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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2555 
To ensure the availability and affordability of homeowners’ insurance coverage 
for catastrophic events. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2009 
Mr. KLEIN of Florida (for himself, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. GRAY-
SON, Ms. KOSMAS, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. 
CROWLEY, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. HARE, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. 
WELCH, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. 
KENNEDY, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, 
Mr. POSEY, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. 
MELANCON, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. WALZ, Ms. BERKLEY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE 
of Texas, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. BOYD, Mr. 
RYAN
of Ohio, Ms. WASSERMAN
SCHULTZ, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. 
CRENSHAW, 
Mr. 
INSLEE, 
Mr. 
KAGEN, 
Mr. 
MCNERNEY, 
Mr. 
PERLMUTTER, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. LIN-
COLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. 
ROONEY, and Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To ensure the availability and affordability of homeowners’ 
insurance coverage for catastrophic events. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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all information on the eligible State program relevant to 
the duties of the Secretary under this title. 
(i) OTHERS.—Contracts for reinsurance coverage 
under this title shall contain such other terms as the Sec-
retary considers necessary to carry out this title and to en-
sure the long-term financial integrity of the program under 
this title. 
SEC. 304. MAXIMUM FEDERAL LIABILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b) and not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the aggregate po-
tential liability for payment of claims under all contracts 
for reinsurance coverage under this title sold in any single 
year shall be determined by the Secretary based on review 
of the market for reinsurance coverage under this title. 
(b) LIMITATION.—The authority of the Secretary to 
enter into contracts for reinsurance coverage under this title 
shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or 
in such amounts as are or have been provided in appropria-
tion Acts for such fiscal year for the aggregate potential 
liability for payment of claims under all contracts for rein-
surance coverage under this title. 
SEC. 305. FEDERAL NATURAL CATASTROPHE REINSURANCE 
FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within the 
Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the 
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SEC. 3102. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Energy for fiscal year 2010 for defense envi-
ronmental cleanup activities in carrying out programs nec-
essary 
for 
national 
security 
in 
the 
amount 
of 
$5,395,831,000. 
SEC. 3103. OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Energy for fiscal year 2010 for other defense 
activities in carrying out programs necessary for national 
security in the amount of $852,468,000. 
SEC. 3104. DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Energy for fiscal year 2010 for defense nu-
clear waste disposal for payment to the Nuclear Waste Fund 
established in section 302(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy 
Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(c)) in the amount of 
$98,400,000. 
SEC. 3105. FUNDING TABLE. 
The amounts authorized to be appropriated by sections 
3101, 3102, 3103, and 3104 shall be available, in accord-
ance with the requirements of section 4001, for projects, pro-
grams, and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the 
funding table in section 4501.
Federal Natural Catastrophe Reinsurance Fund (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’). 
(b) CREDITS.—The Fund shall be credited with— 
(1) amounts received annually from the sale of 
contracts for reinsurance coverage under this title; 
(2) any amounts appropriated for the aggregate 
potential liability for payment of claims under all 
contracts for reinsurance coverage under this title; 
and 
(3) any amounts earned on investments of the 
Fund pursuant to subsection (d). 
(c) USES.—Amounts in the Fund shall be available 
to the Secretary only for the following purposes: 
(1) CONTRACT
PAYMENTS.—For payments to 
purchasers covered under contracts for reinsurance 
coverage for eligible losses under such contracts. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—To pay for the 
administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary in 
carrying out the reinsurance program under this title. 
(3) 
OUTWARDS
REINSURANCE.—To 
obtain 
retrocessional or other reinsurance coverage of any 
kind to cover risk reinsured under contracts for rein-
surance coverage made available under this title. 
(d) INVESTMENT.—The Secretary shall invest such 
amounts in the Fund as the Secretary considers advisable 
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count measures to mitigate insured losses; 
and 
(iii) ensures, to the extent that reinsur-
ance coverage made available under the eli-
gible State program results in any cost sav-
ings in providing insurance coverage for 
risks in such State, such cost savings are re-
flected in premium rates charged to con-
sumers for such coverage. 
(6) REQUIREMENTS
REGARDING
COVERAGE.— 
The State program— 
(A) may not, except for charges or assess-
ments related to post-event financing or bonding, 
involve cross-subsidization between any separate 
property and casualty insurance lines covered 
under the State program pursuant to paragraph 
(1); 
(B) shall be subject to a requirement under 
State law that for any insurance coverage made 
available under the State insurance program or 
for any reinsurance coverage for such insurance 
coverage made available under the State reinsur-
ance program, the premium rates charged shall 
cover the expected value of all future costs associ-
ated with insurance policies or reinsurance con-
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meet the pension obligations of the Department of Energy 
for contractor employees at each facility of the Department 
of Energy operated using amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department of Energy. 
SEC. 3136. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY OF OMBUDSMAN OF 
ENERGY 
EMPLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL 
ILL-
NESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3686 of the Energy Em-
ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 
2000 (42 U.S.C. 7385s–15) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘and subtitle 
B’’ after ‘‘this subtitle’’ each place it appears; 
(2) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘and subtitle 
B’’ after ‘‘this subtitle’’; 
(3) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘and subtitle 
B’’ after ‘‘this subtitle’’ each place it appears; 
(4) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 
(h); and 
(5) by inserting after subsection (f) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(g) NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFE-
TY AND HEALTH OMBUDSMAN.—In carrying out the duties 
of the Ombudsman under this section, the Ombudsman shall 
work with the individual employed by the National Insti-
(b) CONTENTS.—The Secretary may not approve the 
request of an eligible entity for a grant under this Act 
unless the entity’s application includes— 
(1) a detailed description of— 
(A) how the entity will address the prior-
ities described in section 6; 
(B) how the entity will ensure that if more 
eligible students seek admission in the program 
than the program can accommodate, eligible 
students are selected for admission through a 
random selection process which gives weight to 
the priorities described in section 6; 
(C) how the entity will ensure that if more 
participating eligible students seek admission to 
a participating school than the school can ac-
commodate, participating eligible students are 
selected for admission through a random selec-
tion process; 
(D) how the entity will notify parents of el-
igible students of the expanded choice opportu-
nities and how the entity will ensure that par-
ents receive sufficient information about their 
options to allow the parents to make informed 
decisions; 
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erence to such medical center in any law, regulation, map, 
document, record, or other paper of the United States 
shall be considered to be a reference to the Barry L. Bell 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2559 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a national media 
campaign directed at homeless veterans and veterans at risk for becoming 
homeless. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2009 
Mr. HARE (for himself, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. FILNER, Mr. HALL of New York, 
Mrs. HALVORSON, Mr. NYE, Mr. TEAGUE, and Mr. ROONEY) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out 
a national media campaign directed at homeless veterans 
and veterans at risk for becoming homeless. 
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 ‘‘Help Our Homeless 
Veterans Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN DIRECTED AT HOME-
LESS VETERANS. 
(a) NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN.—Under the au-
thority of section 532 of title 38, United States Code, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a national 
media campaign targeted at veterans who are homeless or 
who are at risk of becoming homeless, with special empha-
sis on such veterans who are women. Through the media 
campaign, the Secretary shall seek to inform such veterans 
of— 
(1) their rights and benefits under the laws ad-
ministered by the Secretary; and 
(2) where to turn for help if they are already 
homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section. 
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‘‘(B) A description of the eligibility re-
quirements to participate. 
‘‘(C) Notice that participation is voluntary. 
‘‘(D) A statement that all other Medicare 
benefits remain available to beneficiaries who 
enroll in an Independence at Home program. 
‘‘(E) Notice that those who enroll in an 
Independence at Home program will be respon-
sible for copayments for house calls made by 
Independence at Home physicians, physician as-
sistants, or by Independence at Home nurse 
practitioners, except that such copayments may 
be reduced or eliminated at the discretion of the 
Independence at Home physician, physician as-
sistant, or Independence at Home nurse practi-
tioner involved in accordance with subsection 
(f). 
‘‘(F) A description of the services that 
could be provided. 
‘‘(G) A description of the method for par-
ticipating, or withdrawing from participation, in 
an Independence at Home program or becoming 
no longer eligible to so participate. 
‘‘(2) 
VOLUNTARY
PARTICIPATION
AND 
CHOICE.—An eligible beneficiary may participate in 
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H. Res. 1784 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 22, 2010. 
Resolved, That a committee of two Members of the 
House be appointed to wait upon the President of the United 
States and inform him that the House of Representatives has 
completed its business of the session and is ready to adjourn, 
unless the President has some other communication to make 
to them. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
IV 
House Calendar No. 12 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 184 
[Report No. 111–20] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1105) making omnibus appropria-
tions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2009 
Mr. MCGOVERN, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1105) making 
omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2009, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution 
it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 
1105) making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. All 
points of order against consideration of the bill are waived 
except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. 
The amendment printed in the report of the Committee 
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curred in connection with the collection of a 
payday loan, in excess of 20 percent of the loan 
balance; 
‘‘(M) refinance a payday loan more than 4 
consecutive times; 
‘‘(N) make more than 1 payday loan at the 
same time to a consumer; 
‘‘(O) fail to give the consumer, after each 
payment by the consumer, a signed, dated, re-
ceipt showing the amount paid and the balance 
due on the loan; and 
‘‘(P) sell any insurance of any kind in con-
nection with the making or collecting of a pay-
day loan. 
‘‘(c) RESCISSION.—A consumer may cancel future 
payment obligations on a payday loan, without cost or fi-
nance charges, by informing the creditor in writing that 
the consumer wants to rescind the loan and by returning 
the cash amount of the principal of the loan to the creditor 
no later than the end of the business day following the 
day on which the payday loan agreement was executed. 
‘‘(d) PENALTIES; DEFENSE; CIVIL LIABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) CIVIL MONEY PENALTY.—Notwithstanding 
the provisions of section 130(a), any person that vio-
lates this section, or seeks to enforce an agreement 
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‘‘(A) EXCEPTED
PLUS
LOAN.—The term 
‘excepted PLUS loan’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 493C. 
‘‘(B) SERVICE IN THE UNIFORMED SERV-
ICES.—The term ‘service in the uniformed serv-
ices’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 484C(a). 
‘‘(6) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall 
take effect on July 1, 2010.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2562 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time home-
buyer credit for one year for members of the Armed Services of the 
United States serving outside the United States in 2009. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2009 
Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, and Mr. 
BOUSTANY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 
the first-time homebuyer credit for one year for members 
of the Armed Services of the United States serving out-
side the United States in 2009. 
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 ‘‘Service Members 
Home Ownership Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER CREDIT 
FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
SERVING OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (h) of section 36 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘This section’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This section’’, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULES FOR MEMBERS OF ARMED 
FORCES OUTSIDE UNITED STATES.—In the case of 
an individual serving on qualified official extended 
duty outside of the United States as a member of 
the Armed Forces of the United States for a period 
in 2009 before December 1, 2009, of not less than 
90 days— 
‘‘(A) paragraph (1) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘December 1, 2010’ for ‘December 
1, 2009’, 
‘‘(B) subsection (f)(4)(D) shall be applied 
by substituting ‘December 1, 2010’ for ‘Decem-
ber 1, 2009’, and 
‘‘(C) in lieu of subsection (g), in the case 
of a purchase of a principal residence after No-
vember 30, 2009, and before December 1, 
2010, the taxpayer may elect to treat such pur-
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chase as made on December 31, 2009, for pur-
poses of this section (other than subsections (c) 
and (f)(4)(D)). 
For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term 
‘qualified official extended duty’ has the meaning 
given such term by section 121(d)(9).’’. 
(b) COORDINATION WITH FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER 
CREDIT FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—Paragraph (4) of 
section 1400C(e) of such Code is amended by inserting 
‘‘(December 1, 2010, in the case of a purchase subject 
to section 36(h)(2))’’ after ‘‘December 1, 2009’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to residences purchased after No-
vember 30, 2009. 
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(C) the Director of the United States Geo-
logical Survey; and 
(7) to achieve other purposes in accordance 
with the mission and goals of the National Fish 
Habitat Action Plan. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation and the Committee on En-
vironment and Public Works of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives. 
(2) AQUATIC HABITAT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘aquatic 
habitat’’ means any area on which an aquatic 
organism depends, directly or indirectly, to 
carry out the life processes of the organism, in-
cluding an area used by the organism for 
spawning, incubation, nursery, rearing, growth 
to maturity, food supply, or migration. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2564 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to require that employers provide 
a minimum of 1 week of paid annual leave to employees. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2009 
Mr. GRAYSON (for himself, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, and Mr. HINCHEY) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to require that 
employers provide a minimum of 1 week of paid annual 
leave to employees. 
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 ‘‘Paid Vacation Act of 
2009’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
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HR 2564 IH 
(1) according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
each year the average American works one month 
(160 hours) more today than in 1976; 
(2) job-related stress costs business $344 billion 
a year in absenteeism, lost productivity, and health 
costs; 
(3) some 75 percent of visits to primary care 
physicians come from stress-induced problems; 
(4) 147 countries require paid vacation leave, 
and the United States is the only industrialized Na-
tion without a minimum annual leave law; 
(5) one of the fastest growing economies in the 
world, China, requires 3 weeks off for employees, 
which they call ‘‘Golden Weeks’’; 
(6) Canada requires 2 weeks off for all employ-
ees, and 3 weeks off for employees with 5 years or 
more with one employer; 
(7) the Pew Research Center says more free 
time is the number one priority for middle-class 
Americans—with 68 percent of those surveyed listed 
this as a high priority for them; 
(8) in 2008, about half (52 percent) of Amer-
ican workers took a vacation of a week or longer, 
and only 14 percent of American workers took 2 
weeks or more for vacation; 
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(ii) 1 shall represent Indian tribes 
from the other States; 
(K) 1 shall be a representative of the Re-
gional Fishery Management Councils estab-
lished under section 302 of the Magnuson-Ste-
vens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1852); 
(L) 1 shall be a representative of the Ma-
rine Fisheries Commissions, which is composed 
of— 
(i) the Atlantic States Marine Fish-
eries Commission; 
(ii) the Gulf States Marine Fisheries 
Commission; and 
(iii) the Pacific States Marine Fish-
eries Commission; 
(M) 1 shall be a representative of the 
Sportfishing and Boating Partnership Council; 
and 
(N) 10 shall be representatives selected 
from each of the following groups: 
(i) The recreational sportfishing in-
dustry. 
(ii) The commercial fishing industry. 
(iii) Marine recreational anglers. 
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from any public publication made as part of the consulta-
tion process or in the process of carrying out the activity. 
Once information has been designated as sensitive, the 
agency will determine in consultation with the Indian tribe 
who may have access to the information for the purposes 
of carrying out the activity. 
TITLE III—TRIBAL 
SOVEREIGNTY 
SEC. 301. TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Agencies shall recognize and re-
spect Indian tribal self-government and sovereignty, honor 
tribal treaty and other rights, and strive to meet the re-
sponsibilities that arise from the unique legal relationship 
between the Federal Government and Indian tribal gov-
ernments. 
(b) MAXIMUM TRIBAL ADMINISTRATIVE DISCRE-
TION.—With respect to Federal statutes and regulations 
administered by Indian tribal governments, the Federal 
Government shall grant Indian tribal governments the 
maximum administrative discretion possible. 
(c) ALTERNATIVES
TO FEDERAL REGULATION.— 
When undertaking to formulate and implement policies 
that have tribal implications, agencies shall— 
(1) encourage Indian tribes to develop their own 
policies to achieve program objectives; 
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