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HR 3791 RFS
net, using hypertext transfer protocol or any suc-
cessor protocol.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) REPEAL OF SUPERCEDED PROVISION.—Sec-
tion 227 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 13032) is repealed. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
for chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 2258 the following: 
‘‘2258A. Reporting requirements of electronic communication service providers 
and remote computing service providers. 
‘‘2258B. Limited liability for electronic communication service providers and re-
mote computing service providers. 
‘‘2258C. Use of images from the CyberTipline to combat child pornography. 
‘‘2258D. Limited liability for the National Center for Missing and Exploited 
Children. 
‘‘2258E. Definitions.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 5, 
2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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of such rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe 
as necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protec-
tion of electric ratepayers. 
‘‘(b) NO PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to create a private right of action.’’. 
SEC. 1284. ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) COMPLAINTS.—Section 306 of the Federal Power Act (16 
U.S.C. 825e) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘electric utility,’’ after ‘‘Any person,’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, transmitting utility,’’ after ‘‘licensee’’ 
each place it appears. 
(b) INVESTIGATIONS.—Section 307(a) of the Federal Power Act 
(16 U.S.C. 825f(a)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘, electric utility, transmitting utility, or 
other entity’’ after ‘‘person’’ each place it appears; and 
(2) in the first sentence, by inserting before the period 
at the end the following: ‘‘, or in obtaining information about 
the sale of electric energy at wholesale in interstate commerce 
and the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce’’. 
(c) REVIEW OF COMMISSION ORDERS.—Section 313(a) of the Fed-
eral Power Act (16 U.S.C. 825l) is amended by inserting ‘‘electric 
utility,’’ after ‘‘person,’’ in the first 2 places it appears and by 
striking ‘‘any person unless such person’’ and inserting ‘‘any entity 
unless such entity’’. 
(d) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—Section 316 of the Federal Power 
Act (16 U.S.C. 825o) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘two years’’ and inserting ‘‘5 years’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$500’’ and inserting 
‘‘$25,000’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (c). 
(e) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Section 316A of the Federal Power Act 
(16 U.S.C. 825o–1) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘section 211, 212, 213, or 214’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘part II’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,000,000’’. 
SEC. 1285. REFUND EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Section 206(b) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824e(b)) 
is amended as follows: 
(1) By striking ‘‘the date 60 days after the filing of such 
complaint nor later than 5 months after the expiration of such 
60-day period’’ in the second sentence and inserting ‘‘the date 
of the filing of such complaint nor later than 5 months after 
the filing of such complaint’’. 
(2) By striking ‘‘60 days after’’ in the third sentence and 
inserting ‘‘of’’. 
(3) By striking ‘‘expiration of such 60-day period’’ in the 
third sentence and inserting ‘‘publication date’’. 
(4) By striking the fifth sentence and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘If no final decision is rendered by the conclusion of 
the 180-day period commencing upon initiation of a proceeding 
pursuant to this section, the Commission shall state the reasons
‘‘(4) The Department of Health and Human 
Services, a similar State agency, or the agents or as-
signs of the Federal or State agency acting to inves-
tigate medicare or medicaid fraud. 
‘‘(5) The Internal Revenue Service or a State 
or municipal taxing authority, or a State department 
of motor vehicles, or any of the agents or assigns of 
these Federal, State, or municipal agencies acting to 
investigate or collect delinquent taxes or unpaid 
court orders or to fulfill any of their other statutory 
responsibilities. 
‘‘(6) The use of consumer credit information for 
the purposes of prescreening as provided under this 
title. 
‘‘(7) Any person or entity administering a cred-
it file monitoring subscription to which the consumer 
has subscribed. 
‘‘(8) Any person or entity for the purpose of 
providing a consumer with a copy of his or her cred-
it report or credit score upon the consumer’s re-
quest. 
‘‘(g) FEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3793 
AN ACT 
To amend title 37, United States Code, to require the contin-
ued payment to a member of the uniformed services 
who dies or is retired or separated under chapter 61 
of title 10, United States Code, bonuses and similar 
benefits that the member was entitled to before the 
death, retirement, or separation of the member and 
would be paid if the member had not died, retired, or 
separated, to prohibit requiring the member to repay 
any portion of the bonuses or similar benefits previously 
paid, and for other purposes.
(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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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 ‘‘Veterans Guaranteed 
Bonus Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO BONUSES 
AND SIMILAR BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS OF 
THE UNIFORMED SERVICES WHO DIE, ARE 
SEPARATED OR RETIRED FOR DISABILITY, 
OR MEET OTHER CRITERIA. 
(a) DISCRETION TO PROVIDE EXCEPTION TO TERMI-
NATION AND REPAYMENT REQUIREMENTS UNDER CER-
TAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.—Section 303a(e) of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘‘; 
TERMINATION
OF
ENTITLEMENT
TO
UNPAID 
AMOUNTS’’ after ‘‘MET’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘A member’’ and inserting 
‘‘(A) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a 
member’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the requirements, except 
in certain circumstances authorized by the Sec-
retary concerned.’’ and inserting ‘‘the eligibility 
requirements and may not receive any unpaid
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 
due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by budget activity and program, 
project, and activity as detailed in the Budget Ap-
pendix and the supporting justification materials 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives for the 
respective appropriations; and 
(3) an identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none 
of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for 
reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in 
subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional defense 
committees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in 
writing to the congressional defense committees that such 
reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 
requirement. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8007. During the current fiscal year, cash bal-
ances in working capital funds of the Department of De-
fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, 
United States Code, may be maintained in only such 
amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disburse-
ments to be made from such funds: Provided, That trans-
fers may be made between such funds: Provided further, 
That transfers may be made between working capital 
funds and the ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense’’ 
appropriation and the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ ap-
propriation accounts in such amounts as may be deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of 
the Office of Management and Budget, except that such 
transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of Defense 
has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer. Except 
in amounts equal to the amounts appropriated to working 
capital funds in this Act, no obligations may be made 
against a working capital fund to procure or increase the 
value of war reserve material inventory, unless the Sec-
retary of Defense has notified the Congress prior to any 
such obligation. 
SEC. 8008. Funds appropriated by this Act may not 
be used to initiate a special access program without prior 
notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congres-
sional defense committees. 
SEC. 8009. None of the funds provided in this Act 
shall be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that 
employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of 
$20,000,000 in any 1 year of the contract or that includes 
an unfunded contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000;
IV
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 406
Honoring and commending the Lao Veterans of America, Laotian and Hmong
veterans of the Vietnam War, and their families, for their historic con-
tributions to the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 20, 2002
Mr. RADANOVICH (for himself, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. HOLDEN, and Mr.
KENNEDY of Rhode Island) submitted the following concurrent resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Honoring and commending the Lao Veterans of America,
Laotian and Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War, and
their families, for their historic contributions to the
United States.
Whereas one of the largest clandestine operations in United
States military history was conducted in Laos during the
Vietnam War;
Whereas the Central Intelligence Agency and the United
States Armed Forces recruited, organized, trained, and
assisted Laotian and Hmong guerrilla units and conven-
tional forces, including ethnic lowland Lao and highland
Laotians composed of Hmong, Khmu, Mien, Yao, Lahu,
and other diverse tribal and nontribal ethnic groups,
or (2) a contract for advance procurement leading to a 
multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity 
procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any 1 year, un-
less the congressional defense committees have been noti-
fied at least 30 days in advance of the proposed contract 
award: Provided, That no part of any appropriation con-
tained in this Act shall be available to initiate a multiyear 
contract for which the economic order quantity advance 
procurement is not funded at least to the limits of the 
Government’s liability: Provided further, That no part of 
any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available 
to initiate multiyear procurement contracts for any sys-
tems or component thereof if the value of the multiyear 
contract would exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically 
provided in this Act: Provided further, That no multiyear 
procurement contract can be terminated without 10-day 
prior notification to the congressional defense committees: 
Provided further, That the execution of multiyear author-
ity shall require the use of a present value analysis to de-
termine lowest cost compared to an annual procurement: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this 
Act may be used for a multiyear contract executed after 
the date of the enactment of this Act unless in the case 
of any such contract—
(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 
Congress a budget request for full funding of units 
to be procured through the contract and, in the case 
of a contract for procurement of aircraft, that in-
cludes, for any aircraft unit to be procured through 
the contract for which procurement funds are re-
quested in that budget request for production be-
yond advance procurement activities in the fiscal 
year covered by the budget, full funding of procure-
ment of such unit in that fiscal year; 
(2) cancellation provisions in the contract do 
not include consideration of recurring manufacturing 
costs of the contractor associated with the produc-
tion of unfunded units to be delivered under the con-
tract; 
(3) the contract provides that payments to the 
contractor under the contract shall not be made in 
advance of incurred costs on funded units; and 
(4) the contract does not provide for a price ad-
justment based on a failure to award a follow-on 
contract. 
Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be 
used for a multiyear procurement contract as follows:
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 408
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Honoring the American Zoo and Aquarium Associa-
tion and its accredited member institutions for
their continued service to animal welfare, con-
servation education, conservation research, and
wildlife conservation programs.
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 409
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Com-
munity Role Models Week, and for other pur-
poses.
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4810 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain 
improvements in the services provided for homeless vet-
erans under the laws administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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(i) SUNSET CLAUSE.—This section ceases to be effec-
tive at the end of fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 6104. IMPACT ON AGENCY’S PRIMARY MISSION. 
In implementing the requirements of this subtitle, 
each agency should adopt compliance strategies that are 
consistent with the agency’s primary mission. 
SEC. 6105. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 
Nothing in this title or any amendment made by this 
title shall be interpreted to preempt or limit the authority 
of a State to take any action to address global warming. 
SEC. 6106. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(2) The term ‘‘carbon dioxide equivalent’’ 
means, for each greenhouse gas, the quantity of the 
greenhouse gas that makes the same contribution to 
global warming as 1 metric ton of carbon dioxide, as 
determined by the Administrator, taking into ac-
count the global warming potentials published by the 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 
(3) The term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given 
to that term in section 551 of the National Energy 
Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8259). 
(4) The term ‘‘greenhouse gas’’ means— 
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(A) carbon dioxide; 
(B) methane; 
(C) nitrous oxide; 
(D) hydrofluorocarbons; 
(E) perfluorocarbons; 
(F) sulfur hexafluoride; or 
(G) any other anthropogenically-emitted 
gas that the Administrator, after notice and 
comment, determines contributes to global 
warming to a non-negligible degree. 
SEC. 6107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to implement this subtitle. 
Subtitle B—Federal Government 
Energy Efficiency 
SEC. 6201. FEDERAL VEHICLE FLEETS. 
Section 303 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 13212) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f) VEHICLE EMISSION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.— 
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 409
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Whereas individuals who are motivated every day by tradi-
tional American values such as selflessness, compassion,
dedication, courage, and integrity have a positive effect
on society by encouraging others to act in a similar man-
ner;
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 411
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Recognizing the exploits of the officers and crew of
the S.S. HENRY BACON, a United States Lib-
erty ship that was sunk on February 23, 1945.
section referred to as the ‘‘Designated Federal Offi-
cer’’). 
(2) TRAVEL AND PER DIEM EXPENSES.—The 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency may pay travel and per diem expenses of 
members of the Advisory Committee when deter-
mined necessary and appropriate. 
(3) AGENDA.—The Designated Federal Officer 
or a designee of such Officer shall be present at all 
meetings, and each meeting shall be conducted in ac-
cordance with an agenda approved in advance by 
such Officer. 
(4) ADJOURNMENT.—The Designated Federal 
Officer may adjourn any meeting when the Des-
ignated Federal Officer determines it is in the public 
interest to do so. 
(5) OPEN TO PUBLIC.—As required by the Fed-
eral Advisory Committee Act, meetings of the Advi-
sory Committee shall be open to the public unless 
the President determines that a meeting or a portion 
of a meeting may be closed to the public in accord-
ance with subsection (c) of section 552b of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(6) COMMENTS.—Unless a meeting or portion 
thereof is closed to the public (in accordance with 
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paragraph (5)), the Designated Federal Officer shall 
provide an opportunity for interested persons to file 
comments before or after such meeting or to make 
statements to the extent that time permits. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3793 
To amend title 37, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense 
to continue to pay to a member of the Armed Forces who is retired 
or separated from the Armed Forces due to a combat-related injury 
certain bonuses that the member was entitled to before the retirement 
or separation and would continue to be entitled to if the member was 
not retired or separated. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 10, 2007 
Mr. ALTMIRE (for himself, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, and 
Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 37, United States Code, to require the Sec-
retary of Defense to continue to pay to a member of 
the Armed Forces who is retired or separated from the 
Armed Forces due to a combat-related injury certain 
bonuses that the member was entitled to before the re-
tirement or separation and would continue to be entitled 
to if the member was not retired or separated. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—No Federal agency 
shall acquire a light duty motor vehicle or me-
dium duty passenger vehicle that is not a low 
greenhouse gas emitting vehicle. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR VEHICLES PRO-
VIDED
BY
FUNDS
CONTAINED
IN
MEMBERS’ 
REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCE.—If any por-
tion of a Members’ Representational Allowance 
is used to provide any individual with a vehicle 
described in paragraph (1), including providing 
an individual with a vehicle under a long-term 
lease, the House of Representatives shall be 
considered to have acquired the vehicle for pur-
poses of paragraph (1). 
‘‘(C) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘Federal agency’ in-
cludes any office of the legislative branch; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘Members’ Representa-
tional Allowance’ means the allowance de-
scribed in section 101(a) of the House of 
Representatives 
Administrative 
Reform 
Technical 
Corrections 
Act 
(2 
U.S.C. 
57b(a)). 
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Army CH–47 Chinook Helicopter; M1A2 Abrams 
System Enhancement Package upgrades; M2A3/M3A3 
Bradley upgrades; and SSN Virginia Class Submarine. 
SEC. 8010. Within the funds appropriated for the op-
eration and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are 
hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, 
United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance 
costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code. 
Such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and 
civic assistance costs incidental to authorized operations 
and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of chap-
ter 20 of title 10, United States Code, and these obliga-
tions shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of 
title 10, United States Code: Provided, That funds avail-
able for operation and maintenance shall be available for 
providing humanitarian and similar assistance by using 
Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the Pacific 
Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, pursu-
ant to the Compact of Free Association as authorized by 
Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination by the Secretary of the Army that such action 
is beneficial for graduate medical education programs con-
ducted at Army medical facilities located in Hawaii, the 
Secretary of the Army may authorize the provision of med-
ical services at such facilities and transportation to such
facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for civilian patients 
from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated 
States of Micronesia, Palau, and Guam. 
SEC. 8011. (a) During fiscal year 2008, the civilian 
personnel of the Department of Defense may not be man-
aged on the basis of any end-strength, and the manage-
ment of such personnel during that fiscal year shall not 
be subject to any constraint or limitation (known as an 
end-strength) on the number of such personnel who may 
be employed on the last day of such fiscal year. 
(b) The fiscal year 2009 budget request for the De-
partment of Defense as well as all justification material 
and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2009 
Department of Defense budget request shall be prepared 
and submitted to the Congress as if subsections (a) and 
(b) of this provision were effective with regard to fiscal 
year 2009. 
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply 
to military (civilian) technicians. 
SEC. 8012. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in-
fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro-
priation matters pending before the Congress.
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 413
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Honoring the invention of modern air-conditioning
by Dr. Willis H. Carrier on the occasion of its
100th anniversary.