
foreclosure provides notice in accordance with section 3, 
notwithstanding such foreclosure or any other interests in 
the property, the eligible mortgagor may, at the sole op-
tion of the eligible mortgagor, continue to occupy the fore-
closed property during the 5-year period that begins upon 
the commencement of such occupancy, subject to the re-
quirements of subsection (c). 
(b) LIMITATION ON TIMING OF FORECLOSURE; NO-
TICE
OF DEFAULT
AND RIGHT
TO RENT.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law or any contract, a 
foreclosure of an eligible mortgage may not be commenced 
or executed before the expiration of the 25-day period (not 
including Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays) 
beginning upon the receipt, by the eligible mortgagor, of 
written notice provided by the foreclosing creditor for the 
mortgage that— 
(1) clearly states that— 
(A) the eligible mortgagor is in default on 
the mortgage; and 
(B) foreclosure on the mortgage may or 
will be commenced on account of such default; 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Assistance 
Downpayment Reform Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. DOWNPAYMENT REQUIREMENT FOR RURAL HOUS-
ING SERVICE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME LOAN 
PROGRAMS. 
Section 501 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1471) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(k) DOWNPAYMENT REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 
may not make a loan under section 502 to any borrower, 
or provide a guarantee under section 502(h) for any loan 
to any borrower, unless the borrower under the loan has 
paid, in cash or its equivalent, on account of the property 
to be acquired or refinanced with the proceeds of such loan 
an amount equal to not less than 3.5 percent of the ap-
praised value of the property or such larger amount as 
the Secretary may determine.’’. 
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE INITIA-
TIVE. 
Title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act is amended by striking subtitle E (42 U.S.C. 
12821 et seq.). 
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SEC. 4. PROHIBITION OF USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR 
DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE. 
(a) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PRO-
GRAM.—Section 105 of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) PROHIBITION
ON USE
OF ASSISTANCE
FOR 
DOWNPAYMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law (including subparagraph (D) of section 105(a)(25) 
of this title, as in effect pursuant to Public Law 104–204 
(110 Stat. 2887)), no amount from a grant made under 
this title may be used to provide downpayment assistance 
on behalf of any family or person for the acquisition of 
a residence.’’. 
(b) NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM.— 
Subsection (d) of section 2301 of the Housing and Eco-
nomic Recovery Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 5301 note) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) PROHIBITION ON USE OF ASSISTANCE FOR 
DOWNPAYMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no amounts made available under this 
section may be used to provide downpayment assist-
ance on behalf of any family or person for the acqui-
sition of a residence.’’. 
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‘‘Subchapter G—Tax on Imports From For-
eign Countries With An Indirect Tax Sys-
tem 
‘‘Sec. 4491. Imposition of tax. 
‘‘SEC. 4491. IMPOSITION OF TAX. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—There is hereby imposed a 
tax on imports of goods and services from any foreign 
country that employs an indirect tax system and grants 
rebates of indirect taxes paid on goods or services exported 
from that country. 
‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF TAX.—The amount of the tax im-
posed by subsection (a) on an imported good or service 
shall be an amount equal to the excess of— 
‘‘(1) the indirect taxes that are rebated or not 
paid on the good or service upon its export, over 
‘‘(2) any indirect taxes imposed on the good or 
service at the border of the United States. 
‘‘(c) LIABILITY AND TIME OF IMPOSITION OF TAX.— 
‘‘(1) LIABILITY.—The tax imposed by sub-
section (a) on a good or service shall be paid by the 
importer of such good or service. 
‘‘(2) TIME OF IMPOSITION.—The tax imposed 
by subsection (a) shall be imposed on imports at the 
time of entry. 
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SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE AND REGULATIONS. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act shall take effect 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—In promulgating the regulations 
authorized by section 2, the Attorney General may issue 
regulations on an interim basis as necessary to ensure the 
implementation of this Act by the effective date. 
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sistants, and other members of the allied health 
workforce; and 
(F) make recommendations to the National 
Health Workforce Advisory Board on the re- 
alignment of graduate medical education under 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to meet 
State/regional health workforce goals, includ-
ing— 
(i) recommendations for GME funding 
cap modifications; and 
(ii) proposals for alternative funding 
and distribution frameworks aligned with 
State/regional health workforce goals. 
(2) STATE/REGION WIDE HEALTH WORKFORCE 
ASSESSMENT.—The application includes a plan for a 
state/region 
wide 
health 
workforce 
assessment 
that— 
(A) will be updated not less than every 5 
years; 
(B) identifies— 
(i) current and future State and re-
gional health workforce supply, distribu-
tion, diversity, demand and training capac-
ity; 
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operation of a clearinghouse to collect and make available, 
on a national basis, information on projects under sections 
330M and 330N and similar projects that are community- 
initiated (referred to in this section as ‘access projects’). 
‘‘(b) CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that the information collected and made available 
under subsection (a) by the Clearinghouse includes the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) A database identifying technical-assistance 
experts who are or have been involved in the plan-
ning or operation of access projects. 
‘‘(2) Information regarding the success and 
progress of access projects, including— 
‘‘(A) information on best-practices identi-
fied for such projects; 
‘‘(B) the number of individuals who lacked 
health care coverage prior to receiving such cov-
erage through the projects; 
‘‘(C) the number of individuals served by 
the projects who have chronic conditions that 
are managed by the projects; 
‘‘(D) the economic impact of the projects 
for businesses in the communities in which the 
projects operated; and 
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‘‘(E) the savings of hospitals and other 
health care providers in such communities that 
resulted from the operation of the projects. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—An award may be made under 
subsection (a) only if an application for the award is sub-
mitted to the Secretary and the application is in such 
form, is made in such manner, and contains such agree-
ments, assurances, and information as the Secretary de-
termines to be necessary to carry out this section. 
‘‘(d) SOLICITATION
OF REPORTS.—The Secretary 
may carry out a program to encourage public and private 
entities that plan or operate access projects to submit to 
the Clearinghouse reports that provide information on the 
projects. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘Clearinghouse’ means the clearinghouse under sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—For the 
purpose of making awards under subsection (a), there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2016.’’. 
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