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‘‘(2) EXPENSES.—A member of the Board shall 
be paid travel, per diem, and other necessary ex-
penses under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, 
United States Code, while traveling away from such 
member’s home or regular place of business in the 
performance of the duties of the Board. 
‘‘(3) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—Payments authorized 
under this subsection shall be paid from the Tier I 
Investment Fund or the Tier II Investment Fund, 
as determined appropriate by the Board. 
‘‘(i) DISCHARGE OF RESPONSIBILITIES.—The mem-
bers of the Board shall discharge their responsibilities 
solely in the interest of the participating individuals and 
their beneficiaries under this part. 
‘‘(j) ANNUAL INDEPENDENT AUDIT.—The Board 
shall annually engage an independent qualified public ac-
countant to audit the activities of the Board. 
‘‘(k) SUBMISSION OF BUDGET TO CONGRESS.—The 
Board shall prepare and submit to the President, and, at 
the same time, to the appropriate committees of Congress, 
an annual budget of the expenses and other items relating 
to the Board which shall be included as a separate item 
in the budget required to be transmitted to Congress 
under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code.
‘‘(l) SUBMISSION
OF LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.—The Board may submit to the President, and, at 
the same time, shall submit to each House of Congress, 
any legislative recommendations of the Board relating to 
any of its functions under this part or any other provision 
of law. 
‘‘SEC. 261. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 
‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The 
Board shall appoint, without regard to the provisions of 
law governing appointments in the competitive service, an 
Executive Director by action agreed to by a majority of 
the members of the Board. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Executive Director shall, as de-
termined appropriate by the Board— 
‘‘(1) carry out the policies established by the 
Board; 
‘‘(2) invest and manage the Tier I Investment 
Fund and the Tier II Investment Fund in accord-
ance with the investment policies and other policies 
established by the Board; 
‘‘(3) administer the provisions of this part re-
lating to the Tier I Investment Fund and the Tier 
II Investment Fund; and 
‘‘(4) prescribe such regulations (other than reg-
ulations relating to fiduciary responsibilities) as may
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‘‘(I) The buildings shall be designed so 
that the fossil fuel-generated energy consump-
tion of the buildings is reduced, as compared 
with such energy consumption by a similar 
building in fiscal year 2003 (as measured by 
Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption 
Survey or Residential Energy Consumption 
Survey data from the Energy Information 
Agency), by the percentage specified in the fol-
lowing table: 
‘‘Fiscal Year 
Percentage Reduction
2010 .......................................................................
2015 .......................................................................
2020 .......................................................................
2025 .......................................................................
2030 .......................................................................
100. 
‘‘(II) Sustainable design principles shall be 
applied to the siting, design, and construction 
of such buildings. Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of the Carbon-Neutral 
Government Act of 2007, the Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Administrator of General 
Services, and in consultation with the Secretary 
of Defense for considerations relating to those 
facilities under the custody and control of the 
Department of Defense, shall identify a certifi-
cation system and level for green buildings that 
the Secretary determines to be the most likely
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1344 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2006 
Received 
NOVEMBER 13, 2006 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
AN ACT 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
a segment of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook 
in the State of Connecticut for study for potential addi-
tion to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, 
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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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lower Farmington 
River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Study 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL SEGMENT OF FARM-
INGTON RIVER AND SALMON BROOK IN CON-
NECTICUT FOR STUDY FOR POTENTIAL ADDI-
TION TO NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIV-
ERS SYSTEM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Farmington River and Salmon Brook 
in the State of Connecticut possess important re-
source values, including wildlife, ecological, and sce-
nic values, and historic sites and a cultural past im-
portant to America’s heritage. 
(2) There is a longstanding interest among 
State and local officials, area residents, and river 
and brook users in undertaking a concerted coopera-
tive effort to manage the river and brook in a pro-
ductive and meaningful way. 
(b) DESIGNATION.—Section 5(a) of the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1276(a)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(139) LOWER FARMINGTON RIVER AND SALMON 
BROOK, CONNECTICUT.—The segment of the Farmington 
River downstream from the segment designated as a rec-
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reational river by section 3(a)(156) to its confluence with 
the Connecticut River, and the segment of the Salmon 
Brook including its mainstem and east and west 
branches.’’. 
(c) TIME FOR SUBMISSION.—Not later than three 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall submit to Congress a report 
containing the results of the study required by the amend-
ment made by subsection (b). 
Passed the House of Representatives September 25, 
2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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be necessary for the administration of this part re-
lating to the Tier I Investment Fund and the Tier 
II Investment Fund. 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY.—The Executive 
Director may, within the scope of the duties of the Execu-
tive Director as determined by the Board— 
‘‘(1) appoint such personnel as may be nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of this part relat-
ing to the Tier I Investment Fund and the Tier II 
Investment Fund; 
‘‘(2) subject to approval by the Board, procure 
the services of experts and consultants under section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
‘‘(3) secure directly from an Executive agency, 
the United States Postal Service, or the Postal Rate 
Commission any information necessary to carry out 
the provisions of this part and the policies of the 
Board relating to the Tier I Investment Fund and 
the Tier II Investment Fund; 
‘‘(4) make such payments out of sums in the 
Tier I Investment Fund and the Tier II Investment 
Fund as the Executive Director determines, in ac-
cordance with regulations of the Board, are nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of this part and 
the policies of the Board;
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘William ‘Brent’ Turn-
er Post Office’’. 
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(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to fiscal 
years beginning after September 30, 2005. 
(3) INITIAL ASSUMPTIONS.—In determining the 
recapture amount under section 201(o) of the Social 
Security Act (added by paragraph (1)) for fiscal 
years 2006 and 2007, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall make the following assumptions concerning the 
total amount of taxable capital in the United States 
represented by the total assets held by personal so-
cial security savings accounts established under part 
B of title II of the Social Security Act: 
(A) 80 percent of such total assets are a 
net addition to national investments. 
(B) Of the amount described in subpara-
graph (A), 90 percent will be invested in the 
United States and subject to taxation under the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(C) Of the amount described in subpara-
graph (B), 95 percent will be subject to the 
Federal corporate tax. 
(D) The amount described in subpara-
graph (C) is subject to the statutory tax rate of 
35 percent (resulting in an effective corporate
tax rate of 23.9 percent on the earnings of all 
such total assets). 
(b) RECAPTURE OF GOVERNMENT SAVINGS OVER 
BASELINE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 201 of the Social 
Security Act (as amended by subsection (a)) is 
amended further by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘Recapture of Government Savings Over Baseline 
‘‘(p)(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury, in consultation with the Personal Social Security Sav-
ings Board, shall estimate and transfer to the Federal 
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund within 3 
months after the end of each fiscal year an amount equal 
to the spending reductions amount for such fiscal year. 
For purposes of the preceding sentence, the spending re-
ductions amount shall be an amount equal to— 
‘‘(A) for any fiscal year in the period beginning 
with fiscal year 2006 and ending with fiscal year 
2013, the excess of— 
‘‘(i) 20 percent of the gross domestic prod-
uct (as determined by the Congressional Budget 
Office) for the fiscal year for which the deter-
mination is made; over 
‘‘(ii) the product of—
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1348 
To provide for nuclear disarmament and economic conversion in accordance 
with District of Columbia Initiative Measure Number 37 of 1992. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 16, 2005 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations, 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 provide for nuclear disarmament and economic conversion 
in accordance with District of Columbia Initiative Meas-
ure Number 37 of 1992. 
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 ‘‘Nuclear Disarmament 
and Economic Conversion Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND 
ECONOMIC CONVERSION. 
The United States Government shall—
(1) disable and dismantle all its nuclear weap-
ons and refrain from replacing them at any time 
with any weapons of mass destruction; 
(2) redirect resources that are currently being 
used for nuclear weapons programs to use— 
(A) in converting all nuclear weapons in-
dustry employees, processes, plants, and pro-
grams smoothly to constructive, ecologically 
beneficial peacetime activities during the 3 
years following the effective date of this Act, 
and 
(B) in addressing human and infrastruc-
ture needs such as housing, health care, edu-
cation, agriculture, and environmental restora-
tion, including alternative fuel sources; 
(3) undertake vigorous good faith efforts to 
eliminate war, armed conflict, and all military oper-
ations; and 
(4) actively promote policies to induce all other 
countries to join in these commitments for world 
peace and security. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect when the President certifies 
to the Congress that all foreign countries possessing nu-
clear weapons have established legal requirements com-
parable to those set forth in section 2 and those require-
ments have taken effect. 
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‘‘(I) 20 percent of the gross domestic 
product (as so determined) for the fiscal 
year for which the determination is made; 
and 
‘‘(II) 0.99, factored a number of times 
equal to the number of fiscal years during 
such period which end with or before the 
fiscal year for which the determination is 
made; and 
‘‘(B) for any fiscal year beginning after fiscal 
year 2013 and ending with the termination year— 
‘‘(i) the amount determined under sub-
paragraph (A) for fiscal year 2013; increased 
by 
‘‘(ii) the rate of growth of the gross domes-
tic product (as so determined) over the period 
beginning with fiscal year 2014 and ending 
with the fiscal year for which the determination 
is made. 
‘‘(2) ACCOMMODATION
FOR
LOW
OASDI
BALANCE 
RATIO.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(B), in any case 
in which the OASDI trust fund ratio is less than 125 per-
cent as of the end of the fiscal year preceding each fiscal 
year during any period of 1 or more fiscal years referred
to in paragraph (1)(B) and preceding the termination 
year— 
‘‘(A) the spending reductions amount for each 
fiscal year during such period shall be the excess 
of— 
‘‘(i) 20 percent of the gross domestic prod-
uct (as projected by the Department of Com-
merce) for the fiscal year for which the deter-
mination is made; over 
‘‘(ii) the product of— 
‘‘(I) 20 percent of the gross domestic 
product (as so projected) for the fiscal year 
for which the determination is made; and 
‘‘(II) 0.99, factored a number of times 
equal to the number of fiscal years during 
such period which end with or before the 
fiscal year for which the determination is 
made plus the number of fiscal years dur-
ing the period described in paragraph 
(1)(A), and 
‘‘(B) paragraph (1)(B) shall apply with respect 
to subsequent fiscal years by substituting for the 
reference, in paragraph (1)(B)(i), to fiscal year 2013 
a reference to the last fiscal year in such period.
IV
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 259
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1366) amending the Federal
Elections Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of campaigns
for election for Federal office, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 6, 1997
Mr. BAESLER (for himself, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BOYD, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. CRAMER,
Ms. DANNER, Mr. GOODE, Mr. HALL of Texas, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. JOHN,
Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MINGE, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Ms. SANCHEZ,
Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. TANNER, Mrs. TAUSCHER, and Mr.
TAYLOR of Mississippi) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1366) amending
the Federal Elections Campaign Act of 1971 to reform
the financing of campaigns for election for Federal office,
and for other purposes.
Resolved, That immediately upon the adoption of this
resolution the Speaker shall, pursuant to clause 1(b) of
rule XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the con-
sideration of the bill (H.R. 1366) amending the Federal
Elections Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing
‘‘(3) TERMINATION YEAR.—For purposes of para-
graph (1)(B), the ‘termination year’ is the first fiscal year, 
after fiscal year 2013— 
‘‘(A) for which the OASDI trust fund ratio is 
at least 125 percent; and 
‘‘(B) on the last day of which there are no out-
standing transition obligations of the Self-Liqui-
dating Social Security Transition Fund under sec-
tion 262. 
‘‘(4) OASDI TRUST
FUND
RATIO.—In paragraph 
(2)(A), the term ‘OASDI trust fund ratio’ means, for a 
fiscal year, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of— 
‘‘(A) the combined balance in the Federal Old- 
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as of the 
last day of such fiscal year; over 
‘‘(B) the amount estimated by the Commis-
sioner of Social Security to be the total amount to 
be paid from such Trust Funds during the fiscal 
year following such fiscal year for all purposes au-
thorized by this section (excluding any transfer pay-
ments between such Trust Funds and reducing the 
amount of any transfer to the Railroad Retirement 
Account by the amount of any transfers into either 
such Trust Fund from such Account).’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to fiscal 
years beginning after September 30, 2005. 
SEC. 104. TAX TREATMENT OF ACCOUNTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter F of chapter 1 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 
exempt organizations) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new part: 
‘‘PART IX—PERSONAL SOCIAL SECURITY 
SAVINGS PROGRAM 
‘‘Sec. 530A. Personal social security savings program. 
‘‘SEC. 530A. PERSONAL SOCIAL SECURITY SAVINGS PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—The Social Security Personal 
Savings Fund and each Tier III Investment Option are 
exempt from taxation under this subtitle. Notwithstanding 
the preceding sentence, sums in a personal social security 
savings account which are attributable to a Tier III Op-
tion shall be subject to the taxes imposed by section 511 
(relating to imposition of tax on unrelated business income 
of charitable, etc. organizations). 
‘‘(b) DISTRIBUTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any qualified distribution 
from—
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (16) and (17) 
as paragraphs (23) and (24), respectively; 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (15) as para-
graph (21); 
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (11) through 
(14) as paragraphs (16) through (19), respectively; 
(5) by redesignating paragraph (10) as para-
graph (14); 
(6) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (9) 
as paragraphs (6) through (12), respectively; 
(7) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (4); 
(8) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) The term ‘challenging State developed aca-
demic content standards’ has the meaning given such 
term in paragraphs (1) and (5) of section 1111(b) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘deficient’ means—
‘‘(A) systemic or significant failure of a 
Head Start agency in an area of performance 
that the Secretary determines involves—
‘‘(i) a threat to the health, safety, or 
civil rights of children or staff;
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 134 
To prevent abuse of the special allowance subsidies under the Federal Family 
Education Loan Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005 
Mr. KILDEE (for himself, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and Mr. GEORGE MILLER of 
California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To prevent abuse of the special allowance subsidies under 
the Federal Family Education Loan Program. 
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 ‘‘Emergency Loan 
Abuse Prevention Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF EXCESSIVE ALLOWANCES. 
Section 438(b)(2)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087–1(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking 
clause (v) and inserting the following:
‘‘(v) This subparagraph shall not 
apply to— 
‘‘(I) any loan made or purchased 
after the date of enactment of the 
Emergency Loan Abuse Prevention 
Act of 2004; 
‘‘(II) any loan that had not quali-
fied before such date of enactment for 
receipt of a special allowance payment 
determined under this subparagraph; 
or 
‘‘(III) any loan made or pur-
chased before such date of enactment 
with funds described in the first or 
second sentence of clause (i) if— 
‘‘(aa) 
the 
obligation 
de-
scribed in the first such sentence 
has, after such date of enact-
ment, matured, or been retired or 
defeased; or 
‘‘(bb) the maturity date or 
the date of retirement of the obli-
gation described in the first such 
sentence has, after such date of 
enactment, been extended.’’.
SEC. 3. EXPENDITURE OF SAVINGS ON INCREASED PELL 
GRANTS. 
From any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, there is appropriated for each of the fiscal 
years beginning after the date of enactment of this Act 
an additional amount for the purposes of increasing the 
maximum Pell grant in each Act providing annual appro-
priations for the Pell grant program under subpart 1 of 
part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070a) that is equal to the amount that is 
determined annually by the Congressional Budget Office 
to be the amount by which expenditures under section 438 
of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087–1) are reduced for such fiscal 
year by the enactment of section 2 of this Act. 
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‘‘(A) amounts credited to a personal social 
security savings account from the Social Secu-
rity Personal Savings Fund or attributable to a 
Tier III Investment Option, or 
‘‘(B) a personal social security savings an-
nuity, 
shall not be included in the gross income of the dis-
tributee. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED DISTRIBUTION.—For purposes 
of paragraph (1), the term ‘qualified distribution’ 
means a distribution which meets the requirements 
of section 258 of the Social Security Act and which 
is not a guaranty payment (as defined by section 
259 of such Act). 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) PERSONAL SOCIAL SECURITY SAVINGS AC-
COUNT.—The term ‘personal social security savings 
account’ means an account established under section 
254(a) of the Social Security Act. 
‘‘(2) PERSONAL SOCIAL SECURITY SAVINGS AN-
NUITY.—The term ‘personal social security savings 
annuity’ means an annuity approved by the Personal 
Social Security Savings Board under section 
258(b)(3) of the Social Security Act.
‘‘(3) SOCIAL
SECURITY
PERSONAL
SAVINGS 
FUND.—The term ‘Social Security Personal Savings 
Fund’ means the Savings Fund established under 
section 252 of the Social Security Act. 
‘‘(4) TIER III INVESTMENT OPTION.—The term 
‘Tier III Investment Option’ has the meaning given 
such term by section 251(9) of the Social Security 
Act. 
‘‘(d) ESTATE TAX TREATMENT.—No amount shall be 
includible in the gross estate of any individual for pur-
poses of chapter 11 by reason of an interest in the Tier 
I Investment Fund or the Tier II Investment Fund of the 
Savings Fund or held under a Tier III Investment Option 
and which is credited to the personal social security sav-
ings account of the individual.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
86(d)(1)(A) of such Code is amended by inserting 
‘‘part A of’’ after ‘‘under’’. 
(3) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The table of 
parts for subchapter F of chapter 1 of such Code is 
amended by adding after the item relating to part 
VIII the following new item: 
‘‘PART IX. PERSONAL SOCIAL SECURITY SAVINGS PROGRAM’’. 
(b) GUARANTY PAYMENTS.—Paragraph (1) of sec-
tion 86(d) of the Internal Revenue Act of 1986, as amend-
ed by subsection (b), is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the