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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5801 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the subsidization of Amtrak sleeper 
class service, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2010 
Mr. THORNBERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the subsidization 
of Amtrak sleeper class service, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AMTRAK SLEEPER CLASS SERVICE. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 243 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 24317. Sleeper class service 
‘‘(a) PRICING.—Amtrak shall ensure that the fares 
charged for sleeper class service on all long-distance routes 
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are priced to equal all of the operating costs for providing 
such service. 
‘‘(b) DISCONTINUANCE.—Amtrak shall discontinue 
sleeper class service on any long distance route with re-
spect to which total costs of such service exceed total rev-
enue for such service for the first full fiscal year beginning 
after the date of enactment of this section. 
‘‘(c) FUNDING LIMITATION.—Amtrak may not use 
any funds provided by the Federal Government to sub-
sidize sleeper class service.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of section 
for such chapter 243 is amended by adding after the item 
relating to section 24316 the following new item: 
‘‘24317. Sleeper class service.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5802 
To repeal a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
providing for funds to a health care facility and rescind funds made 
available under such section. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2010 
Mr. UPTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To repeal a provision of the Patient Protection and Afford-
able Care Act providing for funds to a health care facility 
and rescind funds made available under such section. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. RESCISSION AND REPEAL OF PPACA PROVI-
SION PROVIDING FUNDS TO A CERTAIN 
HEALTH CARE FACILITY. 
Section 10502 of the Patient Protection and Afford-
able Care Act (Public Law 111–148) is repealed. Any un-
obligated balances available on the date of the enactment 
of this Act of funds appropriated to the Department of 
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Health and Human Services under such section are re-
scinded and all amounts made available under such section 
before such date shall be returned to the Treasury. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5804 
To prohibit trade in billfish. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2010 
Mr. SHADEGG (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 
Mr. CAO, and Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Ways and 
Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit trade in billfish. 
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 ‘‘Billfish Conservation 
Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY. 
The Congress enacts this Act pursuant to clause 3 
of section 8 of article I of the United States Constitution. 
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON TRADE IN BILLFISH. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—No person shall offer for sale, 
sell, import, or export, or have custody, control, or posses-
sion of for purposes of offering for sale, selling, importing, 
or exporting, billfish or products containing billfish. 
(b) PENALTY.—For purposes of section 308(a) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 1858(a)), a violation of this section 
shall be treated as an act prohibited by section 307 of 
that Act (16 U.S.C. 1857). 
(c) BILLFISH DEFINED.—In this section the term 
‘‘billfish’’— 
(1) means any fish of the species— 
(A) Makaira nigricans (blue marlin); 
(B) Kajikia audax (striped marlin); 
(C) Istiompax indica (black marlin); 
(D) Istiophorus platypterus (sailfish); 
(E) Tetrapturus angustirostris (shortbill 
spearfish); 
(F) Kajikia albida (white marlin); 
(G) Tetrapturus georgii (roundscale spear-
fish); 
(H) Tetrapturus belone (Mediterranean 
spearfish); and 
(I) Tetrapturus pfluegeri (longbill spear-
fish); and 
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(A) examine the environmental impacts re-
sulting from the ultimate disposal of controlled 
substances through existing methods; 
(B) taking into consideration such impacts, 
and the ease and cost of implementation of 
drug take-back programs and participation in 
such programs by various communities, formu-
late appropriate recommendations on the de-
struction or ultimate disposal of prescription 
drugs, including controlled substances; and 
(C) identify additional authority needed to 
carry out such recommendations if the Adminis-
trator determines that the Administrator’s ex-
isting legal authorities are insufficient to imple-
ment such recommendations; and 
(2) not later than 18 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, submit a report to the 
Congress on the results of such study. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5806 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to create 
a local food credit program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2010 
Ms. PINGREE of Maine (for herself, Ms. KILROY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. 
NEAL of Massachusetts, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
LUJA´N, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, Mr. CLAY, and Mr. COURTNEY) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act to create a local food credit 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 ‘‘Eat Local Foods Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LOCAL FOOD CREDIT PROGRAM. 
Section 6(c) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755(c)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) LOCAL FOOD CREDIT PROGRAM.— 
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‘‘(ii) keep records of purchases made 
with such assistance; and 
‘‘(iii) provide such records to the Sec-
retary in such manner and such form as 
established by the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) AUTHORIZED
USE
OF
FUNDS.—A 
participating school food authority may use up 
to 10 percent of the local food credit received 
under this paragraph for a school year to pur-
chase local foods to be served under the school 
lunch program during the following school year. 
‘‘(D) MINIMUM COMMODITY PURCHASES.— 
The amount of a grant made under this para-
graph for a school year shall count towards the 
Secretary’s commodity assistance or commodity 
requirements under subsection (e) for such 
school year. 
‘‘(E) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
paragraph: 
‘‘(i) LOCAL FOODS.—The term ‘local 
foods’ means has the meaning given the 
term ‘locally or regionally produced agri-
cultural 
food 
products’ 
in 
section 
310B(g)(9)(A) of the Consolidated Farm 
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and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932(g)(A)). 
‘‘(ii) LOCAL FOOD CREDIT.—The term 
‘local food credits’ means cash, letters of 
credit, or another form of assistance, de-
termined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(iii) PARTICIPATING
SCHOOL
FOOD 
AUTHORITY.—The 
term 
‘participating 
school food authority’ means a school food 
authority that— 
‘‘(I) participates in the school 
lunch program under this Act; and 
‘‘(II) elects to participate in the 
local food credit program under this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(iv) PARTICIPATING
STATE
AGEN-
CY.—The term ‘participating State agency’ 
means a State agency that— 
‘‘(I) participates in the school 
lunch program under this Act; and 
‘‘(II) elects to participate in the 
local food credit program under this 
paragraph.’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF GRANTS FOR SPECIFIED ENERGY 
PROPERTY IN LIEU OF TAX CREDITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 1603 of 
division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
Act of 2009 is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2009 or 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2009, 2010, 2011, or 2012’’, 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘after 2010’’ and inserting 
‘‘after 2012’’, and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2009 or 2010’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2009, 2010, 2011, or 2012’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (j) of 
section 1603 of division B of such Act is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF GRANTS FOR SPECIFIED ENERGY 
PROPERTY IN LIEU OF TAX CREDITS. 
(a) GRANTS
ALLOWED
FOR
CERTAIN
GOVERN-
MENTAL UNITS AND COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC COMPA-
NIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (g) of section 
1603 of division B of the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘other 
than a governmental unit which is a State util-
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section and the update under sub-
section (d)(4) under such section for a 
year as applied under this paragraph 
shall be not less than 1 percent. 
‘‘(II) ADJUSTMENTS.—The Sec-
retary may determine the extent to 
which Medicare adjustments applica-
ble to base payment rates under parts 
A and B of Medicare for graduate 
medical 
education 
and 
dispropor-
tionate share hospitals shall apply 
under this section. 
‘‘(C) FOR NEW SERVICES.—The Secretary 
shall modify payment rates described in sub-
paragraph (B) in order to accommodate pay-
ments for services, such as well-child visits, that 
are not otherwise covered under Medicare. 
‘‘(D) 
PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS.—Payment 
rates under this subsection for prescription 
drugs that are not paid for under part A or 
part B of Medicare shall be at rates negotiated 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) INCENTIVES
FOR
PARTICIPATING
PRO-
VIDERS.— 
‘‘(A) INITIAL INCENTIVE PERIOD.— 
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(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to affect the Administrator’s au-
thority under other provisions of law. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 
2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
shall provide, in the case of services de-
scribed in clause (ii) furnished during 
2014, 2015, and 2016, for payment rates 
that are 5 percent greater than the rates 
established under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(ii) 
SERVICES
DESCRIBED.—The 
services described in this clause are items 
and professional services, under the public 
health insurance option by a physician or 
other health care practitioner who partici-
pates in both Medicare and the public 
health insurance option. 
‘‘(iii) SPECIAL RULES.—A pediatrician 
and any other health care practitioner who 
is a type of practitioner that does not typi-
cally participate in Medicare (as deter-
mined by the Secretary) shall also be eligi-
ble for the increased payment rates under 
clause (i). 
‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT
PERIODS.—Beginning 
with 2017 and for subsequent years, the Sec-
retary shall continue to use an administrative 
process to set such rates in order to promote 
payment accuracy, to ensure adequate bene-
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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5811 
AN ACT 
To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and 
Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to 
allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine blood 
quantum requirement for membership in that tribe. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(I) a description of how training needs re-
lating to children in foster care will be identi-
fied and addressed for— 
(i) critical stakeholders in the State 
educational agency, local educational agen-
cies, the State child welfare agency, and 
local child welfare agencies; and 
(ii) other necessary parties involved 
with children in foster care; 
(J) a description of how local educational 
agencies in the State, in collaboration with local 
child welfare agencies, will meet the require-
ments of subsection (f), section 101(b)(1), and 
other provisions in this title relating to local 
educational agencies; 
(K) a description of services or policies 
needed for children in foster care to meet the 
same challenging student academic achievement 
standards under section 1111(b)(1) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)) to which other children 
are held, and a description of the steps that will 
be taken to create and implement those services 
or policies; 
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the 
ratio 
permitted 
under 
section 
1848(g)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act. 
‘‘(B) OTHER PROVIDERS.—The Secretary 
shall provide for the participation (on an annual 
or other basis specified by the Secretary) of 
health care providers (other than physicians) 
under the public health insurance option under 
which payment shall only be available if the 
provider agrees to accept the payment rate es-
tablished under subsection (c) (without regard 
to cost-sharing) as the payment in full. 
‘‘(4) EXCLUSION
OF
CERTAIN
PROVIDERS.— 
The Secretary shall exclude from participation under 
the public health insurance option a health care pro-
vider that is excluded from participation in a Fed-
eral health care program (as defined in section 
1128B(f) of the Social Security Act). 
‘‘(f) APPLICATION OF FRAUD AND ABUSE PROVI-
SIONS.—Provisions of law (other than criminal law provi-
sions) identified by the Secretary by regulation, in con-
sultation with the Inspector General of the Department 
of Health and Human Services, that impose sanctions 
with respect to waste, fraud, and abuse under Medicare, 
such as the False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. 3729 et seq.), 
shall also apply to the public health insurance option. 
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‘‘(g) MEDICARE DEFINED.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘Medicare’ means the health insurance pro-
grams under title XVIII of the Social Security Act.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) 
TREATMENT
AS
QUALIFIED
HEALTH 
PLAN.—Section 1301(a)(2) of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act, as amended by section 
10104(a) of such Act, is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘, THE 
PUBLIC
HEALTH
INSURANCE
OPTION,’’ before 
‘‘AND’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘the public health insur-
ance option under section 1325,’’ before ‘‘and a 
multi-State plan’’. 
(2) LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.—Section 1324(a) 
of such Act, as amended by section 10104(n) of such 
Act, is amended by inserting ‘‘the public health in-
surance option under section 1325,’’ before ‘‘or a 
multi-State qualified health plan’’. 
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(B) An overhead component, which shall 
be no less than zero, and which shall be deter-
mined by the Secretary as being the amount 
(expressed in basis points per annum) which, in 
the aggregate when assessed across the Pro-
gram, will be at least sufficient to fund in full 
the reasonably estimable costs to the govern-
ment of staffing and administering the Pro-
gram, including without limitation, the costs of 
the Board, the costs of processing applications, 
the costs (including the costs of the risk assess-
ment entities involved) of developing the under-
writing guidelines described in subsection (f) 
and the costs of legal, accounting and other 
professional advisors as may be retained by the 
Board. 
(C) The market component, which shall be 
no less than zero, and which shall be deter-
mined by the Board, with respect to any indi-
vidual credit guarantee, as being an amount 
(expressed in basis points per annum) which, 
when added to the other two components of the 
guarantee fee, will encourage the participation 
of the private market in the provision of credit 
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fiscal years 2012 through 2016, to remain available until 
expended. 
‘‘(b) MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT.—The Adminis-
trator may use not more than 1 percent of the amounts 
made available under subsection (a) for each fiscal year for 
management and oversight purposes.’’. 
SEC. 3. AUDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 360 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall carry out an audit to identify— 
(1) all Federal mobile source clean air grant, re-
bate, or low cost revolving loan programs under the 
authority of the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, the Secretary of Transportation, 
or other relevant Federal agency heads that are de-
signed to address diesel emissions from, or reduce die-
sel fuel usage by, diesel engines and vehicles; and 
(2) whether, and to what extent, duplication or 
overlap among, or gaps between, these Federal mobile 
source clean air programs exists. 
(b) REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall— 
(1) submit to the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on
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Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives a copy of the audit under subsection (a); and 
(2) make a copy of the audit under subsection 
(a) available on a publicly accessible Internet site. 
(c) OFFSET.—All unobligated amounts provided to 
carry out the pilot program under title I of division G of 
the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111– 
8; 123 Stat. 814) under the heading ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS 
ITEMS’’ are rescinded. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), the amendments made by section 2 shall take 
effect on October 1, 2011. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The amendments made by sub-
sections (a)(4) and (6) and (c)(4) of section 2 shall take 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to amend the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and modify 
provisions relating to the diesel emissions reduction pro-
gram.’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.
sult of the child returning home or achieving 
another permanency outcome during a school 
year— 
(i) the child shall be entitled to com-
plete the school year in the school that the 
child is attending unless the entity making 
the school selection decision determines 
that a change in schools is in the child’s 
best interest; and 
(ii) necessary transportation to the 
current school shall be arranged and fund-
ed by the local educational agency in which 
the current school is located. 
(2) TREATMENT AS RESIDENT.—A child in fos-
ter care who remains in a school of origin shall be 
treated by the local educational agency serving such 
school as if the child resides in the school district 
and is entitled to all school privileges. 
(3) IMMEDIATE ENROLLMENT.—If it is deter-
mined through the school selection process that it is 
not in the best interest of a child in foster care to 
attend a school of origin, or if a school selection de-
cision is not sought for the child, the child shall have 
the right to be immediately enrolled in a new school 
in the child’s school attendance area, regardless of 
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