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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5838 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the multifamily transi-
tional housing loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
by requiring the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue loans for the 
construction of, rehabilitation of, or acquisition of land for multifamily 
transitional housing projects instead of guaranteeing loans for such pur-
poses, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2010 
Mrs. HALVORSON (for herself and Mr. RUSH) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
multifamily transitional housing loan program of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs by requiring the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to issue loans for the construction 
of, rehabilitation of, or acquisition of land for multifamily 
transitional housing projects instead of guaranteeing 
loans for such purposes, 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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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2739
AN ACT
To amend Public Law 107–10 to authorize a United States
plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan
at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly
in May 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland, and for other pur-
poses.
IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 242 
Recognizing the two year anniversary of the earthquake that occurred in 
northern Pakistan in 2005 and urging the United States to continue 
to support rebuilding efforts in Pakistan in response to the conditions 
caused by that earthquake. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 25, 2007 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. MCGOVERN, and 
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas) submitted the following concur-
rent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the two year anniversary of the earthquake that 
occurred in northern Pakistan in 2005 and urging the 
United States to continue to support rebuilding efforts 
in Pakistan in response to the conditions caused by that 
earthquake. 
Whereas on October 8, 2005, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake 
struck northern Pakistan; 
Whereas more than 73,000 people were killed as a result of 
the earthquake; 
Whereas immediately following the earthquake, nearly 
3,000,000 people were left homeless and forced to live in 
tents or in the open air amid freezing temperatures; 
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•HCON 242 IH 
Whereas the earthquake damaged sanitation systems in the 
region, destroyed hospitals, and left many people with no 
access to clean drinking water, making them more vul-
nerable to disease; 
Whereas the response of the United States to the earthquake 
was immediate and massive: within 72 hours after the 
earthquake, the Disaster Assistance Response Team 
(DART) of the United States Agency for International 
Development 
had 
established 
a 
headquarters 
in 
Islamabad and forward operating bases in Muzaffarabad 
and Mansehra in the North-West Frontier Province of 
Pakistan to help coordinate disaster relief operations; 
Whereas since the earthquake, the United States Government 
has provided emergency shelter, relief supplies, and med-
ical assistance in close coordination with the Government 
of Pakistan, local authorities, and international organiza-
tions; 
Whereas 2 years after the earthquake, more than 6,000 peo-
ple are still without permanent shelter; and 
Whereas within 48 hours after the earthquake, the first 
United States Army helicopters arrived from Afghanistan 
to assist in disaster relief operations: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress urges the United States Gov-
ernment to continue to support rebuilding efforts in Paki-
stan in response to the conditions caused by the earth-
quake that occurred in northern Pakistan on October 8, 
2005. 
Æ 
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IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 243 
Supporting the efforts of the Iraq Neighbors Process Ministerial meeting 
and encouraging the ongoing engagement of the international community 
to stabilize Iraq and achieve peace in the Middle East. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 29, 2007 
Mr. BOYD of Florida (for himself, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. COHEN, Ms. SUTTON, 
and Mr. WICKER) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Supporting the efforts of the Iraq Neighbors Process Ministe-
rial meeting and encouraging the ongoing engagement 
of the international community to stabilize Iraq and 
achieve peace in the Middle East. 
Whereas, on November 2–3, 2007, the Iraq Neighbors Proc-
ess Ministerial meeting will convene for its second meet-
ing in Istanbul, Turkey, involving ministers from coun-
tries in the Middle East, as well as the United States, 
the European Union, and the United Nations; 
Whereas the United States enjoys important friendships with 
its allies in the Middle East; 
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‘‘(B) the health care needs of veterans with 
service-connected disabilities who are not required to 
enroll in such health care system; 
‘‘(C) timely access to health care under stand-
ards for access prescribed under section 1703(e)(1) 
of this title; 
‘‘(D) maintenance of capacities of Department 
nursing home facilities as required by section 
1710B(b) of this title and of specialized programs as 
required by section 1706(b)(1) of this title; 
‘‘(E) the health care needs of persons eligible 
for benefits under chapter 17 of this title based 
upon subchapter VIII of that chapter; 
‘‘(F) the necessary maintenance, improvement, 
upgrading, expanding, repairing, and replacing of 
major and minor medical facilities, capital equip-
ment, and systems to ensure that health care facili-
ties of the Department are adequate for the pur-
poses of programs and benefits authorized for the 
care of veterans under chapter 17 of this title; and 
‘‘(G) unanticipated requirements, including— 
‘‘(i) changes in benefits; 
‘‘(ii) changes in beneficiaries; 
‘‘(iii) changes in economic conditions or as-
sumptions; and 
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•HCON 243 IH 
Whereas fostering stability in Iraq and in the Middle East as 
a whole is a shared priority for the United States and its 
allies around the world; and 
Whereas increased dialogue is a critical step in improving re-
lations between Iraq and its neighboring countries: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress supports and commends the 
efforts of the Iraq Neighbors Process Ministerial meeting 
and encourages ongoing cooperation and dialogue to foster 
stability in Iraq and achieve peace in the Middle East. 
Æ 
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‘‘(iv) such other factors as the Board con-
siders appropriate. 
‘‘(3) Each such review under paragraph (1) shall con-
sider— 
‘‘(A) demographic information; 
‘‘(B) utilization and cost trends for veterans en-
rolled under section 1705 of this title and other De-
partment health-care beneficiaries; 
‘‘(C) requirements for support of other core 
missions of the Department related to health care; 
‘‘(D) the degree of efficiency (or the lack of ef-
ficiency) by which the Secretary actually delivers 
health care services to veterans; and 
‘‘(E) such other factors as the Board considers 
appropriate. 
‘‘(4)(A) The Board shall submit to Congress an an-
nual report, not later than the date on which the President 
transmits the budget to Congress under section 1105 of 
title 31 each year, on its most recent determination under 
subsection (b) and its most recent review under paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(B) The report shall include the following: 
‘‘(i) A statement of the amount determined for 
each of the two fiscal years covered by such deter-
mination under subsection (b). 
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‘‘(ii) A description of the economic assumptions 
and other assumptions made by the Board in mak-
ing such determination and how that determination 
was developed. 
‘‘(iii) Any recommendations to Congress or the 
Secretary that the Board considers appropriate con-
cerning the means and methods for the Secretary to 
achieve optimal efficiencies or savings in delivering 
health care to veterans. 
‘‘(5) Following the submission of the report under 
paragraph (4) each year, the Board shall review and re-
consider the matters contained in the report and shall, 
during the five-day period ending on May 1 of that year, 
submit to Congress a report updating the matters in the 
report submitted under paragraph (4). The Board shall 
include in that report any revision it considers appropriate 
to its most recent determination under subsection (b), to-
gether with the reasons for any such revision. 
‘‘(e) For purposes of this section, the term ‘veterans 
health care programs’ means programs, functions, and ac-
tivities of the Veterans Health Administration other 
than— 
‘‘(1) medical and prosthetic research; and 
‘‘(2) grants under subchapter III of chapter 81 
of this title. 
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the Department of Veterans Affairs for that fiscal year 
for Medical Care. 
SEC. 3. ACCESS TO CARE STANDARDS. 
(a) REQUIRED STANDARD FOR ACCESS TO CARE.— 
Section 1703 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e)(1) The following are the standards for access to 
care for the Department: 
‘‘(A) For a veteran seeking primary care, the 
standard for access is 30 days, determined from the 
date on which the veteran contacts the Department 
seeking an appointment until the date on which a 
visit with a primary care provider is completed. 
‘‘(B) For a veteran seeking specialized care, the 
standard for access is 30 days, determined from the 
date on which the veteran is referred for specialty 
care by a primary care provider until the date on 
which a visit with an appropriate specialty primary 
care provider is completed. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall develop and disseminate an 
appropriate standard of waiting time, determined from the 
time at which the veteran’s visit is scheduled until the vet-
eran is seen by the provider. The Secretary shall periodi-
cally review performance of Department facilities com-
pared to that standard. The Secretary shall annually re-
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persons cannot be identified, the Secretary shall 
notify such persons under section 705(b). 
‘‘(3) REMEDY
NOT
EXCLUSIVE.—The remedy 
provided by this subsection shall be in addition to 
remedies provided by subsection (a). 
‘‘SEC. 909. RECORDS AND REPORTS ON TOBACCO PROD-
UCTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Every person who is a tobacco 
product manufacturer or importer of a tobacco product 
shall establish and maintain such records, make such re-
ports, and provide such information, as the Secretary may 
by regulation reasonably require to assure that such to-
bacco product is not adulterated or misbranded and to 
otherwise protect public health. Regulations prescribed 
under the preceding sentence— 
‘‘(1) may require a tobacco product manufac-
turer or importer to report to the Secretary when-
ever the manufacturer or importer receives or other-
wise becomes aware of information that reasonably 
suggests that one of its marketed tobacco products 
may have caused or contributed to a serious unex-
pected adverse experience associated with the use of 
the product or any significant increase in the fre-
quency of a serious, expected adverse product experi-
ence;
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5849 
AN ACT 
To provide for an additional temporary extension of pro-
grams under the Small Business Act and the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HCON 246 RFS 
Corps in serving and defending the United States on the 
232nd anniversary of the creation of the Marines. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 17, 
2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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port to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate 
and House of Representatives an assessment of the De-
partment’s performance against that standard. 
‘‘(3) In a case in which the Secretary is unable to 
meet the standard for access to care, the Secretary shall 
use the authority of subsection (a) to furnish health care 
and services for that veteran in a non-Department facil-
ity.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the first day of the first 
month beginning more than six months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5850 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development, and re-
lated agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2011, and for other purposes.
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2776
AN ACT
To designate buildings 315, 318, and 319 located
at the Federal Aviation Administration’s William
J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City,
New Jersey, as the ‘‘Frank R. Lautenberg Avia-
tion Security Complex’’.
•HCON 248 IH 
prehensive conservation plan for each coastal na-
tional wildlife refuge; 
(2) each such comprehensive conservation plan 
should address, with respect to the refuge concerned, 
how global warming and sea-level rise will affect— 
(A) the ecological integrity of the refuge; 
(B) the distribution, migration patterns, 
and abundance of fish, wildlife, and plant popu-
lations and related habitats of the refuge; 
(C) the archaeological and cultural values 
of the refuge; 
(D) such areas within the refuge that are 
suitable for use as administrative sites or visitor 
facilities; and 
(E) opportunities for compatible wildlife- 
dependent recreational uses of the refuge; and 
(3) the Director of the United Fish and Wildlife 
Service, in consultation with the United States Geo-
logical Survey, should conduct an assessment of the 
potential impacts of global warming and sea-level 
rise on coastal national wildlife refuges. 
Æ 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1042 
To extend trade promotion authority. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2007 
Mr. HENSARLING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 
Rules, 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 extend trade promotion authority. 
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 ‘‘Trade Promotion Au-
thority Extension and Enhancement Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY. 
Section 2103 of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Au-
thority Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 3803) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A)— 
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•HR 3221 EAH2 
vestment Corporation, and other entities involved in fore-
closure prevention activities, shall— 
(1) develop and implement a plan to improve the 
Federal Housing Administration’s loss mitigation 
process; and 
(2) report such plan to the Committee on Bank-
ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives. 
SEC. 2126. USE OF FHA SAVINGS FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN 
FHA TECHNOLOGIES, PROCEDURES, PROC-
ESSES, PROGRAM PERFORMANCE, STAFFING, 
AND SALARIES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2009 
through 2013, $25,000,000, from negative credit subsidy for 
the mortgage insurance programs under title II of the Na-
tional Housing Act, to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development for increasing funding for the purpose of im-
proving technology, processes, program performance, elimi-
nating fraud, and for providing appropriate staffing in 
connection with the mortgage insurance programs under 
title II of the National Housing Act. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—The authorization under sub-
section (a) shall not be effective for a fiscal year unless the
IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 249 
Recognizing Hostelling International USA for 75 years of service to 
intercultural understanding and to youth travel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 8, 2007 
Mr. DELAHUNT submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing Hostelling International USA for 75 years of 
service to intercultural understanding and to youth travel. 
Whereas travel promotes awareness and knowledge of peo-
ples, places, and cultures; 
Whereas hostelling is educational travel, local and global, 
using hostels and programs to facilitate interaction 
among travelers, and with local communities; 
Whereas hostels are simple, safe, shared accommodations 
that promote community and cooperation among users 
and introduce young people of limited means to travel; 
Whereas Hostelling International USA (HI–USA) is a non-
profit educational organization established in 1934 as 
American Youth Hostels to promote hostelling in the 
United States; 
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•HCON 249 IH 
Whereas HI–USA since its founding has welcomed in its hos-
tels more than 22,000,000 overnight stays of visitors 
from the United States and more than 150 countries 
worldwide; 
Whereas HI–USA today has a network of 70 hostels in areas 
of cultural, historic, and recreational interest, often in 
partnership with public, private, and other nonprofit or-
ganizations, that annually hosts nearly 1,000,000 over-
nights stays by both domestic and foreign travelers; 
Whereas HI–USA today offers programs through its hostels 
and local chapters that promote the appreciation of local 
culture and environment, while facilitating the discovery 
of both world and self, to more than 65,000 participants 
annually; and 
Whereas HI–USA has made a unique and notable contribu-
tion to intercultural understanding in the United States 
and worldwide, especially among the young: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress— 
(1) congratulates Hostelling International USA 
for its 75 years of service; and 
(2) commends Hostelling International USA for 
its contributions to intercultural exchange and its 
leadership in the field of youth travel. 
Æ 
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having the same degree of indentation as the article 
description for subheading 6216.00.43: 
‘‘ 
6216.00.47 
Mechanics’ work gloves ...................
2.8% 
Free (A, AU, 
BH, CA, CL, 
E, IL, J, JO, 
MX, P, SG) 
1.2% (MA) 
45% 
’’. 
(2) STAGED RATE REDUCTION.—Any staged re-
duction of a special rate of duty set forth in sub-
heading 6216.00.46 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States, that was proclaimed 
by the President before the date of the enactment of 
this section, shall apply to the corresponding special 
rate of duty set forth in subheading 6216.00.47 of 
such Schedule, as added by paragraph (1), and sub-
heading 6216.00.47 shall be accorded the same 
staged reductions proclaimed by the President after 
such date of enactment for the corresponding rates 
of duty in subheading 6216.00.46. 
(b) ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE.—The Additional U.S. 
Notes to chapter 62 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States are amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘3. For the purposes of subheading 6216.00.47, 
the term ‘mechanics’ work gloves’ means gloves hav-
ing the following characteristics: synthetic leather 
palms and fingers; fourchettes of synthetic leather or 
of fabric of nylon or elastomeric yarn; backs com-
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494 
•HR 3221 EAH2 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development has, by rule-
making in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United 
States Code (notwithstanding subsections (a)(2), (b)(B), 
and (d)(3) of such section), made a determination that— 
(1) premiums being, or to be, charged during 
such fiscal year for mortgage insurance under title II 
of the National Housing Act are established at the 
minimum amount sufficient to— 
(A) comply with the requirements of section 
205(f) of such Act (relating to required capital 
ratio for the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund); 
and 
(B) ensure the safety and soundness of the 
other mortgage insurance funds under such Act; 
and 
(2) any negative credit subsidy for such fiscal 
year resulting from such mortgage insurance pro-
grams adequately ensures the efficient delivery and 
availability of such programs. 
(c) STUDY AND REPORT.—The Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall conduct a study to obtain 
recommendations from participants in the private residen-
tial (both single family and multifamily) mortgage lending 
business and the secondary market for such mortgages on 
how best to update and upgrade processes and technologies