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SEC. 2. FORGIVENESS OF CERTAIN OVERPAYMENTS OF RE-
TIRED PAY PAID FOR PERIODS AFTER DEATH 
OF RETIRED MEMBERS. 
(a) FORGIVENESS WHEN PAYMENTS DEPOSITED TO 
JOINT ACCOUNTS.—Section 2771 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(e) The United States shall forgive any overpayment 
of retired or retainer pay arising from payment of such 
retired or retainer pay for any period after the date of 
the death of the recipient through the last day of the 
month in which such death occurs if such payment is elec-
tronically deposited in an accredited financial institution 
to a joint account bearing the name of the decedent and 
another individual who is the decedent’s designated bene-
ficiary under subsection (a)(1).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (e) of section 
2771 of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a), shall apply with respect to payments made to 
persons dying on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(c) COORDINATION
WITH
SURVIVOR
BENEFIT 
PLAN.—Section 1450 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or that ap-
plies under subsection (m)’’ after ‘‘under subsection 
(j)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(m) SPECIAL EFFECTIVE DATE RULE WHEN FINAL 
RETIRED PAY OVERPAYMENT IS FORGIVEN.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUITY EFFECTIVE ON FIRST DAY OF 
MONTH AFTER DEATH.—In a case covered by para-
graph (2), an annuity payable to a surviving spouse 
shall be effective on the first day of the first month 
beginning after the death of the person to whom sec-
tion 1448 of this title applies, rather than on the 
date otherwise applicable under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) COVERED CASES.—Paragraph (1) applies 
in a case in which— 
‘‘(A) there is an overpayment of retired 
pay of a person to whom section 1448 of this 
title applies that is forgiven pursuant to section 
2771(e) of this title; and 
‘‘(B) the person who is the designated ben-
eficiary 
of 
such 
person 
under 
section 
2771(a)(1) of this title is the surviving spouse 
of such person.’’. 
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Calendar No. 126
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 588
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 20 South Main in Beaver,
Utah, as the ‘‘Abe Murdock United States Post
Office Building’’.
JUNE 30, 1993
Reported without amendment
of Defense policy permitting the early separation of a 
member who is the only surviving child in a family in 
which— 
(1) the father or mother or one or more sib-
lings— 
(A) served in the Armed Forces; and 
(B) was killed, died as a result of wounds, 
accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing 
in action status, or is permanently 100 percent 
disabled or hospitalized on a continuing basis 
(and is not employed gainfully because of the 
disability or hospitalization); and 
(2) the death, status, or disability did not result 
from the intentional misconduct or willful neglect of 
the parent or sibling and was not incurred during a 
period of unauthorized absence. 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 58
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to
convey vessels in the National Defense Reserve
Fleet to certain nonprofit organizations.
H. R. 6580—6 
sibling and was not incurred during a period of unauthorized 
absence. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
H. R. 1107—131 
6505.
Exclusions. 
6506.
Administrative provisions. 
6507.
Hearing authority and procedures. 
6508.
Authority to make exceptions. 
6509.
Other procedures. 
6510.
Manufacturers and regular dealers. 
6511.
Effect on other law. 
§ 6501. Definitions 
In this chapter— 
(1) AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.—The term ‘‘agency of 
the United States’’ means an executive department, inde-
pendent establishment, or other agency or instrumentality of 
the United States, the District of Columbia, or a corporation 
in which all stock is beneficially owned by the Federal Govern-
ment. 
(2) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ includes one or more individ-
uals, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representa-
tives, trustees, trustees in cases under title 11, or receivers. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Labor. 
§ 6502. Required contract terms 
A contract made by an agency of the United States for the 
manufacture or furnishing of materials, supplies, articles, or equip-
ment, in an amount exceeding $10,000, shall include the following 
representations and stipulations: 
(1) MINIMUM WAGES TO BE PAID.—All individuals employed 
by the contractor in the manufacture or furnishing of materials, 
supplies, articles, or equipment under the contract will be paid, 
without subsequent deduction or rebate on any account, not 
less than the prevailing minimum wages, as determined by 
the Secretary, for individuals employed in similar work or 
in the particular or similar industries or groups of industries 
currently operating in the locality in which the materials, sup-
plies, articles, or equipment are to be manufactured or fur-
nished under the contract, except that this paragraph applies 
only to purchases or contracts relating to industries that have 
been the subject matter of a determination by the Secretary. 
(2) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF HOURS TO BE WORKED IN A WEEK.— 
No individual employed by the contractor in the manufacture 
or furnishing of materials, supplies, articles, or equipment 
under the contract shall be permitted to work in excess of 
40 hours in any one week, except that this paragraph does 
not apply to an employer who has entered into an agreement 
with employees pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of section 
7(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207(b)(1) 
or (2)). 
(3) INELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES.—No individual under 16 years 
of age and no incarcerated individual will be employed by 
the contractor in the manufacture or furnishing of materials, 
supplies, articles, or equipment under the contract, except that 
this section, or other law or executive order containing similar 
prohibitions against the purchase of goods by the Federal 
Government, does not apply to convict labor that satisfies the 
conditions of section 1761(c) of title 18. 
(4) STANDARDS OF PLACES AND WORKING CONDITIONS WHERE 
CONTRACT PERFORMED.—No part of the contract will be per-
formed, and no materials, supplies, articles, or equipment will 
be manufactured or fabricated under the contract, in plants,
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION
FOR COMMON CARRIERS.—This 
section does not apply to a common carrier that possesses, 
receives, or distributes unfinished dextromethorphan for 
purposes 
of 
distributing 
such 
unfinished 
dextromethorphan between persons described in sub-
section (a) as registered, licensed, or approved. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘common carrier’ means any per-
son that holds itself out to the general public as a 
provider for hire of the transportation by water, 
land, or air of merchandise, whether or not the per-
son actually operates the vessel, vehicle, or aircraft 
by which the transportation is provided, between a 
port or place and a port or place in the United 
States. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘unfinished dextromethorphan’ 
means dextromethorphan that is not contained in a 
drug that is in finished dosage form.’’. 
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(2) 
STANDARD
AND
APPLICABILITY
OF 
COURSE.—The Secretary, in consultation with rep-
resentatives of qualified individual development ac-
count programs and financial educators, shall not 
later than January 1, 2010, establish minimum 
quality standards for the contents of financial edu-
cation courses and providers of such courses de-
scribed in paragraph (1) and a protocol to exempt 
individuals from the requirement under paragraph 
(1) in the case of hardship, lack of need, the attain-
ment of age 65, or a qualified final distribution. 
(c) PROOF
OF STATUS
AS
AN ELIGIBLE INDI-
VIDUAL.—Federal income tax forms for the immediately 
preceding taxable year and any other evidence of eligibility 
which may be required by a qualified financial institution 
shall be presented to such institution at the time of the 
establishment of the Individual Development Account and 
in any taxable year in which contributions are made to 
the Account to qualify for matching funds under section 
6(b)(1)(A). 
(d) SPECIAL RULE IN THE CASE OF MARRIED INDI-
VIDUALS.—For purposes of this Act, if, with respect to 
any taxable year, 2 married individuals file a Federal joint 
income tax return, then not more than 1 of such individ-
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1399 
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to support State and tribal govern-
ment efforts to encourage owners and operators of privately held farm, 
ranch, and forest land containing maple trees to make their land available 
for access by the public for maple-tapping activities under programs 
administered by States and tribal governments. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2009 
Mr. MCHUGH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to support State 
and tribal government efforts to encourage owners and 
operators of privately held farm, ranch, and forest land 
containing maple trees to make their land available for 
access by the public for maple-tapping activities under 
programs administered by States and tribal governments. 
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 ‘‘Maple Tapping Access 
Program Act’’. 
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(C) by only applying such subsection to 
qualified rehabilitation expenditures with re-
spect to any building or structure which was 
damaged or destroyed as a result of the severe 
storms, tornados, or flooding giving rise to any 
Presidential declaration described in subsection 
(c)(1)(A). 
(8) TREATMENT OF NET OPERATING LOSSES 
ATTRIBUTABLE
TO
DISASTER
LOSSES.—Section 
1400N(k)— 
(A) by substituting ‘‘qualified Disaster Re-
covery Assistance loss’’ for ‘‘qualified Gulf Op-
portunity Zone loss’’ each place it appears, 
(B) by substituting ‘‘after the day before 
the applicable disaster date, and before January 
1, 2011’’ for ‘‘after August 27, 2005, and be-
fore January 1, 2008’’ each place it appears, 
(C) by substituting ‘‘the applicable disaster 
date’’ for ‘‘August 28, 2005’’ in paragraph 
(2)(B)(ii)(I), 
(D) by substituting ‘‘qualified Disaster Re-
covery Assistance property’’ for ‘‘qualified Gulf 
Opportunity Zone property’’ in paragraph 
(2)(B)(iv), and 
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uals may be treated as an eligible individual with respect 
to the succeeding taxable year. 
SEC. 6. DEPOSITS BY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL DEVELOP-
MENT ACCOUNT PROGRAMS. 
(a) PARALLEL ACCOUNTS.—The qualified financial 
institution shall deposit all matching funds for each Indi-
vidual Development Account into a parallel account at a 
qualified financial institution. 
(b) REGULAR DEPOSITS OF MATCHING FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the qualified financial institution shall deposit into 
the parallel account with respect to each eligible in-
dividual the following amounts: 
(A) A dollar-for-dollar match for the first 
$500 contributed by the eligible individual into 
an Individual Development Account with re-
spect to any taxable year of such individual. 
(B) Any matching funds provided by State, 
local, or private sources in accordance with the 
matching ratio set by those sources. 
(2) TIMING OF DEPOSITS.—A deposit of the 
amounts described in paragraph (1) shall be made 
into a parallel account— 
(A) in the case of amounts described in 
paragraph (1)(A), not later than 30 days after 
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SECTION 1. HELEN BERG POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 311 Southwest 2nd Street in 
Corvallis, Oregon, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Helen Berg Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Helen Berg Post Of-
fice Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 27, 
2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6585 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 311 Southwest 2nd Street 
in Corvallis, Oregon, as the ‘‘Helen Berg Post 
Office Building’’.
IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6585 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 29 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 17), 2008 
Received 
OCTOBER 2 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 17), 2008 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 311 Southwest 2nd Street in Corvallis, Or-
egon, as the ‘‘Helen Berg Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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HR 6585 RFS
SECTION 1. HELEN BERG POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 311 Southwest 2nd Street in 
Corvallis, Oregon, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Helen Berg Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Helen Berg Post Of-
fice Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 27, 
2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6588 
To preclude searches of laptop computers and similar devices based on the 
power as sovereign to search at the border or upon entry to the United 
States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2008 
Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To preclude searches of laptop computers and similar devices 
based on the power as sovereign to search at the border 
or upon entry to the United States. 
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 ‘‘Electronic Device Pri-
vacy Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. BORDER SEARCHES OF LAPTOPS. 
(a) GENERALLY PROHIBITED.—No person acting 
under the authority of the United States shall have any 
authority, derived from the power of a sovereign to search 
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at borders or upon entry to the territory of that sovereign, 
to require that any person entering the United States sub-
mit to a search of the electronic contents of that person’s 
laptop computer or similar device. 
(b) THIS SECTION DOES NOT PROHIBIT SEARCHES 
BASED ON OTHER LAWFUL AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) 
shall not be construed to in any way limit or affect any 
search based on lawful authority other than the power of 
a sovereign to search at borders or upon entry to the terri-
tory of that sovereign. 
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this Act, the term 
‘‘laptop computer or other similar device’’ means a com-
puter of the sort generally recognized as being a laptop 
computer, and includes any other electronic device nor-
mally used for electronic mail or messaging, or storing 
electronic data. 
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(iii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by strik-
ing ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)(B)’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by strik-
ing ‘‘public or’’ before ‘‘non-profit’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
‘‘(b)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b)(1)(B)(i)’’; and 
(B) 
in 
paragraph 
(3), 
by 
striking 
‘‘(b)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b)(1)(B)(ii)’’. 
SEC. 3. DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR 
TEACHERS. 
Section 460 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1087j) is amended— 
(1) by amending section (b) to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall 
carry out a program of canceling the obligation to repay 
a qualified loan amount in accordance with subsection (c) 
for Federal Direct Stafford Loans and Federal Direct Un-
subsidized Stafford Loans made under this part for any 
borrower— 
‘‘(1) who— 
‘‘(A) has been employed as a full-time ele-
mentary school or secondary school teacher for 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6590 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the country of 
origin of a nonimmigrant religious worker to extend reciprocal immigra-
tion treatment to nationals of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2008 
Mrs. MYRICK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require 
the country of origin of a nonimmigrant religious worker 
to extend reciprocal immigration treatment to nationals 
of the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
REQUIRING 
RECIPROCAL 
IMMIGRATION 
TREATMENT. 
Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(s) Beginning on October 1, 2009, a visa may not 
be issued to an alien seeking status as a nonimmigrant 
under section 101(a)(15)(R) unless the Secretary of 
Homeland Security has determined that the country of the 
alien’s nationality extends reciprocal immigration treat-
ment to nationals of the United States who are seeking 
nonimmigrant status in order to work in a religious voca-
tion or occupation.’’. 
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‘‘SEC. 410. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN NON-FEDERAL LAND. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CITY.—The term ‘City’ means the city of 
Aurora, Colorado. 
‘‘(2) DEED.—The term ‘deed’ means the quit-
claim deed— 
‘‘(A) conveyed to the City by the Secretary 
(acting through the Director of the National 
Park Service); and 
‘‘(B) dated May 24, 1999. 
‘‘(3) NON-FEDERAL
LAND.—The term ‘non- 
Federal land’ means— 
‘‘(A) parcel I of the former United States 
Army Garrison Fitzsimons, Adams County, Col-
orado, as more specifically described in the 
deed; and 
‘‘(B) the parcel of land described in the 
deed. 
‘‘(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
‘‘(b) DUTY OF SECRETARY.—To allow the City to 
convey by donation to the United States the non-Federal 
land to be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for 
the construction of a veterans medical facility, not later 
than January 31, 2009, the Secretary shall execute each 
instrument that is necessary to release all rights, condi-
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tions, and restrictions retained by the United States in 
and to the non-Federal land conveyed in the deed.’’. 
Æ 
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‘‘(2) is diagnosed at a Clinical Center of Excel-
lence (with respect to an eligible WTC resident or 
other non-responder) with an identified WTC-related 
health condition for WTC residents and other non- 
responders. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The WTC Program Admin-
istrator shall limit benefits for any fiscal year under 
subsection (a) in a manner so that payments under 
this section for such fiscal year do not exceed the 
amount specified in paragraph (2) for such fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount specified in 
this paragraph for— 
‘‘(A) fiscal year 2009 is $20,000,000; or 
‘‘(B) a succeeding fiscal year is the 
amount specified in this paragraph for the pre-
vious fiscal year increased by the annual per-
centage increase in the medical care component 
of the consumer price index for all urban con-
sumers. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2818 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
the establishment of a drug-free workplace information 
clearinghouse, to support residential methamphetamine 
treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, 
to improve the prevention and treatment of methamphet-
amine addiction, and for other purposes.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2830 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to give priority to unemployed veterans in furnishing hospital 
care, medical services, and nursing home care to certain veterans as-
signed to priority level 8. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2009 
Mr. COURTNEY (for himself and Ms. SHEA-PORTER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to give priority to unemployed 
veterans in furnishing hospital care, medical services, 
and nursing home care to certain veterans assigned to 
priority level 8. 
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 ‘‘Providing Access to 
Healthcare (PATH) for Veterans Act of 2009’’. 
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Calendar No. 97
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 5
AN ACT
To amend the National Labor Relations Act and
the Railway Labor Act to prevent discrimination
based on participation in labor disputes.
JUNE 22, 1993
Read the second time and placed on the calendar