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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1645 
To provide financial assistance for the rehabilitation of the Benjamin Franklin 
National Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the development 
of an exhibit to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birth of 
Benjamin Franklin. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2005 
Mr. GERLACH (for himself, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. 
PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. PLATTS, Ms. HART, Mr. ENGLISH of 
Pennsylvania, and Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To provide financial assistance for the rehabilitation of the 
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, and the development of an exhibit to com-
memorate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Ben-
jamin Franklin. 
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 ‘‘Benjamin Franklin 
National Memorial Commemoration Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN NATIONAL MEMORIAL. 
The Secretary of the Interior may provide a grant 
to the Franklin Institute to— 
(1) rehabilitate the Benjamin Franklin National 
Memorial (including the Franklin statue) in Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania; and 
(2) develop an interpretive exhibit relating to 
Benjamin Franklin, to be displayed at a museum ad-
jacent to the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $10,000,000. 
(b) REQUIRED MATCH.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall require the Franklin Institute to match any 
amounts provided to the Franklin Institute under this Act. 
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(2) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and 
$500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 
2012 to provide reimbursements of one-fourth of 
Qualifying Smart Grid Investments. 
SEC. 105. SMART GRID TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT. 
(a) POWER GRID DIGITAL INFORMATION TECH-
NOLOGY.—The Secretary of Energy shall conduct pro-
grams to— 
(1) deploy advanced techniques for measuring 
peak load reductions and energy efficiency savings 
on customer premises from smart metering, demand 
response, distributed generation and electricity stor-
age systems; 
(2) implement means for demand response, dis-
tributed generation, and storage to provide ancillary 
services; 
(3) advance the use of wide-area measurement 
networks including data mining, visualization, ad-
vanced computing, and secure and dependable com-
munications in a highly distributed environment; and 
(4) implement reliability technologies in a grid 
control room environment against a representative 
set of local outage and wide area blackout scenarios. 
(b) SMART GRID REGIONAL DEMONSTRATION PRO-
GRAM.— 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1646 
To provide for the expedited and increased assignment of spectrum for public 
safety purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2005 
Ms. HARMAN (for herself, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. FRELING-
HUYSEN, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. WILSON of 
South Carolina, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. FORD, Mr. 
PASCRELL, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. 
ETHERIDGE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of Cali-
fornia, Mr. ANDREWS, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, and Ms. LINDA 
T. SA´NCHEZ of California) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide for the expedited and increased assignment of 
spectrum for public safety purposes. 
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 ‘‘Homeland Emergency 
Response Operations Act’’ or the ‘‘HERO Act’’.
SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF DELAY IN REASSIGNMENT OF 24 
MEGAHERTZ FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES. 
Section 309(j)(14) of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(14)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) EXTENSIONS
NOT
PERMITTED
FOR 
CHANNELS (63, 64, 68 AND 69) REASSIGNED FOR 
PUBLIC
SAFETY
SERVICES.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph (B), the Commission shall not 
grant any extension under such subparagraph 
from the limitation of subparagraph (A) with 
respect to the frequencies assigned, pursuant to 
section 337(a)(1), for public safety services. 
The Commission shall take all actions necessary 
to complete assignment of the electromagnetic 
spectrum between 764 and 776 megahertz, in-
clusive, and between 794 and 806 megahertz, 
inclusive, for public safety services and to per-
mit operations by public safety services on those 
frequencies commencing no later than January 
1, 2007.’’. 
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expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and 
maintenance, in amounts as follows: 
(1) For the Army, $24,383,873,000. 
(2) For the Navy, $30,312,736,000. 
(3) For the Marine Corps, $3,631,277,000. 
(4) For the Air Force, $30,559,135,000. 
(5) 
For 
Defense-wide 
activities, 
$18,375,781,000. 
(6) For the Army Reserve, $1,998,282,000. 
(7) For the Naval Reserve, $1,245,695,000. 
(8) 
For 
the 
Marine 
Corps 
Reserve, 
$207,434,000. 
(9) For the Air Force Reserve, $2,501,686,000. 
(10) 
For 
the 
Army 
National 
Guard, 
$4,521,119,000. 
(11) 
For 
the 
Air 
National 
Guard, 
$4,727,091,000. 
(12) For the United States Court of Appeals 
for the Armed Forces, $11,236,000. 
(13) For Environmental Restoration, Army, 
$407,865,000. 
(14) For Environmental Restoration, Navy, 
$305,275,000. 
(15) For Environmental Restoration, Air Force, 
$406,461,000.
(16) For Environmental Restoration, Defense-
wide, $28,167,000. 
(17) For Environmental Restoration, Formerly 
Used Defense Sites, $221,921,000. 
(18) For Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and 
Civic Aid programs, $61,546,000. 
(19) For Cooperative Threat Reduction pro-
grams, $415,549,000. 
(20) For the Overseas Contingency Operations 
Transfer Fund, $20,000,000. 
SEC. 302. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2006 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
providing capital for working capital and revolving funds 
in amounts as follows: 
(1) For the Defense Working Capital Funds, 
$316,340,000. 
(2) For the National Defense Sealift Fund, 
$1,697,023,000. 
(3) For the Defense Working Capital Fund, 
Defense Commissary, $1,155,000,000. 
SEC. 303. OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS. 
(a) DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM.—Funds are here-
by authorized to be appropriated for the Department of
Defense for fiscal year 2006 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for the Defense Health Program, in the 
amount of $19,756,194,000, of which—
(1) $19,204,219,000 is for Operation and 
Maintenance; 
(2) $176,656,000 is for Research, Development, 
Test, and Evaluation; and 
(3) $375,319,000 is for Procurement. 
(b) CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUC-
TION, DEFENSE.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2006 for 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, for Chemical 
Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense, in the 
amount of $1,405,827,000, of which—
(A) $1,241,514,000 is for Operation and 
Maintenance; 
(B) $116,527,000 is for Research, Devel-
opment, Test, and Evaluation; and 
(C) $47,786,000 is for Procurement. 
(2) USE.—Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated under paragraph (1) are authorized for—
(A) the destruction of lethal chemical 
agents and munitions in accordance with sec-
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4188 
To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to permit a pre-
vailing party in an action or proceeding brought to enforce the Act 
to be awarded expert witness fees and certain other expenses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2007 
Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. SESSIONS) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
to permit a prevailing party in an action or proceeding 
brought to enforce the Act to be awarded expert witness 
fees and certain other expenses. 
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 ‘‘IDEA Fairness Res-
toration Act’’. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1647 
To require that general Federal elections be held during the first consecutive 
Saturday and Sunday in November, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2005 
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Mr. HONDA, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Ms. 
LEE, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. STARK, and Mr. 
JEFFERSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To require that general Federal elections be held during 
the first consecutive Saturday and Sunday in November, 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Election Weekend 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CHANGE IN GENERAL ELECTION DATE. 
(a) ELECTORS.—Section 1 of title 3, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in November’’ and inserting ‘‘on the first 
consecutive Saturday and Sunday in November’’. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS.—Section 25 of the 
Revised Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 7) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 25. The first consecutive Saturday and Sunday 
in November in every even numbered year are established 
as the days for the election, in each of the States and Ter-
ritories of the United States, of Representatives and Dele-
gates to the Congress commencing on the 3d day of Janu-
ary thereafter.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to regularly scheduled 
general elections for Federal office held in November 2006 
and each second year thereafter. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING TREATMENT OF 
DAY BY PRIVATE EMPLOYERS. 
It is the sense of Congress that private employers in 
the United States should give their employees a day off 
on either day of the first consecutive Saturday and Sunday 
in November in 2006 and each second year thereafter to 
enable the employees to cast votes in the Federal and 
other elections held on that day. 
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SEC. 313. REPEAL OF AIR FORCE REPORT ON MILITARY IN-
STALLATION ENCROACHMENT ISSUES. 
Section 315 of the Ronald W. Reagan National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 
108–375; 118 Stat. 1843) is repealed. 
SEC. 314. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN PRIVATE CLEANUP COSTS 
IN CONNECTION WITH DEFENSE ENVIRON-
MENTAL RESTORATION PROGRAM. 
(a) ACTIVITIES AT FORMER DEFENSE PROPERTY 
SUBJECT TO COVENANT FOR ADDITIONAL REMEDIAL AC-
TION.—Section 2701(d) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘any owner of covenant 
property,’’ after ‘‘any Indian tribe,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘owner,’’ after ‘‘, Indian 
tribe,’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘An agreement under such 
paragraph with respect to a site also may not 
change the cleanup standards selected for the site 
pursuant to law.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) The term ‘owner of covenant prop-
erty’ means an owner of property subject to a
covenant provided by the United States in ac-
cordance with the requirements of paragraphs 
(3) and (4) of section 120(h) of CERCLA (42 
U.S.C. 9620(h)), so long as the covenant prop-
erty is the site at which the services procured 
under paragraph (1) are to be performed.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this sub-
section affects the applicability of section 120 of 
CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 6920) to the Department of 
Defense or the obligations and responsibilities of the 
Department of Defense under subsection (h) of such 
section.’’. 
(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR FORMER BRAC PROP-
ERTY SUBJECT TO COVENANT FOR ADDITIONAL REME-
DIAL ACTION.—Section 2703 of such title is amended—
(1) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘The sole 
source’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in sub-
section (h), the sole source’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(h) SOLE SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL 
REMEDIATION
AT CERTAIN BASE REALIGNMENT
AND 
CLOSURE SITES.—In the case of property disposed of pur-
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 418 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit military death 
gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 11, 2007 
Mr. JONES of North Carolina 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 permit 
military death gratuities to be contributed to certain 
tax-favored accounts. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CONTRIBUTIONS OF MILITARY DEATH GRATU-
ITIES TO CERTAIN TAX-FAVORED ACCOUNTS. 
(a) ROTH IRAS.—Subsection (e) of section 408A of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to qualified 
rollover contribution) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) QUALIFIED ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTION.—For 
purposes of this section— 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1649 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require staff working 
with developmentally disabled individuals to call emergency services in 
the event of a life-threatening situation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2005 
Mr. HOLT (for himself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. SAXTON, 
Mr. OWENS, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. JEFFER-
SON, and Mr. PALLONE) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require 
staff working with developmentally disabled individuals 
to call emergency services in the event of a life-threat-
ening situation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT OF STAFF WORKING WITH DE-
VELOPMENTALLY 
DISABLED 
PERSONS 
TO 
CALL EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE EVENT 
OF A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 1902(a) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (66), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (67), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (67) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(68) provide, in accordance with regulations of 
the Secretary, that direct care staff providing 
health-related services to a person with a develop-
mental disability or traumatic brain injury are re-
quired to call the 911 emergency telephone service 
or equivalent emergency management service for as-
sistance in the event of a life-threatening emergency 
to such person and to report such call to the appro-
priate State agency or department.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) take effect on January 1, 2006. 
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‘‘(i) removing the throughput incen-
tive and other regulatory and management 
disincentives to energy efficiency; 
‘‘(ii) providing utility incentives for 
the successful management of energy effi-
ciency programs; 
‘‘(iii) including the impact on adoption 
of energy efficiency as 1 of the goals of re-
tail rate design, recognizing that energy ef-
ficiency must be balanced with other objec-
tives; 
‘‘(iv) adopting rate designs that en-
courage energy efficiency for each cus-
tomer class; and 
‘‘(v) allowing timely recovery of en-
ergy efficiency-related costs. 
‘‘(21) SMART GRID INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) 
STANDARD.—All 
electricity 
pur-
chasers shall be provided direct access, both in 
written and electronic machine-readable form, 
to information from their electricity provider as 
provided in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) 
INFORMATION.—Information 
pro-
vided under this section shall conform to the 
standardized rules issued by the Commission on 
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Grid Modernization under section 106(b) of the 
Smart Grid Facilitation Act of 2007 and shall 
include: 
‘‘(i) PRICES.—Purchasers and other 
interested persons shall be provided with 
information on— 
‘‘(I) time-based electricity prices 
in the wholesale electricity market; 
and 
‘‘(II) time-based electricity retail 
prices or rates that are available to 
the purchasers. 
‘‘(ii) USAGE.—Purchasers shall be 
provided with the number of electricity 
units, expressed in kwh, purchased by 
them 
‘‘(iii) 
INTERVALS
AND
PROJEC-
TIONS.—Updates of information on prices 
and usage shall be offered on not less than 
a daily basis, shall include hourly price and 
use information, where available, and shall 
include a day-ahead projection of such 
price information to the extent available. 
‘‘(iv) 
SOURCES.—Purchasers 
and 
other interested person shall be provided 
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‘‘(j) TREATMENT FOR ESTIMATED TAX PURPOSES.— 
Solely for purposes of sections 6654 and 6655, the credit 
allowed by this section to a taxpayer by reason of holding 
a qualified stem cell research bond on a credit allowance 
date shall be treated as if it were a payment of estimated 
tax made by the taxpayer on such date. 
‘‘(k) CREDIT MAY BE TRANSFERRED.—Nothing in 
any law or rule of law shall be construed to limit the trans-
ferability of the credit allowed by this section through sale 
and repurchase agreements. 
‘‘(l) REPORTING.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL
REPORT.—Issuers of qualified 
stem cell research bonds shall submit reports similar 
to the reports required under section 149(e). 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—In addition to the re-
port required by paragraph (1), issuers of qualified 
stem cell research bonds shall submit a report not 
later than March 31 of each year to the Secretary. 
Each such report shall include a description of— 
‘‘(A) the activities carried out (in whole or 
in part) with the proceeds of such bonds during 
the preceding calendar year, and 
‘‘(B) whether and to what extent research 
for a purpose described in subsection (d)(1)(A)
has been conducted in accordance with the re-
quirements imposed by the issuer of such bond. 
‘‘(m) TERMINATION.—This section shall not apply to 
any bond issued after September 30, 2008.’’. 
(b) REPORTING.—Subsection (d) of section 6049 of 
such Code (relating to returns regarding payments of in-
terest) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(8) REPORTING
OF
CREDIT
ON
QUALIFIED 
STEM CELL RESEARCH BONDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of sub-
section (a), the term ‘interest’ includes amounts 
includible in gross income under section 
1400N(f) and such amounts shall be treated as 
paid on the credit allowance date (as defined in 
section 1400N(d)(3)). 
‘‘(B) 
REPORTING
TO
CORPORATIONS, 
ETC.—Except as otherwise provided in regula-
tions, in the case of any interest described in 
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, subsection 
(b)(4) of this section shall be applied without 
regard to subparagraphs (A), (H), (I), (J), (K), 
and (L)(i). 
‘‘(C) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The Sec-
retary may prescribe such regulations as are
necessary or appropriate to carry out the pur-
poses of this paragraph, including regulations 
which require more frequent or more detailed 
reporting.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sub-
chapters for chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER Z. STEM CELL RESEARCH BONDS’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to obligations issued after Decem-
ber 31, 2005. 
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‘‘Federal Electricity Peak Demand Reduction Standard— 
Continued 
Calendar Year 
Reduction of Peak Demand Forecast 
2012 .............................
8 percent of the peak demand forecast for cal-
endar year 2012 
2013 .............................
10 percent of the peak demand forecast for cal-
endar year 2013 
2014 .............................
12 percent of the peak demand forecast for cal-
endar year 2014 
2015 .............................
14 percent of the peak demand forecast for cal-
endar year 2015 
2016 .............................
16 percent of the peak demand forecast for cal-
endar year 2016 
2017 .............................
18 percent of the peak demand forecast for cal-
endar year 2017 
2018 and each calendar 
year thereafter.
20 percent of the peak demand forecast for the 
applicable calendar year 
In the table above, the term ‘forecast’ refers to the 
forecast set forth in the 2008 report under section 
548(a) of this Act as updated in accordance with 
subsection in (c)(1)(C). 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The standard under this 
subsection shall not apply to any activity of a Fed-
eral agency relating to defense or national security 
if compliance with the standard would have an ad-
verse mission impact on the activity, as determined 
by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of 
Homeland Security. 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1, 
2010, and each calendar year thereafter, each Fed-
eral agency shall include in the annual energy plan 
of the Federal agency each of the following: 
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‘‘(A) An assessment of whether the Fed-
eral agency was in compliance with the stand-
ard under subsection (b) for the preceding year. 
‘‘(B) A description of— 
‘‘(i) the method by which the Federal 
agency proposes to comply with the stand-
ard for the following calendar year; 
‘‘(ii) the factors relied on by the head 
of the Federal agency in determining 
whether to participate in demand response 
programs offered by an electric utility or 
others during the preceding calendar year; 
and 
‘‘(iii) if the Federal agency did not 
participate in a demand response program 
offered by each utility providing electric 
service to facilities of the agency during 
the preceding calendar year, an expla-
nation for the decision by the head of the 
Federal agency to not participate. 
‘‘(C) An update of the agency’s prior fore-
cast for the remaining years in the period until 
2018. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY TO PUBLIC.—Not later than 
January 1, 2010, and each calendar year thereafter, 
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‘‘SEC. 1019. EFFECT ON GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. 
‘‘No civil liability or criminal penalty under this title 
may be imposed on the United States or any of its depart-
ments or agencies, any State or political subdivision, or 
any agency of a State or political subdivision. 
‘‘SEC. 1020. COMPLIANCE DATE. 
‘‘Compliance with this title shall not be required until 
6 months after the date of the enactment of the ‘Con-
sumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act’. In any case, mer-
chants may comply with this title at any time after such 
date of enactment.’’. 
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