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‘‘(ii) suspend or curtail trading in any 
contract; and 
‘‘(iii) require market participants in 
any contract to meet special margin re-
quirements. 
‘‘(H) DAILY PUBLICATION OF TRADING IN-
FORMATION.—The trading facility shall make 
public daily information on settlement prices, 
volume, open interest, and opening and closing 
ranges for actively traded contracts on the facil-
ity. 
‘‘(I) DETERRENCE OF ABUSES.—The trad-
ing facility shall establish and enforce trading 
and participation rules that will deter abuses 
and shall have the capacity to detect, inves-
tigate violations of, and enforce those rules, in-
cluding means to— 
‘‘(i) obtain information necessary to 
perform the functions required under this 
section; or 
‘‘(ii) use technological means to cap-
ture information that may be used in es-
tablishing whether rule violations have oc-
curred. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6568 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
encourage research and carry out an educational cam-
paign with respect to pulmonary hypertension, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2399
AN ACT
To provide for the settlement of land claims of the
Catawba Tribe of Indians in the State of South
Carolina and the restoration of the Federal trust
relationship with the Tribe, and for other pur-
poses.
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 239
AN ACT
To amend the Stock Raising Homestead Act to re-
solve certain problems regarding subsurface es-
tates, and for other purposes.
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3078 
AN ACT 
To implement the United States–Colombia Trade Promotion 
Agreement. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(J) TRADE INFORMATION.—The trading 
facility shall maintain rules and procedures to 
provide for the recording and safe storage of all 
identifying trade information in a manner that 
enables the facility to use the information for 
the purposes of assisting in the prevention of 
price manipulation, excessive speculation, price 
distortion, or disruption of the delivery or cash- 
settlement process, and providing evidence of 
any violations of the rules of the facility. 
‘‘(K) TRADING
PROCEDURES.—The trad-
ing facility shall establish and enforce rules or 
terms and conditions defining, or specifications 
detailing, trading procedures to be used in en-
tering and executing orders traded on the facil-
ity, including procedures to provide participants 
with impartial access to the trading facility. 
‘‘(L) COMPLIANCE
WITH
RULES.—The 
trading facility shall monitor and enforce the 
rules of the facility, including any terms and 
conditions of any contracts traded on or 
through the facility and any limitations on ac-
cess to the facility. 
‘‘(M) DISCLOSURE OF GENERAL INFORMA-
TION.—The trading facility shall disclose pub-
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3079 
AN ACT 
To implement the United States–Panama Trade Promotion 
Agreement. 
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. 4067 
To provide grants to colleges to improve remedial education (including English 
language instruction), to customize remediation to student career goals, 
and to help students move rapidly from remediation into for-credit occu-
pation program courses and through program completion. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 1, 2007 
Ms. WOOLSEY (for herself, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. LOEBSACK, and Mr. HARE) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor 
A BILL 
To provide grants to colleges to improve remedial education 
(including English language instruction), to customize 
remediation to student career goals, and to help students 
move rapidly from remediation into for-credit occupation 
program courses and through program completion. 
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 ‘‘Bridges from Jobs to 
Careers Act’’. 
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V 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4068 
For the relief of Richelle Starnes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 1, 2007 
Mr. FEENEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of Richelle Starnes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) In 1979, Kathy Baker contracted HIV as 
the 
direct 
result 
of 
an 
ectopic 
pregnancy 
misdiagnosed by her naval physician at Mare Island 
Naval Clinic in Vallejo, California. This misdiagnosis 
precipitated an emergency blood transfusion, which 
was later determined to be the source of her infec-
tion. 
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3642
AN ACT
To authorize the President to award a gold medal
on behalf of the Congress to Charles M. Schulz
in recognition of his lasting artistic contributions
to the Nation and the world.
SEC. 2. FLEXIBILITY FOR STATES WITH STRUCTURALLY DE-
FICIENT BRIDGES. 
Section 117 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating the second subsection (c) 
and subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) as sub-
sections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) SPECIAL RULE
FOR STATES WITH STRUC-
TURALLY DEFICIENT BRIDGES.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this section, if, on the date of enactment 
of this subsection, a State has within its boundaries a 
structurally deficient bridge, that State may obligate all 
or any portion of the funds made available, before, on, 
or after such date of enactment, to carry out a project 
described in section 1702 of Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1256) for any other project or activity eligible for 
assistance under this title.’’. 
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‘‘(iii) EXCESS
NUMBER.—The term 
‘excess number’ means, used with respect 
to the excess number of unemployed indi-
viduals within a State, the number that 
represents the number of unemployed indi-
viduals in excess of 41⁄2 percent of the ci-
vilian labor force in the State. 
‘‘(5) ADJUSTMENTS IN ALLOTMENTS BASED ON 
DIFFERENCES
WITH
UNCONSOLIDATED
FOR-
MULAS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that for any fiscal year no State has an 
allotment difference, as defined in subpara-
graph (C), that is less than zero. The Secretary 
shall adjust the amounts allotted to the States 
under this subsection in accordance with sub-
paragraph (B) if necessary to carry out this 
subparagraph. 
‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENTS IN ALLOTMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
EXCESS 
AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—If necessary 
to carry out subparagraph (A), the 
Secretary shall reduce the amounts 
that would be allotted under para-
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graphs (3) and (4) to States that have 
an excess allotment difference, as de-
fined in subclause (II), by the amount 
of such excess, and use such amounts 
to increase the allotments to States 
that have an allotment difference less 
than zero. 
‘‘(II) EXCESS
AMOUNTS.—For 
purposes of subclause (I), the term 
‘excess’ allotment difference means an 
allotment difference for a State that 
is— 
‘‘(aa) in excess of 3 percent 
of the amount described in sub-
paragraph (C)(i)(II); or 
‘‘(bb) in excess of a percent-
age established by the Secretary 
that is greater than 3 percent of 
the amount described in subpara-
graph (C)(i)(II) if the Secretary 
determines that such greater per-
centage is sufficient to carry out 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(ii) USE
OF
AMOUNTS
AVAILABLE 
UNDER NATIONAL RESERVE ACCOUNT.—If 
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(A) by striking ‘‘the petition’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘a petition filed under paragraph (1)’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and on the Website of 
the Department of Labor’’ after ‘‘in the Fed-
eral Register’’. 
SEC. 102. GROUP ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a)(2)(B)(i) of section 
222 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2272) is amend-
ed by inserting at the end before the semicolon the fol-
lowing: ‘‘that contributed importantly to such workers’ 
separation or threat of separation’’. 
(b) ADVERSELY
AFFECTED
SECONDARY
WORK-
ERS.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) the sales or production, or both, of such 
firm or subdivision have decreased absolutely; and’’; 
and 
(4) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) (as 
redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection), by 
inserting at the end before the semicolon the fol-
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the funds available under clause (i) are in-
sufficient to carry out subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary shall use funds reserved 
under section 132(a) in such amounts as 
are necessary to increase the allotments to 
States to meet the requirements of sub-
paragraph (A). Such funds shall be used in 
the same manner as the States use the 
other funds allotted under this subsection. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITION
OF
ALLOTMENT
DIF-
FERENCE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of 
this paragraph, the term ‘allotment dif-
ference’ means the difference between— 
‘‘(I) the total amount a State 
would receive of the amounts available 
for allotment under subsection (b)(2) 
for a fiscal year pursuant to para-
graphs (3) and (4); and 
‘‘(II) the total amount the State 
would receive of the amounts available 
for allotment under subsection (b)(2) 
for the fiscal year if such amounts 
were allotted pursuant to the uncon-
solidated formulas (applied as de-
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(2) In 1980, Kathy Baker gave birth to her 
daughter Richelle (now known as Richelle Starnes), 
who was born with HIV. 
(3) Because of the Navy’s culpability for 
Richelle’s condition, Richelle has received treatment 
from the Navy as a Secretary of the Navy Designee. 
However, the Navy recently informed Richelle that 
the Navy would only extend her treatment for out-
patient care for 3 additional years, and it would no 
longer pay for inpatient treatment or prescribed 
medications. 
SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT FOR MEDICAL CARE. 
(a) INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT CARE.—The Sec-
retary of the Navy shall reimburse Richelle Starnes for 
the costs of inpatient and outpatient treatment she re-
ceives at any naval medical facility (unless she is denied 
service at such a facility, in which case she may seek reim-
bursement for such treatment at a private medical facility) 
for any care arising from or related to HIV or the treat-
ment of HIV. 
(b) PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.—The Secretary of 
the Navy shall reimburse Richelle Starnes for the costs 
of medication that is prescribed for reasons arising from 
or related to HIV or the treatment of HIV. 
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one that the House adjourn or that the Committee of the 
Whole rise, as the case may be. 
‘‘(f) EFFECT ON AMENDMENT IN ORDER AS ORIGI-
NAL TEXT IN THE HOUSE.—The disposition of the ques-
tion of consideration under this section with respect to a 
bill or joint resolution shall be considered also to deter-
mine the question of consideration under this subsection 
with respect to an amendment made in order as original 
text.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 315 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 316. Rule respecting designation of legislative provision as an emer-
gency.’’. 
Æ
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4123 
To amend section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, to require operating 
certificates for airports at which large cargo operations are conducted. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2005 
Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, 
and Mr. BROWN of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 
to require operating certificates for airports at which 
large cargo operations are conducted. 
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 ‘‘Air Cargo Fire and 
Rescue Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AIRPORT OPERATING CERTIFICATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44706(a)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘that serves’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon at the 
end; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) that serves an air carrier operating air-
craft that provide all cargo air transportation and 
have a maximum certificated gross take-off weight of 
100,000 pounds or greater;’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration shall issue a notice proposed 
rulemaking to implement the amendment made by sub-
section (a) not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act and shall issue a final rule to implement 
such amendment not later than 365 days after such date 
of enactment. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the regulation issued under subsection (b) shall take 
effect on the 180th day following the date of its 
issuance. 
(2) DELAYED
IMPLEMENTATION.—An airport 
operator that is affected by the regulation issued 
under subsection (b) may request from the Adminis-
trator, and the Administrator may grant such oper-
ator, up to a 2-year period from the date the regula-
tion is issued to begin implementation of the regula-
tion and the amendment made by subsection (a). 
Æ
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4527 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives 
to encourage small business health plans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 14, 2005 
Mr. BOSWELL (for himself and Mr. OSBORNE) 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 
tax incentives to encourage small business health plans. 
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 ‘‘Health Care Relief 
Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. FIRST $2,000 OF HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS 
FULLY DEDUCTIBLE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 213 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to medical, 
dental, etc., expenses) is amended to read as follows:
H. Res. 352 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
May 15, 2007. 
Whereas public works infrastructure, facilities, and services 
play a pivotal role in the health, safety, and well-being of 
the people of the United States; 
Whereas public works infrastructure, facilities, and services 
could not be provided without the skill and dedication of 
public works professionals, including engineers and ad-
ministrators, representing State and local governments 
throughout the United States; 
Whereas public works professionals design, build, operate, 
maintain, and protect the transportation systems, water 
supply infrastructure, sewage and refuse disposal sys-
tems, public buildings, and other structures and facilities 
that are vital to the citizens, communities, and commerce 
of the United States; 
Whereas the Department of Transportation estimates that 
every $1,000,000,000 invested in the Nation’s highway 
system creates 47,000 jobs, and every $1 invested in the 
Nation’s highway system generates more than six times 
that amount in economic activity; 
Whereas every $1 invested in public transportation generates 
as much as $6 in economic returns to the Nation’s econ-
omy;
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTION.—There shall be 
allowed as a deduction the following amounts not com-
pensated for by insurance or otherwise— 
‘‘(1) the amount by which the amount of ex-
penses paid during the taxable year (reduced by the 
amount deductible under paragraph (2)) for medical 
care of the taxpayer, the taxpayer’s spouse, and the 
taxpayer’s dependents (as defined in section 152) ex-
ceeds 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income, plus 
‘‘(2) so much of the expenses paid during the 
taxable year for insurance which constitutes medical 
care under subsection (d)(1)(D) (other than for a 
qualified long-term care insurance contract) for such 
taxpayer, spouse, and dependents as does not exceed 
$2,000.’’. 
(b) DEDUCTION ALLOWED WHETHER OR NOT TAX-
PAYER ITEMIZES DEDUCTION.—Subsection (a) of section 
62 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining ad-
justed gross income) is amended by redesignating para-
graph (19) (as added by section 703(a) of the American 
Jobs Creation Act of 2004) as paragraph (20) and by in-
serting after paragraph (20) (as so redesignated) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(21) HEALTH
INSURANCE
PREMIUMS.—The 
deduction allowed by section 213(a)(2).’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2005. 
SEC. 3. CREDIT FOR HEALTH INSURANCE EXPENSES OF 
SMALL BUSINESSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (relating to business-related credits) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 45N. SMALL BUSINESS HEALTH INSURANCE EX-
PENSES. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—For purposes of section 38, 
in the case of a small employer, the health insurance credit 
determined under this section for the taxable year is an 
amount equal to the applicable percentage of the expenses 
paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for health 
insurance coverage for such year provided under a new 
health plan for employees of such employer. 
‘‘(b) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—For purposes of 
subsection (a), the applicable percentage is— 
‘‘(1) in the case of insurance purchased as a 
member of a health benefit purchasing coalition (as 
defined in regulations prescribed by the Secretary), 
40 percent, and
‘‘(2) in the case of insurance not described in 
paragraph (1), 30 percent. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PER
EMPLOYEE
DOLLAR
LIMITATION.— 
The amount of expenses taken into account under 
subsection (a) with respect to any employee for any 
taxable year shall not exceed— 
‘‘(A) in the case of insurance purchased as 
a member of a coalition referred to in sub-
section (b)(1)— 
‘‘(i) $800 in the case of self-only cov-
erage, and 
‘‘(ii) $2,000 in the case of family cov-
erage, and 
‘‘(B) in any other case— 
‘‘(i) $600 in the case of self-only cov-
erage, and 
‘‘(ii) $1,500 in the case of family cov-
erage. 
In the case of an employee who is covered by a new 
health plan of the employer for only a portion of 
such taxable year, the limitation under the preceding 
sentence shall be an amount which bears the same 
ratio to such limitation (determined without regard
to this sentence) as such portion bears to the entire 
taxable year. 
‘‘(2) PERIOD OF COVERAGE.—Expenses may be 
taken into account under subsection (a) only with 
respect to coverage for the 4-year period beginning 
on the date the employer establishes a new health 
plan. 
‘‘(3) EMPLOYER MUST BEAR 65 PERCENT OF 
COST.—Expenses may be taken into account under 
subsection (a) only if at least 65 percent of the cost 
of the coverage (without regard to this section) is 
borne by the employer. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) HEALTH
INSURANCE
COVERAGE.—The 
term ‘health insurance coverage’ has the meaning 
given such term by section 9832(b)(1). 
‘‘(2) NEW HEALTH PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘new health 
plan’ means any arrangement of the employer 
which provides health insurance coverage to em-
ployees if— 
‘‘(i) such employer (and any prede-
cessor employer) did not establish or main-
tain such arrangement (or any similar ar-
rangement) at any time during the 2 tax-
able years ending prior to the taxable year 
in which the credit under this section is 
first allowed, and 
‘‘(ii) 
such 
arrangement 
provides 
health insurance coverage to at least 70 
percent of the qualified employees of such 
employer. 
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘quali-
fied employee’ means any employee of an 
employer and shall include a leased em-
ployee within the meaning of section 
414(n). 
‘‘(3) SMALL EMPLOYER.—The term ‘small em-
ployer’ has the meaning given to such term by sec-
tion 4980D(d)(2); except that— 
‘‘(A) only qualified employees shall be 
taken into account, and 
‘‘(B) such section shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘100 employees’ for ‘50 employees’. 
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES.— 
‘‘(1) CERTAIN RULES MADE APPLICABLE.—For 
purposes of this section, rules similar to the rules of 
section 52 shall apply.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6575 
AN ACT 
To require the Archivist of the United States to promulgate 
regulations to prevent the over-classification of informa-
tion, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,