datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
‘‘(ii) the compensation involved rep-
resents a reasonable payment for services 
rendered. 
‘‘(3) CERTAIN PAYMENTS PROHIBITED.—No reg-
ulated entity may prepay the salary or any liability 
or legal expense of any affiliated party if such pay-
ment is made— 
‘‘(A) in contemplation of the insolvency of 
such regulated entity, or after the commission of 
an act of insolvency; and 
‘‘(B) with a view to, or having the result 
of— 
‘‘(i) preventing the proper application 
of the assets of the regulated entity to credi-
tors; or 
‘‘(ii) preferring one creditor over an-
other. 
‘‘(4) GOLDEN PARACHUTE PAYMENT DEFINED.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of this 
subsection, the term ‘golden parachute payment’ 
means any payment (or any agreement to make 
any payment) in the nature of compensation by 
any regulated entity for the benefit of any affili-
ated party pursuant to an obligation of such reg-
ulated entity that—
screening program supported with Federal funds, 
and need treatment for prostate cancer; 
‘‘(4) are in families whose income does not ex-
ceed 250 percent of the income official poverty line 
(as defined by the Office of Management and Budg-
et, and revised annually in accordance with section 
673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1981) applicable to a family of the size involved; and 
‘‘(5) are not otherwise covered under creditable 
coverage, as defined in section 2701(c) of the Public 
Health Service Act (45 U.S.C. 300gg(c)).’’. 
(3) 
LIMITATION
ON
BENEFITS.—Section 
1902(a)(10) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)) 
is amended in the matter following subparagraph 
(G)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and (XIV)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(XIV)’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, and (XV) the medical 
assistance made available to an individual de-
scribed in subsection (aa) who is eligible for 
medical assistance only because of subpara-
graph (A)(10)(ii)(XX) shall be limited to med-
ical assistance provided during the period in 
which such an individual requires treatment for 
prostate cancer’’ before the semicolon. 
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‘‘(B) the amount of proceeds realized from 
the performance of contracts or sale of the assets 
of the regulated entity. 
‘‘(f) LIMITATION ON COURT ACTION.—Except as pro-
vided in this section or at the request of the Director, no 
court may take any action to restrain or affect the exercise 
of powers or functions of the Agency as a conservator or 
a receiver. 
‘‘(g) LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A director or officer of a reg-
ulated entity may be held personally liable for mone-
tary damages in any civil action by, on behalf of, or 
at the request or direction of the Agency, which action 
is prosecuted wholly or partially for the benefit of the 
Agency— 
‘‘(A) acting as conservator or receiver of 
such regulated entity, or 
‘‘(B) acting based upon a suit, claim, or 
cause of action purchased from, assigned by, or 
otherwise conveyed by such receiver or conser-
vator, 
for gross negligence, including any similar conduct or 
conduct that demonstrates a greater disregard of a 
duty of care (than gross negligence) including inten-
108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 255
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant
an easement to facilitate access to the Lewis and
Clark Interpretative Center in Nebraska City,
Nebraska.
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‘‘SEC. 1311. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FEDERAL HOUSING FI-
NANCE AGENCY. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Fed-
eral Housing Finance Agency, which shall be an inde-
pendent agency of the Federal Government. 
‘‘(b) GENERAL SUPERVISORY AND REGULATORY AU-
THORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each regulated entity shall, 
to the extent provided in this title, be subject to the 
supervision and regulation of the Agency. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY OVER FANNIE MAE, FREDDIE 
MAC, THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS, AND THE OF-
FICE OF FINANCE.—The Director shall have general 
regulatory authority over each regulated entity and 
the Office of Finance, and shall exercise such general 
regulatory authority, including such duties and au-
thorities set forth under section 1313, to ensure that 
the purposes of this Act, the authorizing statutes, and 
any other applicable law are carried out. 
‘‘(c) SAVINGS PROVISION.—The authority of the Direc-
tor to take actions under subtitles B and C shall not in 
any way limit the general supervisory and regulatory au-
thority granted to the Director under subsection (b).
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‘‘SEC. 1312. DIRECTOR. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITION.—There is estab-
lished the position of the Director of the Agency, who shall 
be the head of the Agency. 
‘‘(b) APPOINTMENT; TERM.— 
‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Director shall be ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, from among individuals who 
are citizens of the United States, have a demonstrated 
understanding of financial management or oversight, 
and have a demonstrated understanding of capital 
markets, including the mortgage securities markets 
and housing finance. 
‘‘(2) TERM.—The Director shall be appointed for 
a term of 5 years, unless removed before the end of 
such term for cause by the President. 
‘‘(3) VACANCY.—A vacancy in the position of Di-
rector that occurs before the expiration of the term for 
which a Director was appointed shall be filled in the 
manner established under paragraph (1), and the Di-
rector appointed to fill such vacancy shall be ap-
pointed only for the remainder of such term. 
‘‘(4) SERVICE AFTER END OF TERM.—An indi-
vidual may serve as the Director after the expiration 
of the term for which appointed until a successor has 
been appointed.
(4) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
1905(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396d(a)) is amended in the matter preceding para-
graph (1)— 
(A) in clause (xii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (xiii), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; and 
(C) by inserting after clause (xiii) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(xiv) 
individuals 
described 
in 
section 
1902(dd),’’. 
(b) PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title XIX of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) is amended by 
inserting after section 1920B the following: 
‘‘PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN PROSTATE 
CANCER PATIENTS 
‘‘SEC. 1920C. (a) STATE OPTION.—A State plan ap-
proved under section 1902 may provide for making med-
ical assistance available to an individual described in sec-
tion 1902(dd) (relating to certain prostate cancer pa-
tients) during a presumptive eligibility period. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY PERIOD.—The 
term ‘presumptive eligibility period’ means, with re-
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‘‘(5) 
TRANSITIONAL
PROVISION.—Notwith-
standing paragraphs (1) and (2), during the period 
beginning on the effective date of the Federal Housing 
Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008, and ending 
on the date on which the Director is appointed and 
confirmed, the person serving as the Director of the 
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development on 
that effective date shall act for all purposes as, and 
with the full powers of, the Director. 
‘‘(c) DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF ENTER-
PRISE REGULATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Agency shall have a 
Deputy Director of the Division of Enterprise Regula-
tion, who shall be designated by the Director from 
among individuals who are citizens of the United 
States, have a demonstrated understanding of finan-
cial management or oversight, and have a dem-
onstrated understanding of mortgage securities mar-
kets and housing finance. 
‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The Deputy Director of the 
Division of Enterprise Regulation shall have such 
functions, powers, and duties with respect to the over-
sight of the enterprises as the Director shall prescribe.
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made, any amount remains from such assessment, 
such remaining amount shall be deducted from the as-
sessment for such regulated entity for the following 
semiannual period.’’; 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘If’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Except with respect to amounts collected pursu-
ant to subsection (a)(3), if’’; and 
(5) by striking subsections (e) through (g) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(e) WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—At the end of each 
year for which an assessment under this section is made, 
the Director shall remit to each regulated entity any 
amount of assessment collected from such regulated entity 
that is attributable to subsection (a)(3) and is in excess of 
the amount the Director deems necessary to maintain a 
working capital fund. 
‘‘(f) TREATMENT OF ASSESSMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) DEPOSIT.—Amounts received by the Direc-
tor from assessments under this section may be depos-
ited by the Director in the manner provided in sec-
tion 5234 of the Revised Statutes of the United States 
(12 U.S.C. 192) for monies deposited by the Comp-
troller of the Currency. 
‘‘(2) NOT GOVERNMENT FUNDS.—The amounts 
received by the Director from any assessment under
spect to an individual described in subsection (a), 
the period that— 
‘‘(A) begins with the date on which a 
qualified entity determines, on the basis of pre-
liminary information, that the individual is de-
scribed in section 1902(dd); and 
‘‘(B) ends with (and includes) the earlier 
of— 
‘‘(i) the day on which a determination 
is made with respect to the eligibility of 
such individual for services under the State 
plan; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of such an individual 
who does not file an application by the last 
day of the month following the month dur-
ing which the entity makes the determina-
tion referred to in subparagraph (A), such 
last day. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED ENTITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the term ‘qualified entity’ means 
any entity that— 
‘‘(i) is eligible for payments under a 
State plan approved under this title; and 
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(b) REPORTING.—Subsection (d) of section 6049 (re-
lating to returns regarding payments of interest) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(9) REPORTING
OF
CREDIT
ON
QUALIFIED 
TAX CREDIT BONDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of sub-
section (a), the term ‘interest’ includes amounts 
includible in gross income under section 54A 
and such amounts shall be treated as paid on 
the credit allowance date (as defined in section 
54A(e)(1)). 
‘‘(B) 
REPORTING
TO
CORPORATIONS, 
ETC.—Except as otherwise provided in regula-
tions, in the case of any interest described in 
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, subsection 
(b)(4) of this section shall be applied without 
regard to subparagraphs (A), (H), (I), (J), (K), 
and (L)(i). 
‘‘(C) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The Sec-
retary may prescribe such regulations as are 
necessary or appropriate to carry out the pur-
poses of this paragraph, including regulations 
which require more frequent or more detailed 
reporting.’’. 
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(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Sections 54(c)(2) and 1400N(l)(3)(B) are 
each amended by striking ‘‘subpart C’’ and inserting 
‘‘subparts C and I’’. 
(2) Section 1397E(c)(2) is amended by striking 
‘‘subpart H’’ and inserting ‘‘subparts H and I’’. 
(3) Section 6401(b)(1) is amended by striking 
‘‘and H’’ and inserting ‘‘H, and I’’. 
(4) The heading of subpart H of part IV of 
subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking 
‘‘Certain Bonds’’ and inserting ‘‘Clean Re-
newable Energy Bonds’’. 
(5) The table of subparts for part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the 
item relating to subpart H and inserting the fol-
lowing new items: 
‘‘SUBPART H. NONREFUNDABLE CREDIT TO HOLDERS OF CLEAN RENEWABLE 
ENERGY BONDS. 
‘‘SUBPART I. QUALIFIED TAX CREDIT BONDS.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to obligations issued after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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this section shall not be construed to be Government 
or public funds or appropriated money. 
‘‘(3) NO APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the amounts re-
ceived by the Director from any assessment under this 
section shall not be subject to apportionment for the 
purpose of chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code, 
or under any other authority. 
‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—The Director may use any 
amounts received by the Director from assessments 
under this section for compensation of the Director 
and other employees of the Agency and for all other 
expenses of the Director and the Agency. 
‘‘(5) 
AVAILABILITY
OF
OVERSIGHT
FUND 
AMOUNTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any amounts remaining in the Federal Housing 
Enterprises Oversight Fund established under this 
section (as in effect before the effective date of the Fed-
eral Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 
2008, and any amounts remaining from assessments 
on the Federal Home Loan Banks pursuant to section 
18(b) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 
1438(b)), shall, upon such effective date, be treated for 
purposes of this subsection as amounts received from 
assessments under this section.
(6) authorize the chair of the Committee to es-
tablish subcommittees as appropriate to best enable 
the Interagency Committee to carry out its func-
tions; and 
(7) submit to the Congress an annual report 
on— 
(A) the progress and efforts to improve the 
suspension and debarment system; 
(B) member agencies’ active participation 
in the committee’s work; and 
(C) a summary of each agency’s activities 
and accomplishments in the Governmentwide 
debarment system. 
(b) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘Interagency Committee 
on Debarment and Suspension’’ means such committee 
constituted under sections 4 and 5 and of Executive Order 
12549. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF INDEPENDENT AGENCIES. 
Any agency, commission, or organization of the Fed-
eral Government to which Executive Order 12549 does not 
apply is authorized to participate in the Governmentwide 
suspension and debarment system and may recognize the 
suspension or debarment issued by an executive branch 
agency in its own procurement or assistance activities.
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Ad-
ministrator of General Services such funds as may be nec-
essary to establish the database described in section 2. 
SEC. 8. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall submit to Congress a re-
port. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report shall con-
tain the following: 
(1) A list of all databases that include informa-
tion about Federal contracting and Federal grants. 
(2) Recommendations for further legislation or 
administrative action that the Administrator con-
siders appropriate to create a centralized, com-
prehensive Federal contracting and Federal grant 
database. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 23, 2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3033 
AN ACT 
To improve Federal agency awards and oversight of 
contracts and assistance and to strengthen ac-
countability of the Government-wide suspension 
and debarment system.
816 
SEC. 10005. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF SPECIAL 
RULE TO IMPLEMENT FERC AND STATE 
ELECTRIC RESTRUCTURING POLICY. 
(a) EXTENSION FOR QUALIFIED ELECTRIC UTILI-
TIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 
451(i) (relating to special rule for sales or disposi-
tions to implement Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission or State electric restructuring policy) is 
amended by striking ‘‘before January 1, 2008,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘before January 1, 2010, by a qualified 
electric utility,’’. 
(2) QUALIFIED ELECTRIC UTILITY.—Subsection 
(i) of section 451 is amended by redesignating para-
graphs (6) through (10) as paragraphs (7) through 
(11), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph 
(5) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) QUALIFIED ELECTRIC UTILITY.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term ‘qualified electric 
utility’ means— 
‘‘(A) an electric utility (as defined in sec-
tion 3(22) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
796(22))), and 
‘‘(B) any person in the same holding com-
pany system (as defined in section 1262(9) of 
the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 
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2005 (42 U.S.C. 16451(9))) as an electric util-
ity referred to subparagraph (A).’’. 
(b) EXTENSION
OF PERIOD
FOR TRANSFER
OF 
OPERATIONAL
CONTROL
AUTHORIZED
BY
FERC.— 
Clause (ii) of section 451(i)(4)(B) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘the date which is 
4 years after the close of the taxable year in which the 
transaction occurs’’. 
(c) PROPERTY LOCATED OUTSIDE
THE UNITED 
STATES NOT TREATED
AS EXEMPT UTILITY PROP-
ERTY.—Paragraph (5) of section 451(i) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—The term ‘ex-
empt utility property’ shall not include any 
property which is located outside the United 
States.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) EXTENSION.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to transactions after De-
cember 31, 2007. 
(2) TRANSFERS OF OPERATIONAL CONTROL.— 
The amendment made by subsection (b) shall take 
effect as if included in section 909 of the American 
Jobs Creation Act of 2004. 
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Subtitle B—Improvement of Mission 
Supervision 
SEC. 1121. TRANSFER OF PROGRAM APPROVAL AND HOUS-
ING GOAL OVERSIGHT. 
Part 2 of subtitle A of the Federal Housing Enterprises 
Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 
4541 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by striking the heading for the part and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘PART 2—ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES OF THE 
DIRECTOR’’; 
and 
(2) by striking sections 1321 and 1322. 
SEC. 1122. ASSUMPTION BY THE DIRECTOR OF CERTAIN 
OTHER HUD RESPONSIBILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part 2 of subtitle A of the Federal 
Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4541 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ each place that term 
appears and inserting ‘‘Director’’ in each of sections 
1323, 1326, 1327, 1328, and 1336; and 
(2) by striking sections 1338 and 1349 (12 
U.S.C. 4562 note and 4589). 
(b) RETENTION
OF FAIR HOUSING RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.—Section 1325 of the Federal Housing Enterprises
H. Res. 479 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 6, 2011. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution 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 consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 10) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United 
States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive 
branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution 
of approval is enacted into law. The first reading of the bill 
shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consider-
ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined 
to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on the Judiciary. After general debate the bill 
shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 
rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed 
in the bill, the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec-
ommended by the Committee on Rules now printed in the
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3216 
To authorize the President to issue letters of marque and reprisal with 
respect to certain acts of air piracy upon the United States on September 
11, 2001, and other similar acts of war planned for the future. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2007 
Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize the President to issue letters of marque and 
reprisal with respect to certain acts of air piracy upon 
the United States on September 11, 2001, and other 
similar acts of war planned for the future. 
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 ‘‘Marque and Reprisal 
Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF MARQUE AND REPRISAL. 
The President of the United States is authorized and 
requested to commission, under officially issued letters of 
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marque and reprisal, so many of privately armed and 
equipped persons and entities as, in his judgment, the 
service may require, with suitable instructions to the lead-
ers thereof, to employ all means reasonably necessary to 
seize outside the geographic boundaries of the United 
States and its territories the person and property of 
Osama bin Laden, of any al Qaeda co-conspirator, and 
of any conspirator with Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda 
who are responsible for the air piratical aggressions and 
depredations perpetrated upon the United States of Amer-
ica on September 11, 2001, and for any planned future 
air piratical aggressions and depredations or other acts 
of war upon the United States of America and her people. 
SEC. 3. SECURITY BOND REQUIRED. 
No letter of marque and reprisal shall be issued by 
the President under this Act without requiring the posting 
of a security bond in such amount as the President shall 
determine is sufficient to ensure that the letter be exe-
cuted according to the terms and conditions thereof. 
Æ 
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(3) EXCEPTION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED OUT-
SIDE THE UNITED STATES.—The amendment made 
by subsection (c) shall apply to transactions after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 10006. REPEAL OF DOLLAR LIMITATION AND ALLOW-
ANCE AGAINST ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX 
FOR RESIDENTIAL SOLAR AND FUEL CELL 
PROPERTY CREDIT. 
(a) REPEAL OF MAXIMUM DOLLAR LIMITATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 
25D (relating to limitations) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION OF SOLAR WATER HEATING 
PROPERTY.—No credit shall be allowed under this section 
for an item of property described in subsection (d)(1) un-
less such property is certified for performance by the non- 
profit Solar Rating Certification Corporation or a com-
parable entity endorsed by the government of the State 
in which such property is installed.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Subsection (e) of section 25D is 
amended by striking paragraph (4) and by re-
designating paragraphs (5) through (9) as 
paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively. 
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