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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 810 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to 
employers for the value of the service not performed during the period 
employees are performing service as members of the Ready Reserve 
or the National Guard. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 3, 2009 
Mr. BILIRAKIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
a tax credit to employers for the value of the service 
not performed during the period employees are per-
forming service as members of the Ready Reserve or 
the National Guard. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. READY RESERVE-NATIONAL GUARD EMPLOYEE 
CREDIT. 
(a) READY RESERVE-NATIONAL GUARD CREDIT.— 
Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business- 
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(3) STATE-LEVEL ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘State-
level activities’’ includes activities at the tribal level.
(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this section, $50,000,000 for
the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
(2) STUDIES
AND
ADMINISTRATION.—With re-
spect to the total amount appropriated for such pe-
riod in accordance with this subsection, not more
than $2,500,000 of that amount may be used for ex-
penditures related to conducting studies required
under, and the administration of, this section.
(m) TERMINATION OF PROGRAM.—The program estab-
lished under subsection (a) shall terminate on September
30, 2012.
SEC. 563. STUDY OF UNIVERSAL USE OF ADVANCE PAY-
MENT OF EARNED INCOME CREDIT.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to
Congress on a study of the benefits, costs, risks, and barriers
to workers and to businesses (with a special emphasis on
small businesses) if the advance earned income tax credit
program (under section 3507 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986) included all recipients of the earned income tax
In the Senate of the United States, 
December 20, 2010. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 81) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the High Seas 
Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnu-
son-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Managment Act to im-
prove the conservation of sharks.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—SHARK CONSERVATION ACT OF 2010 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Amendment of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act. 
Sec. 103. Amendment of Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act. 
Sec. 104. Offset of implementation cost. 
TITLE II—INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES AGREEMENT 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. International Fishery Agreement. 
Sec. 203. Application with other laws. 
Sec. 204. Effective date. 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 301. Technical corrections to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Conven-
tion Implementation Act. 
Sec. 302. Pacific Whiting Act of 2006. 
Sec. 303. Replacement vessel.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 81 
AN ACT 
To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Pro-
tection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conserva-
tion and Management Act to improve the conservation 
of sharks. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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the fiscal years 2009 through 2012, to remain available 
until expended. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 31, 2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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‘‘(B) Any individual who is a disabled ben-
eficiary (as defined in section 1148(k)(2) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–19(k)(2))
or who would be considered to be such a disabled
beneficiary but for having income or assets in ex-
cess of the income or asset eligibility limits es-
tablished under title II or XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act, respectively.’’.
(b) REPORT BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF-
FICE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of
the United States shall conduct a study of the effec-
tiveness and efficiency of the use of private contrac-
tors for Internal Revenue Service debt collection. The
study required by this paragraph shall be completed
in time to be taken into account by Congress before
any new contracting is carried out under section
6306 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in years
following 2008.
(2) STUDY OF COMPARABLE EFFORTS.—As part
of the study required under paragraph (1), the Comp-
troller General shall—
(A) make every effort to determine the rel-
ative effectiveness and efficiency of debt collection
contracting by Federal staff compared to private
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contractors, using a cost calculation for both
Federal staff and private contractors which in-
cludes all benefits and overhead costs,
(B) compare the cost effectiveness of the con-
tracting approach of the Department of the
Treasury to that of the Department of Edu-
cation’s Office of Student Financial Assistance,
and
(C) survey State tax debt collection experi-
ences for lessons that may be applicable to the
Internal Revenue Service collection efforts.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall apply to any tax collection contract awarded
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘U.S. Troop Readiness,
Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability
Appropriations Act, 2007’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6085 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 42222 Rancho Las Palmas Drive in Rancho 
Mirage, California, as the ‘‘Gerald R. Ford Post Office 
Building’’. 
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. 4418 
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain synthetic staple fibers that are 
not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2007 
Mr. COBLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain synthetic staple 
fibers that are not carded, combed, or otherwise proc-
essed for spinning. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CERTAIN SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBERS THAT 
ARE NOT CARDED, COMBED, OR OTHERWISE 
PROCESSED FOR SPINNING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading: 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 837 
AN ACT 
To designate the Federal building located at 799 United 
Nations Plaza in New York, New York, as the ‘‘Ronald 
H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations 
Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6086 
To make emergency supplemental appropriations for Katrina recovery for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2008 
Mr. ALEXANDER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budg-
et, 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 make emergency supplemental appropriations for Katrina 
recovery for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4419 
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain synthetic staple fibers that are 
not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2007 
Mr. COBLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain synthetic staple 
fibers that are not carded, combed, or otherwise proc-
essed for spinning. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CERTAIN SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBERS THAT 
ARE NOT CARDED, COMBED, OR OTHERWISE 
PROCESSED FOR SPINNING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading: 
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‘‘ 
9902.01.00 
Modacrylic staple fiber com-
posed of less than 85 per-
cent but at least 35 percent 
by weight of acrylonitrile 
units, not more than 2 to 3 
percent water, imported in 
the form of non-pigmented 
(ecru) staple crimped prod-
uct with an average filament 
decitex of 2.2 (plus or minus 
10 percent), and fiber staple 
length of 38 mm (plus or 
minus 10 percent) (provided 
for in subheading 
5503.30.00) .........................
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2011 
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to articles entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 441 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to coordinate the threshold requirement for coverage of 
domestic employees under Social Security with the amount required for 
a quarter of coverage. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 12, 2007 
Mr. BECERRA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to coordinate the threshold re-
quirement for coverage of domestic employees under So-
cial Security with the amount required for a quarter 
of coverage. 
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 ‘‘Retirement Security 
for America’s Domestic Workers Act of 2007’’. 
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istrator for use by the Federal Govern-
ment; or 
(ii) is leased, in whole or in part, by 
the Administrator for use by the Federal 
Government— 
(I) except as provided in sub-
clause (II), for a term of not less than 
5 years; or 
(II) for a term of less than 5 
years, if the Administrator determines 
that use of cost-effective technologies 
and practices would result in the pay-
back of expenses. 
(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘General Serv-
ices Administration facility’’ includes any group 
of buildings, structures, or facilities described in 
subparagraph (A) (including the associated en-
ergy-consuming support systems of the build-
ings, structures, and facilities). 
(C) EXEMPTION.—The Administrator may 
exempt from the definition of ‘‘General Services 
Administration facility’’ under this paragraph a 
building, structure, or facility that meets the re-
quirements of section 543(c) of Public Law 95– 
619 (42 U.S.C. 8253(c)). 
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(1) The Greater Salmon/Selway region is one of 
the most rugged and wild areas in America, and one 
of the largest intact forest ecosystems in the tem-
perate zones of the Earth. 
(2) The core of the region is comprised of the 
Frank Church-River of No Return and Selway-Bit-
terroot Wilderness areas. 
(3) Swimming the Salmon and Clearwater river 
systems, several species of salmon and sea-going 
trout still make the 900 mile spawning journey from 
the Pacific Ocean to small tributaries in the high 
mountain country. 
(4) Biological and landscape diversity in the re-
gion is great, ranging from rocky, dry canyon coun-
try to wet forests of ancient cedars many feet in di-
ameter in the Mallard-Larkins and other areas. 
(5) A wide array of forest dwelling species re-
side in the region, and the gray wolf is making a 
comeback. 
(b) DESIGNATION.—In order to protect the unique 
ecosystem of the Greater Salmon/Selway region, the areas 
described in this section, which comprise approximately 
6,239,797 acres, as generally depicted on the maps with 
titles 
corresponding 
to 
each 
area 
and 
dated 
llllll, are hereby designated as wilderness. The 
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land designated as wilderness by this section shall be in-
corporated into the wilderness indicated or, in the case of 
wilderness designated by subsection (g) or (h), shall be 
known by the name given the wilderness in that sub-
section. Each map shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service 
and the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement. 
(c) FRANK CHURCH-RIVER OF NO RETURN WILDER-
NESS ADDITIONS.—The following areas, consisting of a 
total of approximately 741,301 acres, are incorporated 
into the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness: 
(1) Bluejoint area, consisting of approximately 
62,149 acres administered by the Bitterroot or 
Salmon-Challis National Forest. 
(2) Camas Creek area, consisting of approxi-
mately 100,843 acres administered by the Salmon- 
Challis National Forest. 
(3) Blue Bunch area, consisting of approxi-
mately 11,653 acres administered by the Salmon 
Challis or Boise National Forest. 
(4) Loon Creek area, consisting of approxi-
mately 103,898 acres administered by the Challis or 
Sawtooth National Forest. 
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(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a program to accelerate the use of geo-
thermal heat pumps at General Services Administra-
tion facilities. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The program established 
under this subsection shall— 
(A) ensure centralized responsibility for 
the coordination of geothermal heat pump rec-
ommendations, practices, and activities of all 
relevant Federal agencies; 
(B) provide technical assistance and oper-
ational guidance to applicable tenants to 
achieve the goal identified in subsection 
(c)(2)(B)(ii); and 
(C) establish methods to track the success 
of Federal departments and agencies with re-
spect to that goal. 
(c) ACCELERATED USE
OF GEOTHERMAL HEAT 
PUMP TECHNOLOGIES.— 
(1) REVIEW.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program 
under this section, not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall conduct a review of— 
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(i) current use of geothermal heat 
pump technologies in General Services Ad-
ministration facilities; and 
(ii) the availability to managers of 
General Services Administration facilities 
of geothermal heat pumps. 
(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The review under 
subparagraph (A) shall— 
(i) examine the use of geothermal heat 
pumps by Federal agencies in General 
Services Administration facilities; and 
(ii) as prepared in consultation with 
the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, identify geothermal 
heat pump technology standards that could 
be used for all types of General Services 
Administration facilities. 
(2) REPLACEMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program 
under this section, not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator shall establish, using available ap-
propriations, a geothermal heat pump tech-
nology acceleration program to achieve max-
imum feasible replacement of existing heating 
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and cooling technologies with geothermal heat 
pump technologies in each General Services Ad-
ministration facility. 
(B) ACCELERATION PLAN TIMETABLE.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—To implement the 
program established under subparagraph 
(A), not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall establish a timetable, including mile-
stones for specific activities needed to re-
place existing heating and cooling tech-
nologies with geothermal heat pump tech-
nologies, to the maximum extent feasible 
(including at the maximum rate feasible), 
at each General Services Administration 
facility. 
(ii) GOAL.—The goal of the timetable 
under clause (i) shall be to complete, using 
available appropriations, maximum feasible 
replacement of existing heating and cooling 
technologies with geothermal heat pump 
technologies by not later than the date that 
is 5 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
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(d) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION FACILITY 
GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP TECHNOLOGIES AND PRAC-
TICES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Adminis-
trator shall— 
(1) ensure that a manager responsible for accel-
erating the use of geothermal heat pump tech-
nologies is designated for each General Services Ad-
ministration facility geothermal heat pump tech-
nologies and practices facility; and 
(2) submit to Congress a plan, to be imple-
mented to the maximum extent feasible (including at 
the maximum rate feasible) using available appro-
priations, by not later than the date that is 5 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, that— 
(A) includes an estimate of the funds nec-
essary to carry out this section; 
(B) describes the status of the implementa-
tion of geothermal heat pump technologies and 
practices at General Services Administration fa-
cilities, including— 
(i) the extent to which programs, in-
cluding the program established under sub-
section (b), are being carried out in ac-
cordance with this Act; and 
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(ii) the status of funding requests and 
appropriations for those programs; 
(C) identifies within the planning, budg-
eting, and construction processes, all types of 
General Services Administration facility-related 
procedures that inhibit new and existing Gen-
eral Services Administration facilities from im-
plementing geothermal heat pump technologies; 
(D) recommends language for uniform 
standards for use by Federal agencies in imple-
menting geothermal heat pump technologies 
and practices; 
(E) in coordination with the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, reviews the budget proc-
ess for capital programs with respect to alter-
natives for— 
(i) permitting Federal agencies to re-
tain all identified savings accrued as a re-
sult of the use of geothermal heat pump 
technologies; and 
(ii) identifying short- and long-term 
cost savings that accrue from the use of 
geothermal heat pump technologies and 
practices; 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3612 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for no preemption 
of certain State and local laws regarding employment eligibility 
verification requirements. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 
Mr. WELDON of Florida (for himself, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. PENCE, Mr. WAMP, 
Mr. AKIN, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. CAMPBELL of Cali-
fornia, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, 
Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee, and Mrs. 
MYRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
for no preemption of certain State and local laws regard-
ing employment eligibility verification requirements. 
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 ‘‘Local Law Enforce-
ment Restoration Act’’. 
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(F) achieves substantial operational cost 
savings through the application of geothermal 
heat pump technologies; and 
(G) includes recommendations to address 
each of the matters, and a plan for implementa-
tion of each recommendation, described in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (F). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section, to remain available until 
expended. 
SEC. 9054. GREEN MEETINGS. 
(a) PURCHASE
OF MEETING
AND CONFERENCE 
SERVICES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Federal Pro-
curement Policy shall ensure that the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation is revised to require each Federal agency to 
consider, in each purchase of meeting and conference serv-
ices, the environmentally preferable features and practices 
of a vendor in a manner substantially similar to that re-
quired of the Environmental Protection Agency in section 
1523.703–1 (relating to acquisition of environmentally 
preferable meeting and conference services) and section 
1552.223–71 (relating to EPA Green Meetings and Con-
ferences) of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations, as set 
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