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‘‘(f) WORKING GROUPS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The co-chairs of the Task 
Force may establish working groups as necessary to 
meet the goals and duties of this Act. The Task 
Force may request the co-chairs to establish such a 
working group. 
‘‘(2) PARTICIPATION
BY
NONGOVERNMENTAL 
ORGANIZATIONS.—The co-chairs may allow a non-
governmental organization to participate in such a 
working group. 
‘‘(g) FACA.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Task Force.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 
6401 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the items relating to sec-
tions 209 through 211 as relating to sections 213 
through 215; and 
(2) by inserting the following after the item re-
lating to section 207: 
‘‘Sec. 209. Community-based planning grants. 
‘‘Sec. 210. Vessel grounding inventory. 
‘‘Sec. 211. Regional coordination. 
‘‘Sec. 212. United States Coral Reef Task Force.’’. 
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(2)
in
subsection
(b)(5)(A)
by
striking 
‘‘5302(a)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘5302(a)(1)’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)(1) by inserting ‘‘to admin-
ister this section and’’ after ‘‘5338(b)(2)(J)’’; 
(4) by adding at the end of subsection (d) the 
following: 
‘‘(4) TRANSFERS TO LAND MANAGEMENT AGEN-
CIES.—The Secretary may transfer amounts avail-
able under paragraph (1) to the appropriate Federal 
land management agency to pay necessary costs of 
the agency for such activities described in paragraph 
(1) in connection with activities being carried out 
under this section.’’; 
(5) in subsection (k)(3) by striking ‘‘subsection 
(d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)(1)’’; 
(6) by redesignating subsections (a) through 
(m) as subsections (b) through (n), respectively; and 
(7) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM NAME.—The program authorized by 
this section shall be known as the Paul S. Sarbanes Tran-
sit in Parks Program.’’. 
(j) SECTION 5323.—Section 5323(n) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 5336(e)(2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 5336(d)(2)’’. 
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SEC. 7. FUNDING FOR MARINE SCIENCE FACILITY, CORAL 
REEF RESEARCH, AND COASTAL ECOLOGY 
AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) AMERICAN
SAMOA
COMMUNITY
COLLEGE.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 to the 
Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration, to provide funds to 
the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College program to 
administer a marine science facility for coral reef research 
and protection, and coastal ecology and development, at 
the American Samoa Community College. 
(b) UNIVERSITY OF GUAM.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated $1,000,000 to the Secretary of Com-
merce, acting through the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration, to provide funds to the University 
of Guam for coral reef research and protection. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 213 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 
2000 (formerly 16 U.S.C. 6408), as redesignated by sec-
tion 4, is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce to 
carry out this title $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, 
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$32,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $34,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2010 and $35,000,000 for fiscal years 
2011 and 2012. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—Of the amount authorized 
by this subsection for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2012— 
‘‘(A) no less than 30 percent shall be used 
for the grant program under section 204; 
‘‘(B) up to 10 percent shall be used for the 
Fund established under section 205; 
‘‘(C) $500,000 may be used by the Sec-
retary of the Interior to support operations of 
the United States Coral Reef Task Force; and 
‘‘(D) $250,000 may be used by the Sec-
retary of Commerce to support such oper-
ations.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) COMMUNITY-BASED
PLANNING
GRANTS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated— 
‘‘(1) to the Administrator to carry out section 
209, $8,000,000 for fiscal years 2008 through 2012, 
to remain available until expended; and 
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‘‘(2) to the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Office of Insular Affairs, for the grant 
program under section 209, $4,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2008 through 2012.’’; and 
(4) by striking subsection (d). 
Æ 
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IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1205 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 23, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, 
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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(k) SECTION 5325.—Section 5325(b) of such title is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end ‘‘adopted before August 10, 2005’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
(l) SECTION 5336.— 
(1) APPORTIONMENTS OF FORMULA GRANTS.— 
Section 5336 of such title is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Of the 
amount’’ and all that follows before paragraph 
(1) and inserting ‘‘Of the amount apportioned 
under subsection (i)(2) to carry out section 
5307—’’; 
(B) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (a) and (h)(2) of section 5338’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsections (a)(1)(C)(vi) and (b)(2)(B) 
of section 5338’’; and 
(C) by redesignating subsection (c), as 
added by section 3034(c) of the Safe, Account-
able, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1628), as 
subsection (k). 
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and a physician or other health care practi-
tioner. 
(c) STANDING PANEL.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Secretary shall appoint a standing panel (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘‘standing panel’’ or ‘‘panel’’) 
to determine whether a test is an included test and 
make recommendations to the Secretary on the ap-
propriate coding of, and payment for, designated 
clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under the dem-
onstration. 
(2) COMPOSITION OF PANEL.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The standing panel 
shall be comprised of 12 members. Two of such 
members shall be non-voting representatives of 
the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare 
& Medicaid Services. The Secretary shall ap-
point the other 10 members from— 
(i) organizations representing large 
clinical laboratories; 
(ii) organizations representing small 
clinical laboratories; 
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(iii) organizations representing physi-
cians with expertise in clinical diagnostic 
laboratory tests; 
(iv) organizations representing non-
physician laboratorians with expertise in 
such tests; 
(v) organizations representing manu-
facturers of such tests; 
(vi) organizations representing indi-
viduals entitled to benefits under title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act; 
(vii) organizations representing pri-
vate payers for such tests (but not more 
than one member may be appointed to rep-
resent such organizations); 
(viii) individuals with expertise in 
measuring resource utilization by clinical 
laboratories in performing tests; and 
(ix) individuals with other relevant ex-
pertise. 
(B) TERMS OF OFFICE.—Each member of 
the panel shall be appointed for the life of the 
panel, except that any individual appointed to 
fill a vacancy shall be appointed for the remain-
der of the term of the individual who is being 
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100 
(2)
TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
3034(d)(2) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 
Users (119 Stat. 1629), is amended by striking 
‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’. 
(m) SECTION 5337.—Section 5337(a) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘for each of 
fiscal years 1998 through 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘for each 
of fiscal years 2005 through 2009’’. 
(n) SECTION 5338.—Section 5338(d)(1)(B) of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘section 5315(a)(16)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 5315(b)(2)(P)’’. 
(o) SAFETEA–LU.— 
(1)
SECTION
3011.—Section
3011(f)
of
the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1589) is 
amended by adding to the end the following: 
‘‘(5) Central Florida Commuter Rail Transit 
Project.’’. 
(2) SECTION
3037.—Section 3037(c) of such 
Act (119 Stat. 1636) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘Phase 
II’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (10). 
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replaced. Any vacancy shall be filled in the 
same manner, and with a representative of the 
same category under subparagraph (A), as the 
individual being replaced. 
(3) RULES GOVERNING PANEL.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The panel shall elect its 
chair. A quorum shall be required to conduct 
the business of the panel, and eight members of 
the panel shall constitute a quorum. 
(B) COMPENSATION.—While serving on 
the business of the panel (including travel 
time), a member of the panel shall be entitled 
to compensation at the per diem equivalent rate 
provided for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code, and while so serving away from home and 
the member’s regular place of business, a mem-
ber may be allowed travel expenses as author-
ized by the chair of the panel. 
(C) STAFFING.— 
(i) DETAILING.—The panel may seek 
such assistance and support of its duties 
from appropriate Federal Departments 
and agencies. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1206 
To name the Logistics Automation Training Facility of the Army Quarter-
master Center and School at Fort Lee, Virginia, in honor of General 
Richard H. Thompson, who is the only quartermaster to have risen 
from private to full general. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2007 
Mr. FORBES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To name the Logistics Automation Training Facility of the 
Army Quartermaster Center and School at Fort Lee, 
Virginia, in honor of General Richard H. Thompson, 
who is the only quartermaster to have risen from private 
to full general. 
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. 3442
AN ACT
To establish the National Museum of African American His-
tory and Culture Plan for Action Presidential Commis-
sion to develop a plan of action for the establishment
and maintenance of the National Museum of African
American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., and
for other purposes.
SECTION 1. NAMING OF LOGISTICS AUTOMATION TRAIN-
ING FACILITY, ARMY QUARTERMASTER CEN-
TER AND SCHOOL, FORT LEE, VIRGINIA, IN 
HONOR OF GENERAL RICHARD H. THOMP-
SON, THE ONLY QUARTERMASTER TO HAVE 
RISEN FROM PRIVATE TO FULL GENERAL. 
The Logistics Automation Training Facility of the 
Army Quartermaster Center and School at Fort Lee, Vir-
ginia shall be known and designated as the ‘‘General Rich-
ard H. Thompson Logistics Automation Training Facil-
ity’’. Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to such facility 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the General Richard 
H. Thompson Logistics Automation Training Facility. 
Æ 
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101 
(3) SECTION
3040.—Section 3040(4) of such 
Act
(119
Stat.
1639)
is
amended
by
striking 
‘‘$7,871,895,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$7,872,893,000’’. 
(4) SECTION 3043.— 
(A)
PORTLAND,
OREGON.—Section 
3043(b)(27) of such Act (119 Stat. 1642) is 
amended
by
inserting
‘‘/Milwaukie’’
after 
‘‘Mall’’. 
(B) LOS ANGELES.— 
(i) PHASE 1.—Section 3043(b)(13) of 
such Act (119 Stat. 1642) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(13) Los Angeles—Exposition LRT (Phase 
1).’’. 
(ii)
PHASE
2.—Section
3043(c)
of 
such Act (119 Stat. 1645) is amended by 
inserting after paragraph (104) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(104A) Los Angeles—Exposition LRT (Phase 
2).’’. 
(C) SAN DIEGO.—Section 3043(c)(105) of 
such Act (119 Stat. 1645) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘LOSSAN Del Mar-San Diego—Rail Cor-
ridor Improvements’’ and inserting ‘‘LOSSAN 
Rail Corridor Improvements’’. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6205 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1449 West Avenue in Bronx, New York, as 
the ‘‘Private Isaac T. Cortes Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘CHAPTER 37—ESPIONAGE AND RELATED 
OFFENSES 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘791. Gathering or transmitting information connected with the national de-
fense. 
‘‘792. Losing information connected with the national defense. 
‘‘793. Forfeiture. 
‘‘794. General provisions for chapter. 
‘‘§ 791. Gathering or transmitting information con-
nected with the national defense 
‘‘Whoever, with intent or reason to believe that the 
information will be used to the injury of the United States, 
or to the advantage of any foreign power, knowingly— 
‘‘(1) without authorization obtains information 
connected with the national defense; or 
‘‘(2) provides information connected with the 
national defense to any person not entitled to receive 
it; 
or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be imprisoned for 
life or for any term of years, and if death results, shall 
be subject to the death penalty. 
‘‘§ 792. Losing information connected with the na-
tional defense 
‘‘Whoever, or having lawful possession or control of 
any information connected with the national defense— 
‘‘(1) recklessly permits that information to be 
lost, stolen, or destroyed; or 
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and other relevant Bureaus in preparing 
those portions of the Human Rights Re-
ports that relate to the abduction, sale, 
and trafficking of children. 
(ii) ANNUAL
REPORT
ON
INTER-
COUNTRY ADOPTION.—Not later than Sep-
tember 1 of each year, the Secretary of 
State shall prepare and submit to Congress 
an annual report on intercountry adoption. 
Each annual report shall include— 
(I) a description of the status of 
child protection and adoption in each 
foreign country, including— 
(aa) trends toward improve-
ment in the welfare and protec-
tion of children and families; 
(bb) trends in family reunifi-
cation, domestic adoption, and 
intercountry adoption; 
(cc) movement toward ratifi-
cation and implementation of the 
Convention; and 
(dd) census information on 
the number of children in or-
phanages, 
foster 
homes, 
and 
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3448
AN ACT
To improve the ability of the United States to prevent,
prepare for, and respond to bioterrorism and other public
health emergencies.
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. 3808 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 
special rule treating combat pay as earned income for purposes of the 
earned income credit and to increase the standard deduction for individ-
uals performing service in the uniformed services while on active duty 
for a period of more than 30 days. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 10, 2007 
Ms. GIFFORDS (for herself, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. MURPHY of Con-
necticut, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
ALTMIRE, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. 
PASTOR, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. MITCHELL, and Mr. HARE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently 
extend the special rule treating combat pay as earned 
income for purposes of the earned income credit and 
to increase the standard deduction for individuals per-
forming service in the uniformed services while on active 
duty for a period of more than 30 days. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3809 
To amend the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 
1988 regarding the local coordinating entity of the Delaware and Lehigh 
National Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 10, 2007 
Mr. KANJORSKI (for himself, Mr. DENT, and Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of 
Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Cor-
ridor Act of 1988 regarding the local coordinating entity 
of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, 
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. DELAWARE AND LEHIGH NATIONAL HERITAGE 
CORRIDOR LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY. 
The Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Cor-
ridor Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 100– 
692) is amended— 
(1) in section 9— 
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paragraph (3), the Secretary of State shall reach a 
final decision regarding the child’s eligibility as an 
adoptable child. Notice of such decision must be in 
writing. 
(5) RIGHT TO AN APPEAL.—Unfavorable deci-
sions on a certification may be appealed through the 
appropriate process of the Department of State and, 
after the exhaustion of such process, to a United 
States district court. 
SEC. 307. FUNDS. 
The Secretary of State shall provide the Ambassador 
at Large with such funds as may be necessary for— 
(1) the hiring of staff for the Office; 
(2) investigations conducted by such staff; and 
(3) travel and other expenses necessary to carry 
out this Act. 
TITLE IV—ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 401. CIVIL PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) CIVIL PENALTIES.—A person shall be subject, in 
addition to any other penalty that may be prescribed by 
law, to a civil money penalty of not more than $50,000 
for a first violation, and not more than $100,000 for each 
succeeding violation if such person— 
(1) violates a provision of this Act or an amend-
ment made by this Act; 
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(2) makes a false or fraudulent statement, or 
misrepresentation, with respect to a material fact, or 
offers, gives, solicits, or accepts inducement by way 
of compensation, intended to influence or affect in 
the United States or a foreign country— 
(A) a decision for an approval under title 
II; 
(B) the relinquishment of parental rights 
or the giving of parental consent relating to the 
adoption of a child; or 
(C) a decision or action of any entity per-
forming a central authority function; or 
(3) engages another person as an agent, wheth-
er in the United States or in a foreign country, who 
in the course of that agency takes any of the actions 
described in paragraph (1) or (2). 
(b) CIVIL ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) AUTHORITY OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The 
Attorney General may bring a civil action to enforce 
subsection (a) against any person in any United 
States district court. 
(2) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN IMPOSING 
PENALTIES.—In imposing penalties the court shall 
consider the gravity of the violation, the degree of 
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culpability of the defendant, and any history of prior 
violations by the defendant. 
SEC. 402. CRIMINAL PENALTIES. 
Whoever knowingly and willfully commits a violation 
described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 401(a) shall 
be subject to a fine of not more than $250,000, imprison-
ment for not more than 5 years, or both. 
Æ 
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(C) resource intervals or resource bands 
(as described in subsection (g)(1)) that the 
panel recommends that the Secretary should 
use for the assignment of included tests under 
the demonstration. 
(3) SECRETARIAL DETERMINATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall develop and make available to public on 
an internet site guidance documents on the stand-
ards and parameters that will be applied in making 
Secretarial determinations and on the resource inter-
vals or resource bands to be used under the dem-
onstration and on whether to grant a request for a 
payment or coding determination. Such guidance 
documents shall be developed, which shall be made 
available to the public at least 10 days before the be-
ginning of the demonstration, in a manner similar to 
the manner in which guidance documents are devel-
oped under section 701(h) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 371(h)). 
(4) AUTHORITY TO RECOMMEND REVISIONS TO, 
AND
TO
REVISE, RESOURCE
INTERVALS
OR
RE-
SOURCE BANDS.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as limiting the authority of the standing 
panel to recommend, or the Secretary to adopt, new 
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