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(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to au-
thorizations for military construction projects, land acqui-
sition, family housing projects and facilities, and contribu-
tions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security
Investment Program (and authorizations of appropriations
therefor), for which appropriated funds have been obligated
before the later of—
(1) October 1, 2010; or
(2) the date of the enactment of an Act author-
izing funds for fiscal year 2011 for military construc-
tion projects, land acquisition, family housing
projects and facilities, or contributions to the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment
Program.
Subtitle B—Military Construction
Program and Military Family
Housing Changes
SEC. 2811. GENERAL MILITARY CONSTRUCTION TRANSFER
AUTHORITY.
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.—
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon a determination by the
Secretary of a military department, or with respect
to the Defense Agencies, the Secretary of Defense, that
such action is necessary in the national interest, the
Secretary concerned may transfer amounts of author-
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izations made available to that military department
or Defense Agency in this division for fiscal year
2008 between any such authorizations for that mili-
tary department or Defense Agency for that fiscal
year. Amounts of authorizations so transferred shall
be merged with and be available for the same pur-
poses as the authorization to which transferred.
(2) AGGREGATE LIMIT.—The aggregate amount
of authorizations that the Secretaries concerned may
transfer under the authority of this section may not
exceed $200,000,000.
(b) LIMITATION.—The authority provided by this sec-
tion to transfer authorizations may only be used to fund
increases in the cost or scope of military construction
projects that have been authorized by law.
(c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A trans-
fer made from one account to another under the authority
of this section shall be deemed to increase the amount au-
thorized for the account to which the amount is transferred
by an amount equal to the amount transferred.
(d) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary concerned
shall promptly notify Congress of each transfer made by
that Secretary under subsection (a).
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SEC. 2812. MODIFICATIONS OF AUTHORITY TO LEASE MILI-
TARY FAMILY HOUSING.
(a) INCREASED MAXIMUM LEASE AMOUNT APPLICA-
BLE
TO CERTAIN DOMESTIC ARMY FAMILY HOUSING
LEASES.—Subsection (b) of section 2828 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘paragraphs
(3) and (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3), (4), and
(7)’’;
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘paragraphs
(2) and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), and
(7)’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(7)(A) Not more than 600 housing units may be
leased by the Secretary of the Army under subsection (a)
for which the expenditure for the rental of such units (in-
cluding the cost of utilities, maintenance, and operation)
exceeds the maximum amount per unit per year in effect
under paragraph (2) but does not exceed $18,620 per unit
per year, as adjusted from time to time under paragraph
(5).
‘‘(B) The maximum lease amount provided in sub-
paragraph (A) shall apply only to Army family housing
in areas designated by the Secretary of the Army.
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4400 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on diiodomethyl-p-tolylsulfone. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2007 
Mr. BURTON of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on diiodomethyl- 
p-tolylsulfone. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DIIODOMETHYL-P-TOLYLSULFONE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.32.90 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
diiodomethyl-p-tolylsulfone) is amended by striking the 
date in the effective period column and inserting ‘‘12/31/ 
2011’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
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warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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‘‘(iv) If the Secretary determines that 
such a supplemental application regarding 
the U.S. label drug would be approved, the 
Secretary shall— 
‘‘(I) vacate the order under 
clause (ii), if any; 
‘‘(II) consider the difference to 
be a variation provided for in the ap-
proved application for the U.S. label 
drug; 
‘‘(III) permit importation of the 
qualifying drug under subsection (a); 
and 
‘‘(IV) promptly notify registered 
exporters, registered importers, the 
Federal Trade Commission, and the 
State attorneys general of the deter-
mination. 
‘‘(D) NOTICE; DRUG DIFFERENCE NOT RE-
QUIRING PRIOR APPROVAL.—In the case of a 
notice under subparagraph (B)(i) that includes 
a 
difference 
that 
would, 
under 
section 
506A(d)(3)(B)(ii), not require the approval of a 
supplemental application before the difference 
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‘‘(C) The term of a lease under subparagraph (A) may
not exceed 2 years.’’.
(b) INCREASED MAXIMUM LEASE AMOUNT APPLICA-
BLE TO FOREIGN MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING LEASES.—
Subsection (e) of such section is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) 
by 
striking 
‘‘(1)’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘(1)(A)’’;
(B) by striking the second sentence; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(B)(i) Subject to clause (ii), the maximum lease
amounts in subparagraph (A) may be waived and increased
up to a maximum of $100,000 per unit per year.
‘‘(ii) The Secretary concerned may not exercise the
waiver authority under clause (i) until the Secretary has
notified the congressional defense committees of such pro-
posed waiver and the reasons therefor and a period of 21
days has elapsed or, if over sooner, 14 days after such notice
is provided in an electronic medium pursuant to section
480 of this title.’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Secretary
of the Navy may lease not more than 2,800 units of
family housing in Italy, and the Secretary of the
Army may lease not more than 500 units of family
could be made to the U.S. label drug the fol-
lowing shall occur: 
‘‘(i) During the period in which the 
notice is being reviewed by the Secretary, 
the authority under this subsection to im-
port the qualifying drug involved continues 
in effect. 
‘‘(ii) If the Secretary determines that 
such a supplemental application regarding 
the U.S. label drug would not be approved, 
the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(I) order that the importation of 
the qualifying drug involved from the 
permitted country cease; 
‘‘(II) notify the permitted coun-
try that approved the qualifying drug 
for commercial distribution of the de-
termination; and 
‘‘(III) promptly notify registered 
exporters, registered importers, the 
Federal Trade Commission, and the 
State attorneys general of the deter-
mination. 
‘‘(iii) If the Secretary determines that 
such a supplemental application regarding 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Let Our Veterans Rest 
in Peace Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION. 
The Congress finds and declares that— 
(1) every cemetery should do all it can to pro-
tect each grave marker, headstone, monument, or 
other object, intended to permanently mark a grave; 
(2) every citizen of the United States should be 
watchful and mindful of desecrations of any 
gravesite and report any such suspected behavior to 
local, State, or Federal law enforcement authorities; 
and 
(3) all citizens, including veterans, have earned 
the right to rest in peace. 
SEC. 3. DIRECTION TO THE SENTENCING COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to its authority under 
section 994 of title 28, United States Code, the United 
States Sentencing Commission shall review and, if appro-
priate, amend the Federal sentencing guidelines and policy 
statements to ensure the guidelines and policy statements 
provide adequate sentencing enhancements for any offense 
involving the desecration, theft, or trafficking in, a grave 
marker, headstone, monument, or other object, intended 
to permanently mark a veteran’s grave.
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‘‘(B) Funding provided to States under paragraph 
(2) for each fiscal year shall not exceed one-half of the 
excess of funding under this subsection over $5,000,000 
for the fiscal year.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 303 of the Energy Con-
servation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6832) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(17) The term ‘IECC’ means the International 
Energy Conservation Code.’’. 
SEC. 9032. ENERGY CODE IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO 
MANUFACTURED HOUSING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy 
shall by regulation establish standards for energy effi-
ciency in manufactured housing. Such standards shall be 
established after notice and an opportunity for comment 
by manufacturers of manufactured housing and other in-
terested parties, and after consultation with the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development who may seek further 
counsel from the Manufactured Housing Consensus Com-
mittee. 
(b) CERTAIN
REQUIREMENTS.—The regulations 
under subsection (a) shall be in accordance with the fol-
lowing: 
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(1) The energy conservation standards estab-
lished under this subsection shall be based on the 
most recent version of the International Energy 
Conservation Code (including supplements) except 
where the Secretary finds that such code is not cost- 
effective, or a more stringent standard would be 
more cost-effective, based on total life-cycle con-
struction and operating costs. 
(2) The energy conservation standards estab-
lished under this subsection may— 
(A) take into consideration the design and 
factory construction techniques of manufac-
tured homes; 
(B) be based on the climate zones estab-
lished by the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development rather than those under 
the International Energy Conservation Code; 
and 
(C) provide for alternative practices that 
result in net estimated energy consumption 
equal to or less than the specified standards. 
(3) The energy conservation standards estab-
lished under this subsection shall be updated within 
one year after the date of enactment of this Act and 
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within one year after any revision to the Inter-
national Energy Conservation Code. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT.—Any manufacturer of manufac-
tured housing that violates a provision of the regulations 
under subsection (a) is liable to the United States for a 
civil penalty in an amount not exceeding 1 percent of the 
manufacturer’s retail list price of the manufactured hous-
ing. 
SEC. 9033. BASELINE BUILDING DESIGNS. 
Section 327(f)(3)(D) of the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6297(f)(3)(D)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(D) If the code uses one or more baseline 
building designs against which all submitted building 
designs are to be evaluated and such baseline build-
ing designs contain a covered product subject to an 
energy conservation standard established in or pre-
scribed under section 325, the baseline building de-
signs are based on the efficiency level for such cov-
ered product which— 
‘‘(i) meets but does not exceed such stand-
ard; 
‘‘(ii) is the efficiency level required by a 
regulation of that State for which the Secretary 
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(8) LIFE-CYCLE.—The term ‘‘life-cycle’’, with 
respect to a high-performance green building, means 
all stages of the useful life of the building (including 
components, equipment, systems, and controls of the 
building) beginning at conception of a high-perform-
ance green building project and continuing through 
site selection, design, construction, landscaping, 
commissioning, operation, maintenance, renovation, 
deconstruction or demolition, removal, and recycling 
of the high-performance green building. 
(9) LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT.—The term ‘‘life- 
cycle assessment’’ means a comprehensive system 
approach for measuring the environmental perform-
ance of a product or service over the life of the prod-
uct or service, beginning at raw materials acquisition 
and continuing through manufacturing, transpor-
tation, installation, use, reuse, and end-of-life waste 
management. 
(10) LIFE-CYCLE
COSTING.—The term ‘‘life- 
cycle costing’’, with respect to a high-performance 
green building, means a technique of economic eval-
uation that— 
(A) sums, over a given study period, the 
costs of initial investment (less resale value), re-
placements, operations (including energy use), 
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and maintenance and repair of an investment 
decision; and 
(B) is expressed— 
(i) in present value terms, in the case 
of a study period equivalent to the longest 
useful life of the building, determined by 
taking into consideration the typical life of 
such a building in the area in which the 
building is to be located; or 
(ii) in annual value terms, in the case 
of any other study period. 
(11) OFFICE OF COMMERCIAL HIGH-PERFORM-
ANCE
GREEN
BUILDINGS.—The term ‘‘Office of 
Commercial High-Performance Green Buildings’’ re-
fers to the office established under section 9043(a). 
(12) OFFICE OF FEDERAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE 
GREEN BUILDINGS.—The term ‘‘Office of Federal 
High-Performance Green Buildings’’ refers to the 
Office established undersection 9042(a). 
(13) PRACTICES.—The term ‘‘practices’’ means 
design, financing, permitting, construction, commis-
sioning, operation and maintenance, and other prac-
tices that contribute to achieving zero-net-energy 
buildings or facilities. 
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(14) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Energy. 
(15) ZERO-NET-ENERGY
COMMERCIAL
BUILD-
ING.—The term ‘‘zero-net-energy commercial build-
ing’’ means a commercial building that is designed, 
constructed, and operated to— 
(A) require a greatly reduced quantity of 
energy to operate; 
(B) meet the balance of energy needs from 
sources of energy that do not produce green-
house gases; 
(C) therefore result in no net emissions of 
greenhouse gases; and 
(D) be economically viable. 
SEC. 9042. HIGH-PERFORMANCE GREEN FEDERAL BUILD-
INGS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall establish within the General Services Adminis-
tration an Office of Federal High-Performance Green 
Buildings, and appoint an individual to serve as Federal 
Director in, a position in the career-reserved Senior Exec-
utive service, to— 
(1) establish and manage the Office of Com-
mercial High-Performance Green Buildings; and 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3480 
To direct the United States Sentencing Commission to assure appropriate 
enhancements of those involved in receiving stolen property where that 
property consists of grave markers of veterans, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2007 
Mr. CARNEY
(for himself, Mr. PETERSON
of Pennsylvania, and Mr. 
MCDERMOTT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the United States Sentencing Commission to assure 
appropriate enhancements of those involved in receiving 
stolen property where that property consists of grave 
markers of veterans, 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 ‘‘Let Our Veterans Rest 
in Peace Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION. 
The Congress finds and declares that— 
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section (c)(4) (relating to election of alter-
native incremental credit) is in effect, the 
average described in subsection (c)(1)(B) 
for the taxable year, and 
‘‘(iii) in the case of a taxable year 
with respect to which an election under 
subsection (c)(5) (relating to election of al-
ternative simplified credit) is in effect, the 
average qualified research expenses for the 
3 taxable years preceding the taxable 
year.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (D) 
of section 45C(b)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2008’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after 
December 31, 2007. 
SEC. 222. INDIAN EMPLOYMENT CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (f) of section 45A is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2008’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2007. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3481 
To expand family and medical leave in support of servicemembers with 
combat-related injuries. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2007 
Ms. WOOLSEY (for herself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, and Mr. FIL-
NER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight 
and Government Reform and House Administration, 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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To expand family and medical leave in support of 
servicemembers with combat-related injuries. 
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 ‘‘Support for Injured 
Servicemembers Act’’. 
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(2) carry out other duties as required under 
this part. 
(b) COMPENSATION.—The compensation of the Fed-
eral Director shall not exceed the maximum rate of basic 
pay for the Senior Executive Service under section 5382 
of title 5, United States Code, including any applicable 
locality-based comparability payment that may be author-
ized under section 5304(h)(2)(C) of that title. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Federal Director shall— 
(1) coordinate the activities of the Office of 
Federal High-Performance Green Buildings with the 
activities of the Office of Commercial High-Perform-
ance Green Buildings; 
(2) ensure full coordination of high-performance 
green building information and activities within the 
General Services Administration and all relevant 
agencies, including, at a minimum— 
(A) the Environmental Protection Agency; 
(B) the Office of the Federal Environ-
mental Executive; 
(C) the Office of Federal Procurement Pol-
icy; 
(D) the Department of Energy; 
(E) the Department of Health and Human 
Services; and 
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housing in Italy’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretaries of
the military departments may lease not more than
3,300 units of family housing in Italy’’; and
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘$35,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘$35,050’’.
(c) INCREASED THRESHOLD FOR CONGRESSIONAL NO-
TIFICATION
FOR FOREIGN MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING
LEASES.—Subsection (f) of such section is amended by
striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000’’.
SEC. 2813. INCREASE IN THRESHOLDS FOR UNSPECIFIED
MINOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
(a) INCREASE.—Section 2805(a)(1) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$2,500,000’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$4,000,000’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2007.
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SEC. 2814. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY,
LIMITED AUTHORITY TO USE OPERATION
AND MAINTENANCE FUNDS FOR CONSTRUC-
TION 
PROJECTS 
OUTSIDE 
THE 
UNITED
STATES.
Section 2808 of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (division B of Public Law
108–136; 117 Stat. 1723), as amended by section 2810 of
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2005 (division B of Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2128),
section 2809 of the Military Construction Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2006 (division B of Public Law 109–163;
119 Stat. 3508), and section 2802 of the Military Construc-
tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (division B
of Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2466), is further
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2008’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1) The
total’’ and inserting ‘‘The total’’; and
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3).
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SEC. 2815. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT REVITAL-
IZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LAB-
ORATORIES THROUGH UNSPECIFIED MINOR
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
(a) LABORATORY REVITALIZATION.—For the revital-
ization and recapitalization of laboratories owned by the
United States and under the jurisdiction of the Secretary
concerned, the Secretary concerned may obligate and
expend—
(1) from appropriations available to the Sec-
retary concerned for operation and maintenance,
amounts necessary to carry out an unspecified minor
military construction project costing not more than
$1,000,000; or
(2) from appropriations available to the Sec-
retary concerned for military construction not other-
wise authorized by law, amounts necessary to carry
out an unspecified minor military construction
project costing not more than $2,500,000.
(b) FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION APPLICABLE TO INDI-
VIDUAL LABORATORIES.—For purposes of this section, the
total amount allowed to be applied in any one fiscal year
to projects at any one laboratory shall be limited to the
larger of the amounts applicable under subsection (a).
(c) LABORATORY DEFINED.—In this section, the term
‘‘laboratory’’ includes—