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(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1761 of 
title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 7, 
is further amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
(2) inserting after subsection (d) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(e) This section shall not apply to products produced 
or services furnished with inmate labor incidental to the 
work-based training program authorized pursuant to sec-
tion 4124b of this title.’’. 
SEC. 12. RESTRUCTURING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4121 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 4121. Federal Prison Industries; Board of Direc-
tors: executive management 
‘‘(a) Federal Prison Industries is a government cor-
poration of the District of Columbia organized to carry 
on such industrial operations in Federal correctional insti-
tutions as authorized by its Board of Directors. The man-
ner and extent to which such industrial operations are car-
ried on in the various Federal correctional institutions 
shall be determined by the Attorney General. 
‘‘(b)(1) The corporation shall be governed by a board 
of 11 directors appointed by the President.
‘‘(2) In making appointments to the Board, the 
President shall assure that 3 members represent the busi-
ness community, 3 members represent organized labor, 1 
member shall have special expertise in inmate rehabilita-
tion techniques, 1 member represents victims of crime, 1 
member represents the interests of Federal inmate work-
ers, and 2 additional members whose background and ex-
pertise the President deems appropriate. The members of 
the Board representing the business community shall in-
clude, to the maximum extent practicable, representation 
of firms furnishing services as well as firms producing 
products, especially from those industry categories from 
which Federal Prison Industries derives substantial sales. 
The members of the Board representing organized labor 
shall, to the maximum practicable, include representation 
from labor unions whose members are likely to be most 
affected by the sales of Federal Prison Industries. 
‘‘(3) Each member shall be appointed for a term of 
5 years, except that of members first appointed—
‘‘(A) 2 members representing the business com-
munity shall be appointed for a term of 3 years; 
‘‘(B) 2 members representing labor shall be ap-
pointed for a term of 3 years;
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3726 
AN ACT 
To establish the Castle Nugent National Historic Site at 
St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, 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. 4554 
To extend the suspension of duty on Bayderm Bottom DLV-N. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2007 
Mr. ALTMIRE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the suspension of duty on Bayderm Bottom DLV- 
N. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. BAYDERM BOTTOM DLV-N. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.22.19 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended 
by striking ‘‘12/31/2009’’ and inserting ‘‘12/31/2011’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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match the Federal grant as required under subsection (g) 
and list the retail locations that would receive the funds. 
(g) LIMITATIONS.—Assistance provided under this 
section shall not exceed— 
(1) 33 percent of the estimated cost of the in-
stallation, replacement, or conversion of motor fuel 
storage and dispensing infrastructure; or 
(2) $180,000 for a combination of equipment at 
any one retail outlet location. 
(h) OPERATION OF RENEWABLE FUEL STATIONS.— 
The Secretary shall establish rules that set forth require-
ments for grant recipients under this section that include 
providing to the public the renewable fuel, establishing a 
marketing plan that informs consumers of the price and 
availability of the renewable fuel, clearly labeling the dis-
pensers and related equipment, and providing periodic re-
ports on the status of the renewable fuel sales, the type 
and amount of the renewable fuel dispensed at each loca-
tion, and the average price of such fuel. 
(i) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 
the date on which each renewable fuel station begins to 
offer renewable fuel to the public, the grant recipient that 
used grant funds to construct or upgrade such station 
shall notify the Secretary of Energy of such opening. The 
Secretary of Energy shall add each new renewable fuel 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3737 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to improve the Microloan 
Program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
637 
has issued a rule granting a waiver under sub-
section (d) of this section; or 
‘‘(iii) is a level that, when evaluated in the 
baseline building design, the State has found to 
be feasible and cost-effective.’’. 
SEC. 9034. REAUTHORIZATION OF WEATHERIZATION AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 422 of the Energy Con-
servation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6872) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, 
$600,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $700,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,200,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2007, and $1,400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. From those sums, the 
Secretary is authorized to initiate an Alternative Delivery 
System Pilot Project to examine options for decreasing en-
ergy consumption associated with heating and cooling 
while increasing household participation by focusing on 
key energy saving components. Alternative Delivery Sys-
tem Pilot Projects should be undertaken in both hot and 
cold urban areas. In implementing the Alternative Deliv-
ery System Pilot Project, the Secretary shall consider: (1) 
the expected effectiveness and benefits of the proposed 
Pilot Project to low- and moderate-income energy con-
sumers; (2) the potential for replication of successful re-
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4555 
To extend the suspension of duty on certain ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2007 
Mr. ALTMIRE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the suspension of duty on certain ethylene-vinyl 
acetate copolymers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CERTAIN ETHYLENE-VINYL ACETATE COPOLY-
MERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.24.55 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended 
by striking ‘‘12/31/2009’’ and by inserting ‘‘12/31/2011’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
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(b) Section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6295) (as amended by section 
135(c)(4) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (v)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘CEILING FANS AND’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (1); and 
(C) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (4) as paragraphs (1) through (3), re-
spectively; and 
(2) in subsection (ff)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(i) by striking clause (iii); 
(ii) by redesignating clause (iv) as 
clause (iii); and 
(iii) in clause (iii)(II) (as so redesig-
nated), by inserting ‘‘fans sold for’’ before 
‘‘outdoor’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)(C)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; 
(ii) by striking clause (ii) and insert-
ing the following:
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‘‘(ii) shall be packaged with lamps to fill all 
sockets.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (6), by redesignating 
subparagraphs (C) and (D) as clauses (i) and 
(ii), respectively, of subparagraph (B); and 
(D) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘327’’ 
the second place it appears and inserting 
‘‘324’’. 
SEC. 9013. ENERGY EFFICIENT STANDBY POWER DEVICES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGENCY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has 
the meaning given the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ 
in section 105 of title 5, United States Code. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘agency’’ in-
cludes military departments, as the term is de-
fined in section 102 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘eligible 
product’’ means a commercially available, off-the- 
shelf product that— 
(A)(i) uses external standby power devices; 
or 
(ii) contains an internal standby power 
function; and
‘‘(1) The Saint Croix Division comprises the Is-
land of Saint Croix and adjacent islands and cays. 
‘‘Court for the Saint Croix Division shall 
be held at Christiansted. 
‘‘(2) The Saint Thomas and Saint John Divi-
sion comprises the Islands of Saint Thomas and 
Saint John and adjacent islands and cays. 
‘‘Court for the Saint Thomas and Saint 
John Division shall be held at Charlotte- 
Amalie.’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENT.—The table of contents for chapter 5 of title 
28, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 126 the following: 
‘‘126A. Virgin Islands.’’. 
(b) NUMBER OF JUDGES.—The table contained in 
section 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to Vermont the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Virgin Islands .........................................................................................
2’’. 
(c) BANKRUPTCY JUDGES.—The table contained in 
section 152(a)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to Vermont 
the following: 
‘‘Virgin Islands .........................................................................................
0’’.
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(B) is included on the list compiled under 
subsection (d). 
(b) FEDERAL PURCHASING REQUIREMENT.—Subject 
to subsection (c), if an agency purchases an eligible prod-
uct, the agency shall purchase— 
(1) an eligible product that uses not more than 
1 watt in the standby power consuming mode of the 
eligible product; or 
(2) if an eligible product described in paragraph 
(1) is not available, the eligible product with the low-
est available standby power wattage in the standby 
power consuming mode of the eligible product. 
(c) LIMITATION.—The requirements of subsection (b) 
shall apply to a purchase by an agency only if— 
(1) the lower-wattage eligible product is— 
(A) lifecycle cost-effective; and 
(B) practicable; and 
(2) the utility and performance of the eligible 
product is not compromised by the lower wattage re-
quirement. 
(d) ELIGIBLE PRODUCTS.—The Secretary of Energy, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Ad-
ministrator of General Services, shall compile a list of 
cost-effective eligible products that shall be subject to the 
purchasing requirements of subsection (b).
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3743 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to improve the disaster 
relief programs of the Small Business Administration, 
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 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3755 
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the route of the 
Smoky Hill Trail, an overland trail across the Great Plains during 
pioneer days in Kansas and Colorado, for study for potential addition 
to the national trails system. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2009 
Mr. MORAN of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
route of the Smoky Hill Trail, an overland trail across 
the Great Plains during pioneer days in Kansas and 
Colorado, for study for potential addition to the national 
trails system. 
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 ‘‘Smoky Hill National 
Historic Trail Study Act’’. 
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SEC. 9014. EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY EFFICIENCY STAND-
ARDS. 
(a) Section 321 of the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6291) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (36) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before 
the text and adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) The term ‘class A external power supply’ 
means a device that— 
‘‘(i) is designed to convert line voltage AC 
input into lower voltage AC or DC output; 
‘‘(ii) is able to convert to only one AC or 
DC output voltage at a time; 
‘‘(iii) is sold with, or intended to be used 
with, a separate end-use product that con-
stitutes the primary load; 
‘‘(iv) is contained in a separate physical 
enclosure from the end-use product; 
‘‘(v) is connected to the end-use product 
via a removable or hard-wired male/female elec-
trical connection, cable, cord or other wiring; 
and 
‘‘(vi) has nameplate output power less than 
or equal to 250 watts. 
‘‘(C) The term ‘class A external power 
supply’ does not include any device that—
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3759 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant market- 
related contract extensions of certain timber contracts 
between the Secretary of the Interior and timber pur-
chasers, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
215
striking ‘‘1999 through 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2006 
through 2011’’. 
TITLE V—TRANSITION AND 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 501. TRANSITION PROVISIONS. 
The Secretary of Labor shall take such actions as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate to provide for the 
orderly implementation of this Act. 
SEC. 502. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act and 
the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on 
the date of enactment of this Act.
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‘‘(i) requires Federal Food and Drug 
Administration listing and approval as a 
medical device, as described under section 
513 of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
of 1938; or 
‘‘(ii) powers the charger of a detach-
able battery pack or charges the battery of 
a product that is fully or primarily motor 
operated. 
‘‘(D) The term ‘active mode’ means the 
mode of operation when an external power sup-
ply is connected to the main electricity supply 
and the output is connected to a load. 
‘‘(E) The term ‘no-load mode’ means the 
mode of operation when an external power sup-
ply is connected to the main electricity supply 
and the output is not connected to a load.’’ 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(52) The term ‘detachable battery’ means a 
battery that is contained in a separate enclosure 
from the product and is intended to be removed or 
disconnected from the product for recharging.’’. 
(b) Section 323 of the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6293) is amended in subsection (b) 
by adding at the end the following:
agency of the United States for approval, comments, or 
review, prior to the submission of such recommendations, 
testimony, or comments to Congress. 
‘‘SEC. 363. ADVISORY OPINIONS. 
‘‘(a) REQUESTS FOR ADVISORY OPINIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 
after the Administration receives from a person a 
complete written request concerning the application 
of this Act, chapter 95 or 96 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986, or a rule or regulation pre-
scribed by the Administration, with respect to a spe-
cific transaction or activity by the person, the Ad-
ministration shall render a written advisory opinion 
relating to such transaction or activity to the person. 
‘‘(2) REQUESTS BY CANDIDATES.—If an advi-
sory opinion is requested by a candidate, or any au-
thorized committee of such candidate, during the 60- 
day period before any election for Federal office in-
volving the requesting party, the Administration 
shall render a written advisory opinion relating to 
such request not later than 20 days after the Ad-
ministration receives a complete written request. 
‘‘(b) RULEMAKING REQUIRED.—Any rule of law 
which is not stated in this Act or in chapter 95 or 96 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 may be initially pro-
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(t), redesignating subsection (r) (relating to conversion as-
sistance for cellulosic biomass, waste-derived ethanol, ap-
proved renewable fuels) as subsection (s) and by adding 
the following new subsection at the end thereof: 
‘‘(u) STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR BIODIESEL.— 
Unless the American Society for Testing and Materials 
has adopted a standard for diesel fuel containing 20 per-
cent biodiesel, not later than 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this subsection, the Administrator shall initiate 
a rulemaking establishing a series of uniform per gallon 
fuel standards for categories of fuels that contain bio-
diesel, including one standard for fuel containing 20 per-
cent biodiesel, and designate an identification number for 
fuel meeting each standard in each such category so that 
vehicle manufacturers are able to design engines to use 
fuel meeting one or more of such standards. The Adminis-
trator shall finalize the standards under this subsection 
18 months after the date of the enactment of this sub-
section.’’. 
SEC. 108. GRANTS FOR CELLULOSIC ETHANOL PRODUC-
TION. 
Subsection (s) of section 211 of the Clean Air Act 
(as added by section 1512 of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005) (and as redesignated by section 107 of this Act), 
relating to conversion assistance for cellulosic biomass, 
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SECTION 1. QUALIFYING TIMBER CONTRACT OPTIONS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) QUALIFYING CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘quali-
fying contract’’ means a contract that has not been 
terminated by the Bureau of Land Management for 
the sale of timber on lands administered by the Bu-
reau of Land Management that meets all of the fol-
lowing criteria: 
(A) The contract was awarded during the 
period beginning on January 1, 2005, and end-
ing on December 31, 2008. 
(B) There is unharvested volume remain-
ing for the contract. 
(C) The contract is not a salvage sale. 
(D) The Secretary determined there is not 
an urgent need to harvest under the contract 
due to deteriorating timber conditions that de-
veloped after the award of the contract. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of Bureau of Land Management. 
(3) TIMBER
PURCHASER.—The term ‘‘timber 
purchaser’’ means the party to the qualifying con-
tract for the sale of timber from lands administered 
by the Bureau of Land Management.
I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1877
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
to prohibit group health plans which provide coverage of dependent
children of participants from excluding from coverage dependent children
placed with participants for adoption, irrespective of whether the adoption
has taken effect, and to prohibit restrictions on coverage under such
plans of such children solely on the basis of preexisting conditions at
the time such children would otherwise become eligible for coverage.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 28, 1993
Mr. ACKERMAN (for himself, Mr. HYDE, Mrs. SCHROEDER, and Mr. SMITH
of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Secu-
rity Act of 1974 to prohibit group health plans which
provide coverage of dependent children of participants
from excluding from coverage dependent children placed
with participants for adoption, irrespective of whether
the adoption has taken effect, and to prohibit restrictions
on coverage under such plans of such children solely
on the basis of preexisting conditions at the time such
children would otherwise become eligible for coverage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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‘‘(17) Test procedures for class A external 
power supplies shall be based upon the U.S. Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency’s ‘Test Method for 
Calculating the Energy Efficiency of Single-Voltage 
External AC–DC and AC–AC Power Supplies’, Au-
gust 11, 2004, provided that the test voltage speci-
fied in section 4(d) of such test method shall be only 
115 volts, 60 Hz.’’. 
(c) Section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6295) is amended in subsection (u) 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR CLASS A EX-
TERNAL POWER SUPPLIES.— 
‘‘(A) Class A external power supplies man-
ufactured on or after July 1, 2008 (or the date 
of enactment of this paragraph, if later) shall 
meet the following standards: 
‘‘Active Mode 
‘‘Nameplate Output 
Required Efficiency 
(decimal equivalent of a per-
centage) 
Less than 1 watt 
0.5 times the Nameplate Output 
From 1 watt to not more than 51 
watts 
The sum of 0.09 times the Natural 
Logarithm of the Nameplate Output 
and 0.5 
Greater than 51 watts 
0.85 
‘‘No-Load Mode 
‘‘Nameplate Output 
Maximum Consumption 
Not more than 250 watts 
0.5 watts
posed by the Administration only as a rule or regulation 
pursuant to procedures established in section 365. No 
opinion of an advisory nature may be issued by the Admin-
istration or any other officer or employee of the Adminis-
tration except in accordance with the provisions of this 
section. 
‘‘(c) RELIANCE ON ADVISORY OPINIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any advisory opinion ren-
dered by the Administration under subsection (a) 
may be relied upon by— 
‘‘(A) any person involved in the specific 
transaction or activity with respect to which 
such advisory opinion is rendered; and 
‘‘(B) any person involved in any specific 
transaction or activity which is indistinguish-
able in all its material aspects from the trans-
action or activity with respect to which such ad-
visory opinion is rendered. 
‘‘(2) PROTECTION FROM LIABILITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provisions of law, any person 
who relies upon any provision or finding of an advi-
sory opinion in accordance with the provisions of 
paragraph (1) and who acts in good faith in accord-
ance with the provisions and findings of such advi-
sory opinion shall not, as a result of any such act, 
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2146 
AN ACT 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to require account-
ability and transparency in Federal spending, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,