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(iv) The Administrator may guarantee 
not more than $3,000,000,0000 of pools 
under this authority. 
(C) The Administrator shall establish doc-
uments, legal covenants, and other required 
documentation to protect the interests of the 
United States. 
(D) The Administrator shall establish a 
process to receive and disburse funds to entities 
under the authority established in this section. 
(d) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) The Administrator shall ensure that entities 
purchasing a guarantee under this section are using 
such guarantee for the purpose of selling 504 first 
lien position pools to third-party investors. 
(2) If the Administrator finds that any such 
guarantee was used for a purpose other than that 
specified in paragraph (1), the Administrator shall— 
(A) terminate such guarantee immediately, 
(B) prohibit the purchaser of the guar-
antee or its affiliates (within the meaning of the 
regulations under 13 CFR 121.103) from using 
the authority of this section in the future; and 
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(C) take any other actions the Adminis-
trator, in consultation with the Attorney Gen-
eral of the United States deems appropriate. 
(e) OVERSIGHT.—The Administrator shall submit a 
report to Congress not later than the third business day 
of each month setting forth each of the following: 
(1) The aggregate amount of guarantees ex-
tended under this section during the proceeding 
month. 
(2) The aggregate amount of guarantees out-
standing. 
(3) Defaults and payments on defaults made 
under this section. 
(4) The identity of each purchaser of a guar-
antee found by the Administrator to have misused 
guarantees under this section. 
(5) Any other information the Administrator 
deems necessary to fully inform Congress of undue 
risk
to
the
United
States
associated
with
the 
issuance of guarantees under this section. 
(f) DURATION OF PROGRAM.—The authority of this 
section shall terminate on the date 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this section. 
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(g) FUNDING.—Such sums as necessary are author-
ized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this 
section. 
(h) BUDGET TREATMENT.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to exempt any activity of the Adminis-
trator under this section from the Federal Credit Reform 
Act of 1990 (title V of the Congressional Budget and Im-
poundment Control Act of 1974; 2 U.S.C. 661 and fol-
lowing). 
(i)
EMERGENCY
RULEMAKING
AUTHORITY.—The 
Administrator shall issue regulations under this section 
within 15 days after the date of enactment of this section. 
The notice requirements of section 553(b) of Title 5, 
United States Code shall not apply to the promulgation 
of such regulations. 
SEC. 6204. ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROGRAM. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to es-
tablish a new lending and refinancing authority within the 
Small Business Administration. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Small Business Administration. 
(2) The term ‘‘small business concern’’ has the 
same meaning as provided by section 3 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
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(c) REFINANCING AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Upon application from a 
lender (and with consent of the borrower), the Ad-
ministrator may refinance existing non-Small Busi-
ness Administration or Small Business Administra-
tion loans (including loans under sections 7(a) and 
504 of the Small Business Act) made to small busi-
ness concerns. 
(2) ELIGIBLE LOANS.—In order to be eligible 
for refinancing under this section— 
(A) the amount of the loan refinanced may 
not exceed $10,000,000 and a first lien must be 
conveyed to the Administrator; 
(B) the lender shall offer to accept from 
the Administrator as full repayment of the loan 
an amount equal to less than 100 percent but 
more than 85 percent of the remaining balance 
of the principal of the loan; and 
(C) the loan to be refinanced was made be-
fore the date of enactment of this Act and for 
a purpose that would have been eligible for a 
loan under any Small Business Administration 
lending program. 
(3) TERMS.—The term of the refinancing by 
the Administrator under this section shall not be 
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less than remaining term on the loan that is refi-
nanced but shall not exceed a term of 20 years. The 
rate of interest on the loan refinanced under this 
section shall be fixed by the Administrator at a level 
that the Administrator determines will result in 
manageable monthly payments for the borrower. 
(4) LIMIT.—The Administrator may not refi-
nance amounts under this section that are greater 
than the amount the lender agrees to accept from 
the Administrator as full repayment of the loan as 
provided in paragraph (2)(B). 
(d) UNDERWRITING AND OTHER LOAN SERVICES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator is au-
thorized to engage in underwriting, loan closing, 
funding, and servicing of loans made to small busi-
ness concerns and to guarantee loans made by other 
entities to small business concerns. 
(2)
APPLICATION
PROCESS.—The
Adminis-
trator shall by rule establish a process in which 
small business concerns may submit applications to 
the Administrator for the purposes of securing a 
loan under this subsection. The Administrator shall, 
at a minimum, collect all information necessary to 
determine the creditworthiness and repayment abil-
ity of the borrower. 
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(3) PARTICIPATION OF LENDERS.— 
(A) The Administrator shall by rule estab-
lish a process in which the Administrator makes 
available
loan
applications
and
all
accom-
panying information to lenders for the purpose 
of such lenders originating, underwriting, clos-
ing, and servicing such loans. 
(B) Lenders are eligible to receive loan ap-
plications and accompanying information under 
this paragraph if they participate in the pro-
grams established in section 7(a) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636) or title V of the 
Small Business Investment Act (15 U.S.C. 
695). 
(C) The Administrator shall first make 
available such loan applications and accom-
panying information to lenders within 100 miles 
of a loan applicant’s principal office. 
(D) If a lender described in subparagraph 
(C) does not agree to originate, underwrite, 
close, and service such loans within 5 business 
days of receiving the loan applications, the Ad-
ministrator shall subsequently make available 
such loan applications and accompanying infor-
mation to lenders in the Preferred Lenders Pro-
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(e) DURATION.— The authority of this section shall 
terminate on the date two years after the date on which 
the program under this section becomes operational (as 
determined by the Administrator). 
(f) APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to exempt any activity of the 
Administrator under this section from the Federal Credit 
Reform Act of 1990 (title V of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974; 2 U.S.C. 661 and 
following). 
(g) QUALIFIED LOANS.— 
(1) ALIENS
UNLAWFULLY
PRESENT
IN
THE 
UNITED STATES.—A loan to any concern shall not 
be subject to this section if an individual who is an 
alien unlawfully present in the United States— 
(A) has an ownership interest in that con-
cern; or 
(B) has an ownership interest in another 
concern that itself has an ownership interest in 
that concern. 
(2)
FIRMS
IN
VIOLATION
OF
IMMIGRATION 
LAWS.—No loan shall be subject to this section if 
the borrower is an entity found, based on a deter-
mination by the Secretary of Homeland Security or 
the Attorney General to have engaged in a pattern 
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or practice of hiring, recruiting or referring for a 
fee, for employment in the United States an alien 
knowing the person is an unauthorized alien. 
(h) REPORTS.—The Administrator shall submit a re-
port to Congress semi-annually setting forth the aggregate 
amount of loans and geographic dispersion of such loans 
made, underwritten, closed, funded, serviced, sold, guaran-
teed, or held by the Administrator under the authority of 
this section. Such report shall also set forth information 
concerning loan defaults, prepayments, and recoveries re-
lated to loans ,made under the authority of this section. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
this section. 
SEC.
6205.
STIMULUS
FOR
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT 
LENDING. 
(a) REFINANCING UNDER
THE LOCAL DEVELOP-
MENT BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM.—Section 502 of the 
Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) PERMISSIBLE DEBT REFINANCING.— 
‘‘(A)
IN
GENERAL.—Any
financing
ap-
proved under this title may include a limited 
amount of debt refinancing. 
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‘‘(B) EXPANSIONS.—If the project involves 
expansion of a small business concern which 
has existing indebtedness collateralized by fixed 
assets, any amount of existing indebtedness 
that does not exceed 1⁄2 of the project cost of 
the expansion may be refinanced and added to 
the expansion cost, if— 
‘‘(i) the proceeds of the indebtedness 
were used to acquire land, including a 
building situated thereon, to construct a 
building thereon, or to purchase equip-
ment; 
‘‘(ii) the borrower has been current on 
all payments due on the existing debt for 
not less than 1 year preceding the date of 
refinancing; and 
‘‘(iii) the financing under section 504 
will provide better terms or rate of interest 
than exists on the debt at the time of refi-
nancing.’’. 
(b) JOB CREATION GOALS.—Section 501(e)(1) and 
section 501(e)(2) of the Small Business Investment Act 
(15 U.S.C. 695) are each amended by striking ‘‘$50,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$65,000’’. 
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SEC. 6206. INCREASING SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT. 
(a) SIMPLIFIED MAXIMUM LEVERAGE LIMITS.—Sec-
tion 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 
(15 U.S.C. 683(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking so much of paragraph (2) as 
precedes subparagraphs (C) and (D) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM LEVERAGE.— 
‘‘(A)
IN
GENERAL.—The
maximum 
amount of outstanding leverage made available 
to any one company licensed under section 
301(c) of this Act may not exceed the lesser 
of— 
‘‘(i) 300 percent of such company’s 
private capital; or 
‘‘(ii) $150,000,000. 
‘‘(B) MULTIPLE
LICENSES
UNDER
COM-
MON CONTROL.—The maximum amount of out-
standing leverage made available to two or more 
companies licensed under section 301(c) of this 
Act that are commonly controlled (as deter-
mined by the Administrator) and not under 
capital
impairment
may
not
exceed 
$225,000,000.’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (4). 
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(b) SIMPLIFIED AGGREGATE INVESTMENT LIMITA-
TIONS.—Section 306(a) of the Small Business Investment 
Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 686(a)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(a) PERCENTAGE LIMITATION ON PRIVATE CAP-
ITAL.—If any small business investment company has ob-
tained financing from the Administrator and such financ-
ing remains outstanding, the aggregate amount of securi-
ties acquired and for which commitments may be issued 
by such company under the provisions of this title for any 
single enterprise shall not, without the approval of the Ad-
ministrator, exceed 10 percent of the sum of— 
‘‘(1) the private capital of such company; and 
‘‘(2) the total amount of leverage projected by 
the company in the company’s business plan that 
was approved by the Administrator at the time of 
the grant of the company’s license.’’. 
SEC. 6207. GAO REPORT. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall report to the Congress on the actions of the 
Administrator in implementing the authority established 
in sections 6201 through 6206 of this Act. 
(b) INCLUDED ITEM.—The report under this section 
shall include a summary of the activity of the Adminis-
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trator under this section and an analysis of whether he 
is accomplishing the purpose of increasing liquidity in the 
secondary market for Small Business Administration 
loans. 
TITLE VII—HOMELAND 
SECURITY 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $100,000,000, for non-intrusive detection tech-
nology to be deployed at sea ports of entry. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For
an
additional
amount
for
‘‘Construction’’, 
$150,000,000, to repair and construct inspection facilities 
at land border ports of entry. 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
AVIATION SECURITY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aviation Security’’, 
$500,000,000, for the purchase and installation of explo-
sive detection systems and emerging checkpoint tech-
nologies: Provided, That the Assistant Secretary of Home-
land Security (Transportation Security Administration) 
shall prioritize the award of these funds to accelerate the 
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installations at locations with completed design plans and 
to expeditiously award new letters of intent. 
COAST GUARD 
ALTERATION OF BRIDGES 
For
an
additional
amount
for
‘‘Alteration
of 
Bridges’’, $150,000,000, for alteration or removal of ob-
structive bridges, as authorized by section 6 of the Tru-
man-Hobbs Act (33 U.S.C. 516): Provided, That the 
Coast Guard shall award these funds to those bridges that 
are ready to proceed to construction. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergency Food and 
Shelter’’, $200,000,000, to carry out the emergency food 
and shelter program pursuant to title III of the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et 
seq.): Provided, That for the purposes of this appropria-
tion, the redistribution required by section 1104(b) shall 
be carried out by the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency and the National Board, who may reallocate and 
obligate any funds that are unclaimed or returned to the 
program: Provided further, That the amount set aside 
from this appropriation pursuant to section 1106 of this 
Act shall be 3.5 percent instead of the percentage specified 
in such section. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS TITLE 
SEC. 7001. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS. 
Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘11-year period’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘16-year period’’. 
SEC. 7002. PROTECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINIS-
TRATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) FUNDING UNDER AGREEMENT.—Effective for 
fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 2008, the 
Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall enter into and maintain an 
agreement which shall— 
(1) provide funds to the Commissioner for the 
full costs of the responsibilities of the Commissioner 
under section 404 of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1324a note), including (but not limited to)— 
(A) acquiring, installing, and maintaining 
technological equipment and systems necessary 
for the fulfillment of the responsibilities of the 
Commissioner under such section 404, but only 
that portion of such costs that are attributable 
exclusively to such responsibilities; and 
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(B) responding to individuals who contest 
a tentative nonconfirmation provided by the 
basic
pilot
confirmation
system
established 
under such section; 
(2) provide such funds quarterly in advance of 
the applicable quarter based on estimating method-
ology agreed to by the Commissioner and the Sec-
retary (except in such instances where the delayed 
enactment of an annual appropriation may preclude 
such quarterly payments); and 
(3) require an annual accounting and reconcili-
ation of the actual costs incurred and the funds pro-
vided under the agreement, which shall be reviewed 
by the Office of Inspector General of the Social Se-
curity Administration and the Department of Home-
land Security. 
(b) CONTINUATION OF EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION 
IN ABSENCE OF TIMELY AGREEMENT.—In any case in 
which the agreement required under subsection (a) for any 
fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 2008, has not 
been reached as of October 1 of such fiscal year, the latest 
agreement between the Commissioner and the Secretary 
of Homeland Security providing for funding to cover the 
costs of the responsibilities of the Commissioner under 
section 404 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immi-
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grant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) 
shall be deemed in effect on an interim basis for such fis-
cal year until such time as an agreement required under 
subsection (a) is subsequently reached, except that the 
terms of such interim agreement shall be modified by the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget to ad-
just for inflation and any increase or decrease in the vol-
ume of requests under the basic pilot confirmation system. 
In any case in which an interim agreement applies for any 
fiscal year under this subsection, the Commissioner and 
the Secretary shall, not later than October 1 of such fiscal 
year, notify the Committee on Ways and Means, the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Finance, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate of the failure 
to reach the agreement required under subsection (a) for 
such fiscal year. Until such time as the agreement re-
quired under subsection (a) has been reached for such fis-
cal year, the Commissioner and the Secretary shall, not 
later than the end of each 90-day period after October 
1 of such fiscal year, notify such Committees of the status 
of negotiations between the Commissioner and the Sec-
retary in order to reach such an agreement. 
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SEC. 7003. GAO STUDY OF BASIC PILOT CONFIRMATION 
SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall conduct a study regarding erro-
neous tentative nonconfirmations under the basic pilot 
confirmation system established under section 404(a) of 
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsi-
bility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). 
(b) MATTERS TO BE STUDIED.—In the study re-
quired under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall 
determine and analyze— 
(1) the causes of erroneous tentative noncon-
firmations under the basic pilot confirmation system; 
(2) the processes by which such erroneous ten-
tative nonconfirmations are remedied; and 
(3) the effect of such erroneous tentative non-
confirmations on individuals, employers, and Federal 
agencies. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit the results of the study required under subsection 
(a) to the Committee on Ways and Means and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Finance and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the Senate. 
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SEC. 7004. GAO STUDY OF EFFECTS OF BASIC PILOT PRO-
GRAM ON SMALL ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the Committees on 
the Judiciary of the United States House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a report containing the Comptroller 
General’s analysis of the effects of the basic pilot program 
described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Re-
form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1324a note) on small entities (as defined in section 601 
of title 5, United States Code). The report shall detail— 
(1) the costs of compliance with such program 
on small entities; 
(2) a description and an estimate of the number 
of small entities enrolled and participating in such 
program or an explanation of why no such estimate 
is available; 
(3) the projected reporting, recordkeeping and 
other compliance requirements of such program on 
small entities; 
(4) factors that impact small entities’ enroll-
ment and participation in such program, including 
access to appropriate technology, geography, entity 
size, and class of entity; and 
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(5) the steps, if any, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security has taken to minimize the economic impact 
of participating in such program on small entities. 
(b) DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS.—The report 
shall cover, and treat separately, direct effects (such as 
wages, time, and fees spent on compliance) and indirect 
effects (such as the effect on cash flow, sales, and competi-
tiveness). 
(c) SPECIFIC CONTENTS.—The report shall provide 
specific and separate details with respect to— 
(1) small businesses (as defined in section 601 
of title 5, United States Code) with fewer than 50 
employees; and 
(2) small entities operating in States that have 
mandated use of the basic pilot program. 
SEC. 7005. WAIVER OF MATCHING REQUIREMENT UNDER 
SAFER PROGRAM. 
Subparagraph (E) of section 34(a)(1) of the Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 
2229a(a)(1)(E)) shall not apply with respect to funds ap-
propriated in this or any other Act making appropriations 
for fiscal year 2009 or 2010 for grants under such section 
34. 
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SEC. 7006. PROCUREMENT FOR DEPARTMENT OF HOME-
LAND SECURITY. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided in sub-
sections (c) through (e), funds appropriated or otherwise 
available to the Department of Homeland Security may 
not be used for the procurement of an item described in 
subsection (b) if the item is not grown, reprocessed, re-
used, or produced in the United States. 
(b) COVERED ITEMS.—An item referred to in sub-
section (a) is any of the following, if the item is directly 
related to the national security interests of the United 
States: 
(1) An article or item of— 
(A) clothing and the materials and compo-
nents thereof, other than sensors, electronics, or 
other items added to, and not normally associ-
ated with, clothing (and the materials and com-
ponents thereof); 
(B) tents, tarpaulins, or covers; 
(C) cotton and other natural fiber prod-
ucts, woven silk or woven silk blends, spun silk 
yarn for cartridge cloth, synthetic fabric or 
coated synthetic fabric (including all textile fi-
bers and yarns that are for use in such fabrics), 
canvas products, or wool (whether in the form 
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of fiber or yarn or contained in fabrics, mate-
rials, or manufactured articles); or 
(D) any item of individual equipment man-
ufactured from or containing such fibers, yarns, 
fabrics, or materials. 
(c) AVAILABILITY EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does 
not apply to the extent that the Secretary of Homeland 
Security determines that satisfactory quality and suffi-
cient quantity of any such article or item described in sub-
section (b)(1) grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in 
the United States cannot be procured as and when needed. 
(d) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN PROCUREMENTS OUT-
SIDE
THE UNITED STATES.—Subsection (a) does not 
apply to the following: 
(1) Procurements by vessels in foreign waters. 
(2) Emergency procurements. 
(e)
EXCEPTION
FOR
SMALL
PURCHASES.—Sub-
section (a) does not apply to purchases for amounts not 
greater than the simplified acquisition threshold referred 
to in section 2304(g) of title 10, United States Code. 
(f)
APPLICABILITY
TO
CONTRACTS
AND
SUB-
CONTRACTS
FOR
PROCUREMENT
OF
COMMERCIAL 
ITEMS.—This section is applicable to contracts and sub-
contracts for the procurement of commercial items not-
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withstanding section 34 of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 430). 
(g) GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘United States’’ includes the possessions of the 
United States. 
(h)
NOTIFICATION
REQUIRED
WITHIN
DAYS 
AFTER CONTRACT AWARD IF CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS AP-
PLIED.—In the case of any contract for the procurement 
of an item described in subsection (b)(1), if the Secretary 
of Homeland Security applies an exception set forth in 
subsection (c) with respect to that contract, the Secretary 
shall, not later than 7 days after the award of the con-
tract, post a notification that the exception has been ap-
plied on the Internet site maintained by the General Serv-
ices Administration know as FedBizOps.gov (or any suc-
cessor site). 
(i) TRAINING DURING FISCAL YEAR 2008.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall ensure that each member of the acqui-
sition workforce in the Department of Homeland Se-
curity who participates personally and substantially 
in the acquisition of textiles on a regular basis re-
ceives training during fiscal year 2009 on the re-
quirements of this section and the regulations imple-
menting this section. 
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grants and subgrants made under this section, in-
cluding the information described in paragraph (1). 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CHPS CRITERIA.—The term ‘‘CHPS Cri-
teria’’ means the green building rating program de-
veloped by the Collaborative for High Performance 
Schools. 
(2) ENERGY STAR.—The term ‘‘Energy Star’’ 
means the Energy Star program of the United 
States Department of Energy and the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency. 
(3)
GREEN
GLOBES.—The
term
‘‘Green 
Globes’’ means the Green Building Initiative envi-
ronmental design and rating system referred to as 
Green Globes. 
(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term
‘‘institution
of
higher
education’’
has
the 
meaning given such term in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965. 
(5)
LEED
GREEN
BUILDING
RATING
SYS-
TEM.—The term ‘‘LEED Green Building Rating 
System’’ means the United States Green Building 
Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental 
Design green building rating standard referred to as 
the LEED Green Building Rating System. 
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