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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 392
AN ACT 
To provide for a circulating quarter dollar coin program 
to honor the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United 
States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana 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,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting the Med-
icaid Safety Net Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. MORATORIA ON CERTAIN MEDICAID REGULATIONS. 
(a) EXTENSION OF CERTAIN MORATORIA IN PUBLIC 
LAW 110–28.—Section 7002(a)(1) of the U.S. Troop 
Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq 
Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 
110–28) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘prior to the date that is 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘prior to April 1, 2009’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after 
‘‘Federal Regulations)’’ the following: ‘‘or in the 
final regulation, relating to such parts, published on 
May 29, 2007 (72 Federal Register 29748)’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (C), by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ‘‘, including the pro-
posed regulation published on May 23, 2007 (72 
Federal Register 28930)’’. 
(b) EXTENSION OF CERTAIN MORATORIA IN PUBLIC 
LAW 110–173.—Section 206 of the Medicare, Medicaid, 
and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–173) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘June 30, 2008’’ and inserting 
‘‘April 1, 2009’’;
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF SPR EXPANSION FUND.—
The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish in the Treas-
ury of the United States an account to be known as the 
‘‘SPR Expansion Fund’’ (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Fund’’), and the proceeds from any sale pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall be deposited into the Fund. 
(c) OBLIGATION
OF FUNDS
FOR EXPANSION.—
Amounts in the Fund may be obligated by the Secretary 
to carry out the purposes in subsection (a) to the extent 
and in such aggregate amounts as may be appropriated 
in advance in appropriations Acts for such purposes. 
SEC. 502. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE SALE. 
Section 161(e) of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6241(e)) is amended by inserting after 
paragraph (2) a new paragraph as follows: 
‘‘(3) Any contract under which petroleum products 
are sold under this section shall include a requirement that 
the person or entity that acquires the petroleum products 
agrees—
‘‘(A) not to resell the petroleum products before 
the products are refined; and 
‘‘(B) to refine the petroleum products primarily 
for consumption in the United States.’’.
SEC. 503. NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE CA-
PACITY. 
Section 181(a) of the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6250(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2 
million barrels’’ and inserting ‘‘5 million barrels’’. 
TITLE VI—CRITICAL ENERGY 
ASSURANCE 
SEC. 601. EVACUATION PLAN REVIEW. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress 
a report of the Secretary’s review of the fuel supply plan 
components of State evacuation plans and the National 
Capitol region. Such report shall determine the sufficiency 
of such plans, and shall include recommendations for im-
provements thereto. Annually after the transmittal of a 
report under the preceding sentence, the Secretary shall 
transmit a report to the Congress assessing plans found 
insufficient under previous reports. 
SEC. 602. DISASTER ASSISTANCE. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—During any federally declared 
emergency or disaster, the Secretary may provide direct 
assistance to private sector entities that operate critical 
energy infrastructure, including refineries. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under this section may 
include emergency preparation and recovery assistance, in-
cluding power generation equipment, other protective or
emergency recovery equipment, assistance to restore ac-
cess to water, power, or other raw materials, and transpor-
tation and housing for critical employees. The Secretary 
may request assistance from other Federal agencies in 
carrying out this section. 
SEC. 603. CRITICAL ENERGY ASSURANCE ACCOUNT. 
There is established in the Treasury an account 
known as the Critical Energy Assurance Account. The 
Secretary shall deposit into this account amounts appro-
priated to the Secretary for the purpose of carrying out 
this title and payments paid to the Secretary by any non-
Federal source for the purpose of carrying out this title. 
The Secretary may receive and accept payments from any 
non-Federal source, which shall be available to the Sec-
retary, without further appropriation, for carrying out this 
title. 
SEC. 604. REGULATIONS. 
The Secretary may issue regulations necessary or ap-
propriate to carry out this title.
Passed the House of Representatives October 7, 
2005. 
Attest:
Clerk.
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3893 
To expedite the construction of new refining capacity in the United States, 
to provide reliable and affordable energy for the American people, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2005 
Mr. BARTON of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Resources, 
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 expedite the construction of new refining capacity in 
the United States, to provide reliable and affordable en-
ergy for the American people, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Gasoline for America’s Security Act of 2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
TITLE I—INCREASING REFINERY CAPACITY 
Sec. 101. State participation and presidential designation. 
Sec. 102. Process coordination and rules of procedure. 
Sec. 103. Refinery revitalization repeal. 
Sec. 104. Standby support for refineries. 
Sec. 105. Military use refinery. 
Sec. 106. New source review under Clean Air Act. 
Sec. 107. Waiver authority for extreme fuel supply emergencies. 
Sec. 108. List of fuel blends. 
Sec. 109. Attainment dates for downwind ozone nonattainment areas. 
Sec. 110. Northwest crude oil supply. 
Sec. 111. Discounted sales of royalty-in-kind oil to qualified small refineries. 
Sec. 112. Study and Report Relating to Streamlining Paperwork Requirements. 
TITLE II—INCREASING DELIVERY INFRASTRUCTURE 
Sec. 201. Process coordination; hearings; rules of procedure. 
Sec. 202. Issuance of Commission order. 
Sec. 203. Backup power capacity. 
Sec. 204. Sunset of loan guarantees. 
Sec. 205. Offshore gathering pipelines. 
Sec. 206. Savings clause. 
TITLE III—CONSERVATION 
Sec. 301. Department of Energy carpooling and vanpooling program. 
Sec. 302. Evaluation and assessment of carpool and vanpool projects. 
Sec. 303. Internet utilization. 
Sec. 304. Fuel consumption education campaign. 
TITLE IV—GASOLINE PRICE REFORM 
Sec. 401. FTC investigation on price-gouging. 
Sec. 402. FTC study of petroleum prices on exchange. 
TITLE V—STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
Sec. 501. Strategic Petroleum Reserve capacity. 
Sec. 502. Strategic petroleum reserve sale. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) No new refinery has been constructed in the 
United States since 1976. There are 148 operating 
refineries in the United States, down from 324 in 
1981. Refined petroleum product imports are cur-
rently projected to grow from 7.9 percent to 10.7 
percent of total refined product by 2025 to satisfy 
increasing demand. 
(2) While the number of American refineries in 
operation has reduced over the last 20 years, much 
of the resulting lost capacity has been replaced by 
gains from more efficient refineries. 
(3) Hurricanes Katrina and Rita substantially 
disrupted petroleum production, refining, and pipe-
line systems in the Gulf Coast region, impacting en-
ergy prices and supply nationwide. In the immediate 
aftermath of Katrina alone, United States refining 
capacity was reduced by more than 2,000,000 bar-
rels per day. However, before Hurricanes Katrina 
and Rita, United States refining capacity was al-
ready significantly strained by increased levels of 
production, with industry average utilization rates of 
95 percent of capacity or higher. 
(4) It serves the national interest to increase 
refinery capacity for gasoline, heating oil, diesel fuel, 
and jet fuel wherever located within the United 
States, to bring more reliable and economic supply 
to the American people. 
(5) According to economic analysis, households 
are conservatively estimated to spend an average of
$1,948 this year on gasoline, up 45 percent from 3 
years ago, and households with incomes under 
$15,000 (1⁄5 of all households) this year will spend, 
on average, more than 1⁄10 of their income just on 
gasoline. 
(6) According to economic analysis, rural Amer-
icans will spend $2,087 on gasoline this year. Rural 
Americans are paying an estimated 22 percent more 
for gasoline than their urban counterparts because 
they must drive longer distances. 
(7) A growing reliance on foreign sources of re-
fined petroleum products impairs our national secu-
rity interests and global competitiveness. 
(8) Refiners are subject to significant environ-
mental and other regulations and face several new 
Clean Air Act requirements over the next decade. 
New Clean Air Act requirements will benefit the en-
vironment but will also require substantial capital 
investment and additional government permits. 
These new requirements increase business uncer-
tainty and dissuade investment in new refinery ca-
pacity. 
(9) There is currently a lack of coordination in 
permitting requirements and other regulations af-
fecting refineries at the Federal, State, and local lev-
els. There is no consistent national permitting pro-
gram for refineries, compared with the Federal En-
ergy Regulatory Commission’s lead agency role over 
interstate natural gas pipelines, liquefied natural 
gas, and hydroelectric power and the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission’s role over nuclear plant licens-
ing. More regulatory certainty and coordination is 
needed for refinery owners to stimulate investment 
in increased refinery capacity. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; 
(2) the term ‘‘refinery’’ means a facility de-
signed and operated to receive, load, unload, store, 
transport, process, and refine crude oil by any chem-
ical or physical process, including distillation, fluid 
catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, coking, alkylation, 
etherification, polymerization, catalytic reforming, 
isomerization, hydrotreating, blending, and any com-
bination thereof, in order to produce gasoline or 
other fuel; and 
(3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Energy.
TITLE I—INCREASING REFINERY 
CAPACITY 
SEC. 101. STATE PARTICIPATION AND PRESIDENTIAL DES-
IGNATION. 
(a) FEDERAL-STATE REGULATORY COORDINATION 
AND ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) GOVERNOR’S REQUEST.—The governor of a 
State may submit a request to the Secretary for the 
application of process coordination and rules of pro-
cedure under section 102 to the siting, construction, 
expansion, or operation of any refinery in that State. 
(2) STATE
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary and 
the Administrator are authorized to provide financial 
assistance to State governments to facilitate the hir-
ing of additional personnel with expertise in fields 
relevant to consideration of applications to site, con-
struct, expand, or operate any refinery in that State. 
(3) OTHER
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary and 
the Administrator shall provide technical, legal, or 
other assistance to State governments to facilitate 
their review of applications to site, construct, ex-
pand, or operate any refinery in that State. 
(b) PRESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent shall designate sites on Federal lands, including 
closed military installations, that are appropriate for 
the purposes of siting a refinery. Any such designa-
tion may be based on an analysis of— 
(A) the availability of crude oil supplies to 
the site, including supplies from domestic pro-
duction of shale oil and tar sands and other 
strategic unconventional fuels; 
(B) the distribution of the Nation’s refined 
petroleum product demand; 
(C) whether such sites are in close prox-
imity to substantial pipeline infrastructure, in-
cluding both crude and refined petroleum prod-
uct pipelines, and potential infrastructure feasi-
bility; 
(D) the need to diversify the geographical 
location of the Nation’s domestic refining ca-
pacity; 
(E) the effect that increased refined petro-
leum products from a refinery on that site may 
have on the price and supply of gasoline to con-
sumers; 
(F) national defense; and 
(G) such other factors as the President 
considers appropriate.
IIB
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1691
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 16, 1999
Received
NOVEMBER 19, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judicary
AN ACT
To protect religious liberty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(2) MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS.—Among the 
sites designated pursuant to this subsection, the 
President shall designate no less than 3 military in-
stallations closed pursuant to a base closure law (as 
defined in section 101(a)(17) of title 10, United 
States Code), as suitable for the construction of a 
refinery. Until the expiration of 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Govern-
ment shall not sell or otherwise dispose of the mili-
tary installations designated pursuant to this sub-
section. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—Section 102 shall only apply to 
refineries sited or proposed to be sited or expanded or pro-
posed to be expanded— 
(1) in a State whose governor has requested ap-
plicability of such section pursuant to subsection (a) 
of this section; or 
(2) on a site designated by the President under 
subsection (b). 
(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Federal lands’’ means all land 
owned by the United States, except that such term 
does not include land— 
(A) within the National Park System;
(B) within the National Wilderness Preser-
vation System; and 
(C) designated as a National Monument; 
and 
(2) the term ‘‘State’’ means a State, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, and any other territory or possession of the 
United States. 
SEC. 102. PROCESS COORDINATION AND RULES OF PROCE-
DURE. 
(a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section and 
section 105, the term ‘‘Federal refinery authorization’’— 
(1) means any authorization required under 
Federal law, whether administered by a Federal or 
State administrative agency or official, with respect 
to siting, construction, expansion, or operation of a 
refinery; and 
(2) includes any permits, special use authoriza-
tions, certifications, opinions, or other approvals re-
quired under Federal law with respect to siting, con-
struction, expansion, or operation of a refinery. 
(b) DESIGNATION AS LEAD AGENCY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Department of Energy 
shall act as the lead agency for the purposes of co-
ordinating all applicable Federal refinery authoriza-
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4165 
AN ACT 
To extend through December 31, 2010, the authority of 
the Secretary of the Army to accept and expend funds 
contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite 
the processing of permits. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1693
AN ACT
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
to clarify the overtime exemption for employees
engaged in fire protection activities.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1693
AN ACT
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify
the overtime exemption for employees engaged in fire
protection activities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(2) PROGRAM
DESCRIBED.—A program de-
scribed in this paragraph is a program for verifying 
individual assets in a manner consistent with the ap-
proach used by the Commissioner of Social Security 
under section 1631(e)(1)(B)(ii). 
‘‘(c) DURATION
OF
AUTHORIZATION.—Notwith-
standing section 1104(a)(1) of the Right to Financial Pri-
vacy Act, an authorization provided to a State under sub-
section (b)(1) shall remain effective until the earliest of— 
‘‘(1) the rendering of a final adverse decision on 
the applicant’s application for medical assistance 
under the State’s plan under this title; 
‘‘(2) the cessation of the recipient’s eligibility 
for such medical assistance; or 
‘‘(3) the express revocation by the applicant or 
recipient (or such other person described in sub-
section (b)(1), as applicable) of the authorization, in 
a written notification to the State. 
‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF RIGHT TO FINANCIAL PRIVACY 
ACT REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) An authorization obtained by the State 
under subsection (b)(1) shall be considered to meet 
the requirements of the Right to Financial Privacy 
Act for purposes of section 1103(a) of such Act, and
(7) Corporate foundations contribute billions of 
dollars each year to a variety of philanthropic 
causes. 
(8) According to a study produced by the Cap-
ital Research Center, the 10 largest corporate foun-
dations 
in 
the 
United 
States 
contributed 
$1,900,000,000 to such causes. 
(9) According to the same study, faith-based or-
ganizations only receive a small fraction of the con-
tributions made by corporations in the United 
States, and 6 of the 10 corporations that give the 
most to philanthropic causes explicitly ban or re-
strict contributions to faith-based organizations. 
(b) CORPORATIONS ENCOURAGED TO CONTRIBUTE 
TO FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.—The Congress calls 
on corporations in the United States, in the words of the 
President, ‘‘to give more and to give better’’ by making 
greater contributions to faith-based organizations that are 
on the front lines battling some of the great societal chal-
lenges of our day. 
(c) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that— 
(1) corporations in the United States are im-
portant partners with government in efforts to over-
come difficult societal problems; and
need not be furnished to the financial institution, 
notwithstanding section 1104(a) of such Act. 
‘‘(2) The certification requirements of section 
1103(b) of the Right to Financial Privacy Act shall 
not apply to requests by the State pursuant to an 
authorization provided under subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(3) A request by the State pursuant to an au-
thorization provided under subsection (b)(1) is 
deemed to meet the requirements of section 
1104(a)(3) of the Right to Financial Privacy Act 
and of section 1102 of such Act, relating to a rea-
sonable description of financial records. 
‘‘(e) REQUIRED DISCLOSURE.—The State shall in-
form any person who provides authorization pursuant to 
subsection (b)(1)(A) of the duration and scope of the au-
thorization. 
‘‘(f) REFUSAL
OR REVOCATION
OF AUTHORIZA-
TION.—If an applicant for, or recipient of, medical assist-
ance under the State plan under this title (or such other 
person described in subsection (b)(1), as applicable) re-
fuses to provide, or revokes, any authorization made by 
the applicant or recipient (or such other person, as appli-
cable) under subsection (b)(1)(A) for the State to obtain 
from any financial institution any financial record, the
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6535 
To amend the Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2008 
Mr. DELAHUNT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000. 
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 ‘‘Vietnam Education 
Foundation Amendments Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF THE FOUNDATION TO THE DEPART-
MENT OF STATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 204 of the Vietnam Edu-
cation Foundation Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note) is 
amended to read as follows: 
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(2) no corporation in the United States should 
adopt policies that prohibit the corporation from 
contributing to an organization that is successfully 
advancing a philanthropic cause merely because such 
organization is faith based. 
SEC. 304. MATERNITY GROUP HOMES. 
Section 322 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5714–2) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘(includ-
ing maternity group homes)’’ after ‘‘group homes’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) MATERNITY GROUP HOME.—In this part, the 
term ‘maternity group home’ means a community-based, 
adult-supervised group home that provides— 
‘‘(1) young mothers and their children with a 
supportive and supervised living arrangement in 
which such mothers are required to learn parenting 
skills, including child development, family budgeting, 
health and nutrition, and other skills to promote 
their long-term economic independence and the well- 
being of their children; and 
‘‘(2) pregnant women with—
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1695
AN ACT
To provide for the conveyance of certain Federal
public lands in the Ivanpah Valley, Nevada, to
Clark County, Nevada, for the development of an
airport facility, and for other purposes.
(1) Subparagraph (B) of section 172(d)(2) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 1202’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1202 
and 1203’’. 
(2) Paragraph (4) of section 642(c) of such 
Code is amended by striking the first sentence and 
inserting the following: ‘‘To the extent that the 
amount otherwise allowable as a deduction under 
this subsection consists of gain described in section 
1202(a) or 1203(a)), proper adjustment shall be 
made for any exclusion allowable to the estate or 
trust under section 1202 or section 1203, as the 
case may be.’’ 
(3) Paragraph (3) of section 643(a) of such 
Code is amended by striking ‘‘section 1202’’ and in-
serting ‘‘sections 1202 and 1203’’. 
(4) Paragraph (4) of section 691(c) of such 
Code is amended by inserting ‘‘1203,’’ after 
‘‘1202,’’. 
(5) Paragraph (2) of section 871(a) of such 
Code is amended by inserting ‘‘and 1203’’ after 
‘‘section 1202’’. 
(6) The table of sections for part I of sub-
chapter P of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 1202 the 
following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 1203. Exclusion of gain from qualified sales of multifamily housing.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2005. 
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