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‘‘SEC. 4131. NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR POSITIVE 
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND SCHOOL SUC-
CESS. 
‘‘(a) CENTER.—From funds made available to carry 
out this subpart under section 4003(2), the Secretary may 
establish a National Resource Center for Positive Youth 
Development and School Success (in this section referred 
to as the ‘Center’). The Secretary may establish the Cen-
ter at an existing facility if such facility has a history of 
carrying out the functions described in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Center established under 
subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) provide resources, publications, and train-
ing to State and local educational agencies on the 
positive relationships, opportunities, and skills that 
students need to succeed in school and avoid risky 
behavior; 
‘‘(2) provide a free information service, using 
print, electronic media, and the Internet, for schools, 
principals, school officers, parent-teacher associa-
tions, and community groups, relating to infusing 
developmental assets, supports and strengths into 
existing school curriculum, programs, and services; 
and 
‘‘(3) conduct and publish research on the rela-
tionship between a strength-based approach to youth 
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development and school success, including academic 
achievement and retention of the teaching force.’’. 
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(b) Effective with respect to fiscal year 2009 and 
each succeeding fiscal year, the aggregate amount other-
wise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for 
the lump-sum allowance for each of the following offices 
is increased as follows: 
(1) The allowance for the office of the Majority 
Whip is increased by $72,000. 
(2) The allowance for the office of the Minority 
Whip is increased by $72,000. 
SEC. 105. (a) Section 101 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b) is amended by 
striking ‘‘transferred among’’ each place it appears in sub-
sections (a), (b), and (c)(1) and inserting ‘‘transferred 
among and merged with’’. 
(b) Section 101(c)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 95b(c)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) The headings referred to in paragraph (1) are 
‘House Leadership Offices’, ‘Members’ Representational 
Allowances’, ‘Committee Employees’, ‘Salaries, Officers 
and Employees’, and ‘Allowances and Expenses’.’’. 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 106. PERMITTING HOUSE CHILD CARE CENTER 
TO OFFER SERVICES FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN.— 
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‘‘(iii) Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law and in order to ensure that 
the Federal Government fulfills the objec-
tives of the Record of Decision referred to 
in section 301(b)(8)(F) of the Colorado 
Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 2000, 
the Secretary shall assure that not less 
than one-third of the funds referred to in 
clause (i) shall be expended for municipal 
or rural water development.’’. 
(2) By amending subsection (f) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(f) LIMITATIONS ON DISBURSEMENT OF TRIBAL 
RESOURCES FUNDS.—Any funds appropriated under this 
section shall be placed into the Southern Ute Tribal Re-
source Fund and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Resource 
Fund in the Treasury of the United States but shall not 
be available for disbursement under this section until the 
final settlement of the tribal claims as provided in section 
18. The Secretary may, at the Secretary’s sole discretion, 
authorize the disbursement of funds prior to the final set-
tlement in the event that the Secretary determines that 
substantial portions of the settlement have been com-
pleted. In the event that the funds are not disbursed under 
the terms of this section by December 31, 2020, such 
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funds shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treas-
ury.’’. 
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‘‘(I) in the case of any distribu-
tion described in clause (i)(I), age 
701⁄2, and 
‘‘(II) in the case of any distribu-
tion described in clause (i)(II), age 
591⁄2. 
A distribution shall be treated as a qualified 
charitable distribution only to the extent that 
the distribution would be includible in gross in-
come without regard to subparagraph (A) and, 
in the case of a distribution to a split-interest 
entity, only if no person holds an income inter-
est in the amounts in the split-interest entity 
attributable to such distribution other than one 
or more of the following: the individual for 
whose benefit such account is maintained, the 
spouse of such individual, or any organization 
described in section 170(c). 
‘‘(C) CONTRIBUTIONS
MUST
BE
OTHER-
WISE DEDUCTIBLE.—For purposes of this para-
graph— 
‘‘(i) DIRECT CONTRIBUTIONS.—A dis-
tribution to an organization described in 
section 170(c) shall be treated as a quali-
fied charitable distribution only if a deduc-
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‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION OF COUPONS.— 
‘‘(A) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION FOR OTA 
HOUSEHOLDS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Assistant 
Secretary shall for the period beginning 
January 1, 2008, and ending March 31, 
2009, distribute coupons only to house-
holds that have certified on their coupon 
application submitted under paragraph (1) 
that such household receives only over-the- 
air broadcast programming. 
‘‘(ii) CAP
ON
COUPONS.—The total 
maximum value of all the coupons distrib-
uted under clause (i) shall not exceed 
$990,000,000. 
‘‘(B) OTHER HOUSEHOLDS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Assistant 
Secretary shall for the period beginning 
July 1, 2008, or the period beginning on 
the date that the total maximum value es-
tablished under subparagraph (A)(ii) is 
reached, whichever is earlier, and ending 
March 31, 2009, distribute coupons to any 
household that has submitted a coupon ap-
plication under paragraph (1). 
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SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF RECONSIDERATION IN THE RE-
VIEW PROCESS GOVERNING DECISIONS ON 
BENEFIT ENTITLEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 205(b)(1) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(b)(1)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Opportunity for 
a hearing under this title in accordance with this sub-
section with respect to any initial decision or determina-
tion under this title shall be available without any require-
ment for intervening reconsideration.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 205(b) of 
such Act is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to initial decisions and 
determinations (subject to opportunity for a hearing to the 
extent provided under section 205(b) of the Social Secu-
rity Act) issued after 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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SEC. 2. INCREASE OF AMT REFUNDABLE CREDIT AMOUNT 
FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LONG-TERM UNUSED 
CREDITS FOR PRIOR YEAR MINIMUM TAX LI-
ABILITY, ETC. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 53(e) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(2) AMT REFUNDABLE
CREDIT
AMOUNT.— 
For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘AMT re-
fundable credit amount’ means, with respect to any 
taxable year, the amount (not in excess of the long- 
term unused minimum tax credit for such taxable 
year) equal to the greater of— 
‘‘(A) 50 percent of the long-term unused 
minimum tax credit for such taxable year, or 
‘‘(B) the amount (if any) of the AMT re-
fundable credit amount determined under this 
paragraph for the taxpayer’s preceding taxable 
year.’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN UNDERPAYMENTS, IN-
TEREST, AND PENALTIES ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE TREAT-
MENT OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS.—Section 53 of 
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
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‘‘(f) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN UNDERPAYMENTS, IN-
TEREST, AND PENALTIES ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE TREAT-
MENT OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) ABATEMENT.—Any underpayment of tax 
outstanding on the date of the enactment of this 
subsection which is attributable to the application of 
section 56(b)(3) for any taxable year ending before 
January 1, 2007 (and any interest or penalty with 
respect to such underpayment which is outstanding 
on such date of enactment), is hereby abated. No 
credit shall be allowed under this section with re-
spect to any amount abated under this paragraph. 
‘‘(2) INCREASE IN CREDIT FOR CERTAIN INTER-
EST AND PENALTIES ALREADY PAID.—Any interest 
or penalty paid before the date of the enactment of 
this subsection which would (but for such payment) 
have been abated under paragraph (1) shall be treat-
ed for purposes of this section as an amount of ad-
justed net minimum tax imposed for the taxable 
year of the underpayment to which such interest or 
penalty relates.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendment made by this section shall 
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apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
2006. 
(2) ABATEMENT.—Section 53(f)(1) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by sub-
section (b), shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
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section (c) (determined without regard to para-
graph (4) thereof) for the fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) the sum of the State allotment fac-
tors determined under paragraph (2) with re-
spect to the State and weighted in accordance 
with subparagraph (B) of that paragraph for 
the fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) STATE ALLOTMENT FACTORS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para-
graph (1)(B), the State allotment factors are 
the following: 
‘‘(i) The ratio of the projected expend-
itures for targeted low-income children 
under the State child health plan and preg-
nant women under a waiver of such plan 
for the fiscal year to the sum of such pro-
jected expenditures for all States for the 
fiscal year, multiplied by the applicable 
percentage weight assigned under subpara-
graph (B). 
‘‘(ii) The ratio of the number of low- 
income children who have not attained age 
19 with no health insurance coverage in 
the State, as determined by the Secretary 
on the basis of the arithmetic average of 
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expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 
not more than $4,564,000 shall be derived from collections 
during fiscal year 2009 under sections 111(d)(2), 
119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 
further, That the total amount available for obligation 
shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 
less than $33,315,000: Provided further, That not more 
than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for 
the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ 
in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the 
purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 
intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 
That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer-
tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses for activities 
of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 
delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 
United States Code, any amounts made available under 
this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 
payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 
sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be 
used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 
Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 
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the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 
Judges and staff under section 802(e). 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno-
tated Constitution of the United States of America, 
$107,323,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 
may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 
with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 
(except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued 
by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 
obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives or the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 
March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 
135a), $68,816,000, of which $30,155,000 shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the total 
amount appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to con-
tract to provide newspapers to blind and physically handi-
capped residents at no cost to the individual. 
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tion for the entire distribution would be al-
lowable under section 170 (determined 
without regard to subsection (b) thereof 
and this paragraph). 
‘‘(ii) SPLIT-INTEREST GIFTS.—A dis-
tribution to a split-interest entity shall be 
treated as a qualified charitable distribu-
tion only if a deduction for the entire value 
of the interest in the distribution for the 
use of an organization described in section 
170(c) would be allowable under section 
170 (determined without regard to sub-
section (b) thereof and this paragraph). 
‘‘(D) APPLICATION OF SECTION 72.—Not-
withstanding section 72, in determining the ex-
tent to which a distribution is a qualified chari-
table distribution, the entire amount of the dis-
tribution shall be treated as includible in gross 
income without regard to subparagraph (A) to 
the extent that such amount does not exceed 
the aggregate amount which would be so includ-
ible if all amounts were distributed from all in-
dividual retirement accounts otherwise taken 
into account in determining the inclusion on 
such distribution under section 72. Proper ad-
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‘‘(A) For the programs authorized by this 
Act, the Administration is authorized to 
make— 
‘‘(i) $80,000,000 in technical assist-
ance grants, as provided in section 7(m); 
and 
‘‘(ii) $110,000,000 in direct loans, as 
provided in 7(m). 
‘‘(B) For the programs authorized by this 
Act, the Administration is authorized to make 
$29,300,000,000 in deferred participation loans 
and other financings. Of such sum, the Admin-
istration is authorized to make— 
‘‘(i) $20,000,000,000 in general busi-
ness loans, as provided in section 7(a); 
‘‘(ii) $8,500,000,000 in certified de-
velopment company financings, as provided 
in section 7(a)(13) and as provided in sec-
tion 504 of the Small Business Investment 
Act of 1958; 
‘‘(iii) $750,000,000 in loans, as pro-
vided in section 7(a)(21); and 
‘‘(iv) $50,000,000 in loans, as pro-
vided in section 7(m). 
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IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3866 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 8, 2007 
Received 
JANUARY 22 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 2008 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize certain programs under the Small Business 
Act for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Small Business Programs Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Reauthorization of small business programs. 
Sec. 3. BusinessLINC grants reauthorization. 
Sec. 4. Small Business Development Center Program reauthorization. 
Sec. 5. Women’s Business Center Program reauthorization. 
Sec. 6. HUBZone reauthorization. 
Sec. 7. Office of Veterans Business Development reauthorization. 
Sec. 8. Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs extension. 
Sec. 9. National Women’s Business Council reauthorization. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF SMALL BUSINESS PRO-
GRAMS. 
Section 20 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 
note) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (b), (d), and (j); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (e) as 
(b) and (c), respectively; 
(3) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated; dis-
aster mitigation pilot program) by striking ‘‘2005’’ 
and ‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’ and ‘‘2009’’, re-
spectively; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (c) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(d) FISCAL YEAR 2008.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM
LEVELS.—The following pro-
gram levels are authorized for fiscal year 2008: 
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by striking ‘‘October 1, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 
2009’’. 
SEC. 9. NATIONAL WOMEN’S BUSINESS COUNCIL REAU-
THORIZATION. 
Section 410(a) of the Women’s Business Ownership 
Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–533; 15 U.S.C. 7110(a)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘2001 through 2003’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2008 and 2009’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 6, 
2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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between the State of Florida and signatory tobacco 
product manufacturers, as specified therein. 
(3) The term ‘‘Master Settlement Agreement’’ 
means the Master Settlement Agreement, together 
with the exhibits thereto, entered into on November 
23, 1998, between the signatory States and signa-
tory tobacco product manufacturers, as specified 
therein. 
(4) The term ‘‘Minnesota Settlement Agree-
ment’’ means the Settlement Agreement, together 
with the exhibits thereto, entered into on May 8, 
1998, between the State of Minnesota and signatory 
tobacco product manufacturers, as specified therein. 
(5) The term ‘‘Mississippi Memorandum of Un-
derstanding’’ means the Memorandum of Under-
standing, together with the exhibits thereto and Set-
tlement Agreement contemplated therein, entered 
into on July 2, 1997, between the State of Mis-
sissippi and signatory tobacco product manufactur-
ers, as specified therein. 
(6) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services. 
(7) The term ‘‘Texas Settlement Agreement’’ 
means the Settlement Agreement, together with the 
exhibits thereto, entered into on January 16, 1998, 
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Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Small 
Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the 
Committee on Small Business of the House of Representa-
tives a report detailing progress the Administrator has 
made towards the implementation of this section.’’. 
SEC. 504. ASSISTANCE STUDY. 
(a) STUDY.—The Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration shall conduct a study to determine 
what changes would be required to provide greater Federal 
contracting assistance to participants in the program cre-
ated by section 8(a) of the Small Business Act that have 
less equity in their business concerns than other partici-
pants in the program. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepre-
neurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Busi-
ness of the House of Representatives a report detailing 
the results of the study described in subsection (a). 
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