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serve until a successor is appointed pursuant to the 
amendment made by paragraph (1) of this sub-
section. The term of office of any such successor 
shall expire at the time of the expiration of the term 
of his or her predecessor, as designated by the Presi-
dent at the time of the appointment. 
(3) COMPENSATION.—Section 5312 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘Chairman and Members, Public Company Account-
ing Oversight Board.’’. 
(4) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Sections 101(e) of the Sarbanes-Oxley 
Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7211(e)) is amended by 
striking paragraph (6). 
(B) Section 107(d) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
7217(d)) is amended by striking paragraph (3). 
(b) FUNDING.—Section 109(f) of such Act is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The 
Congress reserves the authority to establish annual or 
other periodic limits upon the amount of fees which may 
be collected under this section on behalf of the Board.’’. 
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H. Con. Res. 279 
Agreed to January 22, 2008 
One Hundred Tenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and eight 
Concurrent Resolution 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concur-
ring), That when the House adjourns on the legislative day of 
Wednesday, January 23, 2008, on a motion offered pursuant to 
this concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, 
it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Monday, January 28, 2008, 
or until the time of any reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this 
concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first; and that when the 
House adjourns on the legislative day of Tuesday, January 29, 
2008, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution 
by its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand adjourned until 
2 p.m. on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, or until the time of any 
reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, 
whichever occurs first. 
SEC. 2. The Speaker or her designee, after consultation with 
the Minority Leader, shall notify the Members of the House to 
reassemble at such place and time as she may designate if, in 
her opinion, the public interest shall warrant it. 
Attest: 
Clerk of the House of Representatives. 
Attest: 
Secretary of the Senate.
SEC. 5. REDUCTIONS OF INTERNAL CONTROL IMPLEMEN-
TATION COSTS. 
(a) REVISIONS REQUIRED.—Not later than Decem-
ber 31, 2007— 
(1) the Securities and Exchange Commission 
shall adopt revisions to its rules under section 
404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 
U.S.C. 7211(a)) relating to management’s assess-
ment of an issuer’s internal control structure and 
procedures; and 
(2) the Public Company Accounting Oversight 
Board shall adopt revisions to its standards under 
section 404(b) of such Act for auditor attestation to 
and reporting on such management assessment. 
(b) COST
OF IMPLEMENTATION REDUCTION.—In 
adopting the revisions required by subsection (a), the 
Commission and the Board shall reduce the costs of the 
implementation of section 404, consistent with the inten-
tion of the Congress that such section not increase signifi-
cantly the cost of the annual audits of financial statements 
under section 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a), 78o(d)). 
(c) RISK-BASED IMPLEMENTATION.—In adopting the 
revisions required by subsection (a), the Commission shall 
adopt a more risk-based statement on internal control re-
porting that focuses internal control review on financial 
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controls having significant risk of failing to prevent finan-
cial damages that would be material to the financial state-
ments of the issuer. 
SEC. 6. SEPARATE ENGAGEMENTS FOR INTERNAL CON-
TROL EVALUATIONS. 
Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 
(15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting before the period at the end of 
the first sentence the following: ‘‘, or the issuer shall 
separately engage a different registered public ac-
counting firm which shall attest to and report on 
such assessment’’; and 
(2) by striking the last sentence. 
SEC. 7. PRIVATE RIGHTS OF ACTION. 
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 
U.S.C. 7262) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) NO PRIVATE RIGHTS OF ACTION.—No private 
right of action may be brought against any registered pub-
lic accounting firm in any Federal or State court on the 
basis of a violation or alleged violation of the requirements 
of this section or standards issued by the Board under 
or for purposes of implementing this section.’’. 
Æ 
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‘‘(iii) testing of actual consumer per-
ception shows that, as the applicant pro-
poses to label and market the product, con-
sumers will not be misled into believing 
that the product— 
‘‘(I) is or has been demonstrated 
to be less harmful; or 
‘‘(II) presents or has been dem-
onstrated to present less of a risk of 
disease than 1 or more other commer-
cially marketed tobacco products; and 
‘‘(iv) issuance of an order with respect 
to the application is expected to benefit the 
health of the population as a whole taking 
into account both users of tobacco prod-
ucts and persons who do not currently use 
tobacco products. 
‘‘(C) CONDITIONS OF MARKETING.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Applications sub-
ject to an order under this paragraph shall 
be limited to a term of not more than 5 
years, but may be renewed upon a finding 
by the Secretary that the requirements of 
this paragraph continue to be satisfied 
based on the filing of a new application.
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2818
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey
certain public land within the Sand Mountain
Wilderness Study Area in the State of Idaho to
resolve an occupancy encroachment dating back
to 1971.
III 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 279 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 22 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 2008 
Received 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of 
Representatives. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That when the House adjourns on the legisla-
tive day of Wednesday, January 23, 2008, on a motion 
offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its Ma-
jority Leader or his designee, it stand adjourned until 2 
p.m. on Monday, January 28, 2008, or until the time of 
any 
reassembly 
pursuant 
to 
section 
of 
this 
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concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first; and that 
when the House adjourns on the legislative day of Tues-
day, January 29, 2008, on a motion offered pursuant to 
this concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader or his 
designee, it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, 
February 6, 2008, or until the time of any reassembly pur-
suant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever 
occurs first. 
SEC. 2. The Speaker or her designee, after consulta-
tion with the Minority Leader, shall notify the Members 
of the House to reassemble at such place and time as she 
may designate if, in her opinion, the public interest shall 
warrant it. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 16, 
2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 104 
To require assurances that certain family planning service projects and pro-
grams will provide pamphlets containing the contact information of adop-
tion centers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require assurances that certain family planning service 
projects and programs will provide pamphlets containing 
the contact information of adoption centers. 
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 referred to as the ‘‘Adoption Infor-
mation Act’’. 
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•HR 3221 EAH2 
SEC. 2128. PRE-PURCHASE HOMEOWNERSHIP COUNSELING 
DEMONSTRATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—For the period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this title and ending 
on the date that is 3 years after such date of enactment, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall es-
tablish and conduct a demonstration program to test the 
effectiveness of alternative forms of pre-purchase home-
ownership counseling for eligible homebuyers. 
(b) FORMS OF COUNSELING.—The Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development shall provide to eligible home-
buyers pre-purchase homeownership counseling under this 
section in the form of— 
(1) telephone counseling; 
(2) individualized in-person counseling; 
(3) web-based counseling; 
(4) counseling classes; or 
(5) any other form or type of counseling that the 
Secretary may, in his discretion, determine appro-
priate. 
(c) SIZE OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall make 
available the pre-purchase homeownership counseling de-
scribed in subsection (b) to not more than 3,000 eligible 
homebuyers in any given year. 
(d) INCENTIVE TO PARTICIPATE.—The Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may provide incentives
IB 
Union Calendar No. 432 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5982 
[Report No. 110–688] 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, for purposes of transportation 
security, to conduct a study on how airports can transition to uniform, 
standards-based, and interoperable biometric identifier systems for air-
port workers with unescorted access to secure or sterile areas of an 
airport, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2008 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself and Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Homeland Security 
JUNE 5, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 7, 2008] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, for purposes 
of transportation security, to conduct a study on how 
airports can transition to uniform, standards-based, and 
interoperable biometric identifier systems for airport 
workers with unescorted access to secure or sterile areas 
of an airport, and for other purposes. 
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Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of ‘‘National 
Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day’’ and recognizes 
the eighth anniversary of observing such day; 
(2) encourages State and local governments, in-
cluding their public health agencies, to recognize 
such day, to publicize its importance among their 
communities, and to encourage individuals, espe-
cially African-American individuals, to undergo test-
ing for HIV; 
(3) encourages national, State, and local media 
organizations to carry messages in support of ‘‘Na-
tional Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day’’; 
(4) supports full and equitable funding for the 
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization 
Act of 2006; 
(5) applauds the codification of the Minority 
AIDS Initiative within the reauthorization of the 
Ryan White CARE Act; 
(6) supports the development of a national 
AIDS plan with clear goals and objectives to reduce 
new HIV infections, especially among the African- 
American community and other communities of 
color; 
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•HCON 280 IH 
(7) supports appropriate funding for HIV/AIDS 
prevention and treatment; 
(8) supports the strengthening of stable Afri-
can-American communities; 
(9) supports reducing the impact of incarcer-
ation as a driver of new HIV infections within the 
African-American community; 
(10) supports effective and comprehensive HIV 
prevention education programs to promote the early 
identification of HIV through voluntary routine test-
ing, and to connect those in need to treatment and 
care as early as possible; 
(11) supports reducing the number of HIV in-
fections in the African-American community result-
ing from injection drug use; and 
(12) supports efforts to link those infected with 
HIV to accessible care and treatment options. 
Æ 
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SEC. 2. PROVISION IN FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES OF 
PAMPHLETS CONTAINING ADOPTION CENTER 
CONTACT INFORMATION. 
Title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘ADOPTION CENTER CONTACT INFORMATION 
‘‘SEC. 1009. (a) A grant may be made or contract 
entered into under section 1001 for a family planning 
service project or program only upon assurances satisfac-
tory to the Secretary that the project or program will— 
‘‘(1) provide to each person to whom the project 
or program provides family planning services, at the 
time the person inquires about the services, a pam-
phlet that contains— 
‘‘(A) a comprehensive list of the adoption 
centers located in the State where the services 
are provided; and 
‘‘(B) the address and telephone number of 
each such center; 
‘‘(2) at the same time, orally inform each such 
person that the pamphlet— 
‘‘(A) was provided by the Department of 
Health and Human Services; and 
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‘‘(ii) AGREEMENTS BY APPLICANT.— 
An order under this paragraph shall be 
conditioned on the applicant’s agreement 
to conduct postmarket surveillance and 
studies and to submit to the Secretary the 
results of such surveillance and studies to 
determine the impact of the order on con-
sumer perception, behavior, and health and 
to enable the Secretary to review the accu-
racy of the determinations upon which the 
order was based in accordance with a pro-
tocol approved by the Secretary. 
‘‘(iii) ANNUAL SUBMISSION.—The re-
sults of such postmarket surveillance and 
studies described in clause (ii) shall be 
submitted annually. 
‘‘(3) BASIS.—The determinations under para-
graphs (1) and (2) shall be based on— 
‘‘(A) the scientific evidence submitted by 
the applicant; and 
‘‘(B) scientific evidence and other informa-
tion that is made available to the Secretary. 
‘‘(4) BENEFIT
TO
HEALTH
OF
INDIVIDUALS 
AND OF POPULATION AS A WHOLE.—In making the
‘‘(B) contains a comprehensive list of the 
adoption centers located in the State where the 
services are provided; and 
‘‘(3) provide each such person an opportunity to 
read the pamphlet. 
‘‘(b) The Secretary shall prepare, annually update, 
and distribute to each project or program referred to in 
subsection (a) pamphlets described in that subsection. 
‘‘(c) No funds may be used to carry out this section, 
except funds that are appropriated to carry out this title.’’. 
Æ 
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IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 281 
Celebrating the birth of Abraham Lincoln and recognizing the prominence 
the Declaration of Independence played in the development of Abraham 
Lincoln’s beliefs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2008 
Mr. MANZULLO (for himself, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. SHIMKUS, 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. KIRK, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. EMANUEL, Mrs. 
BIGGERT, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. WELLER of Illinois, Ms. BEAN, and Mr. 
HARE) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Celebrating the birth of Abraham Lincoln and recognizing 
the prominence the Declaration of Independence played 
in the development of Abraham Lincoln’s beliefs. 
Whereas Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United 
States, was born of humble roots on February 12, 1809, 
in Hardin County, Kentucky; 
Whereas Abraham Lincoln rose to political prominence as an 
attorney with a reputation for fairness, honesty, and a 
belief that all men are created equal and that they are 
endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; 
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•HCON 281 IH 
Whereas Abraham Lincoln was elected and served with dis-
tinction in 1832 as a captain of an Illinois militia com-
pany during the Black Hawk War; 
Whereas Abraham Lincoln was elected to the Illinois legisla-
ture in 1834 from Sangamon County and was succes-
sively reelected until 1840; 
Whereas Abraham Lincoln revered the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, forming the motivating moral and natural law 
principle for his opposition to the spread of slavery to 
new States entering the Union and to his belief in slav-
ery’s ultimate demise; 
Whereas Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1846 to serve in 
the United States House of Representatives, ably rep-
resenting central Illinois; 
Whereas Abraham Lincoln re-entered political life as a reac-
tion to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 
which he opposed; 
Whereas Abraham Lincoln expounded on his views of natural 
rights during the series of Lincoln-Douglas debates in 
1858 declaring in Charleston, Illinois that natural rights 
were ‘‘. . . enumerated in the Declaration of Independ-
ence, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness’’ and these views brought Lincoln into national 
prominence; 
Whereas Abraham Lincoln, through a legacy of courage, 
character, and patriotism, was elected to office as the 
16th President of the United States on November 6, 
1860; 
Whereas Abraham Lincoln believed the Declaration of Inde-
pendence to be the anchor of American republicanism, 
stating on February 22, 1861, during an address in 
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2833
AN ACT
To promote freedom and democracy in Viet Nam.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
•HCON 281 IH 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Independence Hall that, ‘‘I 
have never had a feeling politically that did not spring 
from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Inde-
pendence . . . I have often inquired of myself, what great 
principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so 
long together. It was not the mere matter of separation 
of the Colonies from the motherland; but that sentiment 
in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, 
not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to 
the world, for all future time. It was that which gave 
promise that in due time the weight would be lofted from 
the shoulders of men’’; 
Whereas, upon taking office and being thrust into the throes 
of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln wrote the 
Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in southern 
States that seceded from the Union on January 1, 1863; 
Whereas, on November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln dedicated 
the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the Get-
tysburg address, which would later be known as his 
greatest speech, that harkened back to the promises of 
the Declaration of Independence in the first sentence: 
‘‘Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought 
forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Lib-
erty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are 
created equal’’; 
Whereas Abraham Lincoln was reelected to the Presidency on 
November 8, 1864, by 55 percent of the popular vote; 
Whereas Abraham Lincoln gave the ultimate sacrifice for his 
country, dying six weeks into his second term on April 
15, 1865; 
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Whereas the year 2009 will be the Bicentennial anniversary 
of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, and the United States 
will observe 2 years of commemorations beginning Feb-
ruary 12, 2008; and 
Whereas all Americans could benefit from studying the life of 
Abraham Lincoln as a model of achieving the American 
Dream through honest, integrity, loyalty, and a lifetime 
of education: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the United States Congress— 
(1) requests that the President issue a procla-
mation each year recognizing the anniversary of the 
birth of President Abraham Lincoln and calling 
upon the people of the United States to observe such 
anniversary with appropriate ceremonies and activi-
ties; and 
(2) encourages State and local governments and 
local educational agencies to devote sufficient time to 
study and appreciate the reverence and respect 
Abraham Lincoln had for the significance and im-
portance of the Declaration of Independence in the 
development of American history, jurisprudence, and 
the spread of freedom around the world. 
Æ 
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2841
AN ACT
To designate the building located at 1 Federal
Plaza in New York, New York, as the ‘‘James L.
Watson United States Court of International
Trade Building’’.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5983 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance 
the information security of the Department of Homeland 
Security, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,