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Green Buildings and the Office of Federal High-Perform-
ance Green Buildings. 
(b) PROJECTS.—In accordance with guidelines estab-
lished by the Federal Director and the Commercial Direc-
tor under subsection (a) and the duties of the Federal Di-
rector and the Commercial Director described in this part, 
the Federal Director or the Commercial Director shall 
carry out— 
(1) for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2014, 
1 demonstration project in a Federal building se-
lected by the Federal Director in accordance with 
relevant agencies and described in subsection (c)(1), 
that— 
(A) provides for the evaluation of the in-
formation obtained through the conduct of 
projects and activities under this part; and 
(B) achieves the highest rating offered by 
an existing high-performance green building 
rating system that is developed through a con-
sensus-based process, provides minimum re-
quirements in all performance categories, re-
quires 
substantiating 
documentation 
and 
verifiable calculations, employs third-party post- 
construction review and verification, and is na-
tionally recognized within the building industry; 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1470
AN ACT 
To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care 
Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 to require the provi-
sion of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all 
Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers.
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 ‘‘Chiropractic Care 
Available to All Veterans Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOR PROVISION OF CHIROPRACTIC 
CARE AND SERVICES TO VETERANS. 
Section 204(c) of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 (38 
U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The program’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The program shall be carried out at not fewer 
than 75 medical centers by not later than December 31, 
2009, and at all medical centers by not later than Decem-
ber 31, 2011.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2007. 
Attest:
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1470
AN ACT 
To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs 
Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 
2001 to require the provision of chiropractic care 
and services to veterans at all Department of 
Veterans Affairs medical centers.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1470 
To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs En-
hancement Act of 2001 to require the provision of chiropractic care 
and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical 
centers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2007 
Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care 
Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 to require the provi-
sion of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all 
Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers. 
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 ‘‘Chiropractic Care 
Available to All Veterans Act’’. 
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(2) SUBMITTAL OF PLAN.—The Secretary shall
submit to the congressional defense committees the
plan required by paragraph (1) not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2007.
(c) CERTIFICATIONS.—Not later than September 30,
2007, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a certification of each of the following:
(1) That a transition plan has been developed,
and resources have been committed, to ensure that pa-
tient care services, medical operations, and facilities
are sustained at the highest possible level at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center until facilities to replace
Walter Reed Army Medical Center are staffed and
ready to assume at least the same level of care pre-
viously provided at Walter Reed Army Medical Cen-
ter.
(2) That the closure of Walter Reed Army Med-
ical Center will not result in a net loss of capacity
in the major military medical centers in the National
Capitol Region in terms of total bed capacity or
staffed bed capacity.
(3) That the capacity and types of medical hold
and out-patient lodging facilities currently operating
at Walter Reed Army Medical Center will be avail-
able at the facilities to replace Walter Reed Army
SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOR PROVISION OF CHIROPRACTIC 
CARE AND SERVICES TO VETERANS. 
Section 204(c) of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 (38 
U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The program’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The program shall be carried out at not fewer 
than 75 medical centers by not later than December 31, 
2009, and at all medical centers by not later than Decem-
ber 31, 2011.’’. 
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IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1470 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 24, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care 
Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 to require the provi-
sion of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all 
Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chiropractic Care 
Available to All Veterans Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOR PROVISION OF CHIROPRACTIC 
CARE AND SERVICES TO VETERANS. 
Section 204(c) of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 (38 
U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The program’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The program shall be carried out at not fewer 
than 75 medical centers by not later than December 31, 
2009, and at all medical centers by not later than Decem-
ber 31, 2011.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1471 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit eligible veterans to receive 
direct access to chiropractic care. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2007 
Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit eligible 
veterans to receive direct access to chiropractic care. 
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 ‘‘Better Access to Chiro-
practors to Keep our Veterans Healthy Act (BACK Vet-
erans Health Act)’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXPANDED CHIROPRACTOR SERVICES AVAILABLE 
TO VETERANS. 
(a) MEDICAL SERVICES.—Paragraph (6) of section 
1701 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) Chiropractic services.’’. 
(b) REHABILITATIVE SERVICES.—Paragraph (8) of 
such section is amended by inserting ‘‘chiropractic,’’ after 
‘‘counseling,’’. 
(c) PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES.—Paragraph 
(9) of such section is amended — 
(1) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(F) 
through (K) as subparagraphs (G) through (L), re-
spectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph (F): 
‘‘(F) periodic and preventative chiropractic ex-
aminations and services;’’. 
SEC. 3. DIRECT ACCESS FOR VETERANS TO CHIROPRACTIC 
SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 17 of title 38, is amended 
by inserting after section 1710B the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1710C. Direct access to chiropractic services 
‘‘(a) The Secretary shall permit eligible veterans to 
receive needed medical services, rehabilitative services, and 
preventative health services from a licensed doctor of 
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chiropractic on a direct access basis at the election of the 
eligible veteran, if such services are within the State scope 
of practice of such doctor of chiropractic. 
‘‘(b) The Secretary shall not discriminate among li-
censed health-care providers in the determination of need-
ed services.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1710B the following new 
item: 
‘‘1710C. Direct access to chiropractic services.’’. 
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(2) no fewer than 4 demonstration projects at 
4 universities, that, as competitively selected by the 
Commercial Director in accordance with subsection 
(c)(2), have— 
(A) appropriate research resources and rel-
evant projects to meet the goals of the dem-
onstration project established by the Office of 
Commercial High-Performance Green Build-
ings; and 
(B) the ability— 
(i) to serve as a model for high-per-
formance green building initiatives, includ-
ing research and education; 
(ii) to identify the most effective ways 
o use high-performance green building and 
landscape technologies to engage and edu-
cate undergraduate and graduate students; 
(iii) to effectively implement a high- 
performance green building education pro-
gram for students and occupants; 
(iv) to demonstrate the effectiveness 
of various high-performance technologies in 
each of the 4 climatic regions of the 
United States described in subsection 
(c)(2)(B); and 
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(C) an assessment of the full scope of the
neurological, psychiatric, and psychological ef-
fects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on mem-
bers and former members of the Armed Forces,
including the effects of such effects on the family
members of such members and former members,
and an assessment of the efficacy of current
treatment approaches for traumatic brain injury
in the United States and the efficacy of
screenings and treatment approaches for trau-
matic brain injury within the Department of
Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs;
(D) 
an 
assessment 
of 
the 
effects 
of
undiagnosed injuries such as post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain in-
jury, an estimate of the long-term costs associ-
ated with such injuries, and an assessment of the
efficacy of screenings and treatment approaches
for post-traumatic stress disorder and other men-
tal health conditions within the Department of
Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs;
(E) an assessment of the particular needs
and concerns of female members of the Armed
Forces and female veterans;
II
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5012
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 5, 2002
Received
AN ACT
To amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize
the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a project
for construction of a plaza adjacent to the John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and for other
purposes.
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(F) an assessment of the particular needs
and concerns of children of members of the
Armed Forces, taking into account differing age
groups, impacts on development and education,
and the mental and emotional well being of chil-
dren;
(G) an assessment of the particular needs
and concerns of minority members of the Armed
Forces and minority veterans;
(H) an assessment of the particular edu-
cational and vocational needs of such members
and former members and their families, and an
assessment of the efficacy of existing educational
and vocational programs to address such needs;
(I) an assessment of the impacts on commu-
nities with high populations of military families,
including military housing communities and
townships with deployed members of the Na-
tional Guard and Reserve, of deployments associ-
ated with Operation Iraqi Freedom and Oper-
ation Enduring Freedom, and an assessment of
the efficacy of programs that address community
outreach and education concerning military de-
ployments of community residents;
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3822 
To amend title 1 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 to include nongovernmental and volunteer firefighters, ground 
and air ambulance crew members, and first responders for certain bene-
fits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 12, 2007 
Mr. ELLISON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 1 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 to include nongovernmental and 
volunteer firefighters, ground and air ambulance crew 
members, and first responders for certain benefits. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN NONGOVERNMENTAL 
EMERGENCY SERVICE OFFICERS. 
Section 1204 of title 1 of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b) is amend-
ed— 
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5017
AN ACT
To amend the Temporary Emergency Wildfire Sup-
pression Act to facilitate the ability of the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture to enter into reciprocal agreements with
foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to
fight wildfires.
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(v) to explore quantifiable and non-
quantifiable beneficial impacts on public 
health and employee and student perform-
ance; 
(3) 
demonstration 
projects 
to 
evaluate 
replicable approaches to achieving various types of 
commercial buildings in various climates; and 
(4) deployment activities to disseminate infor-
mation on and encourage widespread adoption of 
technologies, practices, and policies to achieve zero- 
net-energy commercial buildings or low energy use 
and effective monitoring of energy use in commercial 
buildings. 
(c) CRITERIA.— 
(1) FEDERAL FACILITIES.—With respect to the 
existing or proposed Federal facility at which a dem-
onstration project under this section is conducted, 
the Federal facility shall— 
(A) be an appropriate model for a project 
relating to— 
(i) the effectiveness of high-perform-
ance technologies; 
(ii) analysis of materials, components, 
systems, and emergency operations in the 
building, and the impact of those mate-
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(J) an assessment of the impacts of increas-
ing numbers of older and married members of
the Armed Forces on readjustment requirements;
(K) the development, based on such assess-
ments, of recommendations for programs, treat-
ments, or policy remedies targeted at preventing,
minimizing or addressing the impacts, gaps and
needs identified; and
(L) the development, based on such assess-
ments, of recommendations for additional re-
search on such needs.
(c) POPULATIONS TO BE STUDIED.—The study re-
quired under subsection (a) shall consider the readjustment
needs of each population of individuals as follows:
(1) Members of the regular components of the
Armed Forces who are returning, or have returned, to
the United States from deployment in Operation
Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.
(2) Members of the National Guard and Reserve
who are returning, or have returned, to the United
States from deployment in Operation Iraqi Freedom
or Operation Enduring Freedom.
(3) Veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Op-
eration Enduring Freedom.
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(4) Family members of the members and vet-
erans described in paragraphs (1) through (3).
(d) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The National Acad-
emy of Sciences shall have access to such personnel, infor-
mation, records, and systems of the Department of Defense
and the Department of Veterans Affairs as the National
Academy of Sciences requires in order to carry out the
study required under subsection (a).
(e) PRIVACY OF INFORMATION.—The National Acad-
emy of Sciences shall maintain any personally identifiable
information accessed by the Academy in carrying out the
study required under subsection (a) in accordance with all
applicable laws, protections, and best practices regarding
the privacy of such information, and may not permit access
to such information by any persons or entities not engaged
in work under the study.
(f) REPORTS BY NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—
Upon the completion of each phase of the study required
under subsection (a), the National Academy of Sciences
shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs a report on such phase of the study.
(g) DOD AND VA RESPONSE TO NAS REPORTS.—
(1) PRELIMINARY RESPONSE.—Not later than 45
days after the receipt of a report under subsection (f)
on each phase of the study required under subsection
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5017
AN ACT
To amend the Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression
Act to facilitate the ability of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into recip-
rocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing
of personnel to fight wildfires.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1477 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend military commissary and 
exchange store privileges to veterans with a compensable service-con-
nected disability and to their dependents. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2007 
Mr. FORTENBERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend military 
commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans 
with a compensable service-connected disability and to 
their dependents. 
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 ‘‘Disabled Veterans 
Commissary and Exchange Store Benefits Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE STORE PRIVILEGES 
FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND THEIR DE-
PENDENTS. 
(a) EXTENSION OF PRIVILEGES.—Chapter 54 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1065. Use of commissary and exchange stores: dis-
abled veterans and their dependents 
‘‘(a) DISABLED VETERANS.—A veteran with a com-
pensable service-connected disability shall be permitted to 
use commissary and exchange stores on the same basis 
as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or 
retainer pay. 
‘‘(b) DEPENDENTS.—A dependent of a veteran de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall be permitted to use com-
missary and exchange stores on the same basis as a de-
pendent of a member of the armed forces entitled to re-
tired or retainer pay. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘vet-
eran’ and ‘service-connected’ have the meanings given 
those terms in section 101 of title 38.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘1065. Use of commissary and exchange stores: disabled veterans and their de-
pendents’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 1065 of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take 
effect at the end of the 90-day period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5018
AN ACT
To direct the Capitol Police Board to take steps to
promote the retention of current officers and
members of the Capitol Police and the recruit-
ment of new officers and members of the Capitol
Police, and for other purposes.
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retary shall refine each such plan as the Secretary
considers appropriate in light of such review.
‘‘(2) REQUEST FOR REVIEW BY VETERANS.—In
addition to the periodic review required by paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall conduct a review of the plan
of a veteran under paragraph (1) at the request of
such veteran, or in the case that such veteran is inca-
pacitated, at the request of the guardian or the des-
ignee of such veteran.
‘‘(g) STATE DESIGNATED PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY
SYSTEM DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘State protec-
tion and advocacy system’ means a system established in
a State under subtitle C of the Developmental Disabilities
Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15041
et seq.) to protect and advocate for the rights of persons
with development disabilities.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at
the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 1710B the following
new item:
‘‘1710C. Traumatic brain injury: plans for rehabilitation and reintegration into
the community.’’.
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rials, components, and systems, including 
the impact on the health of building occu-
pants; 
(iii) life-cycle costing and life-cycle as-
sessment of building materials and sys-
tems; and 
(iv) location and design that promote 
access to the Federal facility through walk-
ing, biking, and mass transit; and 
(B) possess sufficient technological and or-
ganizational adaptability. 
(2) UNIVERSITIES.—With respect to the 4 uni-
versities at which a demonstration project under this 
section is conducted— 
(A) the universities should be selected, 
after careful review of all applications received 
containing the required information, as deter-
mined by the Commercial Director, based on— 
(i) successful and established public- 
private research and development partner-
ships; 
(ii) demonstrated capabilities to con-
struct or renovate buildings that meet high 
indoor environmental quality standards; 
(iii) organizational flexibility; 
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