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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 316 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 12, 2008 
Received 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of 
Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment 
of the Senate. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That when the House adjourns on the legisla-
tive day of Thursday, March 13, 2008, or Friday, March 
14, 2008, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent 
resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand 
adjourned until 2 p.m. on Monday, March 31, 2008, or 
until 
the 
time 
of 
any 
reassembly 
pursuant 
to 
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section 2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs 
first; and that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on 
any day from Thursday, March 13, 2008, through Friday, 
March 28, 2008, on a motion offered pursuant to this con-
current resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, 
it stand recessed or adjourned until noon on Monday, 
March 31, 2008, or such other time on that day as may 
be specified in the motion to recess or adjourn, or until 
the time of any reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this 
concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first. 
SEC. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority 
Leader of the Senate, or their respective designees, acting 
jointly after consultation with the Minority Leader of the 
House and the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall notify 
the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, 
to reassemble at such place and time as they may des-
ignate if, in their opinion, the public interest shall warrant 
it. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 12, 
2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5958 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to allow members of the Armed Forces 
serving on active duty who are at least 18 years old and less than 
21 years old to purchase and consume beer and wine at certain locations 
on military installations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2010 
Mr. KINGSTON (for himself and Mr. TAYLOR) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to allow members of 
the Armed Forces serving on active duty who are at 
least 18 years old and less than 21 years old to purchase 
and consume beer and wine at certain locations on mili-
tary installations. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PURCHASE AND CONSUMPTION OF BEER AND 
WINE BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) PURCHASE AND CONSUMPTION OF BEER AND 
WINE.— 
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(2) EXEMPT
COMMERCIAL
PURCHASER.—The 
term ‘‘exempt commercial purchaser’’ means any 
person purchasing commercial insurance that, at the 
time of placement, meets the following requirements: 
(A) The person employs or retains a quali-
fied risk manager to negotiate insurance cov-
erage. 
(B) The person has paid aggregate nation-
wide commercial property and casualty insur-
ance premiums in excess of $100,000 in the im-
mediately preceding 12 months. 
(C)(i) The person meets at least one of the 
following criteria: 
(I) The person possesses a net worth 
in excess of $20,000,000, as such amount 
is adjusted pursuant to clause (ii). 
(II) The person generates annual rev-
enues in excess of $50,000,000, as such 
amount is adjusted pursuant to clause (ii). 
(III) The person employs more than 
500 full time or full time equivalent em-
ployees per individual insured or is a mem-
ber of affiliated group employing more 
than 1,000 employees in the aggregate.
(IV) The person is a not-for-profit or-
ganization or public entity generating an-
nual budgeted expenditures of at least 
$30,000,000, as such amount is adjusted 
pursuant to clause (ii). 
(V) The person is a municipality with 
a population in excess of 50,000 persons. 
(ii) Effective on the fifth January 1 occur-
ring after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and each fifth January 1 occurring thereafter, 
the amounts in subclauses (I), (II), and (IV) of 
clause (i) shall be adjusted to reflect the per-
centage change for such five-year period in the 
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Con-
sumers published by the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics of the Department of Labor. 
(3) HOME
STATE.—The term ‘‘home State’’ 
means the State in which an insured maintains its 
principal place of business or, in the case of an indi-
vidual, the individual’s principal residence. 
(4) INDEPENDENTLY PROCURED INSURANCE.— 
The term ‘‘independently procured insurance’’ 
means insurance procured directly by an insured 
from a nonadmitted insurer.
(5) NAIC.—The term ‘‘NAIC’’ means the Na-
tional Association of Insurance Commissioners or 
any successor entity. 
(6) NONADMITTED
INSURANCE.—The term 
‘‘nonadmitted insurance’’ means any property and 
casualty insurance permitted to be placed directly or 
through a surplus lines broker with a nonadmitted 
insurer eligible to accept such insurance. 
(7) NON-ADMITTED INSURANCE MODEL ACT.— 
The term ‘‘Non-Admitted Insurance Model Act’’ 
means the provisions of the Non-Admitted Insurance 
Model Act, as adopted by the NAIC on August 3, 
1994, and amended on September 30, 1996, Decem-
ber 6, 1997, October 2, 1999, and June 8, 2002. 
(8) NONADMITTED INSURER.—The term ‘‘non-
admitted insurer’’ means, with respect to a State, an 
insurer not licensed to engage in the business of in-
surance in such State. 
(9) QUALIFIED
RISK
MANAGER.—The term 
‘‘qualified risk manager’’ means, with respect to a 
policyholder of commercial insurance, a person who 
meets all of the following requirements: 
(A) The person is an employee of, or third 
party consultant retained by, the commercial 
policyholder.
(B) The person provides skilled services in 
loss prevention, loss reduction, or risk and in-
surance coverage analysis, and purchase of in-
surance. 
(C) The person— 
(i)(I) has a bachelor’s degree or high-
er from an accredited college or university 
in risk management, business administra-
tion, finance, economics, or any other field 
determined by a State insurance commis-
sioner or other State regulatory official or 
entity to demonstrate minimum com-
petence in risk management; and 
(II)(aa) has three years of experience 
in risk financing, claims administration, 
loss prevention, risk and insurance anal-
ysis, or purchasing commercial lines of in-
surance; or 
(bb) has one of the following designa-
tions: 
(AA) a designation as a Char-
tered Property and Casualty Under-
writer (in this subparagraph referred 
to as ‘‘CPCU’’) issued by the Amer-
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‘‘SEC. 913. EQUAL TREATMENT OF RETAIL OUTLETS. 
‘‘The Secretary shall issue regulations to require that 
retail establishments for which the predominant business 
is the sale of tobacco products comply with any advertising 
restrictions applicable to retail establishments accessible 
to individuals under the age of 18. 
‘‘SEC. 914. JURISDICTION OF AND COORDINATION WITH 
THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. 
‘‘(a) JURISDICTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except where expressly 
provided in this chapter, nothing in this chapter 
shall be construed as limiting or diminishing the au-
thority of the Federal Trade Commission to enforce 
the laws under its jurisdiction with respect to the 
advertising, sale, or distribution of tobacco products. 
‘‘(2) ENFORCEMENT.—Any advertising that vio-
lates this chapter or a provision of the regulations 
referred to in section 102 of the Family Smoking 
Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, is an unfair or 
deceptive act or practice under section 5(a) of the 
Federal Trade Commission Act and shall be consid-
ered a violation of a rule promulgated under section 
18 of that Act. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION.—With respect to the require-
ments of section 4 of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and
such State shall be solely responsible for regulating the 
financial solvency of the reinsurer. 
(b) NONDOMICILIARY STATES.— 
(1) LIMITATION ON FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
REQUIREMENTS.—If the State of domicile of a rein-
surer is an NAIC-accredited State or has financial 
solvency requirements substantially similar to the re-
quirements necessary for NAIC accreditation, no 
other State may require the reinsurer to provide any 
additional financial information other than the infor-
mation the reinsurer is required to file with its 
domiciliary State. 
(2) RECEIPT OF INFORMATION.—No provision 
of this section shall be construed as preventing or 
prohibiting a State that is not the State of domicile 
of a reinsurer from receiving a copy of any financial 
statement filed with its domiciliary State. 
SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this title, the following definitions 
shall apply: 
(1) CEDING INSURER.—The term ‘‘ceding in-
surer’’ means an insurer that purchases reinsurance. 
(2) DOMICILIARY STATE.—The terms ‘‘State of 
domicile’’ and ‘‘domiciliary State’’ means, with re-
spect to an insurer or reinsurer, the State in which
the insurer or reinsurer is incorporated or entered 
through, and licensed. 
(3) REINSURANCE.—The term ‘‘reinsurance’’ 
means the assumption by an insurer of all or part 
of a risk undertaken originally by another insurer. 
(4) REINSURER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘reinsurer’’ 
means an insurer to the extent that the in-
surer— 
(i) is principally engaged in the busi-
ness of reinsurance; 
(ii) does not conduct significant 
amounts of direct insurance as a percent-
age of its net premiums; and 
(iii) is not engaged in an ongoing 
basis in the business of soliciting direct in-
surance. 
(B) DETERMINATION.—A determination of 
whether an insurer is a reinsurer shall be made 
under the laws of the State of domicile in ac-
cordance with this paragraph. 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes any 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the
Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and 
American Samoa. 
TITLE III—RULE OF 
CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 301. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act or amendments to this Act shall 
be construed to modify, impair, or supersede the applica-
tion of the antitrust laws. Any implied or actual conflict 
between this Act and any amendments to this Act and 
the antitrust laws shall be resolved in favor of the oper-
ation of the antitrust laws. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 213 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Whereas, on November 9, 2009, parts of El Salvador were 
decimated by floods brought on by Hurricane Ida; 
Whereas Hurricane Ida caused the death of over 190 people 
in El Salvador, and made over 14,000 homeless, with 
both of those numbers likely to rise; 
Whereas over 1,800 homes have been destroyed by the 
mudslides;
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Advertising Act and section 3 of the Comprehensive 
Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986— 
‘‘(1) the Chairman of the Federal Trade Com-
mission shall coordinate with the Secretary con-
cerning the enforcement of such Act as such enforce-
ment relates to unfair or deceptive acts or practices 
in the advertising of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco; 
and 
‘‘(2) the Secretary shall consult with the Chair-
man of such Commission in revising the label state-
ments and requirements under such sections. 
‘‘SEC. 915. REGULATION REQUIREMENT. 
‘‘(a) TESTING, REPORTING, AND DISCLOSURE.—Not 
later than 36 months after the date of enactment of the 
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, the 
Secretary shall promulgate regulations under this Act that 
meet the requirements of subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF RULES.—The regulations pro-
mulgated under subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) shall require testing and reporting of to-
bacco product constituents, ingredients, and addi-
tives, including smoke constituents, by brand and 
subbrand that the Secretary determines should be 
tested to protect the public health, provided that, for 
purposes of the testing requirements of this para-
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5817 
AN ACT 
To amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide an 
exception to the annual privacy notice requirement. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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graph, tobacco products manufactured and sold by a 
single tobacco product manufacturer that are iden-
tical in all respects except the labels, packaging de-
sign, logo, trade dress, trademark, brand name, or 
any combination thereof, shall be considered as a 
single brand; and 
‘‘(2) may require that tobacco product manu-
facturers, packagers, or importers make disclosures 
relating to the results of the testing of tar and nico-
tine through labels or advertising or other appro-
priate means, and make disclosures regarding the 
results of the testing of other constituents, including 
smoke constituents, ingredients, or additives, that 
the Secretary determines should be disclosed to the 
public to protect the public health and will not mis-
lead consumers about the risk of tobacco-related dis-
ease. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall have the au-
thority under this chapter to conduct or to require the 
testing, reporting, or disclosure of tobacco product con-
stituents, including smoke constituents. 
‘‘(d) SMALL
TOBACCO
PRODUCT
MANUFACTUR-
ERS.— 
‘‘(1) FIRST
COMPLIANCE
DATE.—The initial 
regulations promulgated under subsection (a) shall
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SEC. 2148. REVISION OF UNDERWRITING CRITERIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 2 of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1703(b)), as amended by 
the preceding provisions of this title, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS OF MANUFACTURED 
HOUSING
PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish 
such underwriting criteria for loans and advances of 
credit in connection with a manufactured home or a 
lot on which to place a manufactured home (or both), 
including such loans and advances represented by ob-
ligations purchased by financial institutions, as may 
be necessary to ensure that the program under this 
title for insurance for financial institutions against 
losses from such loans, advances of credit, and pur-
chases is financially sound.’’. 
(b) TIMING.—Not later than the expiration of the 6- 
month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
title, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall revise the existing underwriting criteria for the pro-
gram referred to in paragraph (10) of section 2(b) of the 
National Housing Act (as added by subsection (a) of this 
section) in accordance with the requirements of such para-
graph.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1065 
AN ACT 
To streamline the regulation of nonadmitted 
insurance and reinsurance, and for other purposes.
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5981 
AN ACT 
To increase the flexibility of the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development with respect to the amount of pre-
miums charged for FHA single family housing mortgage 
insurance, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5986 
AN ACT 
To require the submission of a report to the Congress on 
parasitic disease among poor Americans. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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tool for eliminating racial discrimination in employ-
ment. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 17, 
2007. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2880
AN ACT
To amend laws relating to the lands of the enrollees
and lineal descendants of enrollees whose names
appear on the final Indian rolls of the Muscogee
(Creek), Seminole, Cherokee, Chickasaw, and
Choctaw Nations (historically referred to as the
Five Civilized Tribes), and for other purposes.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5987 
To amend title 37, United States Code, to guarantee a pay increase for 
members of the uniformed services for fiscal years 2010 through 2013 
of one-half of one percentage point higher than the Employment Cost 
Index. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2008 
Mrs. DRAKE (for herself and Mr. BILIRAKIS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 37, United States Code, to guarantee a 
pay increase for members of the uniformed services for 
fiscal years 2010 through 2013 of one-half of one per-
centage point higher than the Employment Cost Index. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 599
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to streamline 
the SAFETY Act and anti-terrorism technology procure-
ment processes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 5
AN ACT 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reduce 
interest rates for student borrowers.
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 ‘‘College Student Relief 
Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. INTEREST RATE REDUCTIONS. 
(a) FFEL INTEREST RATES.—
(1) Section 427A(l) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1077a(l)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) REDUCED
RATES
FOR
UNDERGRADUATE 
SUBSIDIZED
LOANS.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(h) and paragraph (1) of this subsection, with re-
spect to any loan to an undergraduate student made, 
insured, or guaranteed under this part (other than 
a loan made pursuant to section 428B, 428C, or 
428H) for which the first disbursement is made on 
or after July 1, 2006, and before January 1, 2012, 
the applicable rate of interest shall be as follows: 
‘‘(A) For a loan for which the first dis-
bursement is made on or after July 1, 2006, 
and before July 1, 2007, 6.80 percent on the 
unpaid principal balance of the loan. 
‘‘(B) For a loan for which the first dis-
bursement is made on or after July 1, 2007, 
and before July 1, 2008, 6.12 percent on the 
unpaid principal balance of the loan.
IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 320 
Honoring Army Specialist Monica L. Brown, extending gratitude to her and 
her family, and pledging continuing support for the men and women 
of the United States Armed Forces. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2008 
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (for herself, Mr. PAUL, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, 
Mr. POE, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. HENSARLING, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. REYES, Mr. 
CUELLAR, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, 
Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE 
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. SESSIONS, 
Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, and Mr. AL GREEN of Texas) sub-
mitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Honoring Army Specialist Monica L. Brown, extending grati-
tude to her and her family, and pledging continuing 
support for the men and women of the United States 
Armed Forces. 
Whereas members of the United States Armed Forces were 
attacked by a roadside bomb in the eastern Paktia prov-
ince in Afghanistan on April 25, 2007; 
Whereas Monica L. Brown, age 19, a Specialist in the United 
States Army, ran through insurgent gunfire to save the 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 599 
To prohibit the receipt of Federal funds by any institution of higher education 
with a football team that participates in the NCAA Division I Football 
Bowl Subdivision, unless the national championship game of such Sub-
division is the culmination of a playoff system. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 16, 2009 
Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To prohibit the receipt of Federal funds by any institution 
of higher education with a football team that participates 
in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, un-
less the national championship game of such Subdivision 
is the culmination of a playoff system. 
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 ‘‘Championship Fair-
ness Act of 2009’’. 
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2880
AN ACT
To amend laws relating to the lands of the enrollees and
lineal descendants of enrollees whose names appear on
the final Indian rolls of the Muscogee (Creek), Seminole,
Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Nations (historically
referred to as the Five Civilized Tribes), and for other
purposes.
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lives of fellow wounded soldiers injured after the roadside 
bomb tore through their convoy of humvees; 
Whereas Brown is one of 25,109 women currently serving in 
the Armed Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, and one of 
350,000 women serving in the United States Army; 
Whereas Brown is the first woman in Afghanistan and only 
the second female member of the Armed Forces since 
World War II to receive the Silver Star, the Nation’s 
third-highest medal for valor; and 
Whereas the thoughts and prayers of the Congress and the 
Nation remain with the families of all the members of the 
Armed Forces who are fighting to ensure the Nation’s 
freedom and safety: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) honors Monica L. Brown, a Specialist in the 
United States Army, who risked her life to save the 
lives of her fellow wounded soldiers while serving in 
the Global War on Terror in Afghanistan, and rec-
ognizes her for her bravery and heroism; 
(2) extends its deepest gratitude to Monica L. 
Brown and her family in Lake Jackson, Texas; and 
(3) pledges its continued support for the men 
and women of the United States Armed Forces. 
Æ 
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