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IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3121 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To restore the financial solvency of the national flood insur-
ance program and to provide for such program to make 
available multiperil coverage for damage resulting from 
windstorms and floods, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 
2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes. 
Sec. 3. Study regarding status of pre-firm properties and mandatory purchase 
requirement for natural 100-year floodplain and non-federally 
related loans. 
Sec. 4. Phase-in of actuarial rates for nonresidential properties and non-pri-
mary residences. 
Sec. 5. Exception to waiting period for effective date of policies. 
Sec. 6. Enforcement. 
Sec. 7. Multiperil coverage for flood and windstorm. 
Sec. 8. Maximum coverage limits. 
Sec. 9. Coverage for additional living expenses, basement improvements, busi-
ness interruption, and replacement cost of contents. 
Sec. 10. Notification to tenants of availability of contents insurance. 
Sec. 11. Increase in annual limitation on premium increases. 
Sec. 12. Report regarding borrowing authority. 
Sec. 13. FEMA participation in State disaster claims mediation programs. 
Sec. 14. FEMA annual report on insurance program. 
Sec. 15. Flood insurance outreach. 
Sec. 16. Grants for direct funding of mitigation activities for individual repet-
itive claims properties. 
Sec. 17. Extension of pilot program for mitigation of severe repetitive loss prop-
erties. 
Sec. 18. Flood mitigation assistance program. 
Sec. 19. GAO study of methods to increase flood insurance program participa-
tion by low-income families. 
Sec. 20. Notice of availability of flood insurance and escrow in RESPA good 
faith estimate. 
Sec. 21. Reiteration of FEMA responsibilities under 2004 Reform Act. 
Sec. 22. Ongoing modernization of flood maps and elevation standards. 
Sec. 23. Notification and appeal of map changes; notification of establishment 
of flood elevations. 
Sec. 24. Clarification of replacement cost provisions, forms, and policy lan-
guage. 
Sec. 25. Authorization of additional FEMA staff. 
Sec. 26. Extension of deadline for filing proof of loss. 
Sec. 27. 5-year extension of program. 
Sec. 28. Report on inclusion of building codes in floodplain management cri-
teria. 
Sec. 29. Study of economic effects of charging actuarially-based premium rates 
for pre-firm structures. 
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(C) establishes programs for monitoring 
the impacts of global warming on wildlife popu-
lations and their habitats; and 
(D) establishes methods for assessing the 
effectiveness of conservation actions taken to 
assist wildlife populations in adapting to such 
impacts and for adapting such actions to re-
spond appropriately to new information or 
changing conditions. 
(c) INTENT OF CONGRESS.—It is the intent of Con-
gress that funding provided to Federal agencies and 
States pursuant to this subchapter supplement, and not 
replace, existing sources of funding for wildlife conserva-
tion. 
Subchapter C—State and Tribal Wildlife 
Grants Program 
SEC. 7461. STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.—There is author-
ized to be established a State and Tribal Wildlife Grants 
Program to be administered by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and to provide wildlife conservation grants to States 
and to the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the 
United States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, American Samoa, and federally recognized Indian 
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(b) BUDGET.—The board shall transmit a copy of the 
Corporation’s budget for the forthcoming fiscal year to the 
Secretary not less than 60 days before the beginning of 
each fiscal year, together with an explanation of any ex-
penditure provided for by the budget in excess of 
$5,000,000 for the fiscal year. The Corporation shall 
make a copy of the budget and the explanation available 
to the public and shall provide public access to the budget 
and explanation on the Corporation’s website. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Corpora-
tion shall submit an annual report for the preceding fiscal 
year to the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security for transmittal to Congress on or be-
fore the 15th day of May of each year. The report shall 
include— 
(1) a comprehensive and detailed report of the 
Corporation’s operations, activities, financial condi-
tion, and accomplishments under this Act; 
(2) a comprehensive and detailed inventory of 
amounts obligated or expended by the Corporation 
during the preceding fiscal year; 
(3) a detailed description of each in-kind con-
tribution, its fair market value, the individual or or-
ganization responsible for contributing, its specific
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3232 
AN ACT 
To establish a non-profit corporation to commu-
nicate United States entry policies and otherwise 
promote tourist, business, and scholarly travel to 
the United States.
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) during the 2-year period beginning on 
the date of enactment of this subparagraph, refi-
nance loans that are secured by a first mortgage 
on a primary residence of any family having an 
income at or below 80 percent of the median in-
come for the area.’’. 
TITLE VI—TAX-RELATED 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. ELECTION FOR 4-YEAR CARRYBACK OF CERTAIN 
NET OPERATING LOSSES AND TEMPORARY 
SUSPENSION OF 90 PERCENT AMT LIMIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) 4-YEAR CARRYBACK OF CERTAIN LOSSES.—
Subparagraph (H) of section 172(b)(1) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to years to which loss 
may be carried) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(H) ADDITIONAL CARRYBACK OF CERTAIN 
LOSSES.—
‘‘(i) TAXABLE YEARS ENDING DURING 
2001 AND 2002.—In the case of a net oper-
ating loss for any taxable year ending dur-
ing 2001 or 2002, subparagraph (A)(i) shall
to Church Street, Main Street from Jackson Street 
to end, Short Street from Cherry Street to Main 
Street, and Hillside Avenue in Edwardsville Bor-
ough, Luzerne County’’; 
(123) in item number 883 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Design, engineer-
ing, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of 
streetscaping enhancements, paving, lighting, park-
ing, roadway redesign, and safety improvements (in-
cluding curbing, stop signs, crosswalks, and pedes-
trian sidewalks) at and around the 3-way intersec-
tion involving Susquehanna Avenue, Erie Street, and 
Second Street in West Pittston, Luzerne County’’; 
(124) in item number 625 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Design, engineer-
ing, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of 
streetscaping enhancements, paving, lighting, safety 
improvements, parking, and roadway redesign on 
Sampson Street, Dunn Avenue, Powell Street, Jose-
phine Street, Pittston Avenue, Railroad Street, 
McClure Avenue, and Baker Street in Old Forge 
Borough, Lackawanna County’’; 
(125) in item number 372 by inserting ‘‘, re-
placement of the Nesbitt Street Bridge, and place-
ment of a guard rail adjacent to St. Vladimir’s Cem-
be applied by substituting ‘5’ for ‘2’ and 
subparagraph (F) shall not apply. 
‘‘(ii) TAXABLE YEARS ENDING DURING 
2008 AND 2009.—In the case of a net oper-
ating loss with respect to any eligible tax-
payer (within the meaning of section 
168(k)(4)) for any taxable year ending dur-
ing 2008 or 2009—
‘‘(I) subparagraph (A)(i) shall be 
applied by substituting ‘4’ for ‘2’, 
‘‘(II) subparagraph (E)(ii) shall 
be applied by substituting ‘3’ for ‘2’, 
and 
‘‘(III) subparagraph (F) shall not 
apply.’’. 
(2) TEMPORARY
SUSPENSION
OF
PERCENT 
LIMIT
ON
CERTAIN
NOL
CARRYBACKS
AND 
CARRYOVERS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 56(d) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to defini-
tion of alternative tax net operating loss deduc-
tion) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS.—For purposes 
of paragraph (1)(A), in the case of an eligible tax-
payer (within the meaning of section 168(k)(4)), the 
amount described in subclause (I) of paragraph 
(1)(A)(ii) shall be increased by the amount of the net 
operating loss deduction allowable for the taxable year 
under section 172 attributable to the sum of—
‘‘(A) carrybacks of net operating losses from 
taxable years ending during 2008 and 2009, and 
‘‘(B) carryovers of net operating losses to 
taxable years ending during 2008 or 2009.’’. 
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subclause 
(I) of section 56(d)(1)(A)(i) of such Code is 
amended by inserting ‘‘amount of such’’ before 
‘‘deduction described in clause (ii)(I)’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(A) NET OPERATING LOSSES.—The amend-
ments made by paragraph (1) shall apply to net 
operating losses arising in taxable years ending 
in 2008 or 2009. 
(B) SUSPENSION OF AMT LIMITATION.—The 
amendments made by paragraph (2) shall apply 
to taxable years ending after December 31, 1997. 
(4) ANTI-ABUSE
RULES.—The Secretary of 
Treasury or the Secretary’s designee shall prescribe 
such rules as are necessary to prevent the abuse of the 
purposes of the amendments made by this subsection,
etery on Mountain Road (S.R. 1007)’’ after ‘‘road-
way redesign’’; 
(126) in item number 2308 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Design, engineer-
ing, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of 
streetscaping enhancements, paving, lighting, safety 
improvements, parking, and roadway redesign, in-
cluding a project to establish emergency access to 
Catherino Drive from South Valley Avenue in 
Throop Borough, Lackawanna County’’; 
(127) in item number 967 by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Design, engineer-
ing, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of 
streetscaping enhancements, paving, lighting, safety 
improvements, parking, roadway redesign, and catch 
basin restoration and replacement on Cherry Street, 
Willow Street, Eno Street, Flat Road, Krispin 
Street, Parrish Street, Carver Street, Church Street, 
Franklin Street, Carolina Street, East Main Street, 
and Rear Shawnee Avenue in Plymouth Borough, 
Luzerne County’’; 
(128) in item number 989 by inserting ‘‘on Old 
Ashley Road, Ashley Street, Phillips Street, First 
Street, Ferry Road, and Division Street’’ after 
‘‘roadway redesign’’;
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title, in the case of any area that previously was not des-
ignated as an area having special flood hazards because 
the area was protected by a flood protection system and 
that, pursuant to remapping under section 1360(k), be-
comes designated as such an area as a result of the decer-
tification of such flood protection system, during the 5- 
year period that begins upon the initial such designation 
of the area, the chargeable premium rate for flood insur-
ance under this title with respect to any property that is 
located within such area shall be equal to 50 percent of 
the chargeable risk premium rate otherwise applicable 
under this title to the property.’’. 
(f) PHASE-IN OF FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR 
LOW-COST PROPERTIES.—Section 1308 of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015), as amend-
ed by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘and sub-
section (h)’’ before the first comma; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(h) 5-YEAR PHASE-IN OF PREMIUMS FOR NEWLY 
COVERED LOW-COST PROPERTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any area not 
previously designated as an area having special flood 
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hazards that becomes designated as such an area as 
a result of remapping pursuant to section 1360(k), 
during the 5-year period that begins upon the initial 
such designation of the area, the chargeable pre-
mium rate for flood insurance under this title with 
respect to any low-cost property that is located with-
in such area shall be— 
‘‘(A) for the first year of such 5-year pe-
riod, 20 percent of the chargeable risk premium 
rate otherwise applicable under this title to the 
property; 
‘‘(B) for the second year of such 5-year pe-
riod, 40 percent of the chargeable risk premium 
rate otherwise applicable under this title to the 
property; 
‘‘(C) for the third year of such 5-year pe-
riod, 60 percent of the chargeable risk premium 
rate otherwise applicable under this title to the 
property; 
‘‘(D) for the fourth year of such 5-year pe-
riod, 80 percent of the chargeable risk premium 
rate otherwise applicable under this title to the 
property; and 
‘‘(E) for the fifth year of such 5-year pe-
riod, 100 percent of the chargeable risk pre-
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IV 
House Calendar No. 114 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 563 
[Report No. 112–404] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2117) to prohibit the Department 
of Education from overreaching into academic affairs and program eligi-
bility under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2012 
Ms. FOXX, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; 
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2117) to pro-
hibit the Department of Education from overreaching 
into academic affairs and program eligibility under title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 2117) to prohibit the Department 
of Education from overreaching into academic affairs and 
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including anti-stuffing rules, anti-churning rules (in-
cluding rules relating to sale-leasebacks), and rules 
similar to the rules under section 1091 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 relating to losses from wash 
sales. 
(b) ELECTION AMONG STIMULUS INCENTIVES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—
(A) BONUS DEPRECIATION.—Section 168(k) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 
special allowance for certain property acquired 
after December 31, 2007, and before January 1, 
2009), as amended by the Economic Stimulus 
Act of 2008, is amended—
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting 
‘‘placed in service by an eligible taxpayer’’ 
after ‘‘any qualified property’’, and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE TAXPAYER.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—At such time and in 
such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe, 
each taxpayer may elect to be an eligible tax-
payer with respect to 1 (and only 1) of the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(D) the increased efficient use of existing 
water sources in interior or exterior applica-
tions.’’. 
SEC. 182. FINANCING FLEXIBILITY. 
Section 801(a)(2) of the National Energy Conserva-
tion Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287(a)(2)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) SEPARATE CONTRACTS.—In carrying out a con-
tract under this title, a Federal agency may— 
‘‘(i) enter into a separate contract for energy 
services and conservation measures under the con-
tract; and 
‘‘(ii) provide all or part of the financing nec-
essary to carry out the contract.’’. 
SEC. 183. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS; RE-
PORTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS.—Sec-
tion 801(a)(2)(D) of the National Energy Conservation 
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287(a)(2)(D)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon at the end; 
(2) by striking clause (iii); and 
(3) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (iii). 
(b) REPORTS.—Section 548(a)(2) of the National 
Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8258(a)(2))) 
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tribes for the planning, development, and implementation 
of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, 
including species that are not hunted or fished. 
(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made avail-
able to carry out this section for each fiscal year— 
(A) 10 percent shall be for a competitive 
grant program for Indian tribes that are not 
subject to the remaining provisions of this sec-
tion; 
(B) of the amounts remaining after the ap-
plication of subparagraph (A), and after the de-
duction of the Secretary’s administrative ex-
penses to carry out this section— 
(i) not more than one-half of 1 per-
cent shall be allocated to each of the Dis-
trict of Columbia and to the Common 
wealth of Puerto Rico; and 
(ii) not more than one-fourth of 1 per-
cent shall be allocated to each of Guam, 
American Samoa, the United States Virgin 
Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands; and 
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(C) of the amount remaining after the ap-
plication of subparagraphs (B) and (C), the sec-
retary shall apportion among the States— 
(i) one-third based on the ratio that 
the land area of each State bears to the 
total land area of all States; and 
(ii) two-thirds based on the ratio that 
the population of each State bears to the 
total population of all States. 
(2) ADJUSTMENTS.—The amounts apportioned 
under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) for a fis-
cal year shall be adjusted equitably so that no State 
is apportioned under such subparagraph a sum that 
is— 
(A) less than 1 percent of the amount 
available for apportionment under that subpara-
graph that fiscal year; or 
(B) more than 5 percent of such amount. 
(c) COST SHARING.— 
(1) PLAN DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.—The Fed-
eral share of the costs of developing or revising a 
comprehensive wildlife conservation plan shall not 
exceed 75 percent of the total costs of developing or 
revising such plan. 
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IV 
House Calendar No. 115 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 566 
[Report No. 112–405] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1837) to address certain water- 
related concerns on the San Joaquin River, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2012 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 
resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1837) to address 
certain water-related concerns on the San Joaquin River, 
and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 1837) to address certain water-re-
lated concerns on the San Joaquin River, and for other 
purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed 
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•HR 3221 EAH2 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1723a(m), (n)), with subsection (e) or 
(f) of section 307 of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1456(e), (f)), or with 
paragraph (5) of section 10(j) of the Federal Home 
Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1430(j)). 
‘‘(b) ISSUANCE FOR UNSATISFACTORY RATING.—If a 
regulated entity receives, in its most recent report of exam-
ination, a less-than-satisfactory rating for asset quality, 
management, earnings, or liquidity, the Director may (if 
the deficiency is not corrected) deem the regulated entity 
to be engaging in an unsafe or unsound practice for pur-
poses of subsection (a).’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘, unless the 
party served with a notice of charges shall ap-
pear at the hearing personally or by a duly au-
thorized representative, the party shall be deemed 
to have consented to the issuance of the cease and 
desist order’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or director’’ and in-
serting ‘‘director, or entity-affiliated party’’; 
and
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of Finance, or prohibited from participating in the 
conduct of the affairs of a regulated entity or the Of-
fice of Finance, may not, while such order is in effect, 
continue or commence to hold any office in, or par-
ticipate in any manner in the conduct of the affairs 
of, any regulated entity or the Office of Finance. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION IF DIRECTOR PROVIDES WRIT-
TEN CONSENT.—If, on or after the date on which an 
order is issued under this section which removes or 
suspends from office any party, or prohibits such 
party from participating in the conduct of the affairs 
of a regulated entity or the Office of Finance, such 
party receives the written consent of the Director, the 
order shall, to the extent of such consent, cease to 
apply to such party with respect to the regulated enti-
ty or such Office of Finance described in the written 
consent. Any such consent shall be publicly disclosed. 
‘‘(3) VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH (1) TREATED AS 
VIOLATION OF ORDER.—Any violation of paragraph 
(1) by any person who is subject to an order issued 
under subsection (h) shall be treated as a violation of 
the order. 
‘‘(f) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall only apply to 
a person who is an individual, unless the Director specifi-
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nually by the President of the United States, and 
the remainder of whom’’ and inserting ‘‘13 per-
sons, or such other number that the Director de-
termines appropriate, who’’; 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘ap-
pointed by the President’’; 
(C) in the third sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘appointed or’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘, except that any such 
appointed member may be removed from of-
fice by the President for good cause’’; 
(D) in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘elec-
tive’’; and 
(E) by striking the fifth sentence. 
(2) TRANSITIONAL PROVISION.—The amendments 
made by paragraph (1) shall not apply to any ap-
pointed position of the board of directors of the Fed-
eral National Mortgage Association until the expira-
tion of the annual term for such position during 
which the effective date under section 1163 occurs. 
(b) FREDDIE MAC.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(a)(2) of the Fed-
eral Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 
U.S.C. 1452(a)(2)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)—