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‘‘(B) each establishment subject to the require-
ments of subparagraph (A) shall thereafter— 
‘‘(i) with respect to drugs, register with the 
Secretary on or before December 31 of each 
year; and 
‘‘(ii) with respect to devices, register with 
the Secretary during the period beginning on 
October 1 and ending on December 31 of each 
year.’’. 
SEC. 223. FILING OF LISTS OF DRUGS AND DEVICES MANU-
FACTURED, PREPARED, PROPAGATED, AND 
COMPOUNDED 
BY 
REGISTRANTS; 
STATE-
MENTS; ACCOMPANYING DISCLOSURES. 
Section 510(j)(2) (21 U.S.C. 360(j)(2)) is amended, 
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘Each person’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the following 
information:’’ and inserting ‘‘Each person who registers 
with the Secretary under this section shall report to the 
Secretary, with regard to drugs once during the month 
of June of each year and once during the month of Decem-
ber of each year, and with regard to devices once each 
year during the period beginning on October 1 and ending 
on December 31, the following information:’’. 
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3717
AN ACT
To increase the penalties for violations by television and
radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against trans-
mission of obscene, indecent, and profane material, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON GEOGRAPHIC AREA.—For each 
angel group receiving financing under this section, the Di-
rector shall determine the geographic area in which a 
small business concern must be located to receive an in-
vestment from that angel group. 
‘‘(f) PRIORITY IN PROVIDING FINANCING.—In pro-
viding financing under this section, the Director shall give 
priority to angel groups that invest in small business con-
cerns owned and controlled by veterans, small business 
concerns owned and controlled by women, and socially and 
economically disadvantaged small business concerns. 
‘‘(g) NATIONWIDE DISTRIBUTION OF FINANCING.— 
In providing financing under this section, the Director 
shall, to the extent practicable, provide financing to angel 
groups that are located in a variety of geographic areas. 
‘‘(h) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—As a condition of 
receiving financing under this section, the Director shall 
require that for each small business concern in which the 
angel group receiving such financing invests, the angel 
group shall invest an amount that is equal to or greater 
than the amount of financing received under this section 
from a source other than the Federal Government that 
is equal to the amount of the financing provided under 
this section that the angel group invests in that small busi-
ness concern. 
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(3) $187,000,000 is for a law enforcement tech-
nologies and interoperable communications program, 
and related law enforcement and public safety equip-
ment: Provided, That within the amounts appro-
priated, $185,500,000 shall be used for the projects, 
and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act); 
(4) $25,000,000 is for offender re-entry pro-
grams, as authorized under section 101 and 211 of 
the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 
199), of which $15,000,000 is for grants for adult 
and juvenile offender state and local reentry dem-
onstration projects, and $10,000,000 is for grants 
for mentoring and transitional services; 
(5) $10,000,000 is for grants to assist States 
and tribal governments as authorized by the NICS 
Improvements Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 
Law 110–180); 
(6) $10,000,000 is for grants to upgrade crimi-
nal records, as authorized under the Crime Identi-
fication Technology Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 14601); 
(7) $156,000,000 is for DNA related and foren-
sic programs and activities as follows: 
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II 
Calendar No. 929 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3548 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 15, 2008 
Received 
AUGUST 1, 2008 
Read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To enhance citizen access to Government information and 
services by establishing plain language as the standard 
style for Government documents issued to the public, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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lic by promoting clear communication that the public can 
understand and use. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ means an 
Executive agency, as that term is defined in section 
105 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) PLAIN LANGUAGE.—The term ‘‘plain lan-
guage’’ means language that the intended audience 
can readily understand and use because it is clear, 
concise, well-organized, and follows other best prac-
tices of plain language writing. 
SEC. 4. RESPONSIBILITIES OF FEDERAL AGENCIES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO USE PLAIN LANGUAGE IN 
NEW DOCUMENTS.—Within one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, each agency— 
(1) shall use plain language in any covered doc-
ument of the agency issued or substantially revised 
after the date of the enactment of this Act; 
(2) may use plain language in any revision of 
a covered document issued on or before such date; 
and 
(3) shall, when appropriate, use the English 
language in covered documents. 
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(c) ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO USE OF 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE.—Nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued— 
(1) to prohibit the use of a language other than 
English; 
(2) to limit the preservation or use of Native 
Alaskan or Native American languages (as defined in 
the Native American Languages Act); 
(3) to disparage any language or discourage any 
person from learning or using a language; or 
(4) to be inconsistent with the Constitution of the 
United States. 
(d) COVERED DOCUMENT.—In this section, the term 
‘‘covered document’’— 
(1) means any document that explains how to 
obtain a benefit or service or file taxes, or that is rel-
evant to obtaining a benefit or service or filing taxes; 
and 
(2) includes, whether in paper or electronic form, 
a letter, publication, form, notice, or instruction but 
does not include a regulation. 
(e) USE OF PLAIN LANGUAGE BY AGENCIES.—Each 
agency should, to the extent practicable and appropriate, 
use plain language in any collection of information (as de-
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regulations as may be necessary to perform the functions’’ 
and inserting ‘‘shall prescribe such regulations as may be 
necessary to carry out subsection (a)(2) and may prescribe 
any regulations necessary to carry out any of the other 
functions’’. 
(b) MANDATORY
COMMUNICATIONS
WITH
COM-
PLAINANTS.— 
(1) 
CONTACT
INFORMATION.—Section 
1214(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking clause (ii) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ii) shall include the name and contact infor-
mation of a person at the Office of Special Counsel 
who— 
‘‘(I) shall be responsible for interviewing 
the complainant and making recommendations 
to the Special Counsel regarding the allegations 
of the complainant; and 
‘‘(II) shall be available to respond to rea-
sonable questions from the complainant regard-
ing the investigation or review conducted by the 
Special Counsel, the relevant facts ascertained 
by the Special Counsel, and the law applicable 
to the allegations of the complainant.’’. 
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3723
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 8135 Forest Lane in Dallas,
Texas, as the ‘‘Vaughn Gross Post Office Build-
ing’’.
(2) STATEMENT AFTER TERMINATION OF IN-
VESTIGATION.—Section 1214(a)(2)(A)(iv) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘a re-
sponse’’ and inserting ‘‘specific responses’’. 
(c) QUALIFICATIONS OF SPECIAL COUNSEL.—The 
third sentence of section 1211(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘position.’’ and inserting 
‘‘position and has professional experience that dem-
onstrates an understanding of and a commitment to pro-
tecting the merit based civil service.’’. 
(d) ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAM 
OF THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL.—Section 1212 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(h) The Office of Special Counsel shall by regulation 
provide for one or more alternative methods for settling 
matters subject to the jurisdiction of the Office which shall 
be applicable at the election of an employee, former em-
ployee, or applicant for employment or at the direction of 
the Special Counsel with the consent of the employee, 
former employee, or applicant concerned. In order to carry 
out this subsection, the Special Counsel shall provide for 
appropriate offices in the District of Columbia and other 
appropriate locations.’’. 
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(e) SUBSTANTIAL LIKELIHOOD DETERMINATIONS.— 
Section 1213 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘15 days’’ and 
inserting ‘‘45 days’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘, after 
consulting with the person who made the disclosure 
on how to characterize the issues,’’ after ‘‘appro-
priate agency head’’. 
(f) DETERMINATION OF STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS 
MET.—Section 1213(e) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(e)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) Upon receipt of any report of the head of an 
agency required under subsection (c), if the Special Coun-
sel is unable to make a determination under paragraph 
(2)(A) or (B), the Special Counsel shall require the agency 
head to submit any additional information necessary for 
the Special Counsel to make such determinations before 
any information is transmitted under paragraph (4).’’. 
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(A) $151,000,000 for a DNA analysis and 
capacity enhancement program and for other 
local, state, and Federal forensic activities in-
cluding the purposes of section 2 of the DNA 
Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (the 
Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program); 
and 
(B) $5,000,000 for the purposes described 
in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA 
Testing Program (Public Law 108–405, section 
412); 
(8) $20,000,000 is for improving tribal law en-
forcement, including equipment and training; 
(9) $15,000,000 is for programs to reduce gun 
crime and gang violence; 
(10) $4,000,000 is for training and technical 
assistance; 
(11) $18,000,000 is for a national grant pro-
gram the purpose of which is to assist State and 
local law enforcement to locate, arrest and prosecute 
child sexual predators and exploiters, and to enforce 
sex offender registration laws described in section 
1701(b) of the 1968 Act, of which: 
(A) $5,000,000 is for sex offender manage-
ment assistance as authorized by the Adam 
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tion. Each such committee shall publish on its website the 
list of the Members of its body who have satisfied their 
requirement. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITION. 
As used in this Act, the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ 
refers to a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate 
or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Early Hearing Detec-
tion and Intervention Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. EARLY DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT 
OF HEARING LOSS. 
Section 399M of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 280g–1) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘IN-
FANTS’’ and inserting ‘‘NEWBORNS
AND
IN-
FANTS’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘screening, evaluation and interven-
tion programs and systems’’ and inserting 
‘‘screening, evaluation, diagnosis, and interven-
tion programs and systems, and to assist in the 
recruitment, retention, education, and training 
of qualified personnel and health care pro-
viders,’’; 
(B) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) To develop and monitor the efficacy of 
statewide programs and systems for hearing screen-
ing of newborns and infants; prompt evaluation and 
diagnosis of children referred from screening pro-
grams; and appropriate educational, audiological, 
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SEC. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, Public Law 102–395 section 102(b) shall extend to 
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 
in the conduct of undercover investigative operations and 
shall apply without fiscal year limitation with respect to 
any undercover investigative operation initiated by the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that 
is necessary for the detection and prosecution of crimes 
against the United States. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Justice in this Act may be used for the 
purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner 
pursuant to conviction for crime under State or Federal 
law and is classified as a maximum or high security pris-
oner, other than to a prison or other facility certified by 
the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for 
housing such a prisoner. 
SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele-
vision services, to rent or purchase videocassettes, video-
cassette recorders, or other audiovisual or electronic equip-
ment used primarily for recreational purposes. 
(b) The preceding sentence does not preclude the 
renting, maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or elec-
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tronic equipment for inmate training, religious, or edu-
cational programs. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds made available under 
this title shall be obligated or expended for Sentinel, or 
for any other major new or enhanced information tech-
nology program having total estimated development costs 
in excess of $100,000,000, unless the Deputy Attorney 
General and the investment review board certify to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the information tech-
nology program has appropriate program management 
and contractor oversight mechanisms in place, and that 
the program is compatible with the enterprise architecture 
of the Department of Justice. 
SEC. 211. The notification thresholds and procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi-
ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 
in this Act and accompanying statement, and to any use 
of deobligated balances of funds provided under this title 
in previous years. 
SEC. 212. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, 
or approve a public-private competition under the Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc-
cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 
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amended, in the sentence beginning with ‘‘For purposes 
of determinations under this Act,’’, by inserting— 
(1) after ‘‘forced to abort a pregnancy or to un-
dergo involuntary sterilization,’’ the following: ‘‘or 
the legally recognized spouse of such a person,’’; 
(2) after ‘‘for other resistance to a coercive pop-
ulation control program,’’ the following: ‘‘or the le-
gally recognized spouse of such a person,’’; and 
(3) after ‘‘subject to persecution for such fail-
ure, refusal, or resistance’’ the following: ‘‘, or the 
legally recognized spouse of such a person,’’. 
Æ 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3555 
To prohibit the implementation of policies to prohibit States from providing 
quality health coverage to children in need under the State Children’s 
Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 
Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Ms. SOLIS, and Mrs. CAPPS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit the implementation of policies to prohibit States 
from providing quality health coverage to children in 
need under the State Children’s Health Insurance Pro-
gram (SCHIP). 
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. REVOCATION OF POLICIES TO PROHIBIT 
STATES FROM PROVIDING QUALITY HEALTH 
COVERAGE TO CHILDREN IN NEED UNDER 
THE STATE CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE 
PROGRAM (SCHIP). 
(a) NULLIFICATION OF AUGUST 17, 2007, REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The August 17, 2007, letter to State Health Of-
ficials from the Director of the Center for Medicaid and 
State Operations in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services to such officials requiring States that have estab-
lished or that expand the income eligibility level for chil-
dren under the State Children’s Health Insurance Pro-
gram (SCHIP) above 250 percent of the Federal poverty 
level to comply with new requirements as a condition of 
covering such children, is null and void and shall not be 
applied. 
(b) PROHIBITION
OF SIMILAR PROVISIONS.—The 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not pro-
mulgate or implement any requirement, rule, or provision 
that is similar to any requirement in the August 17, 2007, 
letter described in subsection (a) and shall not apply any 
such requirement or any similar requirement to any State 
plan amendment or waiver expanding the income eligibility 
level for children in SCHIP. 
Æ 
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SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR FAMILIES OF MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO FMLA.—Section 102(a) of the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
2612(a) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR FAMILIES OF IN-
JURED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.—If leave 
is taken under paragraph (1)(C) to care for a 
spouse, parent, son, or daughter who is an injured 
member of the Armed Forces, an eligible employee 
shall be entitled to a total of 24 workweeks of leave 
during any 12-month period.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 101 of the Family and 
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611) is amended 
by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (13) as para-
graphs (8) through (14), respectively, and inserting after 
paragraph (6) the following: 
‘‘(7) INJURED
MEMBER
OF
THE
ARMED 
FORCES.—The term ‘injured member of the Armed 
Forces’ means a member of the Armed Forces, in-
cluding a member of the National Guard or a Re-
serve, who is undergoing medical treatment, recuper-
ation, or therapy for a serious combat-related injury 
or illness.’’. 
Æ 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3558 
To provide for the establishment of a Center of Excellence in Prevention, 
Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye 
Injuries, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2007 
Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself, Mr. HALL of New York, Mrs. WILSON of New 
Mexico, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. GORDON of Ten-
nessee, Mr. FILNER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. HAYES, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, and Mr. BERRY) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 
and in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment of a Center of Excellence 
in Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Re-
habilitation of Military Eye Injuries, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Military Eye Trauma 
Treatment Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN PREVENTION, DIAG-
NOSIS, MITIGATION, TREATMENT, AND REHA-
BILITATION OF MILITARY EYE INJURIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 1105 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1105a. Center of Excellence in Prevention, Diag-
nosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Reha-
bilitation of Military Eye Injuries 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
establish within the Department of Defense a center of 
excellence in the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treat-
ment, and rehabilitation of military eye injuries to carry 
out the responsibilities specified in subsection (c). The 
center shall be known as a ‘Center of Excellence in Pre-
vention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabili-
tation of Military Eye Injuries’. 
‘‘(b) PARTNERSHIPS.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the Center collaborates to the maximum extent prac-
ticable with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, institutions 
of higher education, and other appropriate public and pri-
vate entities (including international entities) to carry out 
the responsibilities specified in subsection (c). 
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—(1) The Center shall— 
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