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‘‘(B) the amount of credit determined 
under subsection (a) with respect to such sys-
tem shall not exceed the amount which bears 
the same ratio to such amount of credit (deter-
mined without regard to this paragraph) as the 
energy efficiency percentage of such system 
bears to 60 percent.’’. 
(d) INCREASE OF CREDIT LIMITATION FOR FUEL 
CELL PROPERTY.—Subparagraph (B) of section 48(c)(1) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$500’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,500’’. 
(e) PUBLIC UTILITY PROPERTY TAKEN INTO AC-
COUNT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 
48(a) is amended by striking the second sentence 
thereof. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Paragraph (1) of section 48(c) is 
amended by striking subparagraph (D) and re-
designating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph 
(D). 
(B) Paragraph (2) of section 48(c) is 
amended by striking subparagraph (D) and re-
designating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph 
(D). 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
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(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the extent to which the Gov-
ernment of Sudan is in compliance with its obliga-
tions under international law and as a member of the
United Nations, including under United Nations Se-
curity Council Resolutions 1706 (2006) and 1591
(2005), and a description of any violations of such
obligations, including violations relating to the denial
of or delay in facilitating access by AMIS and United
Nations peacekeepers to conflict areas, failure to im-
plement responsibilities to demobilize and disarm the
Janjaweed militias, obstruction of the voluntary safe
return of internally displaced persons and refugees,
and degradation of security of and access to humani-
tarian supply routes.
(2) A comprehensive explanation of the policy of
the United States to address the crisis in Darfur, in-
cluding the activities of the Department of Defense
and the Department of State.
(3) A comprehensive assessment of the impact of
a no-fly zone for Darfur, including an assessment of
the impact of such a no-fly zone on humanitarian ef-
forts in Darfur and the region and a plan to mini-
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 141 
To direct the Secretary of Labor to revise regulations concerning the recording 
and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses under the Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Act of 1970. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Labor to revise regulations con-
cerning the recording and reporting of occupational inju-
ries and illnesses under the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. RECORDING AND REPORTING OF OCCUPA-
TIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall 
revise the regulations in part 1904 of title 29, Code of 
Federal Regulations, concerning the recording and report-
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ing of occupational injuries and illnesses under the Occu-
pational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 
et seq.), to require site-controlling employers to keep a site 
log for all recordable injuries and illnesses occurring 
among all employees on the particular site, whether such 
employees are employed directly by the site-controlling em-
ployer or are employed by contractors or temporary help 
or employee leasing services. 
(b) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘‘site-controlling employer’’ means the employer that has 
primary control over the work on a particular work site 
and supervises the employees on a day-to-day basis on a 
particular work site. 
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‘‘(2) the services to be provided are not commer-
cially available, or any commercial entity that would
otherwise provide such services has approved, in writ-
ing, the provision of such services by the National
Guard;
‘‘(3) National Guard personnel will enhance
their military skills as a result of providing such
services; and
‘‘(4) the provision of the services will not result
in a significant increase in the cost of the training.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED SERVICES.—The services authorized
to be provided under subsection (a) are as follows:
‘‘(1) Ground transportation.
‘‘(2) Air transportation in support of Special
Olympics.
‘‘(3) Administrative support services.
‘‘(4) Technical training services.
‘‘(5) Emergency medical assistance and services.
‘‘(6) Communications services.
‘‘(7) Security services.
‘‘(c) OTHER AUTHORIZED ASSISTANCE.—Facilities
and equipment of the National Guard, including military
property of the United States issued to the National Guard
and General Services Administration vehicles leased to the
National Guard, and General Services Administration ve-
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in keeping with the ‘‘responsibility to protect’’
doctrine.
(D) Recommendations as to the steps nec-
essary to allow the Secretary of State to provide
more effective training and guidance to an inter-
national intervention force.
(b) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORT.—
(1) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later than 120
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives a report assess-
ing the capability of the Department of Defense to
provide training and guidance to the command of an
international intervention force that seeks to prevent
mass atrocities.
(2) CONTENT.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall include the following:
(A) An evaluation of any doctrine currently
used by the Secretary of Defense to prepare for
the training and guidance of the command of an
international intervention force.
(B) An assessment of the potential capa-
bility of the Department of Defense and other
‘‘(iii) a description and evaluation of 
the progress made during the preceding 
year toward the development of effective 
microbicides, including activities in support 
of eventual product access. 
‘‘(C) CONSULTATION.—The President shall 
consult with the Director of the Office of AIDS 
Research of the National Institutes of Health in 
preparing the report required under subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(D) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM-
MITTEES
DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ 
means the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on For-
eign Relations and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Agency such sums as may be necessary for each fis-
cal year to carry out this subsection.’’. 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection, the amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) ALLOWANCE AGAINST ALTERNATIVE MIN-
IMUM TAX.—The amendments made by subsection 
(b) shall apply to credits determined under section 
46 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in taxable 
years beginning after the date of the enactment of 
this Act and to carrybacks of such credits. 
(3) COMBINED HEAT AND POWER AND FUEL 
CELL PROPERTY.—The amendments made by sub-
sections (c) and (d) shall apply to periods after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, in taxable years 
ending after such date, under rules similar to the 
rules of section 48(m) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (as in effect on the day before the date of 
the enactment of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 
1990). 
(4) PUBLIC UTILITY PROPERTY.—The amend-
ments made by subsection (e) shall apply to periods 
after February 13, 2008, in taxable years ending 
after such date, under rules similar to the rules of 
section 48(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4301
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for
military activities of the Department of Defense,
for military construction, and for defense activi-
ties of the Department of Energy, to prescribe
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the
Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
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‘‘(1) Programs to facilitate the elimination, and
safe and secure transportation and storage, of biologi-
cal, or chemical weapons, materials, weapons compo-
nents, or weapons-related materials.
‘‘(2) Programs to prevent the proliferation of nu-
clear, chemical, or biological weapons, weapons com-
ponents, and weapons-related military technology and
expertise.
‘‘(3) Programs to facilitate detection and report-
ing of highly pathogenic diseases or other diseases
that are associated with or that could be utilized as
an early warning mechanism for disease outbreaks
that could impact the Armed Forces of the United
States or allies of the United States.’’.
SEC. 1304. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO USE COOPER-
ATIVE THREAT REDUCTION FUNDS OUTSIDE
THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.
Section 1308 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat.
1662; 22 U.S.C. 5963) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the President’’
the second place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Sec-
retary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Sec-
retary of State,’’; and
(2) in subsection (d)—
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the
President’’ the second place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘the Secretary of Defense, with the con-
currence of the Secretary of State,’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the
President’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of State’’.
SEC. 1305. REPEAL OF RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO
STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION FOR
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) SOVIET NUCLEAR THREAT REDUCTION ACT
OF 1991.—The Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of
1991 (title II of Public Law 102–228; 22 U.S.C. 2551
note) is amended—
(A) by striking section 211; and
(B) in section 212, by striking ‘‘, consistent
with the findings stated in section 211,’’.
(2) COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACT OF
1993.—Section 1203 of the Cooperative Threat Reduc-
tion Act of 1993 (22 U.S.C. 5952) is amended by
striking subsection (d).
(3) RUSSIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION
FACILITIES.—Section 1305 of the National Defense
Union Calendar No. 405
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4307
[Report No. 103–728]
A BILL
To amend title 35, United States Code, with
respect to applications for process patents.
SEPTEMBER 20, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1423 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 
a partnership with the Porter County Convention, Recre-
ation and Visitor Commission regarding the use of the 
Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center as a visitor cen-
ter for the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 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. DOROTHY BUELL MEMORIAL VISITOR CENTER. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center Partnership 
Act’’. 
(b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior may enter into a memorandum of 
understanding to establish a joint partnership with the 
Porter County Convention, Recreation and Visitor Com-
mission. The memorandum of understanding shall— 
(1) identify the overall goals and purpose of the 
Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center; 
(2) establish how management and operational 
duties will be shared; 
(3) determine how exhibits, signs, and other in-
formation are developed; 
(4) indicate how various activities will be fund-
ed; 
(5) identify who is responsible for providing site 
amenities; 
(6) establish procedures for changing or dis-
solving the joint partnership; and
(7) address any other issues deemed necessary 
by the Secretary or the Porter County Convention, 
Recreation and Visitor Commission. 
(c) DEVELOPMENT
OF EXHIBITS.—The Secretary 
may plan, design, construct, and install exhibits in the 
Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center related to the use 
and management of the resources at Indiana Dunes Na-
tional Lakeshore, at a cost not to exceed $1,500,000. 
(d) NATIONAL LAKESHORE PRESENCE.—The Sec-
retary may use park staff from Indiana Dunes National 
Lakeshore in the Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center 
to provide visitor information and education. 
SEC. 2. INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE. 
Section 19 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for 
the establishment of the Indiana Dunes National Lake-
shore, and for other purposes’’ (16 U.S.C. 460u–19) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘After notifying’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) After notifying’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) CONTIGUOUS CLARIFIED.—For purposes of sub-
section (a), lands may be considered contiguous to other 
lands if the lands touch the other lands, or are separated
from the other lands by only a public or private right- 
of-way, such as a road, railroad, or utility corridor.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 8, 2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1423 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter 
into a partnership with the Porter County Con-
vention, Recreation and Visitor Commission re-
garding the use of the Dorothy Buell Memorial 
Visitor Center as a visitor center for the Indiana 
Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other pur-
poses.
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chase, or refinancing of a multifamily housing project 
for which equity provided through any low-income 
housing tax credit pursuant to section 42 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986. The Secretary shall issue 
instructions for implementing the pilot program 
under this subsection not later than the expiration of 
the 180-day period beginning upon the date of the en-
actment of the Housing Tax Credit Coordination Act 
of 2008. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Such pilot program shall 
provide for— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary to appoint designated 
underwriters, who shall be responsible for review-
ing such mortgage insurance applications and 
making determinations regarding the eligibility 
of such applications for such mortgage insurance 
in lieu of the processing functions regarding such 
applications that are otherwise performed by 
other employees of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development; 
‘‘(B) submission of applications for such 
mortgage insurance by mortgagees who have pre-
viously been expressly approved by the Secretary; 
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counts in titles I, II, III, and XIV to reflect the extent to
which net savings from lower-than-expected inflations are
allocable to amounts authorized to be appropriated to such
accounts.
Subtitle B—National Defense
Stockpile
SEC. 1411. DISPOSAL OF FERROMANGANESE.
(a) DISPOSAL AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of De-
fense may dispose of up to 50,000 tons of ferromanganese
from the National Defense Stockpile during fiscal year
2008.
(b) CONTINGENT AUTHORITY FOR ADDITIONAL DIS-
POSAL.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Defense
completes the disposal of the total quantity of
ferromanganese authorized for disposal by subsection
(a) before September 30, 2008, the Secretary of De-
fense may dispose of up to an additional 25,000 tons
of ferromanganese from the National Defense Stock-
pile before that date.
(2) ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS.—If the Secretary
completes the disposal of the total quantity of addi-
tional ferromanganese authorized for disposal by
paragraph (1) before September 30, 2008, the Sec-
retary may dispose of up to an additional 25,000
Calendar No. 615
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4308
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations to assist in carrying
out the North American Wetlands Conservation
Act for fiscal years 1995 through 1998, and for
other purposes.
SEPTEMBER 21 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994
Read twice and placed on the calendar
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 480 
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit issuance of residential 
mortgages to any individual who lacks a Social Security account number. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 16, 2007 
Mr. DOOLITTLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit issuance 
of residential mortgages to any individual who lacks a 
Social Security account number. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MORTGAGES PROHIBITED FOR PRINCIPAL 
RESIDENCES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO LACK SO-
CIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of the Truth in Lend-
ing Act (15 U.S.C. 1631 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
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for support and maintenance of a child or of a child
and the parent with whom the child is living.
(b) TRANSMISSION OF COPIES OF CHILD SUPPORT
ORDERS TO THE NATIONAL REGISTRY.—Section 466(a)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 666(a)) is amended
by inserting after paragraph (11) the following:
‘‘(12) Procedures to ensure that—
‘‘(A) each child support order issued or
modified in the State contains the social secu-
rity account number of each parent with rights
or obligations under the order;
‘‘(B) within 5 days after the issuance or
modification of a child support order in the
State, a copy of the order is transmitted to the
national child support order registry established
under section 301(a) of the Working Off Wel-
fare Act of 1994;
‘‘(C) within 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this paragraph, a copy of each
child support order being enforced by the State
pursuant to this part which has not been trans-
mitted pursuant to subparagraph (B) is trans-
mitted to the national child support order
registry;
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‘‘(III) any option to enter into 
any agreement or transaction referred 
to in subclause (I) or (II); 
‘‘(IV) a master agreement that 
provides for an agreement or trans-
action referred to in subclauses (I), 
(II), or (III), together with all supple-
ments to any such master agreement, 
without regard to whether the master 
agreement provides for an agreement 
or transaction that is not a forward 
contract under this clause, except that 
the master agreement shall be consid-
ered to be a forward contract under 
this clause only with respect to each 
agreement or transaction under the 
master agreement that is referred to in 
subclause (I), (II), or (III); or 
‘‘(V) any security agreement or 
arrangement or other credit enhance-
ment related to any agreement or 
transaction referred to in subclause (I), 
(II), (III), or (IV), including any 
guarantee or reimbursement obligation 
in connection with any agreement or
receives a report of the plan of the Secretary de-
scribed in subsection (a)(3) (even though a pre-
vious motion to the same effect has been dis-
agreed to) to move to proceed to the consider-
ation of the joint resolution, and all points of 
order against the joint resolution (and against 
consideration of the joint resolution) are waived. 
The motion to proceed is not debatable. The mo-
tion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A 
motion to reconsider the vote by which the mo-
tion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in 
order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration 
of the resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution 
shall remain the unfinished business until dis-
posed of. 
(B) DEBATE.—Debate on the joint resolu-
tion, and on all debatable motions and appeals 
in connection therewith, shall be limited to not 
more than 10 hours, which shall be divided 
equally between the majority and minority lead-
ers or their designees. A motion further to limit 
debate is in order and not debatable. An amend-
ment to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion 
to proceed to the consideration of other business,
or a motion to recommit the joint resolution is 
not in order. 
(C) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on pas-
sage shall occur immediately following the con-
clusion of the debate on a joint resolution, and 
a single quorum call at the conclusion of the de-
bate if requested in accordance with the rules of 
the Senate. 
(D) RULINGS
OF
THE
CHAIR
ON
PROCE-
DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 
relating to the application of the rules of the 
Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re-
lating to a joint resolution shall be decided with-
out debate. 
(f) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.— 
(1) COORDINATION
WITH
ACTION
BY
OTHER 
HOUSE.—If, before the passage by one House of a 
joint resolution of that House, that House receives 
from the other House a joint resolution, then the fol-
lowing procedures shall apply: 
(A) The joint resolution of the other House 
shall not be referred to a committee. 
(B) With respect to a joint resolution of the 
House receiving the resolution—
IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 36 
Calling on the President and the allies of the United States to engage 
with officials of the Government of Iran to raise the case of Robert 
Levinson at every opportunity, urging officials of the Government of 
Iran to fulfill their promises of assistance to the family of Robert 
Levinson, and calling on the Government of Iran to share the results 
of its investigation into the disappearance of Robert Levinson with the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 3, 2009 
Mr. WEXLER (for himself, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. HASTINGS of Flor-
ida, and Ms. BERKLEY) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Calling on the President and the allies of the United States 
to engage with officials of the Government of Iran to 
raise the case of Robert Levinson at every opportunity, 
urging officials of the Government of Iran to fulfill their 
promises of assistance to the family of Robert Levinson, 
and calling on the Government of Iran to share the 
results of its investigation into the disappearance of Rob-
ert Levinson with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
Whereas United States citizen Robert Levinson is a retired 
agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a resident 
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